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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…

How the right dealer can support your temporary power demands  Construction sites involve power-intensive operations with high energy usage. Each piece of electrical equipment has its own power requirement and every construction job has its own unique power demands. From tower…

STACK Construction Technologies, creators of the industry’s leading cloud-based preconstruction platform, announced their partnership with CentiMark to connect business systems and enable easier access to critical data. As the world’s largest commercial roofing contractor, smooth transfer of data across all departments…

Procore Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: PCOR), a leading global provider of construction management software, is pleased to announce the appointment of Joy Durling as its first-ever chief data officer. Joy will lead Procore’s data-as-a-product strategy, as well as all information technology, data intelligence,…

With tax deadline day just days away, one B.C. union feels confident more than a few contractors won’t be on the level when it comes to filing their returns this year. Contractors evading taxes and employment fees are costing the province…

By: CONEXPO-CON/AGG Demolition is difficult, dirty, dangerous work. It is also necessary work. How best to keep workers safe in a demolition environment? Remove them from that environment. When the persons come out, the robots move in. Robotic demolition has been…

Elon Musk said Sunday via Twitter that his tunnel-building-for-urban-transport business The Boring Company will attempt to build a high-speed, and still theoretical, hyperloop in the coming years. In 2013, Musk put out a white paper that outlined the idea of a…

Called Vienna House, the project is intended to demonstrate how innovation in design and construction can be combined with advancements in social housing. When finished, it will be a seven-storey, trapezoid-shaped structure with a shared inner courtyard. The project will be…

Aoyuan International is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the troubled China Aoyuan Group, which is based in Guangzhou and listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. It recently sold a massive Burnaby condo development that has been going through the approval process for $215 million.…

Beginning in January 2023, Ontario engineers will be required to participate in a mandatory continuing professional development (CPD) program to annually maintain their licence. This follows approval of Ontario Regulation 353/22 by PEO’s Council on April 8, 2022, and by the…

Briggs & Stratton is excited to announce the newest hovercraft from Neoteric Hovercraft Inc. (Neoteric), the Hovertrek II, will be exclusively powered by the Vanguard BIG BLOCK 40.0 Gross HP* EFI – Marine engine. The two-passenger hovercraft was designed with affordability, controllability…

In my previous article we talked about why any construction contractor, no matter the size or type, needs to start utilizing the power that kanban boards can provide. Kanban boards help you visualize work, maximize efficiency, and allow for continuous improvement…

According to Sustainable Buildings Canada (SBC) there has never been a better time for building owners and operators to invest in improving their aging building infrastructure. The non-profit organization points to numerous government incentives and commitments recently outlined in the 2022…

It was just a single amendment to the Income Tax Act among all the items in the April 7 federal budget. But that single amendment will make an enormous difference to Canada’s construction trades workers across the country — and the…