Worker killed at a Burnaby construction site
BurnabyNow.com reports that a worker was killed Tuesday morning near a construction site in Burnaby. The B.C. Coroners Service and WorkSafeBC are investigating after a worker died during some excavation work in the 7100 block of 14 Avenue. Emergency crews were…
Canadian home sales up in June
Statistics released today by the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) reveal national home sales and new listings continued to rebound in June 2020. Summary: National home sales rose 63% on a month-over-month (m-o-m) basis in June.Actual (not seasonally adjusted) activity was…
New hospitals offer cure for ailing construction industry in B.C.
The COVID-19 pandemic has strangled B.C.’s once full-throttle private construction industry, but, with ironic timing, it is a multibillion-dollar hospital construction program that may salvage an industry that accounted for nearly a fifth of the provincial GDP in 2019. B.C. housing…
Sensory “skin” detects cracks in bridges
A new sensory skin developed by a group of researchers is the first scalable monitoring technology capable of automatically detecting, localizing and quantifying fatigue cracks in bridges – something that is nearly impossible for inspectors to see during a routine visual…
International Code Council and SEAOC release new seismic design manuals
The International Code Council and the Structural Engineers Association of California (SEAOC) have partnered to release a joint publication of the 2018 IBC SEAOC Structural/Seismic Design Manuals. The updated series provides a guided approach to applying the structural provisions of the…
Telematics Shaping the Way NorLand Limited Does Business
As equipment manager for NorLand Limited, a civil and heavy industrial construction company that provides infrastructure, mining, blasting and drilling, John Ashcroft has his work cut out for him with 16 business units throughout Western Canada & Quebec and in excess…
IAPMO announces new WorldSkills Global Partnership
The IAPMO Group is excited to announce a renewed four-year Global Industry Partnership agreement with WorldSkills, the global hub for skills excellence and development. The new agreement precedes further collaboration for the next two biennial international WorldSkills Competitions, which will be…