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The International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO®) is accepting applications and seeking technical experts to participate on a task group to address Legionella exposure risk to the public posed by mechanical equipment. The scope of the Legionella Task Group is to address concerns pertaining to the control and intervention…

As part of a future-focused approach to development and rental housing, Gracorp Properties Ltd (Gracorp) and Minto Group’s Apartments Division (Minto) have partnered to re-develop three existing single-family homes at 427 – 449 West 39th Ave into an 18-storey rental community…

The OpenSpace technology meets Graham’s “Innovation with Purpose” standard Gaining accurate real-time insight into a construction project’s progress, comparing the site situation to plan and seeing that problems are rectified have been long-sought goals – always with decidedly imperfect solutions. A recently applied technology…

Four workers were injured after a partial floor collapse at a 26-storey high-rise construction site across from the Covent Garden Market in downtown London.  The building is a 266-unit luxury apartment building by York Developments at 131 King St. The injuries happened when a floor…

The City and a Vancouver-based developer are going back to the negotiating table after the developer successfully appealed a decision by council regarding a proposed apartment complex in Rosewood. In a 28-page appeals decision posted to the city’s website, the development…

An Indigenous-led coalition is resurfacing calls to bury a 1.5 kilometre stretch of the long-anticipated Eglinton Crosstown West Extension (ECWE) to protect local green space. The ENAGB Indigenous Youth Agency, along with community and park associations, will stop construction with a blockade that could last “days or months”…

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.…