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Three new towers may soon rise in the north part of Hamilton’s Downtown Core as Emblem Developments plans to build three tall buildings of 30 storeys each at 41-61 Wilson Street & 97, 99, 117 John Street North. The current proposal…

Command Alkon, the global leader in comprehensive supply chain technology solutions for heavy building materials suppliers, haulers, and buyers, addresses the challenges that paper processes deliver in terms of transparency, collaboration, and financial, business, and operational risks.  The CONNEX Platform provides…

Providing the best results for clients: that’s what most contractors strive for. And Kruse Smith is no different. That’s why the Norwegian contractor has recently started digitalizing their work for the E39 highway project. As part of this process, they took a…

Construction in Sweden could grind to a halt after the country’s biggest cement factory was stripped of its licence to mine limestone on environmental grounds. The ruling by the Swedish Supreme Land and Environmental Court last week means that the Cementa plant at Slite in Gotland could…

Buildings equivalent to a city the size of Paris are being built every week – but less than one per cent of them are assessed to determine their carbon footprint, according to a new report. This is despite the fact that construction accounts…

Construction is one of the largest single sectors of the B.C. economy, accounting for nearly 10% of the province’s GDP. The housing, institutional and infrastructure projects the sector’s 225,000 workers deliver each year made the sector an essential service when COVID-19…

The provincial government states the contractor resumed work in late June on the foundations of the suspension bridge’s single tower in the Fraser River, initiating the start of major construction. This follows the short period of test work conducted in late February…

The City says it has officially surpassed $1 billion worth of construction since the beginning of the year, making June 2021 the earliest the City has reached the billion-dollar mark in construction value. 2021 marks the first time the City has reached…

Construction of a temporary bridge is underway in Morell, P.E.I., as a major bridge replacement project gets underway. The bridge over the Morell River on Route 2 is being replaced in a $7 million project that is expected to take more than a…

Chelmsford-based construction company R.M. Belanger Limited has been fined $175,000 by the courts under the Occupational Health and Safety Act following the death of a worker in Marathon, Ont. in 2019 resulting from a collapsing bridge. The company pleaded guilty of failing…

Mighty Buildings, a construction technology company that is revolutionizing the construction industry by using 3D printing, advanced materials, and robotic automation to create beautiful, sustainable, and high-quality homes, has raised an additional $22M to accelerate their carbon neutrality roadmap. The company has secured…

Progressive Planet Solutions Inc. and ZS2 Technologies Ltd. are pleased to announce a signed Letter of Intent (LOI) between ZS2 and Progressive Planet Alberta Inc. The collaboration will accelerate the development of eco-friendly products for the cement, concrete, and building products…

Canadian construction services firm EllisDon and consultancy AECOM have formed a partnership dubbed Prairie Link to progress plans for a C$9 billion (US$7.2 billion) high speed line from Edmonton via Red Deer to Calgary in Alberta, Canada. The partnership has proposed the project through the government of Alberta’s…

Bird Construction Inc. recently announced that it has negotiated a construction services contract with the international real estate firm Hines for a mixed-use project in the heart of Toronto. The project is a 17-storey mixed-use building located near the corner of King…

DPI Construction Management has announced Carolee Turner as the company’s new Vice President, Business Development. Turner brings over a decade of sales experience to the leaders in office space commercial construction. “Carolee conducts business to a higher standard,” said Rick Perin,…