City of Regina invests nearly $80M into 2020 construction season
The city is investing $10.3 million into residential road renewal projects, $15.4 million into street infrastructure renewal projects and $51.5 million into water, wastewater and drainage projects. “The city’s construction program provides an important boost to the economy, as well as…
How 3D printing helped to enable a new scaffold coupler design
For two years a prototype has been handled with great care, whether in the hands of the product design company that produced it or the civil engineer whose experience in the construction industry spawned the idea for it. At January’s Futurebuild trade show,…
Engineer faces discipline over Langford residential projects
An engineer involved in four residential projects in Langford is facing discipline for accepting jobs for which he lacked sufficient training or experience. A decision by the association of Engineers and Geoscientists of B.C. found that Ahmed Raza Syed breached its…
CMHC: Canada’s housing markets will begin to recover by mid-2021
Economic uncertainty stemming from containment measures of COVID-19 and falling oil prices is affecting all sectors. Canada’s housing market will see declines in 2020, and should start to improve by this time next year. Housing starts, sales and prices are likely to stay…
Green Technologies Good for the Environment and Your Business
Fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions are becoming major factors in the construction industry and, as a result, companies are starting to change the way they operate. The development of highly advanced, energy-efficient construction equipment along with the increase in connected…
CrowdBlink announces new COVID-19 screening and compliance application
CrowdBlink today announced Protect, a new screening and compliance application. Protect is a mobile and web-based application and offers a new way for construction, manufacturing, supply-chain, retirement or long term care facilities, events, and many other types of organizations to screen…
Command Center Blog: Budget Lowered $3M on Mixed-Use High-Rise
The Beck Group used COMMAND Center maturity monitoring to quickly determine when their concrete reached its required strength, cutting four months from the project schedule and saving $3 million in costs. Before construction began on 2000 McKinney, the project was on…
NEW! Online workshop series presented by Wood WORKS! BC
3 online workshops | 9 presentations | 1 comprehensive learning series! Wood WORKS! BC, with support from BC Housing, is pleased to offer a new online workshop series, Elevating Wood Construction in 2020. Expert presenters will share their knowledge and experience…