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A raccoon is enjoying some of the best views of Toronto after climbing up a construction crane in the city’s downtown core Monday morning. Pictures and video posted to social media before 8 a.m. show the limber critter scaling the structure at Peter…

While industries such as medicine, aerospace, and automotive often seem to steal the wow factor within the 3D printing spotlight, the construction zone has certainly not disappointed in terms of spectacular headlines. And as a wide range of materials continue to…

Xebec Adsorption Inc., a global provider of clean energy solutions is pleased to announce it has signed an exclusive partnership agreement with CarbonQuest to reduce carbon emissions in New York City buildings. Xebec’s CO2 separation technology, specifically designed for this application,…

Top news this week includes LiUNA urging the Ontario government to adopt a wearable COVID-19 tracing app technology for a safer workplace. Also Indigenous communities across Canada show support for a Six Nations group occupying a Caledonia construction site over a…

Steel River Group Inc. have announced that JP Gladu will join the company as their new Chief Development and Relations Officer and President of Steel River Infrastructure. Gladu will oversee Steel River Infrastructure and will be responsible for implementing the company’s…

World of Asphalt, the leading asphalt trade show and conference coming to Atlanta from March 9-11, 2021, is celebrating twenty years of bringing the asphalt industry together by honoring twenty asphalt companies with $500 toward attending the show. “This is a…

Buildots, a Tel Aviv and London-based startup that is using computer vision to modernize the construction management industry, today announced that it has raised $16 million in total funding. This includes a $3 million seed round that was previously unreported and…

Emergency crews are investigating after a crane collapsed in Toronto’s Regent Park neighbourhood Thursday morning. The intersection of River and Dundas streets is currently closed after a stationary crane fell in a construction site just after 10:30 a.m., police said. Toronto…

A Fredericton construction company has become the first employer in New Brunswick to be charged criminally in the death of a worker, according to WorkSafeNB. Springhill Construction Ltd., and a former supervisor, Jason King, 43, of Lower Hainesville, were each charged July…

People from Indigenous communities across Canada are showing solidarity for the Six Nations group occupying McKenzie Meadows construction site in Caledonia. “We’re getting support from everyone, everywhere, and it’s an amazing thing,” said Skyler Williams of Six Nations. Williams said they have had…

With Friday being the last day to apply for the provincial government’s residential construction rebate, contractors and builders across the province say they are seeing a big boost in business over the summer months. The $30-million rebate program, announced in June by Finance Minister…

A triangular building featuring a massive wall of glass along Douglas Street is planned for the Apex site at the meeting point of Douglas and Humboldt streets in downtown Victoria. The 11-storey design of the Telus Ocean building at 767 Douglas…

It’s a usual part of the summer routine: adjusting your commute due to construction around town. As part of the provincial government’s stimulus plan to invest in roads around Alberta this summer, Aecon Group has been awarded a nearly $10-million project…

The American Wood Council (AWC) and International Code Council have released a joint publication, Mass Timber Buildings and the IBC, providing an overview of requirements for mass timber construction as found in the 2015, 2018, and 2021 International Building Code (IBC). The…

Canada is planning to retaliate with countermeasures after U.S. President Donald Trump announced his plans to impose a 10-per-cent tariff on Canadian aluminum imports, despite condemnation from aluminum organizations on both sides of the border. “In response to the American tariffs,…