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OverActive Media has confirmed details of their highly-anticipated performance venue, projected to be completed in 2025. The near $500 million project which includes a theatre-style entertainment venue and hotel complex will be the first new sports or entertainment venue built in…

In 2014, Toronto-based architectural firm G+C Architects proudly completed an unusual project: a Jenga-like condominium tower on the city’s Etobicoke lakeshore, with alternating black and white balconies that seem to wrap around its centre. The 50-storey residential building, named LAGO, was…

Combining seven variants of modules with a choice of battery cell chemistry, a new “turnkey” modular battery system from technology firm Xerotech is promising to revolutionize the construction equipment market by offering manufacturers a flexible, scalable battery pack that can go…

A new project in Madagascar is rethinking the building blocks of education – using 3D printing to create new schools. Non-profit organisation Thinking Huts has partnered with architectural design agency Studio Mortazavi to create the world’s first 3D-printed school on the campus of…

BODAQ Interior Film is a lightweight self-adhesive stretchable non-toxic finishing solution that is used to cover any surfaces, for instance, walls, ceilings, doors, furniture, and other, whether they are flat or curved. With its eco-friendly, highly durable, and diverse pattern designs,…

ASSE/IAPMO/ANSI Series 12000-2021, Professional Qualifications Standard for Water Management and Infection Control Risk Assessment for Building Systems, has been designated as an American National Standard by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and is now available. ASSE Series 12000 sets minimum…

Like so many other sectors, the trades are not immune from the wave of baby boomers set to retire in the coming decade, adding urgency to the recruitment of younger and underrepresented people, those in construction say. “By 2029, we will…

This year’s code hearings offer ICC members/non-members, code officials, architects, builders, engineers, fire and energy conservation professionals the opportunity to provide input on proposed code changes to the Group A International Codes®. WHAT: The International Code Council will conduct the 2021 Committee…

Strong and effective enforcement of Canada’s environmental and wildlife protection laws is one of the concrete ways we are delivering on our commitment to providing clean air, clean water, and conserving wildlife species and their habitat. On February 18, 2021, in…

The world’s most forbidding deserts could be the best places on Earth for harvesting solar power — the most abundant and clean source of energy we have. Deserts are spacious, relatively flat, rich in silicon – the raw material for the semiconductors from…

The ACI Collection is the most comprehensive and largest single source of information on concrete design, construction, materials, and repair, with nearly 50 codes and specifications and more than 200 practices – including all guides and reports. The ACI Collection features…

Big Ass Fans is offering our latest accredited CEC presentation virtually via Zoom. Sit back and watch a 1-hour presentation covering the design benefits of minimising ductwork, improving ventilation rates, saving energy from destratification and more! About this event: Our team…

The massive Cape Breton Regional Healthcare Redevelopment Project is about to grow even more, for the wee residents of the future. Derek Mombourquette, Liberal MLA for Sydney-Whitney Pier told the Cape Breton Post Friday that new construction is being added to…

A unionized construction job site is a safer job site. A new study by the Institute for Work and Health has found that lost-time injury claims to the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) are 31 per cent lower on unionized…

Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says he was alarmed by revelations of a December investigation into construction practices in on-reserve water projects and said he would like to start collecting information about the performance of contractors working on First Nations infrastructure.…