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A Melbourne business owner says he will have to lay off his own son after the state government made COVID-19 vaccinations compulsory at construction sites. Peter Wishart said on Tuesday he was “devastated” at having to dismiss three employees – including…

A “hall of shame” listing of China’s top 10 “ugliest” buildings has kicked off with 87 bizarre designs in the running, including a violin-shaped church and an Inner Mongolia hotel in the form of a monstrous babushka doll. Over the past 11 years a Chinese architecture website,…

MIT researchers find emissions of U.S. buildings and pavements can be reduced by around 50 percent even as concrete use increases. As the most consumed material after water, concrete is indispensable to the many essential systems — from roads to buildings…

France’s Notre Dame Cathedral is finally stable and secure enough for artisans to start rebuilding it, more than two years after the shocking fire that tore through its roof, knocked down its spire and threatened to bring the rest of the…

The endless towers are the first thing you notice upon arriving in China, and not just because, in most cities, they tend to line the roads leading to the airport. Over the past three decades, China’s cities have welcomed the largest…

Swiss engineers, led by ETH Zurich, who developed a hard rock tunnel boring machine (TBM) that simultaneously bores while using 3D printing to form the tunnel lining behind as it progresses has been singled out for a tunnelling award. The Groundhog…

Construction workers in Melbourne, Australia, clashed violently with the police for the second day in a row on Tuesday in a dispute over mandatory vaccinations. Up to 2,000 protesters descended into the city’s central business district, the police said. Videos posted…

It has now been confirmed that REM light-rail construction is to blame for two sinkholes opening up in a wetland near the Pierre Trudeau International Airport in Montreal. Environmentalists were surprised to find that the St-Laurent Technoparc had partially dried up,…

The rates for TransLink’s new development cost charge (DCC) on all new buildings in Metro Vancouver will go up in 2022. The board of directors for the public transit authority is expected to approve a nominal 0.6% increase in 2022 this…

Alberta-based Western Securities has started construction of 146,000 square feet of new office space office in Calgary as part of the redevelopment of the Stadium Shopping Centre site. Known as Uxborough, and designed by Gibbs Gage Architects, the redeveloped complex will…

A two-week work placement follows the training, which is for unemployed and under-employed people who are 18 and older. Anyone living in Grey, Bruce, Huron or Perth counties may apply. The program can accommodate 15 students and some spots remained as…

Zeal Motor Inc. the manufacturer of the famous FAT TRUCK® is proud to announce the  official production launch of its new FAT TRUCK® pickup version 2.8P. The 2.8P was designed to answer the specific market need to  transport material and tools…

With more than 32 acres of exhibit space at North American’s largest utility and construction show, attendees can have a hard time finding their way around the show floor. Enter The Utility Expo mobile app for both iOS and Android, a free download for attendees to…

Stantec, a global leader in sustainable design and engineering, has been selected by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to provide global architect-engineer (A/E) services through a five-year, US$800 million multiple-award task order contract. Services under this agreement include…

iOFFICE + SpaceIQ, a leader in the digital transformation of workplace and asset management, today announced a strategic investment by Autodesk, a global technology leader spanning architecture, engineering, construction, product design, manufacturing, and media and entertainment. The investment, which follows the recent combination…