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The International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO®) is seeking volunteers, with technical background in plumbing systems and specific knowledge of airgap units for potable water supply — such as jurisdictional authorities, testing lab and educational facility representatives, as well as manufacturing…

The National Institute of Building Sciences is getting ready for Building Innovation 2022, and we’re looking for speakers. BI2022 takes place September 26-28, at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, DC. “Building Innovation allows us to share the best and most current information around innovation,…

Through its massive wind turbines and innovative offshore designs, GE continues sharpening its toolkit in a bid to built the future of sustainable energy, and a newly unveiled turbine blade shows how that can extend to the materials used. A consortium led by the…

Quebec confirmed Monday it will invest $6.8 billion in the province’s infrastructure. The money will finance more than a thousand projects in road, marine, rail and airport infrastructure between 2022 and 2024. “That’s $2 billion more than in 2019,” said Transportation…

The housing crisis in the Greater Toronto Area is at risk of threatening one of the provinces’ most profitable sectors: construction, according to a new report by an industry group calling on local governments to make it easier to plan and…

It’s been a little less than a year since we first noted Rugged Robotics. The Houston-based startup developed a robot that prints building layouts on the floor of construction sites, so workers know where — and where not — to build. The…

A riveting new report has concretely declared Canada as one of the top countries for construction workers globally. According to a new report from Workwear Guru, Canada ranks as the fifth best country for construction workers based on a variety of factors…

The dispute over a cancelled Caledonia subdivision that has been occupied by Indigenous land defenders for over 18 months is heading back to court. On Tuesday, lawyers for Foxgate Developments — a joint venture of Losani Homes and Ballantry Homes —…

Two buckets. That’s all that was left at the end of the day when Nexii, a concrete alternative start-up, tore down one of its first demonstration projects. A 700-square-foot showroom and model home displaying Nexii’s building technology was constructed in 2019 near…

A years-long plan to demolish the ramping loops between the Granville Street Bridge and Pacific Street in downtown Vancouver is taking its next steps, with construction activities slated to begin later this year. The City of Vancouver has launched the procurement…

U.S. homebuilding rebounded sharply in February as the drag from cold weather eased, and while permits fell, they remained at higher levels, suggesting an acute shortage of houses will continue to underpin residential construction even as mortgage rates rise. Housing starts…

Walmart Canada is investing more than $118 million to build a new high-tech sortable fulfillment centre in Rocky View County, Alberta, located just outside of Calgary. The investment is part of the retailer’s plan to expand, revolutionize and transform its best-in-class supply chain network…

Alberta’s construction market showed signs of a long-awaited recovery in 2021, thanks to a strong rise in residential-sector investment and increased major-project requirements. That growth and increasing heavy-industrial maintenance requirements should lead to an even stronger pace in 2022, before moderating…

For the most part, building fire wardens are volunteers and must be very familiar with the fire procedures and escape routes in their building. In most cases, if safe to do so, they will be the last person to leave their…

Over the past couple of decades, the construction industry has seen significant change. That has especially been the case when it comes to concrete sustainability. Nowadays, there is a stronger focus on green building efforts like reaching net-zero-carbon concrete by 2050 and a…