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Lowe’s Canada, one of Canada’s leading home improvement retailers operating or servicing more than 470 corporate and affiliated stores under different banners, received the 2020 ENERGY STAR Canada Special Recognition Award today. This award recognizes Lowe’s Canada’s commitment to offering thousands…

The Beck Group used COMMAND Center to evaluate mixes with supplier TXI and select the right concrete for the museum. They also used temperature profiles to help perfect the concrete’s color and eliminate cosmetic defects The Kimbell Art Museum in Fort…

The U.K. is home to some of the world’s oldest — and most prestigious — universities. And while these may be centers of excellence for learning, many institutions’ buildings were built centuries ago and are in need of refurbishment or, in…

The Toronto Sun reports that SNC-Lavalin Group may have paid $1.9 million in fines for nine years of bid-rigging in Quebec, but it is still eligible for federal contracts, according to Blacklock’s Reporter. The Public Prosecution Service wouldn’t share its agreement…

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…