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Construction bids opened Monday for the super library on LeBreton Flats after the City of Ottawa released the final drawings with hopes of meeting the pre-tender estimate of $192.9 million. The contract competition is for pre-qualified general contractors identified last summer: EllisDon,…

A time-travelling Victorian stumbling upon a modern building site could largely get right to work, says Chris Thompson, managing director of Citu, which specialises in building low-carbon homes. That’s because many of the materials and tools would be familiar to him.…

After successfully completing a PoC evaluation in Q1 of 2021, Glasfaser NordWest is moving to a full-scale rollout of Vitruvi NetBuild. Formed as a joint venture between Telekom Deutschland GmbH and EWE AG, the project will connect up to 1.5 million private households…

The trend in housing starts was 279,055 units in April 2021, up from 272,164 units in March 2021, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). This trend measure is a six-month moving average of the monthly seasonally adjusted annual rates (SAAR) of…

The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo has broken ground on a controversial park being built on land it originally acquired to be turned into an arena. The Franklin and Main Park Project will take up the majority of a block in…

The National Research Council of Canada (NRC) first offered free electronic access to the National Model Codes in April 2019, through funding from the Government of Canada in support of freely available and harmonized building codes. In the last 2 years,…

Victoria has penned a new bylaw which will require buildings to be deconstructed, not demolished, in an effort to reduce construction waste in the municipality. The city says that Victoria creates between 10,000 and 20,000 tonnes of waste through construction and…

IAPMO R&T’s Supply Chain Services (SCS) has significantly bolstered its management team with the hiring of Nicolas Bouvier as director. Bouvier brings 20-plus years’ experience operating inspection management programs in more than 30 countries worldwide. “We are thrilled to bring Nicolas’…

Two years ago, sixteen leaders from community, labour and industry came together to brainstorm strategies for how to incentivize and recognize the different construction industry leaders, champions and initiatives that we were starting to witness as the community benefits movement gained…

The Indigenous Opportunities Network (ION) is OPG’s community-centred program that recruits job-ready Indigenous people and provides opportunities in skilled trades, project management, and administrative jobs, within the energy sector. Working closely with Kagita Mikam Aboriginal Employment and Training and UBC Millwright Local…

Wainfleet Township will begin the process of pre-qualifying contractors vying to build the township’s planned new central fire station, after township politicians received a new report pegging the preliminary cost estimates of the long-awaited project at about $4.64 million. Fire Chief…

According to Ryan Goodfellow, owner and operator of Rock Structures Utility & Excavating in Ogden, Utah, one of the disadvantages to being a “small guy” in the construction business is the additional manpower it takes to get jobs dug to grade,…

The American Concrete Institute (ACI) along with ACI international chapters and partners will host “24 Hours of Concrete Knowledge,” a free conference that will bring the worldwide concrete community together. The conference is for everyone interested in learning more about concrete,…

Not only has it been scientifically proven that urban gardens, woodlands, and parks reduce depression, in a study by the University of Leeds for example, they are immensely valuable for preserving the environment. Urban gardens and vertical farms are starting to…

Amid signs that Ontario’s emergency public health measures are set to be extended into June, a number of COVID-19 outbreaks at residential construction sites has highlighted the debate over what kind of work should be considered essential. On May 4, an outbreak of 11…