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No matter what role you play in construction, you’re part of the global construction industry. It’s a fact that can sometimes be forgotten when you’re competing to win a project. But at the end of the day, you want the industry…

A health and safety seminar held recently in North Bay opened with this statement, “Let’s have a moment of silence because today someone will die while working on the job.”  A grim but unfortunately accurate description of a workplace reality.  The…

A solar-powered safari lodge in the Botswanan wilderness built from repurposed boardwalk planks. A subterranean apartment anchored by ceiling beams made from plastic bottles and construction dirt. A carbon-neutral furniture factory that doubles as a 300-acre public park. These are just…

After a decade of half of going through various stages of visioning, planning, and fundraising activities, it appears there is finally light at the end of the tunnel for getting shovels into the ground for the project to build the new home…

Bird Construction Inc. recently announced that it has been awarded $300 million in new work through master service agreements (“MSA”). The awarded work includes a new seven-year MSA for multi-disciplined bundled services across a client’s maintenance, turnarounds and sustaining capital programs. It also…

With 17K jobs to fill in the industry, the Quebec Construction Association is hosting a series of weekend workshops to encourage people to give the trades a try. It’s called “Construction Boot Camp,” and it’s free to anyone curious about vocations…

Canada’s only rare earths mining company is pausing all construction at its Saskatoon processing facility. Vital Metals said in a news release Wednesday the pause will allow the company to conserve cash and seek other sources of funding to potentially build…

Hamilton has filed a $30-million legal claim blaming its own construction contractor in the event a judge finds any polluted dirt from a city project was dumped in a Mob-linked soil mountain on Highway 5. The latest salvo in the blame game over…

Residents of a troubled apartment building in Langford have once again had to vacate the property due to safety concerns with the building. On Monday afternoon, residents of RidgeView Place, formerly known as Danbrook One, were told to leave. The notice…

Growth in residential construction was mixed across Canada’s six largest CMAs in 2022, as housing starts increased in Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton and Ottawa, remained unchanged in Vancouver, and decreased in Montréal. This according to the latest edition of Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s (CMHC) Housing Supply Report (HSR), which examines new housing…

The American Concrete Institute has released the 2023 ACI Collection of Concrete Codes, Specifications, and Practices. The ACI Collection is the most comprehensive and largest single source of information on concrete design, construction, materials, and repair, with over 50 codes and specifications…

When B.C. Hydro’s Site C dam floods an 80 kilometre-long swathe of the Peace River valley to generate electricity, the company says it wants to leave behind 45 pieces of structural construction debris on the riverbed.  In a written submission to the B.C. Environmental…

If you walk by the Donald E. Armstrong Building, on McTavish Street, you’ll notice a plaque – recently installed – that officially attests to the LEED Silver certification the building was granted. The LEED certification follows the extensive renovation the former…

City officials say they’ve reached a deal in principle to replace Calgary’s aging Saddledome. “A great deal of work has taken place to bring us to this milestone day,” Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek said Tuesday. The arena would be the new home of the…

CIMA+, one of Canada’s largest privately-owned consulting engineering firms, is pleased to announce the opening of an office in Halifax, at 302–238A Brownlow Avenue, Dartmouth, NS. This new location, together with the company’s other offices across Canada, will allow CIMA+ to better serve its existing clientele…