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In time for the holiday season, members of the Vancouver Island Construction Association (VICA) raised over $20,000 for families in the communities they work and live in. Their generosity shone at a time it is needed the most; a time…

Hamilton CIty Centre officially has a new owner. IN8 Developments took possession of the downtown mall on Dec. 12 and is now working to formally present its construction concept for the 3.4-acre site on James Street North. Demolition of parts…

Dwayne MacEwen began building homes on the Island as a child with his dad. Now, the 54-year-old former P.E.I. resident is making architectural waves around the world. MacEwen’s firm recently completed a $90-million health club project, complete with a spa and…

Twelve stories above Front and Spadina, Stephanie Crarey stands on a ladder, working on an elevator shaft at The Well, one of the country’s largest construction sites. The 32-year-old doesn’t have time to take in the unobstructed views of Toronto’s…

It has been a special year and I am wishing all my website visitors, social media followers, email subscribers and advertising partners all the best over the holiday season. We’ll be back on December 27 with more news updates. Enjoy…

As people become increasingly interested in the sustainability in all things, building construction was bound to find itself under scrutiny. Steel and concrete are notorious for their large environmental footprints. But they’ve historically been the only suitable answer as the…

Statistics Canada reports that total investment in building construction decreased 0.5% from September to $15.5 billion in October. Investment in the non-residential sector was up (+0.5% to $4.9 billion), while the residential sector decreased (-1.0% to $10.6 billion). On a constant dollar basis (2012=100),…

Modular construction is something like Legos — and hotel developers can’t get enough of the new building trend. Built section-by-section in a factory, hotel units are shipped to a site and stacked, sometimes practically overnight. Hotel developers are pushing the high-speed,…

When it comes to safety on the jobsite, most contractors focus on widely accepted performance indicators like an experience modification rating (EMR) or the count of their OSHA recordable incidents.  While these are important overall numbers, ignoring near miss incidents…

An area where material science is advancing the field of radiation shielding is in the development of non-lead shielding materials. Lead is used today because it’s cost-effective, easy to work with, and most importantly has the ability to reduce gamma radiation.…

Decking the halls is a whole lot harder when you’re decorating something 10 times smaller than a human hair. But that didn’t stop Travis Casagrande from going big this holiday season by constructing something super tiny. The research associate at the Canadian Centre for…

The City of Langford is taking the unusual step of warning residents in a brand-new highrise apartment building that their homes may not be safe. The 90-unit Danbrook One development just opened to renters at 2766 Claude Rd. in the…

Stanley, NC – After last year’s SENNEBOGEN national sales meeting, Oliver Nachevski, VP and Chief Operating Office of Strongco Corporation, told his organization “There’s no reason we can’t be at the top.” At this year’s meeting, he was proven right. Constantino…

Loveland, CO – Bedrock Slinging company bills itself as “the Material Placement Guys” serving Colorado and a growing region around the state. What began as a single conveyor truck that Jordan Kamps purchased in 2003 has now grown into a…

The controversial two-year closing of the Mount Royal tunnel as part of the work on the REM electric train network has been postponed from Jan. 6 to March 30, 2020. The consortium building the REM says the delay will increase…