Measur Named Exclusive Canadian Distributor for COMMAND Center
COMMAND Center recently named Measur as its exclusive distributor for Canada. Measur sells, services and rents concrete testing equipment, and this partnership will ensure that materials testers across Canada will have easy and affordable access to COMMAND Center’s concrete monitoring sensors…
Huge cuboid skyscraper “Big enough to hold 20 Empire state buildings”
Saudi Arabia is experiencing an unprecedented construction boom at the moment. Alongside its previously announced 170-km-long skyscraper and Qiddiya gigaproject, comes another incredibly ambitious project named the Mukaab. It will comprise a huge cuboid supertall skyscraper that hosts a twisting tower inside. The Mukaab…
Finland Starts Construction of Russian Border Fence
Finland has begun construction of its planned 200-kilometer fence along part of its border with Russia, the country’s border guard announced on Tuesday, as Helsinki fears Moscow could use migrant flows at the frontier for political purposes. Terrain work would begin…
New construction home sales hit lowest level in over 20 years
New construction home sales in the GTA plunged to a 23-year low in January, as prices dipped on both a year-over-year and a monthly basis with consumers still hesitating to buy amid higher borrowing costs. As inventory levels rose slightly, the…
Canada’s foreign home buyer ban slows rental housing construction
Canada’s ban on foreign purchases of residential property is creating barriers to construction of new rental housing, another unintended consequence stemming from a law that was supposed to help Canadians buy more homes by barring foreign competition. The ban, which is set…