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Late last year RER interviewed a series of rental people about how COVID-19 affected their business.  Michael Frey, rental operations manager, Finning Canada talks on the company’s safety measures, optimism for 2021, adoption of online tools and helping customers balance the…

With air pollution becoming an increasingly dangerous global health challenge, researchers are constantly working on innovating novel solutions to tackle these 21st century problems. At Imperial College London, researchers are using airflow modelling techniques to study the effects of unique roadside structures…

One of the primary barriers to a larger adoption of solar panels is its reduced viability in areas challenged by limited sunlight, a limit that extends to all solar technologies at night, when energy from the sun is effectively unavailable. Fortunately, a…

Sharif Alshurafa has been building creations with Lego since he was a little boy and now more than 30 years later, his passion has evolved into a business venture. It all started when his father, who was an architect, inspired him…

Before a single watt of power flows from a modern hydroelectric dam, there is one thing these massive projects reliably achieve: they consume money, lots of it – and, too often, far more than planned. On Friday, British Columbia Premier John Horgan…

With the use of construction technology, firms can access data to drive better and more informed decision-making. But what happens when project data is not used or readily accessible across individuals involved in a project? Unpredictability.  Disjointed solutions and a lack of…

A local construction firm has been fined more than $200,000 following the death of a worker in 2018 at a golf course in Chelmsford. Following a trial that took place last fall and sentencing this week, Justice of the Peace Kathleen…

Iota Communications, Inc. , a wireless communication and data analytics software company, and the Continental Automated Building Association are pleased to announce Terrence DeFranco as the new Chair of the Intelligent Buildings Council. Mr. DeFranco, President & CEO of Iota Communications,…

In a sign that Canadian contractors have made sustainability a priority, Lafarge Canada is proud to celebrate our first ECOPact project with Dueck Builders in Winnipeg, MB. Dueck Builders is a Winnipeg based sustainable home builder. Energy efficiency and green building…

The United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States, Canada (UA) has generously become a Platinum partner of IAPMO’s International Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Foundation (IWSH) for 2021. The UA represents an…

As an organization dedicated to empowering youth to explore careers in the skilled trades and technologies, Skills Ontario works to ensure that all Ontarians feel welcomed and included in these fields. One of the ways Skills Ontario is doing that is…

Organizers of  Geo Week, the single powerhouse event that brings together AEC Next Technology Expo & Conference, International Lidar Mapping Forum, and SPAR 3D Expo & Conference, have announced an impressive list of influential leaders within the geospatial and built world…

The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) is pleased to announce the release of the new Canadian Handbook of Practice for Architects. Last published in 2009, this third edition is a comprehensive reworking of an essential professional resource which resulted from…

Today developers, contractors, unions, associations, and workers are uniting in a growing coalition supporting the Toronto Declaration of Inclusive Workplaces & Communities. Systemic racism and discrimination harm our construction industry. Bigotry has no place in our communities, and we commit to standing up…

Lenore Janis, a force of nature in the New York City construction industry who left thousands of cracks in the concrete ceiling of a male-dominated business, died on Jan. 31 at an assisted living facility in Brookfield, Conn. She was 86.…