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On January 7, 1981, four construction workers left home to go to work. They would never come back to their families. Carpenters Gunther Couvreux, Brian Stevenson, Donald Davis and Yrjo Mitrunen plunged 36 floors to their deaths when their fly form on…

The construction industry plays a vital role in the development of our cities and communities. From residential buildings and commercial structures to infrastructure projects, construction professionals work to build the spaces where we live, work, and play. As we move into…

The Rooftop bridge ladder creates a safe and efficient walking path for all personnel requiring rooftop access. The system is ideally suited for creating a safe passage over various rooftop obstacles. Some of which include; cables, vents, ducts, pipes, changes in…

Frustrations are boiling over at a Langley, B.C., condo complex, where residents are still dealing with the fallout of a construction collapse next door. The building near 200 Street and 56 Avenue lost power on Christmas Day, when a large crack…

There’s always some uncertainty about what the new year will bring, but Torontonians can expect at least one thing in 2023: construction, and lots of it.  From housing developments to road construction, there are hundreds of projects in the works across…

In the battle against climate change, municipal governments, architects and developers are focused on building housing types that increase greenhouse gas emissions, says architect Kelly Alvarez Doran. Buildings no higher than four floors built around wood frames and located on transit…

U.S. construction spending unexpectedly rebounded in November, lifted by gains in nonresidential structures, but single-family homebuilding continued to be hammered by higher mortgage rates. The Commerce Department said on Tuesday that construction spending climbed 0.2% in November after falling 0.2% in…

The company behind an Edmonton-Calgary high-speed hyperloop has a lengthy to-do list if it wants to start construction at Edmonton’s airport by the end of this year, as it planned to do. Since announcing US$550 million in initial funding in early…

Our built environment—from houses to offices, schools and shops—is not environmentally benign. Buildings and the construction industry are, in fact, the world’s biggest consumer of raw materials and contribute 25–40% of global carbon dioxide emissions (F. Pomponi & A. J. Moncaster Clean.…

When U.S. President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act in August 2022, he set in motion a seeming avalanche of public and private investment in climate solutions, including those focused on the building sector, which accounts for about 40% of global greenhouse…

A subcontractor who worked to turn Yellowknife’s old Stanton Territorial Hospital into a primary and long-term care facility says it still hasn’t been paid for work it did there nearly a year ago. SMI Construction, an Alberta-based company, will be in…

A bridge is a useful tool that can connect distant points separated by water, marshland or difficult terrain. Whether traveled on foot or by car or rail, bridges are as essential for transporting goods and services as they are for cutting…

According to the International Energy Association (IEA), the buildings sector in 2021 was responsible for around one-third of global energy and process-related CO2 emissions. Specifically, 6% of these emissions resulted from the manufacture of cement, steel, and aluminium used for construction; 8% from…

Whether you are planning a total renovation of your house, or you simply want to spruce up a room, the first thing you’ll want to think about is a remodeling budget — and of course how much value the project will add to…

Canadian environmental groups have levelled another greenwashing complaint — this time at the largest certification scheme for sustainable forestry in North America. The Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) certifies 115 million hectares of forest within Canada’s borders for companies. In a complaint filed to Competition Bureau…