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After years of waiting, construction is set to begin on a new West Lincoln Memorial Hospital. Officials were on hand in Grimsby Saturday to break ground on the long-awaited project. “Our community has reached a significant milestone today; a moment when we…

Infracon, formerly known as LNB Construction, is keeping worker safety top of mind, and looks to highlight the importance of education and awareness around the topic. The civil construction and industrial services group has gone over 1 million hours since its…

The International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials® (IAPMO) strongly supports The Healthy Drinking Water Affordability Act, or The Healthy H2O Act, which would provide grants for water testing and treatment technology directly to individuals, nonprofits and local governments in rural communities.…

Concrete is a very popular building material, enough so that one of its key ingredients – sand – is in increasingly short supply. Scientists are thus now exploring the possibility of replacing that sand with glass waste that would otherwise end…

One of the many purposes of an approved fire safety plan is to enhance the level of awareness among the owners, operators and managers of buildings. Whether for commercial or residential high-rises, institutional or industrial classifications, the goal is to lessen…

Municipalities in Canada have an urgent need for water and wastewater infrastructure, but face significant obstacles in acquiring financing to get the job done quickly and efficiently. This week, the City of Wetaskiwin secured financing for the construction of their new…

Construction Safety Week, an annual industrywide education and awareness event originally hosted in 2014, kicks off at construction sites across U.S and Canada on May 2. This year’s theme is “Connected. Supported. Safe.” ­­­­This reflects the enduring connection workers and leaders have to each…

NEU: An ACI Center of Excellence for Carbon Neutral Concrete has hired Dr. Andrea Schokker as Executive Director. Dr. Schokker will lead all NEU activities along with recruiting partners willing to assist in mitigating the concrete industry’s carbon footprint. Dr. Schokker…

A new product designed by a team at Lakehead University could be used in the construction of mass timber high-rise buildings. Mass timber uses state-of-the-art technology to glue, nail, or dowel wood products together in layers to create large structural panels, posts, and…

Grafton Architects just can’t seem to stop winning awards. Following its Pritzker Prize win in 2020 and Stirling Prize win in 2021, the Irish firm has now won the 2022 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award for its Town…

The City of Toronto announced the launch of the Deep Retrofit Challenge aimed at accelerating the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from existing buildings in Toronto. Through the Challenge, the City will provide funding to support deeper-than-planned energy retrofits in…

Two Region of Waterloo affordable housing projects will hire workers who have traditionally been under-represented in construction work. The pilot project will see women, Indigenous and racialized people, immigrants, persons with disabilities, 2SLGBTQ+ people, veterans and youth actively recruited to work…

The effects of inflation are being seen across the country, whether at the grocery store, the pump or the construction industry. According to Statistics Canada, building construction costs rose by 22 per cent year over year in the fourth quarter of 2021. Rising inflation coupled…

The month of May is Safety Month at Cooper – a time for creating heightened awareness through health and safety focused activities. Just as we did last year, we have chosen a theme for each week of May. May 1 to…

As the disposable respirator market and demand has grown so quickly, with it so has the amount of waste sent to landfill. Every industry that relied on respiratory protection before the pandemic and since now has a social responsibility to do better…