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Scientists have analyzed more than 650 dam removal projects over 55 years in the United States totaling $1.52 billion inflation-adjusted dollars to develop a tool to better estimate the cost of future dam removals. The analysis arrives at a time of…

DIRTT, a global leader in industrialized construction, is pleased to announce the expansion of DIRTT Construction Partner, Pivot Interiors, into the Northern California market and welcomes a new DIRTT Construction Partner, Action Office, covering the province of Saskatchewan. These strategic additions will allow…

The construction industry is grappling with the implications of rising interest rates, inflation, and changing economic dynamics, according to Marcum’s 2023 National Construction Survey. The annual survey is conducted by Marcum, one of the leading construction accounting firms in the country. The survey…

Ground has broken on Toronto’s first Housing Now project, five years after City Council approved a plan to use surplus City of Toronto-owned lands to build affordable housing and mixed-income communities near transit. On Wednesday, politicians and stakeholders gathered to symbolically put shovels…

It has been more than two years since a tower crane collapsed in downtown Kelowna, killing five men, but its shadow is now looming over another major development. BC Supreme Court Justice Ardith Walkem handed down a four-month interim injunction yesterday,…

The Port of Montreal has officially inaugurated its newly constructed overpass over Notre-Dame Street East, situated in the Viau sector. The objective of this project, initiated two years ago, is to reduce the load on the local road network by diverting…

The Canadian construction industry faces challenges in 2023, with an anticipated contraction of 5.2%. The decline is primarily driven by reduced residential construction activity due to tightening monetary policies and a weaker economic outlook. As early as Q1 2023, evident weaknesses…

The company has sent out notices to locals and the media stating that work will begin in Squamish on or after Aug. 28. The project will be “constructed in accordance with the terms and conditions of all applicable permits, authorizations, and…

The city revealed its plans Thursday on how it will create 50 individual modular housing units for people experiencing homeless on city property along Wolfe Street near the city’s emergency overflow shelter. Construction of the temporary modular homes — which the…

Construction input prices remained unchanged in July compared to the previous month, based on data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Producer Price Index. A closer look reveals that nonresidential construction input prices experienced a slight decline of 0.1% during…

Both the provincial government and VAG had previously indicated this past spring they were preparing for a construction start this fall. The temporary modular housing structures in place on the northern end of the Larwill city block where the new VAG…

By the time police laid criminal charges against Calgary contractor Alan Hrehirchuk, former employees and clients say he was taking weeks-long vacations, locking the doors to his office showroom to avoid angry tradespeople demanding payment, all while convincing new clients to…

An engineer who designed a doomed bridge in rural Saskatchewan can resume practicing later this year as long as he’s not working on a similar structure. In September 2018, the Dyck Memorial Bridge in the RM of Clayton collapsed hours after…

The province says it is creating a working group to implement recommendations made in a damning auditor general’s report on the government’s decision to remove land from the protected Greenbelt. A memo from Premier Doug Ford’s chief of staff and the…

From local zoning to community consultations, there are plenty of ways cities are hitting the brakes on residential construction, even as Canada faces a significant housing shortage. According to the Canadian Home Builders’ Association, average municipal approval timelines for housing projects…