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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…

Following Graham’s award of the Design Early Works Agreement for the Cariboo Memorial Hospital redevelopment, Graham is proud to announce that we have recently signed the design-build agreement for Phase 1 and the CM Agreement for Phase 2. The new 102,000 sq.…

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 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…

Nearly 200 people have been arrested for alleged poor building construction following the catastrophic earthquake that struck Turkey earlier this month, Turkey’s Justice Ministry said. About 50,000 people were killed across Turkey and Syria after the earthquake struck on February 6. The ministry…

Three Toronto city councillors are pushing for more insight and input into the massive Ontario Line project, slamming the provincial transit agency charged with building the multi-billion dollar subway line for being too secretive. Ausma Malik, Chris Moise and Paula Fletcher received…

Ground has been broken on a new clean technology project, which the P.E.I. government plans to make the future home of clean innovation in the province.  A 60-acre zone of tax-free land will be provided for clean technology companies as a…

The cost of a new recreation complex in east Winnipeg has gone up $7 million even though shovels won’t hit the ground for at least another three years.  A new feasibility study on the East of the Red Rec Plex set…

Maple Reinders is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the contract for the construction of the Royal BC Museum Collections and Research Building in Colwood, BC, lək̓ʷəŋən (Lekwungen) Territory, following an extensive procurement and partnering process with the Province…

An excavation contractor based in Kirkland Lake has been fined a total of $91,000 for environmental offences that date to 2018. Jordash Trucking and Equipment and owner Timothy Swanson were convicted in Kirkland Lake in December for violations under the Environmental…

Fifty local gravel pits owe millions of dollars in back taxes after an appeal by the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) and local gravel pit owners was rejected. The appeal of the previous assessment of the gravel pit properties was denied, upholding…

In the next 10 years, the Ontario government wants to build 1.5 million homes, a feat the construction industry is saying will require a massive boost to the labour market. A skilled labour shortage is going to threaten the industry’s ability to hit…

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 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…

Developers in Victoria and Metro Vancouver are coming to terms with demolition bylaws that impose pricey recycling incentive deposits and wood-salvage quotas on a broader range of buildings. Following Port Moody and Surrey’s lead, Burnaby has introduced an all-structure green demolition…