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A typical wind turbine is massive—roughly as tall as the Statue of Liberty, with blades that stretch wider than a football field. (Some are even bigger, like a new offshore turbine from Siemens that has a 774-foot-wide rotor.) By contrast, a…

Finding room for green spaces is a challenge in any city, let alone the world’s most densely populated ones. So in downtown Singapore, anyone looking for a new park to stroll in may need to turn toward the sky. A third…

Canada is a geographically vast country, made up of 10 provinces, each with its own unique characteristics. Some are known for their urban metropolises, others for their natural beauty and wilderness. Still, others are a blend of both. Some provinces are…

Implementing smart road technologies can encourage greater safety on Northern roads and are less expensive to build and maintain. These technologies and innovative construction techniques are explored in detail in the latest paper by Northern Policy Institute, Smart Solutions for Northern…

The Heavy Construction Association of Windsor is taking issue with the process used to by the County of Essex to award the tender for improvements to the County Road 42 and 43 corridors. The association is challenging the decision by the…

The Yukon government is set to mark the start of work on the Nisutlin Bay Bridge replacement, but some are frustrated that the project isn’t moving at a quicker pace. The bridge is a critical transportation link for moving people and goods…

The United States has a construction labor shortage that will likely get worse. In April, the US construction industry had roughly 440,000 job openings, and the US manufacturing industry had more than one million—the highest levels recorded since industry-level jobs data were…

When a deadly 6.3-magnitude earthquake hit Christchurch, New Zealand, in 2011, over 60 per cent of concrete buildings three storeys or higher in the downtown business district had to be demolished as they were no longer safe to live or work…

Ontario’s Ford government says it wants to double the maximum fine for unethical developers of new homes who unjustifiably cancel home building projects or terminate purchase agreements. Kaleed Rasheed, minister of public and business service delivery, and Steve Clark, minister of municipal affairs and…

Seven years into Los Angeles’ landmark earthquake safety campaign, more than 8,000 seismically vulnerable buildings have been retrofitted across the city at an estimated cost of $1.3 billion, a new analysis shows. The improvements mark the biggest advance in seismic upgrades…

The RM of Tecumseh building project has been completed.  PCL’s special projects team was awarded the job and they were happy to do so, as the first job they ever did was completed near Stoughton 116 years ago.  In 1906, Poole…

Having the ability to mitigate the impact of delays is a valuable skill set for any project manager or owner, but developing the systems and skills to get ahead of the problems and prevent delays from occurring in the first place,…

The chief operating officer of the development company behind the Claridge Icon condo project said, looking back, he sees areas of improvement on the site where Olivier Bruneau was killed by falling ice. “This was a very atypical scenario. I mean,…

The federal and Manitoba governments will contribute more than $33 million for the construction of a Métis National Heritage Centre in Winnipeg. Northern Affairs Minister Dan Vandal, who is a Winnipeg MP, announced $23.1 million in federal funding Saturday during the…

A looming labour shortage has led construction industry leaders to gather millions of dollars for scholarships to get more people into the industry. Heads of SAIT, home builder Jayman Built and industry association BILD Alberta made the announcement of a scholarship…