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Washington, D.C. (May 29, 2019) — Next week, the latest installment of the International Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Foundation (IWSH) Community Plumbing Challenge (CPC) program begins in the remote Navajo Mountain region of Piute Mesa on the Arizona-Utah border. The new…

If your research investigates how to building more sustainably in either simple or complex ways, check out the new poster competition announced for the Green Building Festival in Toronto on October 8th. Prizing includes 5 student passes and chance to display…

As blogged on Forbes.com, Norway-based Ocean Sun was founded three years ago with the aim of disrupting the status quo in the solar industry. Its vision is to provide the technology that rapidly makes clean energy production the cheapest alternative…

As reported on Kamloops This Week, The Reach, a 25-year plan to create 3,500 multi-family housing units, retail and office space and other services on the TRU campus. has leased the final two sites to complete phase 1 of the…

As reported on Global News, SNC-Lavalin will stand trial on criminal corruption charges linked to its alleged business activities in Libya under former dictator Muammar Qaddafi. A Quebec judge ruled Wednesday morning that prosecutors have enough evidence to sustain a trial…

As reported on Global News, the BC Liberals have introduced legislation that would require companies to pay contractors within 28 days of receiving an invoice, and contractors to pay subcontractors seven days thereafter. Ontario passed similar legislation in 2017,…

As reported on CTV News, Canada’s first seniors’ community designed for those suffering from Alzheimer’s and dementia is set to open in Langley this July. Dubbed “The Village,” the project has a series of one-storey buildings, including cabins and a…

As reported on nzherald.co.nz, job insecurity, business pressures, demands to deliver on deadlines and dealing with illness and injury were factors involved in 300 suicides in New Zealand’s multi-billion dollar construction sector in a decade, according to a new…

Washington, D.C. – Building Safety Month comes to a close with week 5, which focuses on how advances in technology are paving the way for safer, more resilient homes. This week’s theme, “Innovations in Safety,” explores technologies that are…

OTTAWA, May 28, 2019 — The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) announces the shortlist for the 2019 RAIC International Prize for socially transformative architecture. A six-member jury chose a university building in Peru, an artists’ residence and cultural…

Caliber Communications Inc. is a technology-based Canadian company that has created a flexible, cost effective and reliable replacement to physical guarding services. The company has engineered and developed a unique communications platform that operates on cellular infrastructure anywhere in North America.…

As reported in the Calgary Sun, one man is facing charges after Calgary police recovered more than $70,000 of stolen construction tools from a northeast home. Police say one of the thefts happened Oct. 6, 2018, when unknown offenders…

As reported on CTV News, the contract to backfill the Capital Pointe hole has been awarded to CBS Contracting Inc. The proposal was passed at the city council meeting on Monday night and it will take another step towards…

Semtech Corporation (Nasdaq: SMTC), a leading supplier of high performance analog and mixed-signal semiconductors and advanced algorithms, announced it has joined the Continental Automated Buildings Association (CABA), an international non-profit industry association for the advancement of smart home and building technologies. In…

As reported in the Vancouver Sun, rumours about the death of Vancouver’s high-end real estate market may be exaggerated. Several new highrise developments are in the works for downtown. And many are high-end projects being designed by internationally renowned…