Saturday, May 4, 2024 
Montreal’s new bridge is made of recycled glass & it’s equivalent to 70,000 wine bottles
Canadians disposed of 25-million tonnes of waste in 2018, most of which is sitting in a landfill. Sometimes, even recycling winds up in landfills too. According to Recyc-Québec, only 28% of the glass Quebecers attempted to recycle in 2018 was actually recycled. The other 72%? You guessed…
Quebec builder to drop Métis name from housing project
A Chelsea, Que., construction company will change the name of a line of new homes in the Outaouais municipality’s Meredith neighbourhood after objections from the Métis National Council. EXO Construction has built several different models of rustic-looking stone and wood homes under…
Ontario to accelerate the building of key infrastructure projects
The Ontario government is introducing a package of legislative and policy measures that would, if passed, accelerate the building of key infrastructure projects to create jobs and lay the foundation for a strong economic recovery. The Ontario Rebuilding and Recovery Act, 2020 would…
Report: Inuit in Nunavut, Canada suffer significant infrastructure inequality
Inuit in Nunavut have far less access to a wide range of infrastructure such as housing, health care, transportation and education compared to other Canadians, a new report from Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated (NTI) found. And that significant inequality makes every aspect of life more…
Ontario contractors warn there is not enough infrastructure work in the pipeline
COVID-19 has significantly affected Ontario’s civil and engineering contractors and resulted in a dramatic drop in tenders being issued for municipal projects, according to a survey released by the Residential and Civil Construction Alliance of Ontario (RCCAO). Sixty-one per cent of civil…
US home construction up 1.9% in September to 1.4 million
Yahoo Finance reports that U.S. home construction rose a solid 1.9% in September after having fallen in the previous month, as home building continues as one of the bright spots of the economy. The increase last month pushed home construction to…
Hillside collapse at Eglinton Crosstown LRT construction site leaves neighbours worried about their homes
A slope above a construction site for the Eglinton Crosstown LRT partially collapsed on Tuesday afternoon, alarming nearby residents who have been advised to stay out of their backyards and are worried their properties will be next to fall down the…
IAPMO supports establishment of Water Subcabinet
The International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO), publisher of the Water Efficiency and Sanitation Standard (WE•Stand), an American National Standard since 2017, applauds the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and its federal partners in the creation of a new…
Developers of Oakridge Centre ask for more density in new rezoning application
The developers of Oakridge Centre, one of the largest real estate projects by size in North America and driver of the most expensive condo pre-sales by dollar value in Vancouver, are asking for major revisions to their future plans, seeking to…
Procore introduces Real-Time Construction Labor Productivity and Time & Material Tickets for field users
Procore Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of construction management software, today announced two new features purpose-built for specialty contractors – Real-Time Labor Productivity and Time & Material Tickets. These new features extend Procore’s continued support for the specific needs of field…
Trimble and Boston Dynamics announce strategic alliance to extend the use of autonomous robots in construction
Trimble and Boston Dynamics announced a strategic alliance to integrate a variety of construction data collection technologies with Boston Dynamics’ Spot® robot platform. The jointly-developed solution will combine the Spot robot’s autonomous mobility with Trimble’s data collection sensors and field control software…
P.E.I. builders struggling to fill construction jobs
There are currently more than 500 job openings in P.E.I.’s construction industry, and with an aging workforce employers expect it will continue to be difficult to fill vacant positions. While the construction industry struggled across the country during the pandemic, on P.E.I.…
Industry heavyweights including Facebook and Microsoft discuss HyperScale Data Center Commissioning and Construction
The AABC Commissioning Group (ACG) has announced additional details of the HyperScale Data Center Commissioning and Construction 2-hour panel discussion on November 12. This session will bring together experts from industry heavyweights like Facebook and Microsoft, as well as Cx providers and contractors Holder…
Magic Lite announces recipient of its Future Leaders Scholarship Award
Magic Lite is pleased to announce that its $3500.00 Future Leaders Scholarship Award goes to Elysa DeLuca of Victoria, B.C. Elysa is currently enrolled in the Business/Commerce program at the University of Victoria, where she has demonstrated not only excellent scholastic…
Smart windows darken and become solar cells when heated
Windows are great for letting in light, but in summer months that comes with an unwanted side order of heat, causing many people to run the air conditioning non-stop. Now, researchers have developed windows that can change color automatically when heated…
