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RCMP have launched a criminal investigation after safety hazards such as partly cut trees in danger of toppling and stacks of tires and accelerants were found along a remote access road that construction workers need to build a natural gas…

Bloomberg.com reports that Toronto is on pace to move up in North America’s skyscraper rankings, thanks to a building boom that shows little sign of wavering. With 67, Canada’s largest city ranks third on the continent for tall buildings of…

We’ll always have Paris. We spend a lot of time on this site talking about reducing our carbon footprint and about building more energy-efficient buildings and homes. A lot of urban activists are talking about the need for more “missing middle”…

Bricklaying is one of the most ancient crafts around, one that hasn’t — as Jonathan Waldman puts it — changed much since “man crawled out of the muck.” In 2006, two guys in upstate New York came up with an…

Opportunity to invest in the world-renown vacation destination Canmore Alberta.  The project will build small number of exquisite condos in a prime location, zoned to allow tourist homes.   Project will accept limited number of investors, with a minimum starting point…

Statistics Canada reports that total value of building permits issued by Canadian municipalities decreased 2.4% to $8.1 billion in November. Declines were reported in six provinces, with the largest decrease in Ontario (-5.7% to $3.2 billion). Quebec (+10.3% to $1.9 billion) offset some of…

A new year brings new beginnings, and for Penticton-based Structurlam Mass Timber Corp., that includes building on key developments from last year. With its expertise in cross-laminated timbers, it welcomed changes in the B.C. Building Code last March allowing for mass-timber…

New York City officials are pushing to legalise the use of drones for facade inspections after an architect was reportedly killed by falling debris from a building in the city. Brooklyn Borough president Eric Adams announced the proposal on 22 December 2019, just days after…

At CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2020, Metso will showcase its latest innovations and field-proven technologies for the aggregates industry, with solutions designed especially for the show. “In the world of construction, dependability matters. At Metso we’ve turned our over 150 years of experience…

Learn how concrete temperature and maturity monitoring can help save you millions of dollars and countless hours of construction time at the Canadian Concrete Expo.   COMMAND Center is exhibiting at the Canadian Concrete Expo in Toronto, Ontario. The show…

The McInnis Cement Board of Directors announces the appointment of Mr. Baudouin Nizet to the position of President and Chief Executive Officer of the company, effective immediately. Mr. Nizet has a long track record in the cement industry, including working at CRH…

After significant improvement, numbers of women entering construction have started to stagnate. What are the reasons for this and what can we do to improve? Getting more women into construction has been a long-term ambition for the construction industry. Even…

While there’s no doubt that many building companies have been affected by the downturn in the Australian residential housing market, most industry experts agree that exciting new opportunities are presenting themselves elsewhere. And contractors that are modernizing their operations to…

ACA has received funding from the Workers Compensation Board to coordinate the development of Physical demands Analysis (PDAs) for trades occupations involved in construction. PDA is a breakdown of every task performed for each position, the time spent on each…

Lake Pleasant Recycling and Demolition (LPRD), located in Michigan’s beautiful Irish Hills, 2.5 hours southwest of Detroit seems an unlikely location for a flourishing scrap operation. This is a rural area most notably home to Michigan International Speedway (MIS) and Hillsdale…