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The American Concrete institute (ACI) announced the launch of NEU: An ACI Center of Excellence for Carbon Neutral Concrete, at its Spring convention in Orlando, Florida, USA.  NEU aims to collaborate globally to drive research, education, awareness, and adoption of carbon…

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland tabled the 2022 federal budget on Thursday. The Trudeau government aims to tame home prices by spending billions of dollars for new home construction, curbs on speculation and foreign buyers, and help for Canadians hoping to buy their first…

Their official name is “Jersey Barriers,” and you’ve seen ’em thousands of times. These concrete walls were designed (in New Jersey!) in the 1950s to keep cars in their lane. Since then, they’ve only grown more popular within cities, especially as…

People who bought units in an Ontario condominium development said they were shocked when the developer raised prices and demanded more money despite them having signed contracts. “They want me to pay almost $280,000 more for the same unit. I’m just…

David Rellinger, Vice President of Systems Transformation for Schneider Electric (SE), has been appointed to the CABA Board of Directors. Schneider Electric is a global specialist in energy management and automation in more than 100 countries, and the Continental Automated Buildings Association (CABA) is a…

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the release of new energy efficiency requirements for federal buildings that will take effect in 2023. Along with these requirements, the DOE also proposed new standards for residential room air conditioners and pool heaters to help…

Procore Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: PCOR), a leading global provider of construction management software, today announced a new integration with Building Transparency, a nonprofit organization with the mission to enable broad and swift action to address the construction industry’s role in climate change. The…

Common Ground Alliance (CGA), the national nonprofit trade association dedicated to protecting underground utility lines, people who dig near them and their communities, and the Gold Shovel Association (GSA), a nonprofit association focused on continuously improving safety by providing meaningful damage prevention certifications and…

The skies above Stanford, California, were unusually clear for several nights last October. That was good news for researcher Sid Assawaworrarit and his colleagues. Those conditions were “probably the best of the year,” he tells IE. Assaworrarit isn’t an astronomer grateful that clouds didn’t block starlight…

Lowe’s Canada, one of Canada’s leading home improvement retailers operating or servicing some 450 corporate and affiliated stores under different banners, was named 2021 Leader in Sustainability for the fourth year in a row by Call2Recycle Inc, an organization that operates Canada’s largest…

B.C.’s construction sector has an injury rate that is consistently higher than the provincial average. That’s why WorkSafeBC has a multi-year high-risk strategy to reduce injuries in construction. “Our 2022 high-risk strategy for construction aims to reduce the number of serious…

Customer experience is one of the most important factors when it comes to assessing the health of your business. I’d even go so far as to say that businesses can live or die by their customer experience, especially in today’s digital…

This course includes online lectures and hands-on workshop experience, incorporating actual building of Passive House elements relevant to the Canadian construction industry. The following topics will be covered: Passive House criteria and principlesBuilding ecology, comfort and economic efficiencyIntroduction to Passive House design…

Estimating is the backbone of a construction project, and it’s essential to get it right to win bids. After calculating material quantities with your takeoff, estimating adds costs to all facets of the project, from materials and labor to overhead and…

Manufacturers in the $200 billion construction equipment market are facing a complex challenge. They must greatly reduce their dependence on diesel fuel, which is the lifeblood of their mobile machinery, and move to lower emission technologies. At the same time, they…