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Going to World of Concrete June 8-10? Visit COMMAND Center at booth N1651 to learn how temperature and maturity monitoring can improve your construction projects. Exhibit hall hours: Tuesday, June 8: 9:30 am – 5:00 pmWednesday, June 9: 9:30 am –…

A 21-year-old construction worker’s death at the site of what is now the Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital warrants a million-dollar fine, according to a Saskatoon Crown prosecutor. During a teleconference court hearing Friday, prosecutor Buffy Rodgers said Eric Ndayishimiye’s death on July…

For many graduating students, it takes years — decades, even — to launch a career. Still in their last year of high school, two Hamilton co-op students have landed full-time, unionized jobs in construction. “I feel like I got a good head start…

Thousands of Ontarians are getting their COVID-19 vaccines not at pharmacies or doctors’ offices, but at a clinic pulled together by a construction company through a public-private partnership. The clinic run by Mississauga, Ont.-based EllisDon has seen more than 15,000 people…

For decades, architects and businesspeople have argued that the construction industry is ripe for industrialization. Taking the messy, slow, and costly process of building away from the job site and into a streamlined factory has been a dream for everyone from iconic…

The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco has been “singing” the song of bad engineering for over a year — This song, which consists of a loud, humming sound reminiscent of whale calls, has been annoying nearby San Franciscans and those…

The first cohort of students has been busy learning through the new heavy equipment operator (HEO) course at the Southeast College’s Estevan campus. Eight started learning April 26. They began with two weeks of safety courses and associated studies programs, and…

ABB is looking to tap into a skilled labour shortage in the fast-growing construction sector to help drive the post-pandemic recovery of its robotics business and diversification from the automotive industry, the head of the division said. The Swiss engineering group’s robotics…

The National Institute of Building Sciences is reaching out to thought leaders and industry stakeholders to present during Building Innovation 2021: Virtual Edition. The conference takes place September 27-29, 2021, and it will feature three tracks: Resilience, Technology, and Workplace. “Building Innovation is an…

Almost part way into 2021, we find ourselves looking back on 2020, and trying to make sense of what happened last year in the construction and service industry. In order to start piecing things together, and to get a real sense…

Work on the long-awaited Calgary Cancer Centre hasn’t been halted by a COVID-19 outbreak that’s spread dramatically among workers at the site. As of Monday, there had been 66 cases of the disease among workers on the construction project located at…

A building boom continues to echo through Vernon. Building permit values for 2020 were $104 million and are already at $39 million for the first quarter of 2021. Residential permit values have reached $23 million this quarter, representing 59 units (compared…

JELD-WEN of Canada was named the ENERGY STAR® Manufacturer of the Year in the category of Windows and Doors for 2021. The ENERGY STAR® Canada Awards recognize organizations that have made outstanding contributions to protecting the environment through superior energy achievements. JELD-WEN of Canada has…

One of the more interesting areas of battery research centers on how these devices can not just store energy, but also double as structural components. We’ve seen some impressive examples of this that could be worked into electric vehicles, and now scientists…

A Memorial University professor says the Newfoundland and Labrador government is taking a big risk by building a mental health and addictions facility in an area that has flooded repeatedly over the past few decades.  The location of the new mental…