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As reported in the South China Morning Post, the desert outside Tennant Creek, deep in the Northern Territory, is not the most obvious place to build and transmit Singapore’s future electricity supply. Though few in the southern states are yet to…

As reported on DailyHive.com, more rental homes have been approved for Vancouver’s Fraser Street corridor, following another round of similar discussions and debates in council and amongst public speakers over market rental housing and building heights. On Thursday evening, Vancouver city…

As blogged on Fee.org, Germany’s publicly traded real estate companies (Deutsche Wohnen, Vonovia, ADO, and others) have come under massive pressure in recent weeks. Many of their stockholders come from the United States and Great Britain, and the companies’ prospects are not looking…

245 Queen East is a project by developer One Properties that has evolved several times since it was first proposed in 2016. The site is located on the south side of Queen east of Sherbourne and will include a mix of…

As reported in the Vancouver Sun, a critical shortage of skilled workers is usually the main problem that keeps most of B.C.’s builders up at night, but there’s another issue that should also be at the top of their minds: technology. The…

As reported in the Edmonton Journal, one of the designers of Edmonton’s river valley funicular is “proud and humble” to have won an international architecture award. “We weren’t designing it to win awards, we were designing it to make the city…

Washington, DC – The International Code Council announced today that it has acquired NTA, a leading provider of testing services, product certification, inspection, engineering, off-site construction plan review, and code evaluation. The Indiana-based company will significantly expand the services the Code…

As reported in The Globe and Mail, the Ontario government has cancelled a plan to build affordable housing on a piece of unused provincial land in Premier Doug Ford’s Toronto riding, saying the original deal wasn’t good enough. Under a plan…

As blogged on ScienceAlert.com, a compact device that uses waste heat shed by solar cells to purify water could one day change the lives of hundreds of millions of people around the globe. The new spin on old technology from King Abdullah…

As blogged on Curbed.com, a pair of new developments in downtown Austin and Miami hopes to create a new hybrid hotel and condo model that allows owners to buy into a large property specifically designed for renting out on Airbnb. Built and…

As reported on BurnabyNow.com, Dale Arnold stays at the office as late as possible every night to avoid going home to a noisy construction zone. He says he has been subjected to thunderous noise and thick dust clouds in his Metrotown apartment…

As blogged on FastCompany.com, six months after a wildfire destroyed the town of Paradise, California, and killed 85 people, some of the survivors who lost their homes were still living in tents. In Florida, months after Hurricane Michael, others were staying in…

VICTORIA, BC (July 10, 2019) – Building permits eased nine per cent lower in May 2019 over the previous month with declines in both residential and non-residential permits. Total permits issued amounted to $71.2 million compared to $78.0 million in April…

BOUCHERVILLE, QC, July 10, 2019 /CNW Telbec/ – BMR Group and Lefebvre & Benoit are very pleased to announce that an agreement has been reached in which BMR Group acquires a stake in Lefebvre & Benoit, a leading company in the sale of…

As reported on CTV News, the provincial government is offering more cash and extending a deadline for private seniors’ residences to install sprinkler systems. Five years ago 32 seniors died at the Residence Du Havre in L’Isle-Verte when fire broke out in…