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Stuart Olson Inc. announced that its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Bharat Mahajan, has notified the Company of his decision to resign and that he has accepted a different position.       The Company also announced the appointment of Dean…

A $20 billion high-speed rail corridor from Windsor to Toronto was originally planned by the previous Liberal government but instead the Torie’s draft plan is focusing on bolstering inter-community rail service. Capacity on existing rail lines will be increased by working with…

The Alberta Forest Products Association (AFPA) and Wood WORKS! Alberta congratulate the Government of Alberta for becoming the first jurisdiction in Canada to permit 12 storey wood buildings province-wide. This change raises the permissible limit for wood buildings in Alberta from 6 to 12 storeys.…

The scale of the coronavirus outbreak at the city where it broke out is all too clear in these pictures of diggers and bulldozers. They are building a huge hospital that will have enough space for 1,000 patients of the disease…

The ongoing shortage of skilled trades workers across the county continues to have an effect on a number of major construction projects. The Orillia recreation centre is just one example. Its completion date was pushed back because of a lack of…

APM Constructions Services Inc. has been fined $75,000 under the Occupational Health and Safety Act for its part in the 2015 gas explosion in Canmore. Judge L. W. Robertson gave his written decision in the Calgary courthouse on Wednesday (Jan. 22)…

The opposition New Democrats have released a number of documents obtained through Freedom of Information requests about the building woes at the new Saskatchewan Hospital North Battleford. Released by the party were documents from two separate FOI batches, one from SaskBuilds…

Former Vancouver mayor Gregor Robertson is lending his expertise to a Canadian company working to expand green building technology around the globe. Robertson, who served as Vancouver’s mayor from 2008 to 2018, has joined Nexii Building Solutions as its executive vice-president…

A consortium of construction associations in Ontario has commissioned a 50-part video series to highlight the opportunities available to young workers in the province, with a focus on job satisfaction among workers. “We need to get the message out that there…

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CO2 Solutions Inc. (“CO2 Solutions” or the “‘Corporation”) announced today that it has negotiated the sale of the entirety of the Corporation’s assets in two separate transactions. In the context of the proceedings related to the notice of intention to make…

The City of Toronto is pushing back against a provincial government proposal that could give developers the power to skirt the rules surrounding municipal building inspections. The Certified Professionals Program would allow architects and engineers to undergo additional training in the…

We are entering a new world where skyscrapers and other huge buildings are becoming redundant and need significant overhaul or replacement. The process is called unbuilding or, if you’re a bit highfalutin, deconstruction. These so-called spreadsheet towers populate every major city. They signalled…

Imagine that you roll out of bed onto a living fungus floor. The walls and ceiling — heck, the whole apartment building, down to the plumbing and electrical systems — are made of fungus too. Wood and concrete are remnants of…

Statistics Canada reports that total investment in building construction edged up 0.1% from October to $15.5 billion in November. Investment in the non-residential sector rose 0.8% to $5.0 billion, while the residential sector decreased 0.2% to $10.6 billion. On a constant dollar basis (2012=100), investment in building…