Need a new roof? Here are 3 eco options
Battered by weather and baked by sun, a landing spot for birds and branches, we ask a lot of what lies above. But perhaps we can ask just a bit more of our cottage roofs—to not only keep us dry and…
Quebec government engineers vote in favour of tentative agreement
The labour dispute between the Quebec government and its 1,800 engineers appears to be over. The Association professionnelle des ingénieurs du gouvernement du Québec (APIGQ) announced Wednesday that 90.37 per cent of its members have accepted the agreement in principle reached on…
Carbon Credits: The New Revenue Opportunity for Concrete Producers
Concrete production offers a new opportunity to generate carbon credits, stemming from the ability to lock carbon in concrete through CO2 mineralization. What are Carbon Credits? While interest in carbon removal credits has recently been gaining momentum, carbon credits aren’t new. First introduced in…
Canadian building permits decline 1.5% in June
Statistics Canada reports that the total value of building permits in Canada declined 1.5% in June to $11.9 billion, mainly due to the non-residential sector, which dropped 10.4% to $3.7 billion, after posting its second-highest monthly value. On a constant dollar basis (2012=100), the total…
How the Cloud Is Transforming Construction
Of all the technology innovations to hit the market in the last few decades, one of the most transformational technologies in recent memory has been the advent of the cloud. Cloud technology has completely changed the landscape of many different industries…
Construction begins at Fukushima plant for water release
The construction of facilities needed for a planned release of treated radioactive wastewater into the sea next year from the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant began Thursday despite opposition from the local fishing community. Plant workers started construction of a pipeline…