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Construction for a 23-storey residential complex on the intersection of Spadina Avenue and Sussex Avenue, which was started in December 2021, is expected to be completed in fall 2024. Both the real estate agency working with the university on the project…

Boring can be frustrating, and boring (pun intended) when you encounter rocks that can destroy your drilling equipment. A robot called Swifty, created by a San Francisco-based start-up Petra, can drill through the hardest rocks on the planet, which would normally destroy…

There has been a lot of movement, talk, and news coverage around infrastructure. This year, the National Institute of Building Sciences’ Consultative Council plans to launch Infrastructure 2022, a quarterly webinar series around key infrastructure topics. Webinars will cover transportation infrastructure and…

The City of Vancouver has a backlog of 500 applications from people seeking permits to build single-family homes, duplexes and laneway houses. The backlog comes despite a council-initiated task force created early last year to reduce the time builders have to…

To help assess and quantify human-robot interaction safety hazards on construction worksites, a recently published report from CPWR – The Center for Construction Research and Training details a newly developed practical process and tools for practitioners. CPWR researchers looked at hazards linked to…

Lumber prices are soaring to levels not seen in seven months as the lingering effects of flooding in B.C. disrupt supplies and shipments. Lumber futures jumped 3.8 per cent to the exchange limit of US$1,219 per 1,000 board feet in Chicago…

Construction firms in the Okanagan are among the hardest-hit in the province by supply chain disruptions, an industry group says. Highway closures caused by flooding only exacerbated the difficulties builders were already having sourcing basic construction materials, the Independent Contractors and…

Construction is starting on a 35-unit housing development designed to help address the affordability and accessibility needs of Indigenous individuals, Elders and families in Vernon. “We know there’s a significant need to build more affordable and accessible homes for Indigenous Peoples in…

The housing development proposal Madre Natura is a concept for modular and sustainable structures that would be 3D-printed with steel. Inspired by Italian sculptor and muralist Costantino Nivola’s piece titled  La Madre, the buildings combine architecture and sculpture in one beautiful form. Mask Architects, the…

The first commercial carbon removal plant, where CO2 is sucked out of the air and stored underground, is in a remote part of Iceland, nowhere near a city. It’s a massive industrial operation. But the carbon-capturing technology doesn’t need to be sequestered…

Renowned architect Eberhard “Eb” Zeidler, who designed some of Toronto’s most iconic buildings and many prominent landmarks across Canada, has died at age 95, his architectural practice confirmed Friday in a tweet. Zeidler was famous for his work on the Eaton Centre, Ontario…

Weyburn, Sask., will be getting a new hospital to replace the existing one in the future but construction firms are needed. The Saskatchewan government has issued a request for qualifications (RFQ), which is a call-out for qualified firms to design and construct the new hospital.…

Last month, President Biden signed into law the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure framework, formally known as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (H.R. 3684). The deal is “a big deal” not only because it’s an increasingly rare bipartisan agreement, but because it represents a…

Young men in jackets and ties walk along tidy walkways that connect the redbrick buildings of the 220-acre campus of the Williamson College of the Trades. They wake up around 6 each morning, turn out for inspection, attend a morning assembly,…

During a dark and difficult time, there is a ray of light for one Ottawa woman, whose need to complete a home renovation has been met with a gift of the heart from a contractor who wants to share his kindness…