News

It turns out West Perth officials didn’t need to worry about their administration building project being more than their projections due to the rising cost of construction and materials, as they awarded the tender to a familiar contractor – Domm Construction…

Yellowknife is getting closer to having a new pool facility — and it might even have an amusement park-style water slide and hot tub. In a media statement, the city said it issued a request for proposal for the construction of the aquatic centre last Thursday to…

Some Seven Oaks-area residents are voicing frustrations with the City of Winnipeg’s slow response to property and street damages caused by sewer line repairs that happened almost two months ago. In late May, work on a new land drainage sewer shaft…

In the wake of a devastating tornado that displaced more than 100 residents in southern Ontario earlier this month, engineering experts are calling for Canada’s building codes to be updated to include more protections against the natural disasters. Greg Kopp, a…

Quebec Superior Court has ordered the demolition of a sumptuous Gatineau, Que., home that was built too close to the road, with the city required to foot the bill. In a ruling last week, the court quashed a July 2014 city…

Calling it the “Lamborghini of walls” Tommy Fisher is looking for someone to buy the $30 million wall bordering the United States. In 2020, 51-year-old Tommy Fisher completed a 3-mile wall at the US-Mexico border in Texas, and now it is…

The Energy Management Association (EMA) will conduct a virtual seminar for its Energy Management Professional Certification (EMP) on August 18-19, 2021, 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm Eastern. This two-day, six-hour course provides an overview and refresher on energy management and how…

When Edmonton International Airport (EIA) was looking at an energy-efficient option for electrical power generation, they decided on a combined heat and power (CHP) solution. This would not only provide them with the electricity they needed but capture the waste heat…

Young talent is very tough to come by in construction these days. The emphasis on college and university degrees has led young people away from trades and careers in construction. While these jobs may not be as desirable to some, having…

Culverts, buried utilities, mine-shafts, sinkholes and underground chemical tanks – just a handful of the hazards and obstacles hidden from conventional surveying but all too ready to delay or even halt infrastructure projects. If undetected, these hazards can result in health…

Builders, contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, testing firms, owners, engineers, and architects use concrete maturity to expedite construction and increase profits. .ugb-804b437 hr.ugb-divider__hr{margin-left:auto !important;margin-right:auto !important} When using the maturity method, construction teams can estimate real-time strength gain of in-place concrete on the job site. There’s…

The Palliser School Division and the Town of Coaldale have announced that Ward Bros. Construction will be the construction management firm for the joint Coaldale High School and Coaldale Recreation Centre. “These projects were started in design with FWBA Architects in…

Get Away from the Fear of Using Color! Bring Color and Energy Colors have amazing quality – they tend to affect our emotional state. Therefore, make any space feel like a place where we want to stay, transform a house into…

‘It’s something that chief building officials all across Ontario have discussed at length previously,’ says home builders’ sssociation official Would so-called hurricane strapping have prevented some roofs from blowing off houses during last Thursday’s tornado in south-end Barrie? It depends on who…

Before heading out to its first job, TyBot had to get permission from a union representative. An autonomous robot that ties rebar — the reinforcing rods that are used in building structures such as a bridge — TyBot was putting in…