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The Floor Show, a business unit of Qualico, recently announced their partnership with a Paris-based world leader in flooring and sports surface solutions, Tarkett. The Floor Show becomes one of the first of Tarkett’s Recycling Allies in its premiere flooring recycling program…

A few minor incidents on Calgary’s Green Line construction sites are getting serious attention from the project’s CEO.  Darshpreet Bhatti told a meeting of the Green Line board Wednesday that steps have been taken to prevent any safety issues, which could result…

A shortage of tradespeople in Canada’s construction industry continues to worsen in major urban centres from coast to coast. Developers are looking at cancelling projects, costly delays and new tactics to secure a reliable supply of skilled workers. Rob Ramsay, executive…

It’s no secret that the construction industry is facing a labor shortage. The pandemic has exasperated the situation but labor shortages are nothing new for the industry. Since the homebuilding boom of the early 2000s, a lack of labor has become the…

The American Concrete Institute, through the work of ACI Committee 440, has released ACI CODE-440.11-22: Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete Reinforced with Glass Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) Bars. The code was developed by an ANSI-approved consensus process and addresses structural systems,…

Our mission is to make height safety compliance on commercial flat roofs easy for contractors, engineers, consultants, specifiers, facility maintenance teams and building owners. With 10+ years experience in construction and an array of stocked product, our team of height safety…

As NASA plans for long-term human exploration of the Moon under Artemis, new technologies are required to meet the unique challenges of living and working on another world. NASA has awarded ICON, located in Austin, a contract to develop construction technologies that…

Graham is pleased to announce we have been selected by the City of Leduc as the successful proponent for the constructionof the 65th Avenue Interchange project in the City of Leduc. The QEII and 65th Avenue Interchange project is a joint…

One of the most powerful tools for mitigating the impact of climate change could be a material that is so common we tend not to think about it very much — concrete. Burying Carbon in Buildings: Advancing Carbon Capture and Utilization…

For more than a century, a tunnel ‘under the dome’ few have laid eyes on has been intriguing Winnipeggers. The tunnel underneath the Manitoba Legislature, stretching under Broadway and over to the Manitoba Power House, is in the process of getting…

Thanks to the great technology acceleration, construction is shifting toward adopting tech across our industry. The benefits of digital processes are plentiful, from increased collaboration and improved accuracy to more efficient workflows and increased profitability. Unfortunately, software fatigue is also emerging…

The Vancouver Island Construction Association (VICA) and its membership received five industry leaders to its 2022-2023 Board of Directors during their Annual General Meeting on November 17th, 2022. There were ten nominees from across Vancouver Island. Continuing to utilize online voting…

Entering one of the three grain elevators that stand like giants over Kenaston, Sask., is like walking into a museum. Old-growth wood houses machinery from another era and rickety lifts with a dusty rope lead to the top of the 30-metre-tall…

As rescuers continued to search for five people still missing after a catastrophic landslide in Ischia, anger was growing on the southern Italian island on Sunday over the years of rampant illegal construction that contributed to the disaster. Seven people, including…

Nobody knows who did it first or when. But by the 2nd or 3rd century B.C.E., Roman engineers were routinely grinding up burnt limestone and volcanic ash to make cementum: a powder that would start to harden as soon as it was mixed…