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Statistics Canada reports that total investment in building construction edged up 0.5% from November to $15.6 billion in December, with gains in both the residential and non-residential sectors. On a constant dollar basis (2012=100), investment in building construction was largely unchanged at $12.8 billion.…

The American Concrete Institute (ACI) has released the 2020 ACI Collection of Concrete Codes, Specifications, and Practices. The ACI Collection is the most comprehensive and largest single source of information on concrete design, construction, and materials, with nearly 50 codes and specifications and more…

Representatives from numerous IAPMO Group business units hit the road early in 2020 to attend trade shows throughout the United States, engaging with industry professionals, current and potential clients, and other stakeholders to spread the word about the organization’s comprehensive menu…

The province has committed nearly $2 million towards Indigenous job training and skilled trades development for two projects in northwestern Ontario. Supercom Industries received $1.5 million for training and “upskilling” its new and current 172 employees in heavy equipment operation, mechanical harvesting,…

When John Korey took delivery of a new SENNEBOGEN 825 M scrap handler at ISRI 2019, he knew exactly what he was getting. The company, W. Silver Recycling, Inc., operates ten scrap facilities in the southwest US and Mexico – and…

Let’s accept it – climate change is the biggest design problem of our lifetime. It doesn’t matter what industry you are in, every brand from fashion to mental health and even construction is incorporating sustainable solutions in their work. In fact,…

2020 Show Productions broke records in the number of attendees, the number of exhibitors, the amount of exhibit space, and the number of conferences at the 2020 Canadian Concrete Expo. Exhibitor space has grown by 50 per cent compared to the…

The Canada Energy Regulator (CER) has issued Safety Advisory SA 2020-01 to all its regulated companies regarding high strength steel pipes and the connecting welds (known in the industry as girth welds). There is no indication of immediate risk to the public. Large…

Jorgen Gullestrup was a teenage plumbing apprentice in his native Denmark when he began struggling with depression. “I tried to take my own life,” he said during a phone interview from Queensland, Australia, where, after successful treatment for his mental-health struggles,…

Richmond News reports that the company that built the Minoru Centre for Active Living is claiming the City of Richmond was at fault for an almost two-year delay in construction and is suing the city for $7.04 million. Stuart Olson launched…

Canada’s largest skilled trade and technology competition, the Skills Ontario Competition, is set to take place on May 4-6, 2020 at the Toronto Congress Centre. Every May, students, educators, parents, guardians, employers, and advocates come together for the Skills Ontario Competition,…

Giatec, world leader in concrete testing technology, is pleased to announce that they have received the “Innovation Award” at the Toronto Construction Association’s (TCA) annual “Best of the Best Awards” for their flagship product, SmartRock™. The “Innovation Award” is given annually…

A clear picture of the global economic impact of the deadly coronavirus has begun to emerge, and U.S. real estate companies are monitoring how the crisis could play out on construction sites and in development pipelines. Coronavirus caused more than 2,000 deaths and infected…

As New York City experiences its biggest surge in construction in years, reports have surfaced of ballooning number of injuries on the city’s thousands of construction sites. Attempts to heighten city supervision of the sites has led to launch of a…

Researchers at the Institute of Industrial Science, a part of The University of Tokyo, have developed a new procedure for recycling concrete with the addition of discarded wood. They found that the correct proportion of inputs can yield a new building…