The Logistics of Safety for Warehouses and Vehicle Maintenance
Fueled by a manufacturing economy that continues to recover from the impact of COVID-19 and the increase in online shopping, Mordor Intelligence expects the logistics industry in Canada to grow by a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of more than 2.5% from…
Breaking Ground: Mid-Year Construction Pulse Check
Over halfway through 2022, how does the state of construction differ from what we expected at the start of the year? It looked like the supply constraints of the last two years were behind us, but the reality has been different.…
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…