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CTV News reports that the public was able to get their first look at the possibilities for a new transit hub in Waterloo region on Monday night. Regional officials presented two concepts at a public consultation meeting. The plan is to…

Nearly six months after residents were forced to evacuate a condo building in Fort Saskatchewan, Alta., it’s likely they won’t be able to return for at least another half year. “It’s been a very long and difficult time for us,” said…

Canadian cleantech company CarbonCure Technologies has announced the completion of a major new installation at YYC Calgary International Airport. The new deicing pad, the East Deicing Apron, was built with CarbonCure Technologies’ reduced-carbon concrete in August and September of 2019. The first…

WorldSkills International has announced its new roster of Skill Management Teams, assigned for the next edition of the biggest international vocational education and skills excellence event on earth. The Plumbing and Heating competition at WorldSkills Shanghai 2021 will reinstate the same…

The Canadian Institute of Steel Construction (CISC), its members, and the Canadian steel industry are very disappointed and disagree with the announcement of January 24th by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s (DOC) final decision, to place anti-dumping duties on Canadian fabricated structural steel.…

A newly-appointed member of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry panel has resigned after she was linked to a charitable arm of the firm which supplied the tower block’s deadly cladding. Benita Mehra tendered her resignation to the Prime Minister Boris Johnson, saying…

The company that made an international splash by air conditioning downtown Toronto without air conditioners has more energy-saving innovations in the works. With the help of a gigantic purpose-built thermal reservoir, Enwave Energy will add an entire new neighbourhood to its underground low-carbon heating…

Stuart Olson Inc. announced that its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Bharat Mahajan, has notified the Company of his decision to resign and that he has accepted a different position.       The Company also announced the appointment of Dean…

A $20 billion high-speed rail corridor from Windsor to Toronto was originally planned by the previous Liberal government but instead the Torie’s draft plan is focusing on bolstering inter-community rail service. Capacity on existing rail lines will be increased by working with…

The Alberta Forest Products Association (AFPA) and Wood WORKS! Alberta congratulate the Government of Alberta for becoming the first jurisdiction in Canada to permit 12 storey wood buildings province-wide. This change raises the permissible limit for wood buildings in Alberta from 6 to 12 storeys.…

The scale of the coronavirus outbreak at the city where it broke out is all too clear in these pictures of diggers and bulldozers. They are building a huge hospital that will have enough space for 1,000 patients of the disease…

The ongoing shortage of skilled trades workers across the county continues to have an effect on a number of major construction projects. The Orillia recreation centre is just one example. Its completion date was pushed back because of a lack of…

APM Constructions Services Inc. has been fined $75,000 under the Occupational Health and Safety Act for its part in the 2015 gas explosion in Canmore. Judge L. W. Robertson gave his written decision in the Calgary courthouse on Wednesday (Jan. 22)…

The opposition New Democrats have released a number of documents obtained through Freedom of Information requests about the building woes at the new Saskatchewan Hospital North Battleford. Released by the party were documents from two separate FOI batches, one from SaskBuilds…

Former Vancouver mayor Gregor Robertson is lending his expertise to a Canadian company working to expand green building technology around the globe. Robertson, who served as Vancouver’s mayor from 2008 to 2018, has joined Nexii Building Solutions as its executive vice-president…