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Ontario’s auditor general has released a scathing report accusing the province’s home-building regulator and warranty provider of failing tens of thousands of new homebuyers by putting the interests of builders ahead of consumer protection. Auditor general Bonnie Lysyk found…

The largest 3D-printed building ever constructed has now been finished over in the United Arab Emirates. More specifically, the building in the Al Warsan area of Dubai has been recorded in the Guinness World Records as the first ever two-storey 3D-printed…

The blueprints for Ingersoll’s proposed recreation complex should soon be ready to review. The Town of Ingersoll just hired London’s Nicholson Sheffield Architects Inc. – a veteran firm that has designed several residential and commercial buildings in London and…

While construction around Edmonton has yet to begin on the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion, hundreds of workers have already been hired to help bring the project to life. As of Sept. 30, Trans Mountain Corp. (TMC) announced on social media…

Three unique V-pier bridges are being constructed over the Trinity River in Fort Worth, Texas. The bridges get their name from the V-shape of the support pier, which provides better bridge support with fewer piers.   Three unique V-pier bridges are being constructed…

An incentive program that jolted Manitoba’s solar energy sector will return, but not until 2022 — which is too long, says one installer, to leave customers waiting to plug into a new provincial rebate program. Manitoba Hydro was criticized…

When construction workers arrive to build Squamish’s Woodfibre LNG plant, they may find themselves with a particularly good view of Howe Sound. That’s because they could be floating in it. Woodfibre has filed an application to amend its environmental approvals in…

A North Okanagan plumber and gas fitter got quite the surprise Monday when he dug up an old explosive while digging a trench to install pipe on a property in Spallumcheen, B.C. “I thought it was a rock and…

Sidewalk Labs and Waterfront Toronto are getting closer to an agreement to go ahead with a high-tech community on valuable lakefront property at a much smaller scale than the Google sister company asked for in June. The discussions are…

As blogged on NewAtlas.com, concrete is made of a combination of cement, an aggregate such as gravel, and water. If that mixture dries too quickly, then cracks can form within it as it cures. Now, however, scientists have determined…

VANCOUVER, October 29, 2019 – The latest technologies, innovations and solutions in wood design and building, with a focus on a new generation of taller buildings globally, will be presented in Vancouver next week at the 2019 Wood Solutions Conference. Distinguished…

In Dubai, where tower blocks seem to pop up almost overnight, residents have grown adept at averting their eyes from building sites. But one construction project has caught everyone’s attention: the Museum of the Future, which has loomed up…

Fifteen neat little houses, with exteriors covered in wood and neutral paint, have sprung up in southeast Calgary. The buildings will house veterans in need, part of a project led by the Homes for Heroes Foundation in collaboration with the Mustard Seed and ATCO.…

Canada’s national building code has guidelines for how to construct homes to defend against wind, snow, rain and earthquakes — but not floods. That could soon change. The National Research Council (NRC) is working on potential changes to the National Building Code…

As reported in the Whitehorse Daily Star, after two years of construction, the Nares River (Naataase Héen) Bridge replacement in Carcross is finished. The project cost approximately $15 million, after being originally budgeted at $12.6 million. It replaces a…