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The Local Project Challenge, a collaboration between academic and social organizations, has honored the International Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Foundation’s upcoming Community Plumbing Challenge Indonesia program as a Merit Finalist at the U.N.-Habitat World Urban Forum 10 in Abu Dhabi. The…

HGTV Canada pays it forward with an all-star cast in the powerful, heartwarming new Corus Studios original series, Family Home Overhaul (8×60), premiering Sunday, April 26 at 10 p.m. ET/PT. Viewers will get a first look at the series with a special sneak peek on April 19 during the…

You may have seen the alphabet-soup abbreviation “V2X” thrown around. It’s the catch-all coinage for “vehicle-to-everything” technology, which essentially lets cars “talk” to other vehicles, fixed objects and infrastructure. Freaky sounding, and super futuristic, right? Audi is putting the technology on the…

A Rockwood construction company has been fined $125,000 after a worker died at Billy Bishop Airport in Toronto in March 2018. A court bulletin from the province notes Vixman Construction Limited was also sentenced to 18 months probation for contravening the…

Less than half of B.C.’s construction contractors are expecting more work in 2020, according to a survey released by the Independent Contractors and Businesses Association Wednesday. The survey found that 40 per cent of the companies in the survey are expecting…

Construction sites aren’t what they used to be. Walk by any building under construction today and you could see everything from virtual reality goggles on workers to drones whizzing in the air. However, one of the most notable new technologies is…

Procore Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of construction management software, today announced that Milwaukee Tool, a global leader in delivering innovative solutions to the professional construction trades, has integrated its One-Key digital platform for tracking tools and equipment with Procore. The…

The International Code Council and the ICC Evaluation Service (ICC-ES) fostered existing client relationships and established new connections with design and construction professionals from around the world during the seventh annual Design and Construction Week in Las Vegas, Nevada.  Returning as…

The construction industry dates back to the coliseums of Rome and the pyramids of Egypt. However, its progress has been as a substitute stagnant when compared to different sectors. The current years have witnessed steady incorporation of technology to enhance operations…

The financial disaster that is the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project has many authors. The most important may be the Stephen Harper government. Had it not effectively loaned the federal balance sheet to Newfoundland and Labrador, allowing the province to finance a…

Nicole Sarauer, MLA for Regina—Douglas Park and the NDP’s point person on the file, faulted the lack of transparency and shoddy public consultation revealed by the provincial auditor in December. “We are disappointed with the response we’ve seen so far,” said…

Mayor Valérie Plante said her administration has revised an existing renovation program to encourage landlords to renovate rental housing. “In a context of the housing shortage, it is vital to act on every front to increase access to quality units for all Montrealers,”…

President Donald Trump is requesting an $810 billion, 10-year reauthorization of surface transportation programs as part of $1 trillion in direct federal spending on infrastructure over the next decade. The proposal, released Monday as part of the president’s fiscal year 2021…

by Ellis Talton Let’s clear up two things about artificial intelligence (AI) at the start. First, it’s a broad concept, not a specific product, in the same way hydraulics is a broad concept, not a specific product. Yes, both AI and…

Architects and contractors working in the far north, where the building season is short and the risk of water damage to building materials is high, have talked for some time about the transformative promise of modular construction. Instead of slow on-site…