Trans Mountain pipeline construction starts in Kamloops
Construction of a seven-kilometre urban section of the Trans Mountain pipeline twinning project has begun in Kamloops. Trans Mountain Corp. said in a press release that the work will employ 30 to 50 people throughout June, and will ramp up to…
Floating concrete houses proposed for areas at risk from rising sea levels
British architecture studio Grimshaw and Dutch manufacturers Concrete Valley are developing Modular Water Dwellings that could be built in places at risk from climate change. The floating houses would mitigate the risk of living in places that could be flooded as rising temperatures melting the ice…
April construction spending in the United States falls 2.9%
BNN Bloomberg reports that U.S. construction spending fell 2.9 per cent in April, the largest drop in 18 months, with broad declines across all building activity as shutdowns hobbled projects and workers were told to stay home. The Commerce Department said that…