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Trimble and Command Alkon announced today that Command Alkon, a Thoma Bravo portfolio company and leading provider of a supplier collaboration platform for construction’s heavy work, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Trimble’s construction logistics business. The transaction is…

After two separate racist and hate-motivated instances at an East York construction site, some industry leaders are calling it a systemic problem. It comes after yet another discovery by workers at the site on the Michael Garron Hospital property. Speaking to CityNews on…

Welcome to this week’s edition of the News Round Up published by Construction Links Network.  Top news stories include Statistics Canada reporting that August building permits were up in Canada, largely due to the residential sector in Ontario and Quebec. July…

A Toronto construction company that  specializes in restoration work has been fined $150,000 after a worker fell to his death from a three-storey residential building in Hamilton on Oct. 18, 2018. Welldone Inc. was convicted in a provincial offences court in…

First Nation students in Matawa communities will benefit from new smart classroom technologies to learn about the construction trade, which will also bring new, net-zero housing units to remote First Nation communities. Kiikenomaga Kikenjigewen Employment and Training Services signed a memorandum…

CCA members – 70 per cent of which are small and medium-sized, family-run businesses – have been asking for a clear, balanced, fair and flexible infrastructure stimulus plan as Canadians focus on pandemic recovery. The growth plan announced on October 1…

This week, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, Catherine McKenna, joined Canada Infrastructure Bank Chair Michael Sabia to unveil $10 billion in new infrastructure initiatives. Designed to create good jobs, build resilient communities, and make the…

2020 is the year that made our radical shift to the new way of working for everyone in every industry. Let’s not fall behind. The future of construction work is here, and construction teams are needing to adapt to how we…

Canada’s trusted source for architectural and specialty lighting solutions, Magic Lite, is pleased to add the new LED Regressed Down Light CCT to its down light offerings. This impressive regressed downlight offers visual comfort and performance, is available in 4” (9w)…

Statistics Canada reports that the total value of building permits rose 1.7% to $8.1 billion in August, driven by an increase in the residential sector in Ontario and Quebec. Single homes drive increase in residential sector Permits issued for single family homes rose 9.9%…

A Calgary area couple is warning homeowners about health and financial hazards that can arise when spray foam insulation is not properly applied and managed. Bob and Noreen Leasak said they hired the company R-Value Solutions to apply foam insulation inside…

An innovative Vancouver company is trying to change the way houses are torn down by salvaging every last scrap of reusable material — and it turns out to be good for not only the environment, but also the bottom line. This…

As COVID-19 continues, Built Green Canada launches its Communities Program pilot—expanding opportunities for developers focused on creating better, healthier homes and communities. The organization is encouraging developers to participate in trials during this phase, and a project is already enrolled, courtesy of Averton, who has…

The historic Old Post Office Building on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C. had undergone multiple renovations, and it had been the subject of many schemes to turn a profit by the time Donald Trump and his company, the Trump Organization, leased…

The City of Burnaby is considering offering a little relief for the construction industry during the COVID-19 pandemic. That relief would come in the form of deferments of amenity density bonus fees owed to city hall, one of several fees paid…