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In the summer of 2010, the Workers Defense Project, a Texas-based group that supports immigrant workers in the construction industry, organized a “thirst strike” in front of Austin’s city hall. More than a dozen workers and advocates sat in the June…

Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole is zeroing in on the housing crisis, pledging to build a million homes in three years and raise barriers to foreign investors. On a quiet cul-de-sac in Ottawa, O’Toole said the supply of homes, including rental, has…

A small eastern Ontario town is getting a big new development.  Designed to be super efficient, to generate its own energy, and release few emissions, it is a standard called “Net Zero.” The first of its kind in the country, the…

Tsawwassen First Nation Chief Ken Baird was delayed getting to the province’s announcement of the decision for a $4.15-billion George Massey Tunnel replacement. He was caught in tunnel traffic, he said at the end of his remarks. Commuters who have suffered…

Walmart Canada broke ground Thursday on its first distribution centre in Atlantic Canada – a brand new, 223,000-square-foot facility in Moncton, New Brunswick, which is slated to open in fall 2022. The new distribution centre, to be located at 135 Frenette Ave., will provide…

Score Media and Gaming Inc. and Menkes Developments Ltd. together with partner BentallGreenOak announced that they have entered into an agreement for theScore to lease an 80,000-square-foot space in the Waterfront Innovation Centre, an office and retail development property in downtown Toronto.…

A two-year pilot program will finance energy efficiency upgrades to 100 existing Edmonton buildings as part of the city’s strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Approved unanimously by city council Thursday morning, the $12.4-million Clean Energy Improvement Program will be available to homeowners…

The Manitoba government is investing more than $600,000 to partner with the Manitoba Construction Sector Council (MCSC) to deliver a multi-faceted, skilled-trades training initiative for Indigenous women in four northern and remote communities, Sport, Culture and Heritage Minister Cathy Cox, minister…

As part of Ottawa’s $3 billion COVID-19 Resilience stream, the federal government is injecting an additional $120 million into the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program to support ventilation improvement projects to public buildings across the country. According to Infrastructure Canada, this new funding…

Theft of construction equipment is unfortunately the cost of doing business for most contractors across Canada. The Ontario Provincial Police estimates between $15 to $20million worth of heavy construction equipment is stolen every year, with the value across Canada being reported…

Ritchie Bros.’ August Market Trends Report continues to show positive pricing trends across all its equipment indexes, with truck tractor prices up 31% in the U.S., while medium earthmoving and vocational trucks are up 27% and 26% respectively (for the three…

U.S. homebuilder confidence in the market for single-family homes fell in August to its lowest reading in 13 months, driven by higher construction costs and supply shortages, a report released on Tuesday showed. The NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market index declined 5…

Construction 3D printing company ICON has unveiled its latest build, a 3,800-square-foot training barracks made in collaboration with the Texas Military Department (TMD). The building, which ICON reports as the largest 3D printed structure in North America, is designed to house 72 soldiers…

The International Code Council, the leading global source of model codes and standards and building safety solutions, and RESNET, a national standards-making body for energy efficiency ratings and certification systems, will continue their long history of collaboration by developing a new…

A milestone in decarbonization as Sweden’s SSAB made the world’s very first “fossil-free” steel delivery, created with green hydrogen instead of coal and coke, to a customer, Volvo, where it will be used in electric trucks. SSAB’s HYBRIT process uses hydrogen…