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MarShield, an industry leader in product innovation, was contacted by a prominent energy company in Southeast USA to develop a barrier that would be extremely durable with high visual clarity and extreme impact qualities. The energy company provides electricity to 7.8…

Laneway houses and Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) are increasingly popular building forms to address the need for densification and increasing the availability of housing in urban areas. Simultaneously, tiny houses are being incorporated into the mainstream building lexicon and being touted…

Pantera Global Technology, a leading provider of powerful bid, project, and risk management software for the Construction Industry – has announced a partnership with COMPASS (developed by Bespoke Metrics Inc.) , a leading prequalification platform that focuses on data and analytics…

Decades ago, paper blueprints were common practice in the construction industry. But just as we (mostly) upgraded our horsepower from equine to turbo diesel, contractors are moving from paper to digital plans. The ease, efficiency, time, and money savings are just…

The International Code Council and the International Association of Electrical Inspectors (IAEI) have formalized a service agreement that will allow both organizations to provide additional benefits to their respective memberships. IAEI has long been a part of the Code Council’s Preferred…

The EIFS Council of Canada announces the opening of its 2022 Architectural Design Awards Program. This is the sixth consecutive year that the EIFS Council of Canada has run their prestigious Awards Program. The Program was initiated to honour design professionals…

Recently, Singapore completed work on the world’s first digital twin of an entire nation. Bentley Systems tools accelerated the process of transforming raw GIS, lidar, and imagery data into reality mesh, building, and transportation models of the country.  “We envisaged that these building blocks will…

When I was a kid my father was in the equipment rental business and I think I always knew I would join the family business. In fact, my uncle used to tell me a story about asking me at 5 years…

IAPMO R&T, North America’s premier third-party testing and certification body for plumbing, mechanical, and water treatment products, is pleased to announce the promotion of Anish Desai to senior vice president of Product Certification. In addition to continuing to oversee daily operation…

Reading is something I do not only for personal enjoyment but also for personal growth. There are a vast number of books written on leadership, with new ones emerging every day, yet still, one of my all-time favourites is The Leadership…

Indigenous narratives and esthetics are woven through the mass-timber construction emerging on Centennial College’s Progress campus, and the young architect behind the work hopes people demand more of that in the country’s future buildings. Built on the shared territories of the…

The City of Calgary is pleased to announce that it will partner with a local developer to build a mixed-use fire station in the community of Inglewood, using a new integrated approach to facility planning under The City’s Corporate Facility Planning…

by Christopher Nielsen, B.Sc., P. Geo. (Limited), Vice President T. Harris Environmental Management Inc. Silent Killer Lurks Maintainers making repairs or anyone else working in a facility may encounter asbestos. It wraps around pipes and elbows, it lines boilers and it’s present…

Build a Dream and EllisDon are partnering to host the career fair, showcasing different roles in the construction industry. EllisDon, an employee-owned, $5-billion-a-year global construction services company, will be hiring in IT, project management, field operations, finance, marketing, HR, engineering, design…

3D printed concrete may lead to a shift in architecture and construction. Because it can be used to produce new shapes and forms that current technologies struggle with, it may change the centuries-old processes and procedures that are still used to…