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A consortium of construction associations in Ontario has commissioned a 50-part video series to highlight the opportunities available to young workers in the province, with a focus on job satisfaction among workers. “We need to get the message out that there…

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CO2 Solutions Inc. (“CO2 Solutions” or the “‘Corporation”) announced today that it has negotiated the sale of the entirety of the Corporation’s assets in two separate transactions. In the context of the proceedings related to the notice of intention to make…

The City of Toronto is pushing back against a provincial government proposal that could give developers the power to skirt the rules surrounding municipal building inspections. The Certified Professionals Program would allow architects and engineers to undergo additional training in the…

We are entering a new world where skyscrapers and other huge buildings are becoming redundant and need significant overhaul or replacement. The process is called unbuilding or, if you’re a bit highfalutin, deconstruction. These so-called spreadsheet towers populate every major city. They signalled…

Imagine that you roll out of bed onto a living fungus floor. The walls and ceiling — heck, the whole apartment building, down to the plumbing and electrical systems — are made of fungus too. Wood and concrete are remnants of…

Statistics Canada reports that total investment in building construction edged up 0.1% from October to $15.5 billion in November. Investment in the non-residential sector rose 0.8% to $5.0 billion, while the residential sector decreased 0.2% to $10.6 billion. On a constant dollar basis (2012=100), investment in building…

More than a quarter of all federally owned, leased or licensed buildings in the Ottawa-Gatineau area, including many landmark downtown buildings, are in critical or poor condition, according to the government’s own assessment. Of 2,197 National Capital Region buildings listed in…

Nanaimo city councillors at their Jan. 13 meeting voted unanimously to issue a development permit for a proposed a five-storey, 29-unit residential building and café restaurant at 930 Terminal Ave., next to the Colonial Motel and Cypress Glen Apartments. Submitted by…

According to the market research report published by P&S Intelligence, the global net zero energy buildings market share was valued at $896.6 million in 2018 and is expected to reach $2,106.6 million by 2024, advancing at a CAGR of 15.6% during the forecast period (2019–2024). The increasing adoption…

While buildings have traditionally been perceived as stiff, fixed forms that merely provided a shell for its inhabitants and for the activities being conducted inside, structures outfitted with building management systems (BMS) are becoming more interactive and responsive to their occupants,…

Huddle.Today reports that we now know what developers have in mind for the former Gothic Arches site. Renderings of the seven-storey, 83 unit apartment building have finally been unveiled by developer Percy Wilbur and Tower Contracting Inc. The building will be…

The construction firm that pleaded guilty in the death of a 24-year-old surveyor at a Little Italy worksite has failed to pay a fine for a second incident at the same location. Bellai Brothers Construction Inc. was fined $60,000 last summer after a worker fell three…

Currently, the distinction of being Africa’s tallest building belongs to The Leonardo, in Johannesburg’s upmarket Sandton neighborhood. The skyscraper stands 234m high but projects underway in several other countries will all rise above the Leonardo. Construction of the 250m-high Mohammed VI…

The American Wood Council (AWC) and International Code Council have released a joint publication, 2015/2018 Structural Wood Design Examples, intended to aid in the structural design of wood buildings using both Allowable Stress Design (ASD) and Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD).…