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Common Ground Alliance (CGA), the national nonprofit trade association dedicated to protecting underground utility lines, people who dig near them and their communities, and the Gold Shovel Association (GSA), a nonprofit association focused on continuously improving safety by providing meaningful damage prevention certifications and…

The skies above Stanford, California, were unusually clear for several nights last October. That was good news for researcher Sid Assawaworrarit and his colleagues. Those conditions were “probably the best of the year,” he tells IE. Assaworrarit isn’t an astronomer grateful that clouds didn’t block starlight…

Lowe’s Canada, one of Canada’s leading home improvement retailers operating or servicing some 450 corporate and affiliated stores under different banners, was named 2021 Leader in Sustainability for the fourth year in a row by Call2Recycle Inc, an organization that operates Canada’s largest…

B.C.’s construction sector has an injury rate that is consistently higher than the provincial average. That’s why WorkSafeBC has a multi-year high-risk strategy to reduce injuries in construction. “Our 2022 high-risk strategy for construction aims to reduce the number of serious…

Customer experience is one of the most important factors when it comes to assessing the health of your business. I’d even go so far as to say that businesses can live or die by their customer experience, especially in today’s digital…

This course includes online lectures and hands-on workshop experience, incorporating actual building of Passive House elements relevant to the Canadian construction industry. The following topics will be covered: Passive House criteria and principlesBuilding ecology, comfort and economic efficiencyIntroduction to Passive House design…

Estimating is the backbone of a construction project, and it’s essential to get it right to win bids. After calculating material quantities with your takeoff, estimating adds costs to all facets of the project, from materials and labor to overhead and…

Manufacturers in the $200 billion construction equipment market are facing a complex challenge. They must greatly reduce their dependence on diesel fuel, which is the lifeblood of their mobile machinery, and move to lower emission technologies. At the same time, they…

They survived intact for 112m years through scorching summer heat and freezing winters at Utah’s Mill Canyon. But several of the world’s most important and historic dinosaur footprints were damaged beyond repair earlier this year when a construction crew arrived to…

As another sign of the continued strong confidence in Vancouver’s office market over the long term, despite the ongoing effects of the pandemic, construction will officially begin this week on Reliance Properties and Hines’ 1166 West Pender Street office tower in downtown’s Central…

Work is beginning on Regina’s new Urgent Care Centre, which will offer residents an alternative to emergency departments for illnesses and injuries that are not life threatening. The facility will provide more timely access for health care issues needing immediate medical attention,…

Natasha Callender-Wilson is Vice President of Bass Installation, a glass installation company whose work can be seen in many Toronto projects, including CIBC Square, TEC Bridge and the Shangri-La Hotel Toronto. Her father, Stephen Callender, founded and owns Bass and serves…

One of Japan’s most distinctive works of contemporary architecture, the Nakagin Capsule Tower in Tokyo, will be demolished this month, according to the building’s new owners.The decision ends years of uncertainty surrounding the eye-catching structure, which once offered a futuristic vision of…

The federal government will soon drape Centre Block with a trompe l’oeil covering that will replicate the visage of the historic Parliament Hill building during its ongoing rehabilitation. Work to install the $3.9-million covering will begin later this spring, starting with the north…

While architectural firms compete with their designs for 3D-printed dwellings, one company in China has quietly been setting about getting the job done. In March of last year, company WinSun claimed to have printed 10 houses in 24 hours, using a proprietary 3D printer…