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Statistics Canada reports that total investment in building construction increased 5.0% to $16.0 billion in August. Residential sector investment increased 8.2% to $10.8 billion, while non-residential investment decreased 1.2% to $5.2 billion. As construction companies pushed to catch up on work delayed earlier in the spring, August…

Time-honored wisdom cautions against reinventing the wheel, but two Johns Hopkins civil and systems engineers are doing just that in their effort to investigate whether new steels recently used in critical car parts—including bumpers and the steel cage that protects drivers…

Waterproofing membranes are commonly used to protect structures against hydrostatic pressure. The idea behind them is simple. They keep the water outside the structure (in the case of a basement or tunnel) or inside the structure (in the case of a…

MarShield was approached by Lawrence Livermore Laboratory to design and manufacture a custom cabinet so they could store their sources underneath. The cabinet also required a L-block shield and cave on top so they could prepare their unit doses of high-energy sources. The entire cabinet and…

A new partnership between Zibi, Hydro Ottawa and Kruger Products will put the National Capital Region on the map as a leader in combating climate change through the substantial reduction of carbon emissions using district energy for heating and cooling in…

An Edmonton engineering and design firm has signed onto a 10-year, multi-million dollar contract to provide services to researchers in the Arctic. Stantec will support U.S.-based Battelle on the $260-million Arctic Research Support and Logistics Services (ARSLS) contract funded by the…

A private-sector group has announced plans to redevelop the former Ledo Hotel downtown into a 150,000 square-foot commercial development. Dubbed ‘Le Ledo,’ the $40 million plan would be fully funded by private investors and would be built in conjunction with the…

The Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute (CRSI) has released a much-anticipated digital version of their Design Guide on the ACI 318 Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete, a design guide based on the ACI 318-19 code published in soft-cover form earlier this…

The Wedge, a sustainable new residential tower by Cox Developments in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada has commenced construction. The announcement comes after the development’s recent Gold Nugget Grand Award win as the Best On-The-Boards Multifamily Community.  The $50M (CAD) highly-lauded and…

Trimble and Command Alkon announced today that Command Alkon, a Thoma Bravo portfolio company and leading provider of a supplier collaboration platform for construction’s heavy work, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Trimble’s construction logistics business. The transaction is…

After two separate racist and hate-motivated instances at an East York construction site, some industry leaders are calling it a systemic problem. It comes after yet another discovery by workers at the site on the Michael Garron Hospital property. Speaking to CityNews on…

Welcome to this week’s edition of the News Round Up published by Construction Links Network.  Top news stories include Statistics Canada reporting that August building permits were up in Canada, largely due to the residential sector in Ontario and Quebec. July…

A Toronto construction company that  specializes in restoration work has been fined $150,000 after a worker fell to his death from a three-storey residential building in Hamilton on Oct. 18, 2018. Welldone Inc. was convicted in a provincial offences court in…

First Nation students in Matawa communities will benefit from new smart classroom technologies to learn about the construction trade, which will also bring new, net-zero housing units to remote First Nation communities. Kiikenomaga Kikenjigewen Employment and Training Services signed a memorandum…

CCA members – 70 per cent of which are small and medium-sized, family-run businesses – have been asking for a clear, balanced, fair and flexible infrastructure stimulus plan as Canadians focus on pandemic recovery. The growth plan announced on October 1…