Friday, October 4, 2024 
Brian Ensign of Superior Essex is named Chairman of the CABA Board of Directors
Brian Ensign, Vice-President, Marketing at Superior Essex Communications, has been named Chairman of the CABA Board of Directors. Superior Essex is the leading manufacturer and supplier of communications cables in North America, and the Continental Automated Buildings Association (CABA) is a leading B2B trade…
Cambridge man fined $3,500 for altering drawings bearing a professional engineer’s seal
The Ontario Court of Justice at Kitchener fined a man $3,500 for altering engineering drawings bearing a professional engineer’s seal, and by submitting the same to the City of Cambridge for approval, without the knowledge or consent of the professional engineer. Kevin Ellerby, of…
Bridge in Pittsburgh collapses hours before scheduled Biden visit to talk infrastructure
A snow-covered bridge in Pittsburgh collapsed Friday morning, just hours before President Joe Biden was expected to visit the city on a previously scheduled trip to discuss infrastructure.No fatalities have been reported, Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey said in a news conference at the scene in the area…
T. Harris Environmental Management and and Northern Air Environmental Technologies form strategic alliance
T. Harris Environmental Management Inc. is pleased to announce a new strategic alliance with Northern Air Environmental Technologies Inc. T. Harris Environmental Management Inc. is a premier environmental consulting company providing a variety of environmental and occupational health and safety solutions…
Keynote Speakers Announced for Seventh Emerging Water Technology Symposium
Dr. Richard Thorsten, chief impact officer for Water.org, and Robert Puente, president and CEO of the San Antonio Water System, will deliver the keynote addresses at the seventh Emerging Water Technology Symposium (EWTS), scheduled for May 10-11 in San Antonio. The…
StructionSite raises $10 million to apply AI to construction project management
After sustaining a major blow from a pandemic-ravaged economy, the global construction industry has come roaring back. On the commercial side, while the demand for new office space remains tepid, retailers are investing significant capital in logistics infrastructure, like warehouses. On…
5 prefab companies that are changing the way we think about smart homes
“Smart home technology is something people have always wanted in their homes, but it was very expensive,” says Plant Prefab founder and CEO, Steve Glenn. “Now, it’s become much more accessible, and much more pervasive.” Plant Prefab’s approach is to integrate…
Lydell Wiebe presented HA Krentz award by the Canadian Institute of Steel Construction
Lydell Wiebe, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at McMaster University, and Sanda Koboevic, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering with Polytechnique Montreal, have been jointly presented with the H.A. Krentz award. For the second time in six years, the Canadian Institute of…
Saskatoon library design evokes teepee on outside and Métis log cabin inside
Saskatoon’s latest designs for the central library show an exterior inspired by the teepee and Métis log house and an interior featuring exposed cross laminated timber. “We really wanted that kind of idea of animating what the library is, as the…
5 Green Construction Products to Keep an Eye On
We’ve touched before on ways that AI-assisted technology and robotics will be able to shape the future of construction, but there are already a multitude of eco-friendly products and processes that can be incorporated into builds to increase efficiency and comfort…
Female masons pave way for construction careers at World of Concrete
As Liz Nichols and several other masons spent Tuesday morning smoothing over a concrete demonstration slab outside the Las Vegas Convention Center, her 4-month-old daughter Rowan slept peacefully in her stroller behind the line of working women. It wasn’t a unique…
Volatility of lumber prices hits high not seen since end of World War II — why home buyers should be concerned
The price of a key building material is more unpredictable today than it has been since the end of World War II. And that should worry home buyers and renters alike. A recent analysis from the National Association of Home Builders examined the…
Worker, supply shortages driving construction delays on P.E.I.
If you are one of many Prince Edward Islanders waiting to get construction work done, don’t expect movement on that front any time soon. The province’s construction industry is continuing to deal with high demand while navigating labour shortages and supply…
Inquest into 2016 death at construction site of Ottawa’s tallest condo set for July
The deadly cost of Ottawa’s tallest condo will be examined at an inquest into the 2016 death of Olivier Bruneau, a layout carpenter crushed by falling ice in an unsafe excavation pit during the construction of Claridge Icon on Preston Street.…
This startup is turning nonrecyclable plastic into building blocks fit for construction
In a world of disposable everything, single-use plastics continue to reign supreme. Every year, Americans generate about 42 million tons of it. And yet only 9% of that gets recycled, in part because the recycling infrastructure in the U.S. can’t keep up with the country’s…
