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As reported in The Globe and Mail, when developer Hani Lammam looked recently at buying three houses together in East Vancouver for redevelopment into an apartment building, the first question he had was whether the people living in them…

MONTREAL, Oct. 2, 2019 – National Bank of Canada (“National Bank”) today announced its inaugural USD 750 million 3-year Sustainable Bond offering. The net proceeds will be used to finance and/or refinance, in whole or in part, future or existing eligible businesses and…

As blogged on Departures.com, buildings are works of art in their own right, which at this point is a long-standing tenet, proved by museums, old houses of parliament, or even a particularly exciting town hall. The Getty Museum or…

At Plymovent Industrial Products our core values are to provide customers with high quality equipment to remove welding fume and grinding duct, and provide oil mist solutions. For more than forty years we have specialized in the design, manufacture and sale…

As reported on CBC News, when Julia Halipchuk walks onto a construction site, it’s clear she’s one of the people in charge. With a hardhat atop her head and an IPad showing construction designs in-hand, she surveys the day’s…

As blogged on New Atlas, even its critics – and there are sure to be many – couldn’t exactly accuse the Top Tower of being another boring glass rectangle. Planned to rise to a height of 135 m (443…

Paul Rochus, September 2019 Previous posts that I have written have mostly dealt with shielding gamma and neutron radiation, however there are other forms of radiation that should be shielded in certain situation.  Radio Frequency (RF) waves are a…

Plymovent factory direct webshop has a vast product portfolio of end user welding fume extraction solutions. The factory direct web shop portal offers plug and play solutions for weld fume to bring more safety to the workplace and protect all employees…

As reported on Global News, a Briarwood home valued at more than $650,000 will not be bulldozed in the immediate future now that a Saskatoon judge has stepped in. The homeowner, Yu Liu, lives in China and was unaware of multiple…

As reported by the Associated Press, U.S. construction spending edged up a disappointing 0.1% in August as continued weakness in nonresidential construction offset the best gain in home building in nine months. The latest figure marked the fourth month of…

As blogged on Popular Mechanics, by 2030, analysts estimate that the global construction industry will be worth $8 trillion, with that growth being driven by the U.S., India, and China. Amidst the building rush, however, there has been a shortage…

As reported by CTV News, court documents obtained by CTV News now reveal the businesses facing fire code violations alongside an Okotoks-based fire safety company. The businesses accused of failing to ensure qualified personnel installed fire safety equipment include…

As reported in The Globe and Mail, Deere & Co. on Tuesday announced indefinite layoffs for 163 U.S. manufacturing workers at plants in Illinois and Iowa that make agricultural, forestry and construction equipment, citing decreased customer demand. The layoffs come…

As reported in the National Post, Canada’s largest university has installed temporary safety barriers at the computer science building on its downtown Toronto campus, where a student was found dead by suicide on Friday. The University of Toronto said little…

Temperature and maturity monitoring of cold weather concrete is required in most cold-weather concreting applications and is essential to identifying the potential for freezing and thermal shock, optimizing curing, and ensuring safety of a structure.   When placing concrete in cold…