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The American Concrete Institute and International Concrete Repair Institute have published an updated “Guide to the Code for Assessment, Repair, and Rehabilitation of Existing Concrete Structures.” This guide provides licensed design professionals with the knowledge, skill, and judgment to interpret and…

The trend in housing starts was 239,052 units in December 2020, up from 236,334 units in November 2020. This trend measure is a six-month moving average of the monthly seasonally adjusted annual rates (SAAR) of housing starts. “The national trend in housing starts…

The B.C. Court of Appeal has upheld a lower-court ruling that prohibits Mike Singh and Seattle Environmental Consulting from working in the asbestos removal industry. In the lower court ruling, a 2019 B.C. Supreme Court decision, Singh and Seattle Environmental were…

The International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO®) is seeking volunteers, with technical background in plumbing and mechanical systems — such as jurisdictional authorities, testing lab and educational facility representatives, as well as manufacturing experts — to participate on the…

Some Toronto residents are demanding that the Ontario government scrap plans to demolish heritage buildings on the West Don Lands downtown. The Dominion Wheel and Foundries Company site, at 153 to 185 Eastern Ave., is a provincially owned property now subject to a…

A World War II hangar at the Yorkton Municipal Airport is being torn down, but a local company is repurposing parts of the historic building to preserve its memory. One of the seven hangars used by the British Commonwealth Air Training…

The Site C dam is already significantly over budget. According to a range of independent energy experts, the dam is uneconomical at its current price tag of $10.7 billion, a figure that doesn’t account for any further budget increases to address…

If you want to see the effect of a lighting solution – but not the source itself – LED Strip Series Tape Light is a great option. Low-profile, flexible, and offered in a variety of lumen packages and colour temperatures, it…

3D CityScapes today announced a breakthrough in their cloud streaming technology that allows their interactive visualization app to be available anywhere, on any device with internet connection. Resurgam Financial has invested in a number of entrepreneur-led companies in their early stages…

The Toronto-Dominion Bank and Wells Fargo & Company announced a definitive agreement, subject to certain closing conditions, for TD to acquire Wells Fargo’s Canadian Direct Equipment Finance business. The acquisition of Wells Fargo’s Canadian Direct Equipment Finance business is expected to…

A unionized construction job site is a safer job site. A new study by the Institute for Work and Health has found that lost-time injury claims to the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) are 31 per cent lower on unionized…

Designing to the Passive House standard of energy efficiency and airtightness is hard. Designing social housing on a tight budget to the Passive House standard is incredibly hard. That’s why the work of Emma Cubitt and Invizij Architects is so interesting and important.…

Vancouver Island University (VIU) has joined the Mastercard Foundation’s five-year Young Africa Works in Kenya-TVET initiative, which is focused on increasing the participation of young Kenyans, and women in particular, in workforce-relevant skills training programs that will result in dignified and…

Our lives are impacted by industrial x-ray and Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) as they play a crucial role in ensuring safety and reliability of everything from aircraft parts, to bridges and power stations. However, this also puts equipment operators and sensitive components…

In continuing their effort to cultivate growth into the multi-million dollar warning surfaces market via their proprietary Detectable Warning Systems™ (DWS) safety product line, Mar-Bal, Inc. (Mar-Bal: Chagrin Falls, OH) is expanding its presence north of the border into the Canadian…