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The EIFS Council of Canada announces the opening of its 2022 Architectural Design Awards Program. This is the sixth consecutive year that the EIFS Council of Canada has run their prestigious Awards Program. The Program was initiated to honour design professionals…

Recently, Singapore completed work on the world’s first digital twin of an entire nation. Bentley Systems tools accelerated the process of transforming raw GIS, lidar, and imagery data into reality mesh, building, and transportation models of the country.  “We envisaged that these building blocks will…

When I was a kid my father was in the equipment rental business and I think I always knew I would join the family business. In fact, my uncle used to tell me a story about asking me at 5 years…

IAPMO R&T, North America’s premier third-party testing and certification body for plumbing, mechanical, and water treatment products, is pleased to announce the promotion of Anish Desai to senior vice president of Product Certification. In addition to continuing to oversee daily operation…

Reading is something I do not only for personal enjoyment but also for personal growth. There are a vast number of books written on leadership, with new ones emerging every day, yet still, one of my all-time favourites is The Leadership…

Indigenous narratives and esthetics are woven through the mass-timber construction emerging on Centennial College’s Progress campus, and the young architect behind the work hopes people demand more of that in the country’s future buildings. Built on the shared territories of the…

The City of Calgary is pleased to announce that it will partner with a local developer to build a mixed-use fire station in the community of Inglewood, using a new integrated approach to facility planning under The City’s Corporate Facility Planning…

by Christopher Nielsen, B.Sc., P. Geo. (Limited), Vice President T. Harris Environmental Management Inc. Silent Killer Lurks Maintainers making repairs or anyone else working in a facility may encounter asbestos. It wraps around pipes and elbows, it lines boilers and it’s present…

Build a Dream and EllisDon are partnering to host the career fair, showcasing different roles in the construction industry. EllisDon, an employee-owned, $5-billion-a-year global construction services company, will be hiring in IT, project management, field operations, finance, marketing, HR, engineering, design…

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…

Cestar College has fulfilled its generous $4 million dollar donation toward construction of the Sarnia-Lambton Oversize Load Corridor. The final installment has been received by the City of Sarnia. Project Manager Lyle Johnson said construction of the corridor is progressing smoothly.…

Archaeologists excavating a construction site in South London have discovered a Roman-era mosaic floor thought to be at least 1,800 years old — a “once-in-a-lifetime” find that one said is the “largest area of decorated mosaic discovered in London in the…

A vintage building sitting on a prime location on Port Stanley’s harbour could soon house a new southwestern Ontario lakeside attraction. Central Elgin Council is expected to approve a $1.4 million lease to own deal to create a new microbrewery and…

Amsterdam confirmed plans this week to build an entire neighborhood out of wood, a renewable material that the region hopes will be key in reducing building emissions.  The new quarter, dubbed the first such neighborhood in a Dutch city in several centuries, reflects a broader…

Gauge, a leading provider of innovative cloud-based fleet tracking and asset management solutions for the heavy construction, government, and fire and water restoration industries, announcing the launch of its JackHammer series GPS tracking products. Motivated by the limited amount of viable…