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The seventh challenge of Skills Ontario’s #SkillsAtHome social media challenge series is officially here. The #SkillsLogoChallenge asks participants to use their creativity to make the Skills Ontario logo using any artistic style they’d prefer. With options to paint, draw, sew, stitch,…

Concrete New Zealand (NZ) reports that an independent review by Australian sustainability consultancy Thinkstep found that New Zealand’s concrete industry is on track to meet climate change commitments made under the Paris Agreement. Chief executive Rob Gaimster confirms that Concrete New Zealand is “fully committed…

The Building Industry and Land Development Association (BILD) released a survey of its members today that show a majority of residential construction projects in the GTA have been delayed due the COVID-19 Pandemic. The survey covered 498 active construction projects representing…

Statistics Canada reports that investment in building construction plunged 45.9% to $8.4 billion in April compared with the previous month. Previously, the largest national decline on record for the current series (which dates back to 2010) was a 3.9% decrease in August 2017. Both the residential…

l was grateful to be invited to Procore’s Next Step Summit last week which gave me a better understanding of all their great innovations for the construction and building industry. Also being a proud Albertan, it is fantastic to see our…

Supporting the success of Indigenous people and communities in skilled trades careers is a key commitment of Industry Training Authority (ITA). ITA is proud to be celebrating the achievements of all apprentices, partners, service providers, and employees on National Indigenous Peoples…

MPs on the House of Commons’ Board of Internal Economy are leaning toward a $733 million renovation plan for Parliament Hill’s planned visitors centre. A new report, prepared by consultants for the procedure and house affairs committee and obtained by CBC News, lays out three options for…

Lakeview Community Partners Limited and Artscape Atelier are thrilled to announce 19 selected GTA artists for over $100,000 in paid work opportunities at Lakeview Village, a transformative 177-acre mixed-use community to be built on Mississauga’s waterfront. Sculptor, Ryan Longo; visual artist,…

When giant blobs began appearing on city skylines around the world in the late 1980s and 1990s, it marked not an alien invasion but the impact of computers on the practice of building design. Thanks to computer-aided design (CAD), architects were able to…

Procore Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of construction management software, today launched seven new user-requested platform features, enabling greater collaboration and communications capabilities across the construction project lifecycle. Procore’s new features were introduced at Next Steps Summit, the company’s virtual construction…

On Tuesday, June 16, City Council approved Administration’s Green Line recommendation on the updated Stage 1 alignment (from 16 Avenue N. to Shepard) along with changes to construction staging. “Council’s approval today is a pivotal step in achieving the vision of…

Architects, engineers, contractors, and owners now have the digital productivity and accuracy tool that brings greater levels of efficiency to each stage of the project and building life cycle. The Construction Specifications Institute (CSI), a national association dedicated to improving the…

The World Plumbing Council (WPC) has facilitated a partnership between The International Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Foundation (IWSH) and the Rwanda Plumbers Organization (RPO) to support community hand washing and public health awareness activities in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In…

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…