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A team of engineers in Australia has come up with a new recipe for a road construction material that draws on two huge sources of waste; discarded tires and building rubble. The blended material was shown to offer the strength and…

Statistics Canada reports that the $687 million dollar Oakridge Centre mixed use redevelopment project in the city of Vancouver helped raise the total national value of building permits 6.2% to $8.1 billion in June, to a level comparable to pre-COVID levels. Overall, seven provinces…

In response to a racist and hateful act at an Eglinton Crosstown LRT jobsite, Carpenters Local 27 requested and received the unequivocal resignation from an individual who had recently joined the Union. After a review of the events that took place,…

Shovels are in the ground to build a new multi-purpose fire hall # 1 in downtown Nanaimo, capping a roller-coaster ride to advance the project. A groundbreaking ceremony took place Wednesday for the facility budgeted at $20 million to be constructed…

Canada’s trusted source for architectural and specialty lighting solutions, Magic Lite, announces the newest addition to their In Ground / Wall / Ceiling Disc light series. LED Disc Light Dome is made of marine grade stainless steel and makes the perfect…

As more of us flock to urban living, city designers are re-thinking buildings’ influence on our moods in an era of “neuro-architecture”. “We shape our buildings and afterwards our buildings shape us,” mused Winston Churchill in 1943 while considering the repair…

Steel construction has begun on the nearly 3-million-square-foot factory that will mass produce Ultium battery cells and packs, the cornerstone of General Motors’ strategy to bring 20 electric vehicles to market by 2023. The Ultium Cells LLC battery cell manufacturing facility…

Bird Construction Inc. and Stuart Olson Inc. announced that they have entered into a definitive arrangement agreement under which Bird will acquire Stuart Olson, pursuant to an arrangement under the Business Corporations Act (Alberta) for aggregate consideration of $96.5 million. The Transaction, which was…

The Guelph Police Headquarters renovation project could end up being $1 million over budget and the figure might go higher. An information report to city council released Friday says 99 per cent of the projects $34.1 million budget has already been spent…

When researching building energy efficiency, renewable energy and the electrical grid, industry publications and academic journals will invariably have articles and papers on zero energy buildings and the smart grid. To eliminate any discrepancies in terminology that may occur in the…

The International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO) and the American Water Works Association (AWWA) have entered into a Cooperative Development Agreement to develop a Manual of Recommended Practice to support providing safe and effective water efficiency and water quality…

On July 8, the Manitoba Court of Queen’s Bench found that the City of Winnipeg’s “impact fee” on new housing developments exceeded city authority. And on July 11, the CBC published an opinion piece by University of Winnipeg Prof. Aaron Moore with three…

Prefabricated modular construction has been the future of the building industry for at least half a century, so I was intrigued when I got a press release announcing “Sustainability, access to green space and innovative PPVC modulation are at the core…

Lakeview Community Partners Limited (“LCPL”) today unveiled the highly anticipated outdoor artist installation at the Lakeview Village site. The completed works were created by a group of 19 talented GTA artists through a unique artist-developer collaboration to animate the project site…

York University has officially received the green light from the provincial government to move forward with its long-awaited Markham Centre Campus (MCC). Construction for the campus, which will focus on courses geared toward themes of technology and entrepreneurship, will commence July 2020…