Wednesday, October 2, 2024 
Canadian building permits decreased 8.8% in January
Statistics Canada reports that the total value of building permits decreased 8.8% to $10.1 billion in January. The residential sector fell 11.6% to $6.7 billion, while the non-residential sector declined 2.7% to $3.4 billion. On a constant dollar basis (2012=100) the total value of building permits declined 8.2%.…
Waterton Lakes National Park Visitor Centre is Open
Graham is proud to share that the Government of Canada has opened Waterton Lakes National Park’s new Visitor Centre to the public. The visitor centre opened on February 16, 2022, and Graham was the project’s prime contractor. The new visitor centre…
Survey: Ontario ICI Contractors Feeling Confident in 2022
After two years of life in a pandemic with restricted economic activity, Ontario construction contractors are feeling confident about their business prospects in 2022, according to the annual Contractor Survey conducted by the Ontario Construction Secretariat. Overall, 82 per cent of…
OpenSpace Extends Leadership in Reality Capture for Construction with $102M Series D Financing
OpenSpace, the global leader in 360° jobsite capture and AI-powered analytics, announced a $102M Series D funding round led by PSP Growth, the venture and growth equity arm of PSP Partners. As automated reality capture becomes standard in construction, OpenSpace has seen industry-leading…
Project Nexus aims to cover California canals with solar panels
While solar farms are a great source of green energy, many people don’t like the fact that they occupy land which could otherwise be utilized for agriculture or housing. A new project is exploring an alternative, by placing solar panels over…
Buildings of the future could be fully 3D printed using recycled glass
3D printed concrete may lead to a shift in architecture and construction. Because it can be used to produce new shapes and forms that current technologies struggle with, it may change the centuries-old processes and procedures that are still used to…
A ‘Great Street’, more towers and a ‘Creative District’: 7 Takeaways on Vancouver’s new Broadway Plan draft
With the construction of the Broadway Subway in full swing, it makes sense a new community plan for Broadway is being created. A community plan is essentially a land-use plan to guide city planners; in the case of the Broadway Plan…
Seven-storey apartment building planned on Fergus Avenue near Weber Street East
A seven-storey apartment building is proposed for Fergus Avenue near Weber Street East adjacent to another existing stacked townhouse development. The high-density project is slated to sit on a 0.39-hectare rectangular property at 142-146 Fergus Ave. Two single-detached houses, one with…
Russia is building a massive, 50 billion cubic meter gas pipeline to China
Russian gas major, Gazprom, is pushing ahead to build a 50 billion cubic meter gas pipeline to China amid economic sanctions imposed by Western countries, Business Insider reported. Gas and oil exports made up a major part of Russia’s economy with European countries…
Webinar – Future-Proofing Your Concrete Business
About the Webinar Date: Thursday, March 10, 2022 10:00 am PT | 12:00 pm CT | 1:00 pm ET Duration: 30 minutes When suppliers began rationing cement and increasing prices during the pandemic, family-owned single plant operator ABC Ready Mix rolled out CarbonCure…
Mobile Hi-Impact Shielding Barrier for Industrial Applications
MarShield, an industry leader in product innovation, was contacted by a prominent energy company in Southeast USA to develop a barrier that would be extremely durable with high visual clarity and extreme impact qualities. The energy company provides electricity to 7.8…
SBC Webinar: Laneway, ADU & Tiny Home Residences
Laneway houses and Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) are increasingly popular building forms to address the need for densification and increasing the availability of housing in urban areas. Simultaneously, tiny houses are being incorporated into the mainstream building lexicon and being touted…
Pantera partners with COMPASS PREQUAL to offer best-of-class, integrated prequalification and bidding platform
Pantera Global Technology, a leading provider of powerful bid, project, and risk management software for the Construction Industry – has announced a partnership with COMPASS (developed by Bespoke Metrics Inc.) , a leading prequalification platform that focuses on data and analytics…
Digital Is the New Blue(print)
Decades ago, paper blueprints were common practice in the construction industry. But just as we (mostly) upgraded our horsepower from equine to turbo diesel, contractors are moving from paper to digital plans. The ease, efficiency, time, and money savings are just…
The International Code Council and the International Association of Electrical Inspectors collaborate to strengthen training and resources for members
The International Code Council and the International Association of Electrical Inspectors (IAEI) have formalized a service agreement that will allow both organizations to provide additional benefits to their respective memberships. IAEI has long been a part of the Code Council’s Preferred…
