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The Ontario government is amending parts of its sweeping draft legislation aimed at speeding up housing construction, but critics say the move does little to fix the bill, which they charge would shift billions of dollars in infrastructure costs now covered…

The provincial government announced that it has commenced the request for qualifications (RFQ) process for the electrical systems and trackwork contract, which includes the design and installation of the SkyTrain rails, and the design, installation, and integration of power, telecommunications, and…

Susan Lambert is in the process of having her entire home renovated and is hopeful it will be completed by early next year. “We are knee-deep in a reno,” she said. After going through plans with an architect last year, getting…

France recently approved new legislation through the Senate that will require all parking lots with spaces for at least 80 vehicles to be covered by solar panels. This includes both existing and new parking lots of this size. The new legislation is a part of the…

The premier event in commissioning, energy management, and building analytics and diagnostics, CxEnergy 2023, announced its preliminary technical program. The event takes place May 2-5, 2023, in Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas. CxEnergy draws hundreds of the nation’s leading commissioning experts, energy management…

Once reserved exclusively for mountaineers and/or aerial acrobats, the profession of rope access technicians is making a strong comeback in the construction industry, particularly in the masonry sector. Atwill-Morin has taken on the mission of reviving this specialty, restoring its noble titles and…

Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO), the licensing and regulating body for professional engineers and engineering in the province, is pleased to announce that its Council has appointed Jennifer Quaglietta, ICD.D, P.Eng, MBA, CHE, PMP, LLSSGB as PEO’s chief executive officer/registrar effective January…

Canadians will soon be able to apply to a $250-million grant program aimed at helping them stop heating their homes with oil and switch to electric heat pumps, the federal government announced Monday. Speaking to reporters in Stellarton, N.S., Immigration Minister…

If you’ve taken off or landed at Toronto’s Pearson Airport since the spring, you’ve seen a giant construction site out your tiny plane window. Crews have been ripping up and rebuilding Runway 06L/24R, the second busiest runway at the airport — and one…

Two-thirds of the steel and concrete support pillars on Edmonton’s long-delayed, $1.8 billion Valley Line Southeast LRT will now need to be repaired, the company building the project has announced. On Friday afternoon, TransEd LRT CEO Ronald Joncas revealed 30 of…

For several weeks, CityNews has been reporting on a roofing contractor accused of stealing from homeowners in Toronto. Since then, more people have come forward to share similar stories. “I feel humiliated that we fell for this,” said a woman who lives in…

A judge has ordered a Yukon contractor to pay the territorial government more than $2 million for the botched replacement of the apron at the Whitehorse airport. However, in a decision issued Nov. 14, Yukon Supreme Court deputy Justice Adele Kent…

Work is well underway on the multi-year Rogers Centre renovation following Rogers Stadium Limited Partnership awarding the first phase of the renovation project to PCL Constructors Canada Inc. (Toronto) in October 2022. Work being completed this offseason is part of a…

A unique, made-in-Kelowna collaboration to create an energy-efficient, high-performance home is taking the goal to the next level. And that goal is zero. UBC Okanagan, Okanagan College, the Wilden Group, AuthenTech Homes and FortisBC launched the Wilden Living Lab project in…

The Ontario government is investing $3.5 million in province-wide training initiatives to help more students launch rewarding careers in the skilled trades. These projects, led by the Provincial Building and Construction Trades Council of Ontario (PBCTCO), will prepare nearly 2,000 young…