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From new equipment to learn on, to increased research opportunities, to dozens of new student scholarships, awards and bursaries – the impact of the Imagine VIU campaign has expanded beyond its initial goal of equipping and completing three new buildings on…

SAMM Developments has broken ground on Regal Plaza Corporate Centre, a new $104 million, 335,650 square foot mixed-use business complex at 600 Dixon Rd. (at Martin Grove Rd.) in Toronto, Canada.  Completion is slated for Spring 2023. Next to the existing Holiday…

A Saskatoon architectural firm, in partnership with a Toronto-based firm will create the design for Prince Albert’s new $60-million arena and aquatic recreation complex. At Monday night’s meeting, Prince Albert city council approved awarding the tender for the detailed design of…

The International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO) today renewed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to collaborate on improving the overall performance and management of decentralized wastewater treatment systems. IAPMO originally joined…

Saskatchewan’s construction industry needs help, and the Saskatchewan Construction Association (SKCA) is calling on MLAs to consider its proposals in the upcoming election. SKCA president and CEO Mark Cooper laid out what the construction industry needs from the province on Monday morning.…

CTV News reports that a Winnipeg man who pleaded guilty to defrauding his former company out of more than $4.2 million was sentenced Tuesday morning. Peter Ramdath received a six-and-a-half-year prison sentence in a Manitoba court Tuesday morning. He has also…

Toronto’s chief planner is proposing new condominium developments in parts of the city be required to dedicate 10 per cent of their space to affordable rentals or owned homes and be guaranteed affordable for 99 years. Under the proposal, to be…

The Ontario Association of Certified Engineering Technicians and Technologists (OACETT) has appointed a new Chief Executive Officer with an extensive track record of executive leadership and team building. Cheryl Farrow brings more than 20 years of experience in not-for-profit management to…

The battery revolution is moving from the highway to the construction site. At a project in northern Hong Kong, Gammon Construction Ltd. has swapped out diesel generators with massive lithium-ion batteries called Enertainers to power the giant cranes that erect high-rises.…

With M City’s first two towers, M1 and M2, emerging on the Mississauga skyline, Mayor Bonnie Crombie, Rogers Real Estate Development and Urban Capital Property Group were once again on site at Burnhamthorpe and Confederation Parkway to mark another precedent-setting milestone…

The Canadian Construction Association (CCA) has launched Talent Fits Here, a campaign designed to encourage more Canadians to consider a career in construction. “For the first time in decades, the industry has more projects than people,” says Mary Van Buren, CCA…

Mackenzie Health leadership, government officials and project partners celebrated substantial completion of the new Cortellucci Vaughan Hospital, the first net new hospital to be built in Ontario in more than 30 years. The milestone signals the completion of the bulk of…

Humanity has been on a quest for millenia to build bigger and taller structures. In our reach skyward we’ve built ziggurats, pyramids, and coliseums. Our mythologies placed the seat of the gods in lofty towers high on mountaintops. We’ve had moralizing…

With precision and boundless energy, a team of carpenters used medieval techniques to raise up — by hand — a three-ton oak truss Saturday in front of Notre Dame Cathedral, a replica of the wooden structures that were consumed in the…

More and more builders and contractors are relying on rental equipment to meet short-term project demands, manage costs and stay on schedule. Rental was once viewed as a quick fix for unexpected needs, but renting equipment versus buying is fast becoming…