Friday, September 27, 2024 
Cement-Free Concrete Made by C-Crete Technologies Gets Inaugural Pour in Seattle Building
C-Crete Technologies proudly unveiled its groundbreaking cement-free concrete, a first-of-its-kind innovation in the construction industry, with its debut pour in a commercial building in Seattle. The sustainable alternative to Portland cement produces almost no carbon dioxide in its manufacturing and actually absorbs CO2 from the…
Command Alkon’s Apex Scale Ticketing Software Helps Get More Loads Out
Command Alkon, the leading software and solutions provider bringing together technology and people for the heavy building industry, recognizes the shortage of drivers that plagues the aggregates industry, exacerbated by funding for new infrastructure projects, competition with other industries to recruit and…
Premiers welcome discussion of a Canada Trade Infrastructure Plan
Six premiers welcomed the call for increased planning and execution of sustained investment in national trade infrastructure at a breakfast meeting held July 12 with a group of leading business organizations championing a Canada Trade Infrastructure Plan (CTIP). The breakfast was held prior…
How the Brooklyn Bridge went from being a ‘wild experiment’ in architecture to becoming designated a historical landmark 140 years later
The Brooklyn Bridge, one of New York City’s famous landmarks, turned 140 this year, and its history has been wrought with death, disease, and controversy. During the bridge’s construction, over a dozen people died, while countless others were bedridden with a…
Material Evolution raises $19M to decarbonize the cement industry
In the industrial world, cement is about as omnipresent as materials get. But despite its clear and obvious utility, cement is responsible for some 8% of global CO2 emissions — if it was a country, it would be third biggest emitter globally, by some…
New deal for Windsor EV battery plant worth $15B in tax breaks, Ontario minister says
The deal between Stellantis and LG Energy Solutions to continue construction on the NextStar electric vehicle (EV) battery plant could be worth up to $15 billion in tax breaks for the project, the province said Wednesday night. Victor Fedeli, minister of economic development, job…
US construction spending beats expectations in May on housing
U.S. construction spending increased more than expected in May as a severe shortage of houses for sale boosted outlays on single-family homebuilding. The Commerce Department said on Monday that construction spending rose 0.9% after gaining 0.4% in April. Economists polled by…
Students in Saskatoon built a home for credit
Students at Saskatoon’s E.D. Feehan high school have finished off the year with a unique class project: they built a home. The school’s construction technology program has been running for years in partnership with the Knights of Columbus and other local…
Ontario bans contractor after problems with North Bay-area dam project
An Ontario construction company is embroiled in a lawsuit with the province over the construction of a North-Bay area dam – and the province’s decision to bar the company from bidding on future contracts. The centre of the dispute is a…
Boring machine rescue nearly triples in price, according to new city report
The cost to rescue a multimillion-dollar boring machine trapped beneath a west end street has nearly tripled in just months, with city staff saying the work to unearth the device is more complicated than first anticipated. The updated cost estimates and…
Harrowing details of Kelowna crane collapse revealed in new lawsuits
Five more lawsuits have been filed against a developer and construction company over the crane collapse that killed five people in Kelowna, B.C., two years ago. The people behind the lawsuits range from a victim’s colleagues to a nearby business owner,…
21% of Sask. construction workforce could retire within decade: association
The Saskatchewan government is boasting numbers from Statistics Canada that say the province is adding jobs and enjoys one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country, but the construction industry, however, faces some daunting hurdles in the next few years. “There is…
N.W.T. government suing contractors for Fort Good Hope seniors centre
The Northwest Territories Housing Corporation is suing a manufacturing company and consultant hired for the Fort Good Hope seniors centre, claiming the contractors constructed a building unsuitable for occupants and the consulting company misrepresented its qualifications. The Fort Good Hope seniors…
Nova Scotia announces first projects under Sustainable Communities Challenge Fund
Two Cape Breton community organizations and people with wells provincewide will benefit from new provincial funding that supports energy efficiency and groundwater research. Environment and Climate Change Minister Timothy Halman announced $1.3 million for three projects on July 6, in Sydney:…
Ontario opens door to new wind, solar power projects as electrical demand to grow
Ontario has opened the door to new wind and solar power farms in the coming years, days after announcing two massive nuclear projects as the province prepares for electricity demand to potentially double over the next three decades. The return to renewable energy…
