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Women in Trades: Tackling the Skilled Labour Shortages in Canada. The struggle to find skilled trades workers and the subsequent labour shortages in the construction industry have been a worrisome headline for over a decade now. Between 2014 and 2020, over 200…

Construction machines are estimated to generate around 400 Mt of CO2 emission per year, which is around 1.1% of global CO2 emission. Decarbonization of non-road mobile machines will therefore be an important factor in efforts to limit global climate change. With…

There’s a threshold of backlog work that can make it seem as if you’ve made it into the big leagues. The number varies for every contractor, but when you hit it, you feel like a million bucks. And maybe your backlog…

LNG Canada is gearing up for the peak construction phase at its massive terminal in British Columbia, reiterating its target to start exporting liquefied natural gas to Asia in 2025. LNG Canada, led by Shell PLC, is the only Canadian project…

Concern about climate change has focused significant attention on the buildings sector, in particular on the extraction and processing of construction materials. The concrete and steel industries together are responsible for as much as 15 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions. In…

The trend in housing starts was 251,579 units in February, down from 253,864 units in January, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). This trend measure is a six-month moving average of the monthly seasonally adjusted annual rates (SAAR) of…

A new concept in affordable housing is coming to Gananoque. On March 2, Town Council voted 100 per cent to approve a site plan for Canada’s first 3D printed neighbourhood. Designed and planned by the Horizon Legacy Group (HLG), the project…

On March 10, members of the Timmins Construction Association (TCA) gathered at the Porcupine Dante Club for the Annual General Meeting and Safety Awards to move and ratify the organization’s official business. During the luncheon, attendees heard a virtual presentation from…

The 3,500-member Independent Contractors and Businesses Association (ICBA) of Vancouver is spearheading a fundraising effort in B.C.’s construction industry to help the people of Ukraine, while the Edmonton-based Progressive Contractors Association of Canada (PCA) is pledging construction employment to those who…

The International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO®) is seeking volunteers to participate on the Technical Correlating Committee (TCC) working toward the correlation of the 2024 editions of the Uniform Swimming Pool, Spa, and Hot Tub Code (USPSHTC) and Uniform Solar, Hydronics and Geothermal Code (USHGC). The deadline to submit an application is…

Construction technology startup Mastt has raised $9.5 million as it looks offshore for growth.The round was led by OIF Ventures, with participation from Assignar co-founder Sean McCreanor, the company’s Chief Revenue Officer Chris Peterson and Mastt CTO David Jablonski. Existing investors…

A downtown Calgary highrise is undergoing a comprehensive engineering review to find the cause of the recent shattering of a glass pane that caused a closure of part of the sidewalk below. In mid-December, a window pane broke on the 27th…

In a four-story apartment building in Brooklyn, New York, a very small company is implementing a very big idea: Electrify every building in the United States by leasing landlords the necessary equipment to make the transition. BlocPower is a Brooklyn-based start-up…

One of the tallest office towers in St. Louis lost 96% of its appraised value. Denver’s former World Trade Center complex faces foreclosure. An oil company’s vacant Houston workplace sold this year at a $67.4 million loss to lenders. Those properties…

EllisDon has been named the winner of the Canadian Construction Association’s (CCA) Environmental Achievement Award, acknowledging the company’s climate commitment.  As a member company of the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), EllisDon has committed to setting verifiable science-based targets across the entire…