Bird Construction to acquire Dagmar Construction
Dagmar is an Ontario-based construction company with extensive experience across key civil infrastructure sub-sectors including road, bridge, rail, sewer and water, and commercial-institutional sites. Over the past 80 years, Dagmar has earned a strong reputation in the construction industry for solid execution,…
360-degree transparency for construction sites made simple
MIT spinoff OpenSpace invented automated 360-degree video jobsite capture and mapping. “It’s not exactly an amazing observation,” says CEO Jeevan Kalanithi, “but a picture really is worth a thousand words.” In the world of real estate development, visual documentation of construction…
Canadian building permits decrease 3.9% in July
Statistics Canada reports that the total value of building permits in Canada decreased 3.9% to $9.9 billion in July. All provinces except British Columbia and Newfoundland and Labrador posted lower values, with the majority of the national decline reported in Alberta (-23.4%). Building…
Bulletin 268: Building Floor Warden Roles & Responsibilities
It would be very convenient if occupants of all buildings could follow the same set of fire evacuation procedures when the fire alarm system sounds in the building. While there are common elements in all fire evacuations, the actual procedures are…
With Seven Floors in 12 Days, China Builds Hotel in Record Time
China is well known for its speedy construction processes. From building a 1,000-bed, 25,000-square-meter hospital in nine days in light of the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020 to putting together livable spaces in just one day, the Asian nation is the place to be for…
IAPMO Becomes Amazon SPN Partner
The IAPMO Group is pleased to announce it has concluded a rigorous approval process to join the Amazon Service Provider Network (SPN), becoming a valuable resource for manufacturers and distributors wishing to sell their products on Amazon’s vast global marketplace. Created…
Graham awarded $53 million Falcon One project in Edmonton
Graham was recently awarded the CDN$53 million Falcon One project in Edmonton, AB. As the name implies, it is the first of Falcon Towers’ two phases. Falcon One will be a 30-storey, 240-unit residential high-rise tower located in the City’s downtown.…
The Lowe’s Canada Heroes campaign is back
Lowe’s Canada, one of Canada’s leading home improvement retailers, is bringing back its Lowe’s Canada Heroes campaign starting September 1. Over a period of 30 days, customers of participating stores will be invited to make donations at the cash register in…
Embodied Carbon: A Hidden Climate Challenge
The Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) notes in a new report that “the solutions for addressing embodied carbon in buildings have not been widely studied in the United States, leaving a significant knowledge gap for engineers, architects, contractors, policymakers, and building owners.”…
Wood you look at that: Lumber is cheap again
For the 13th consecutive week, framing lumber prices are down. On Friday, the cash market price of lumber fell to $389 per thousand board feet, according to data from Fastmarkets Random Lengths, an industry trade publication. That’s down 74% from its $1,515 all-time high…
Gananoque chosen for 3D housing project
Six triplex apartment buildings will be built in Gananoque next year, thanks to an international competition that uses robots and automation. The town was selected as the site of the first and largest 3D printed neighbourhood in Canada, born out of…