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SBC is pleased to release its latest Guide for undertaking Existing Building Design Workshops and related Energy Modelling Requirements.  This report will shortly be followed by a thermal bridging analysis Guide focusing on existing buildings.  SBC encourages the use of the…

As we are past the halfway point in 2021, we should all take some time to remember what we thought the future would be like 10 years ago. When thinking about this, did you imagine the construction industry changing? I know…

Construction work along a downtown Brandon street has uncovered a lesser-known and short-lived part of the city’s history.  When crews started stripping Rosser Avenue, sections of track for the city’s streetcar system began to surface. “They’re still underneath the pavement in…

The Millwright Regional Council of Ontario (MRCO), the Organization of Canadian Nuclear Industries (OCNI), the First Nations Power Authority (FNPA), and Huronia Area Aboriginal Management Board (HAAMB), Adult Learning Centres Grey, Bruce, Georgian and the Aboriginal Apprenticeship Board of Ontario (AABO) are pleased to announce the August…

John Deere announced it has agreed with Hitachi Construction Machinery to end the Deere-Hitachi joint venture manufacturing and marketing agreements. John Deere and Hitachi will enter into new license and supply agreements, which will enable John Deere to continue to source,…

Pavements are an abundant urban surface, covering around 40 percent of American cities. But in addition to carrying traffic, they can also emit heat. Due to what’s called the urban heat island effect, densely built, impermeable surfaces like pavements can absorb…

According to the most recent Canadian Infrastructure Report Card, the state of our infrastructure is at risk — in fact, it’s failing. And our approach to tackling infrastructure has remained stagnant for decades. Mired in political promises and lack of citizen engagement, Canada’s approach…

Mandy Rennehan — the fast-talking, down-to-earth CEO of Freshco, a retail maintenance and construction company that counts organizations like the Gap and Tesla as clients — is on a mission. “We devalue the trades,” she says, of the way society looks down…

No matter where you are in the construction industry, you want the structures you work with to last. After all, no one likes to hear that their work failed to live up to expectations. And the expectations for long-lived structures have…

For the second consecutive year, Graham employees from each of our 15 operating locations participated in One Walk, an event that encourages physical activity in support of mental and physical health, while giving back to our communities. For every employee who…

In the summer of 2010, the Workers Defense Project, a Texas-based group that supports immigrant workers in the construction industry, organized a “thirst strike” in front of Austin’s city hall. More than a dozen workers and advocates sat in the June…

Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole is zeroing in on the housing crisis, pledging to build a million homes in three years and raise barriers to foreign investors. On a quiet cul-de-sac in Ottawa, O’Toole said the supply of homes, including rental, has…

A small eastern Ontario town is getting a big new development.  Designed to be super efficient, to generate its own energy, and release few emissions, it is a standard called “Net Zero.” The first of its kind in the country, the…

Tsawwassen First Nation Chief Ken Baird was delayed getting to the province’s announcement of the decision for a $4.15-billion George Massey Tunnel replacement. He was caught in tunnel traffic, he said at the end of his remarks. Commuters who have suffered…

Walmart Canada broke ground Thursday on its first distribution centre in Atlantic Canada – a brand new, 223,000-square-foot facility in Moncton, New Brunswick, which is slated to open in fall 2022. The new distribution centre, to be located at 135 Frenette Ave., will provide…