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This past weekend, the final segment of the Southwest Calgary Ring Road, between Fish Creek Blvd and Highway 22X, was officially opened to motorists. This completes the 31-kilometre roadway that Graham and its partners in the KGL consortium have been working…

When you think of general concrete waterproofing, you probably envision membranes or crystalline waterproofing admixtures. But those aren’t the only aspects you need to consider for waterproofing. In fact, you should think of them as part of a more holistic approach to waterproofing. With…

One of the biggest areas of improvement needed in construction is data sophistication. With the rise of analytics tools, there has never been a better time to introduce analytics in your organization. It’s no secret that construction has faced a seemingly…

The Electrical Safety Authority recently held its Annual Meeting and Ontario Electrical Safety Awards to celebrate achievements in electrical safety.  In addition to the awards, ESA’s Chair, Board of Directors, Annette Bergeron, and Chief Executive Officer and President, David Collie, highlighted ESA’s fiscal…

A team from the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) and the Politecnico di Milano has designed new ultra-resistant and self-repairing concrete materials. They have 30% more durability compared to conventional high-performance concrete in cracking situations. In the event of a crack,…

A brand new library in Campbell River won’t be going ahead as planned — at least not any time soon. Vancouver Island Regional Library trustees recently voted to not move forward with the construction of a brand new downtown library branch…

Statistics Canada reports that the total value of building permits in Canada decreased 2.1% to $9.7 billion in August. Although most provinces reported increases, notable declines in Ontario and British Columbia pulled the national results lower compared with July. On a constant dollar…

A tiny lot in East Vancouver is at the centre of a larger tussle between city officials and the company that recently purchased the sliver of land.  At just 9 feet wide by 60 feet deep, 1916 William Street is a quirky anomaly…

Short Story is a single cubic building constructed using architectural theories like Raumplan’s to explore the use of sustainable building materials and low-impact construction methods. Roundhouse is a curatorial platform that fosters public engagement across industries like architecture, archival research, and post-industrial site excavation. Roundhouse…

The City of Nelson will meet with builders, architects and others in the construction industry in the next few months to talk about embodied carbon. That’s the greenhouse gas emissions arising from the manufacturing, transportation, installation, maintenance, and disposal of building materials (e.g.,…

Standing outside the Quality Hotel in Dorval where she’s been forced to relocate, Sonja Reiss fears she won’t be returning to her apartment building on Brunswick Boulevard in Montreal’s West Island anytime soon.  “I’m missing work, you know, I don’t know what to do anymore,” she…

Ontario Power Generation has awarded Bird Construction Inc. the Engineering, Procurement and Construction contract for OPG’s Clarington Corporate Campus. OPG announced in 2019 it would consolidate all non-station based staff at one location: a newly-constructed headquarters campus adjacent to the existing…

Common Ground Alliance (CGA), the national nonprofit trade association dedicated to protecting underground utility lines, people who dig near them and their communities, today announced the findings from its 2020 Damage Information Reporting Tool (DIRT) Report. The Report analyzed all 2020 data…

Around the world, there is a massive push to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels for various reasons – chief among them the preservation of our home planet. Among the various strategies being developed, one tends to receive the most attention…

Built Technologies, a construction industry-focused financial-technology startup, has more than tripled its valuation to $1.5 billion after raising $125 million in an equity funding round led by TCV. Brookfield Technology Partners, 9Yards Capital, HighSage Ventures and XYZ Venture Capital participated in…