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At least one person has been fired after a racist incident occurred while students participated in an Indigenous smudging ceremony at a south Edmonton school last week. On Friday, students and staff were conducting a smudging ceremony on the basketball court at Edith…

ASSE/IAPMO/ANSI Series 15000-2020, Professional Qualifications Standard for the Inspection, Testing and Maintenance of Water-Based Fire Protection Systems, has been approved by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and is now available for purchase. With increased fire safety awareness and legislation requiring…

COMMAND Center is preparing to release a new fully autonomous concrete data collection option as part of our concrete temperature and maturity monitoring system. With COMMAND Center’s new autonomous option, teams will be able to measure and log concrete temperature history,…

An Ontario engineer is raising the alarm after his credentials were forged, he says, on documents for construction projects across southern Ontario.  Early this year, Gerald Catt of Vanessa, Ont., discovered his professional seal and signature were used to confirm the safety…

The Canadian Construction Association (CCA), in partnership with EllisDon is pleased to announce a new alliance with the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Engineering to instill and spark construction innovation among STEM students. The project will see students providing solutions based…

Bird Construction Inc. and Stuart Olson Inc. announce the transaction to acquire Stuart Olson has been successfully completed. “This is a tremendously exciting day as two great organizations have come together to form a Canadian construction industry leader that is poised…

Ironwood in North Oshawa, Durham Region’s 2020 Community of the Year, is surrounded by hundreds of acres of protected conservation land, forests and parks, and is bisected by a section of Oshawa Creek. This intimate connection with nature required Podium Developments…

Canadians and real estate experts agree that housing has become increasingly expensive over the years, but what causes prices or rents to rise and how to address shelter cost inflation lacks consensus. Two poles of divergent views have emerged. One side…

Addressing the need for “water conservation” as the current pressing topic for the building technology sector, Messe Frankfurt India’s first digital trade fair – ISH India powered by IPA Virtual Edition showcased 980 products from 48 brands, including 15 live product…

PCL Construction and our partner, Internet of Things (IoT) leak protection supplier Eddy Solutions, are pleased to announce the launch of a virtual IoT and property technology trade show and conference focused on innovation and thought leadership. The first IoT PropTech Summit is…

The proactive approach to formulating the response to a fire emergency is to develop the readiness measures before a fire occurs. Whether for a workplace or residential occupancy as listed in the Emergency Planning section 2.8 of the fire code, it…

Welcome to this week’s edition of the News Round Up published by Construction Links Network.  Top news stories include Statistics Canada reporting that July building construction investment was up thanks to the residential sector. Also, the Canadian Construction Association announced the…

A shortage of skilled trades workers has long been a drag on the Canadian economy, but at least one trade school is doing everything in its power to ensure students are able to continue to learn and prepare to enter the…

The Alberta Construction Safety Association (ACSA) is pleased to announce that 100,000 people in Alberta and beyond have signed up for its newly refreshed Construction Safety Training System (CSTS) 2020. “Reaching this milestone is tremendous. We surpassed all expectations,” said ACSA…

The $14,400 required to pay for each of thousands of southern construction workers to go through isolation before entering Nunavut would be better spent on recruitment bonuses – even of $10,000 – to entice Nunavummiut workers to fill construction jobs, says…