Investor sentiment has started to cool for new Toronto condos, the latest sign that the sharp rise in borrowing costs is slowing the country’s frenetic real estate market. Realtors are seeing a pullback among retail condo investors as they wait for…
Investor sentiment has started to cool for new Toronto condos, the latest sign that the sharp rise in borrowing costs is slowing the country’s frenetic real estate market. Realtors are seeing a pullback among retail condo investors as they wait for…
STACK Construction Technologies announced the addition of Mike Sabol to their executive leadership team, joining in a new role as Vice President of Enterprise Sales. Sabol most recently hails from GoContractor, bringing over 20 years of construction technology sales expertise to STACK. In…
Lowe’s Canada, one of Canada’s leading home improvement retailers operating or servicing some 450 corporate and affiliated stores under different banners, proudly accepted an award for the In-Store Experience & Design category (tied) during the Retail Council of Canada’s (RCC) Excellence…
Ground was officially broken on Edmonton’s Valley Line West LRT route on Friday. More of a photo opportunity than true start of the project’s construction, the groundbreaking was mostly a celebration of the work that started more than a decade ago…
Earlier this month, crews at a large construction site in Mississauga watched as the final building block of a long-delayed long-term care facility was lowered into place. The 640-bed facility, financed by Infrastructure Ontario and completed for Trillium Health, represents one…
As large numbers of young people begin entering the workforce for summer jobs, WorkSafeBC cautions that young and new workers are vulnerable to injury at work. In 2021, WorkSafeBC accepted 7,125 claims related to injuries from young workers. Injuries were most likely to…
Many of Ukraine’s historic monuments have been destroyed in the three months since Russia invaded, but cultural experts are working to conserve their memory using cutting-edge technology and 3D scans. One of them is volunteer French engineer Emmanuel Durand, a specialist…
Small mistakes and miscalculations made in the design stage of a construction project can develop into large and costly problems for the project. But with VR technology connected to building information modeling (BIM), you can find and fix any design errors…
The Burnaby school board is suing its lead consultant and structural engineer for extra costs and construction delays in the $108-million Burnaby North Secondary School replacement project. In a notice of civil claim filed in B.C. Supreme Court last week, the…
Sheet lead is a common, quick and cost-effective method to efficiently shield radiation in dental offices, vet clinics, health clinics, hospitals and other areas. It can also be used for roof flashing and can be laminated to drywall or plywood depending on…
For those of you who are familiar with project management, you know all too well that the role of a PM can consist of several different responsibilities which can vary greatly depending on the industry they are working in. In terms…
Graham and its joint venture partner Aecon have been awarded the $273M construction contract for the Buffalo Pound Water Treatment Plant Renewal Project by the Buffalo Pound Water Treatment Corporation. This award follows the joint venture’s successful completion of Phase I…
Each year, the world loses about 10 million hectares of forest — an area about the size of Iceland — because of deforestation. At that rate, some scientists predict the world’s forests could disappear in 100 to 200 years. In an…
While there are many obvious areas where fall protection is needed— rooftops, mezzanines—there are places where people work at height that don’t always get enough attention. A good example is the “office within an office,” a modular building inside a manufacturing…
For over a century, the City of Vancouver has continued to evolve, growing from a sleepy industrial town into an international cosmopolitan destination. During this time, the population has relentlessly grown, placing immense pressure on infrastructure and affordability. The last few…