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Rarely does it cross one’s mind of the possible need to evacuate a workplace as a result of a fire situation. If a fire does occur, high expectations are placed on the company’s management team to implement the evacuation measures as…

The IAPMO Group is pleased to announce the hiring of Christoph Lohr, P.E., CPD, LEED AP BD+C, as vice president ofStrategic Initiatives. Lohr has more than a decade of experience designing plumbing systems for health-care, laboratory, hospitality, sports, and university projects.…

Unicel Architectural Corp., manufacturer of Vision Control®, timber and aluminum curtain walls and skylight solutions, announces the launch of its brand-new website. Working closely with a local digital marketing agency, Unicel Architectural’s main objective in the redesign of the website was…

Welcome to this week’s News Round Up published by Construction Links Network.  Top news this week includes congratulating the winners of the Builders Code Champion Awards. These awards were launched last year to recognize companies that are taking proactive measures to…

EllisDon’s Alliance of Black Employee and Leadership (ABEEL) launches the inaugural Shaping the Future Sponsorship Program enabling Canadian students to share their vision for a community that is more inclusive of the Black experience and without racism. This initiative will serve…

The City of Toronto welcomed residents to its first modular housing building in Scarborough on Saturday as part of its HousingTO Action Plan to provide affordable homes for those in need. Mayor John Tory was on hand for the opening at…

Trans Mountain has terminated its contract with the company that it hired to construct two sections of its pipeline expansion project in Alberta and B.C. SA Energy Group was hired in 2018 as the general contractor for three sections of the…

Every year, Skills Ontario presents the Glenn Beatty Award to a volunteer or volunteers who exhibit outstanding dedication and passion for Skills Ontario’s mission. The recipient of the 2021 Glenn Beatty Award Recipient is Elizabeth (Liz) Stacey. Liz is an academic…

How long it takes to construct a building depends in large part on when the concrete of each floor is strong enough to take on loads. Purdue University engineers have developed sensors that could safely speed up a construction timeline by…

What strikes home as the shuttle boat approaches the $5 billion megaresort being constructed off the coast of Dubai is its sheer audacity. Nearly two decades in the making, the Heart of Europe forms just one section of The World –…

The IAPMO Group is pleased to announce Woods McRoy has joined the Uniform Evaluation Service (UES) staff as a senior engineer. McRoy’s professional background includes more than 40 years in the codes and construction industry. His experience working with code development…

CABA today released the Executive Summary of its Intelligent Building Energy Management Systems Landmark Research Project, providing a detailed exploration of the current state of the market. Energy management strategies are critical, given that approximately 25-30 percent of energy consumed in…

The National Association of Home Builders’ monthly confidence index dropped four points to a reading of 86 in December, the trade group said. This was the first time that the index had dropped after three consecutive months of record highs. Even…

The federal government is again saying it will take steps to make Newfoundland and Labrador’s Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project financially stable — including waiving immediate payments due from Crown corporation Nalcor Energy — but there are few exact details on how the project…

Alamos Gold Inc. and Marcel Colomb First Nation (MCFN) are partnering together on a series of projects to facilitate traditional hands-on knowledge and skills training among Indigenous youth. The Youth Development Project has received $30,000 through the Manitoba Mineral Development Fund…