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With Brentwood Town Centre set to see tens of thousands of additional residents and thousands of new jobs over the coming years, becoming a regional destination in the process, the SkyTrain station that serves the district is now set to see…

Growing up, Zoe Graham-Radford would sketch out house plans. Designing and building things were an early passion of hers, one that eventually led her to the architectural and building technology program at the British Columbia Institute of Technology. But during her…

Women now represent more than three per cent of the workforce in the construction industry in Quebec, a goal set in 2015 by the Commission de la Construction du Québec’s equal access program. At the time, the commission had aimed to…

The final stages of building the towers of the Gordie Howe International Bridge in Detroit and Windsor are about to get underway. The tower’s legs, also known as the lower pylon, have reached their full height of 140 metres on both…

Some buildings have withstood the test of time. After centuries or even millennia, they’ve remained structurally sound, revered as inhabitable spaces of human history and innovation. Some are still even in use today, many lifetimes after their original designers died. These…

Construction companies were on the frontline during the pandemic, with the urgent need for development of medical facilities and other essential infrastructure. But for an industry that relies heavily on manual labor and on-site workers, the sudden site closures, new safety measures,…

A Japanese company is selling metallic shelters that can be installed in apartments and small houses, for protection against natural disasters and even radiation and missile strikes. You’ve probably heard of millionaires and doomsday preppers building their own luxury underground bunkers, but…

Common Ground Alliance (CGA), the stakeholder-driven organization dedicated to protecting underground utility lines, people who dig near them and their communities, announced Tristan Brown, Deputy Administrator of the Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), as its keynote speaker at the 2022…

The Canadian Construction Association (CCA) is pleased to announce that Brendan Nobes is the Chair of the 2022-2023 Board of Directors. CCA sincerely thanks outgoing chair, Ray Bassett, for his dedicated leadership. Nobes is the Director of Major Projects for rcs…

On March 2, 2022, the Vancouver Regional Construction Association (VRCA) held its Awards of Excellence gala. This year’s event combined two years – 2020 and 2021 – as the 2020 celebration was postponed to due to COVID. These project‐specific awards recognize…

Construction can be a notoriously tough industry for women. They can face many obstacles including exclusion, gender bias, pay gap, and lack of advancement. Perhaps that is why women currently represent only 10.9% of the construction industry workforce.  The good news is cultural…

The American Wood Council (AWC) has released an update to the mobile apps and web-based Maximum Span Calculator for Wood Joists and Rafters to include the design values as found in the 2018 National Design National Design Specification® (NDS®) for Wood Construction Supplement. The mobile apps and the web-based calculator…

EllisDon Infrastructure Healthcare (EDIH) has been selected as the preferred proponent to design, build and finance the West Lincoln Memorial Hospital (WLMH) redevelopment project. Infrastructure Ontario (IO) and Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) selected EDIH after extensive evaluations following an open, fair…

A Halifax real estate agent says he is faced with a desperate situation. Four of his clients not able to reach the builder of their homes, which are nowhere near completed. “All the buyers, they’re trying to locate where the builder…

The last three years have seen a perfect storm of circumstances combine to create a major shortage of skilled labour in the construction industry. On the demand side, the number of new housing builds and major project investment experienced record highs in 2019 and…