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Langford residents are still being kept in the dark over why there have been concerns about the structural stability of their apartment building, which forced them out of their homes a week ago. The City of Langford is helping residents…

You might find a representative from the town’s building department knocking on your door as Wasaga Beach deals with a huge backlog of open building permits –– some that date back decades. In his report to council’s co-ordinated committee, Danny…

High in the sky, far above undulating hills flooded with bright yellow gorse bushes, a small black dot zips back and forth. It flies first one way, then back the other in a matrix formation, taking dozens of pictures of…

The process of moving the Marconi campus of the Nova Scotia Community College downtown is continuing, with the province issuing tenders including for the demolition of the former Mercer’s Service Station site. The building abatement and demolition tender for the…

P.E.I. is on track to join Canada’s other provinces in adopting the National Building Code in the new year, which has Island contractors and government busy preparing for the transition. In 2020, P.E.I. will officially be rolling out the 2015 National Building…

The construction industry is in desperate need of an automated shake-up. With a serious skills shortage, limited resources, and outdated data collection practices, automation and robotics could save the industry from stagnation. But digitization is coming for construction. Already robots…

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…