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A 200-bed long-term care facility and luxury townhouses are part of a redevelopment planned for the former Sault Area Hospital site. Southern Ontario businessman Italo Ferrari wants to put up 64 two-and-three bedroom townhouses at Water’s Edge Villas in the rear…

A Kelowna-based construction business has been ordered to dish out more than $90,000 in unpaid wages to three former employees hired under the Temporary Foreign Workers Program. The three workers were hired by Everlasting Stucco in 2018 as stucco plasterers and were…

The developer constructing a massive condominium building and required to restore the Carnovsky Bakery building vows to rebuild the heritage building after it collapsed Christmas morning. “IN8 Developments is deeply saddened by the collapse of this extremely rare heritage building that…

Canada’s first tsunami evacuation tower will be built in B.C. to help provide a safe refuge for students in the event of an emergency.  The provincial government announced on December 23 that it will contribute $16.5 million towards seismic upgrades and…

Researchers have reached a new efficiency record for a valuable type of solar panel, inching “tantalizingly” close to a coveted 30 percent milestone. The solar panels are made of a layered combination of two effective semiconductors that work together, improving on all-silicon panels by adding…

Based in Hardisty, Alberta, Remedy Oilfield Services Ltd. is a general civil construction company that focuses on civil construction, general construction and pipeline maintenance throughout the province. “We’ve had a long-standing relationship with Finning. Actually, our whole fleet is Caterpillar equipment,”…

The chair of Waterfront Toronto is promising to create an “iconic” looking neighbourhood at Quayside as the corporation gets set next year to seek a new partner to co-develop the site abandoned by Sidewalk Labs. Steve Diamond, a developer and chair…

Command Alkon, the provider of the leading supplier collaboration platform for construction’s heavy work, is pleased to announce their acquisition of Ruckit, Inc, a transportation logistics platform for the heavy materials and construction industries. This transaction combines Command Alkon’s comprehensive construction…

The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted many Canadians to re-evaluate their housing and workarrangements, spurring some to think not big, but tiny. Pamela Robertson builds tiny homes in Gibsons on B.C.’s Sunshine Coast and said she couldn’t keep up with requests for…

Thousands of tonnes of earth in the United States has been moved by bulldozers and excavators that have no one at the controls. The heavy machinery is completely autonomous, and the company that created it wants to expand into Canada and help…

The last time a person stepped foot on the moon was 1972. Now, the moon is back on NASA’s space agenda. This time around the agency isn’t just visiting — it’s planning to stay. With its Artemis missions starting next year,…

At more than $11 trillion per year, spending related to construction is responsible for about 13% of global GDP – but in comparison to other industries, productivity and growth are lagging behind. At the same time, the impact on the environment can…

The ULI Awards of Excellence recognize superior development efforts in the private, public, and non-profit sectors. Winning projects represent the highest standards of achievement in the development industry, and today the real estate and land use industry widely recognizes the ULI…

Peterborough’s Lett Architects Inc. will be designing the new Canadian Canoe Museum at Johnson Park on Ashburnham Drive. The museum announced on Tuesday (December 22) that the property at 2077 Ashburnham Drive, which is owned by the City of Peterborough, has…

Emissions from the operation of buildings hit their highest-ever level in 2019, moving the sector further away from fulfilling its huge potential to slow climate change and contribute significantly to the goals of the Paris Agreement, according to a new report…