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Legrand’s Shading and Residential Controls business today announced that Charlie Derk, director of product marketing for the company’s QMotion and Vantage brands, has been appointed to the Continental Automated Buildings Association (CABA) board of directors. Legrand is a global innovation leader…

Whether a newly erected or aging structure, the evacuation (or evac) sequence of operations programmed into the fire alarm system will determine the required evacuation strategies. These strategies are to be carried out by building supervisory personnel in the event of…

Welcome to this week’s edition of Video Round Up, published by Construction Links Network. Top videos this week include a look at the tallest skyscrapers under construction on each continent as well as the Citizen Care Pod – a new COVID-19…

Canadian industry leaders worked together amidst the COVID-19 crisis to launch the Citizen Care Pod, a smart screening and testing pod that integrates intelligent technology within a modular design to support a safe, responsible recovery for governments, businesses, and communities. The Citizen Care…

The Alliance for National & Community Resilience (ANCR), a member of the International Code Council’s family of solutions, has opened the application process for communities to join an in-depth piloting program for new buildings and housing benchmarks. As part of the…

Skills Ontario is pleased to host its first Virtual Skills Summit, a free online conference highlighting a skills based recovery roadmap for businesses following the COVID-19 pandemic. The summit, to be held on June 30th at 2:00 pm (EST), will include…

By Kate Fox Wood, AEM Senior Director, Government Relations Equipment manufacturers, now more than ever, are doubling down on efforts to communicate to lawmakers about the important role federal infrastructure investment should play as part of our national economic recovery from…

Canada’s Building Trades Unions (CBTU) are pleased to announce that Sean Strickland has joined the CBTU as the new Executive Director, effective July 6, 2020. “North America’s Building Trades Unions are happy to welcome Sean Strickland as the new Canadian Executive…

Engineers, students, contractors, educators, manufacturers, and material representatives from around the world attend the ACI Concrete Convention. This year’s convention will be held at the Raleigh Convention Center, Raleigh Marriott, and Raleigh Sheraton, Raleigh, NC, USA, October 25-29, 2020, where attendees…

In cities like Toronto, Vancouver and Calgary, where condo dwellers and office-goers rely on elevators as the first and last leg of their commutes, a ride on the lift has become a risk rather than an inconvenience. In a vertical city…

The long-awaited trial of Calgary home renovator Bruce Hopkins on industry regulatory charges is on hold once more. Hopkins was scheduled to face a two-week trial beginning Monday on 22 allegations under the provincial Fair Trading Act. But Crown prosecutor Tony…

When Gorden and Loretta Sonnenberg started Cobra in 1975, it was just the two of them running the commercial plumbing and gas fitting company in small-town Wetaskiwin, Alberta. But today their four boys, son-in-law, and six grandsons are all involved and…

Around three billion tons of cement are produced around the world each year (Guillaume, 2014), of which the majority is consumed in developing countries due to ceaselessly growing demand, attributed to their emerging economies. In addition to the construction activities, natural disasters…

The Trump administration is preparing a nearly $1 trillion infrastructure proposal as part of its push to spur the world’s largest economy back to life, according to people familiar with the plan. A preliminary version being prepared by the Department of…

Half of small businesses are now fully open, but sales remain low, finds a new survey by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB). Only 17 per cent indicate they are making their usual sales for this time of year. New…