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Government officials are crafting tougher building codes that could make both new homes and renovations of existing properties more costly in coming years, part of Ottawa’s wider plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Natural Resources Canada is currently in consultations to…

The massive Chinese-owned construction company which recently signed a deal to acquire Aecon Group Inc. — Canada’s largest publicly-traded construction and infrastructure company — has registered a lobbyist to help get regulatory approval for the arrangement. Elizabeth Roscoe of Hill+Knowlton Strategies registered with…

by Colleen O’Shea There’s no doubt that we can all do a better job when it comes to water conservation — and indoor ice arenas, in particular, can have a tremendous impact on how water is used. Take the Abbotsford Centre in Abbotsford, BC as…

Toronto, ON (November 6, 2017) – The PCL family of companies is pleased to announce the appointment of Todd Craigen to senior vice president and district manager of PCL Constructors Canada Inc. (Toronto). Reporting to the president of Eastern Canada, Jim Dougan, Todd has…

Ontario, Calif. (Nov. 6, 2017) — The International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO) last week concluded Technical Committee meetings toward the ANSI-accredited consensus development of the 2018 editions of the Uniform Solar Energy and Hydronics Code (USEHC) and Uniform…

Green roofs have become more and more achievable over the past few years, with numerous products coming onto the market and a greater understanding of green roof construction and benefits. Here is an introductory guide to what the advantages are, whether…

Work is finally set to begin on North Delta’s new centre for the arts. On Monday, Oct. 30, council awarded Maple Leaf Homes Ltd. the contract to build the centre. The work will be done at the same time as the…

Walking through the city, the average passerby will observe and admire the buildings around them, but more often than not, one of the most important yet under-appreciated components of these structures will be left unnoticed: their foundations. Buried underground and often…

The bulk of the construction on the $2.1-million High Street retaining wall project will be completed later this month. But there will be some leftover work that will have to carry into 2018. City of Thunder Bay project engineer Mike Vogrig…

Will Morlidge wishes his wife had lived to see the groundbreaking of the new Calgary Cancer Centre. Morlidge and his four-year-old daughter, Virginia, were on hand Friday for the groundbreaking of the $1.4-billion facility to be built on the Foothills Hospital site.…

A Vancouver company is hoping to disrupt the local construction framing industry with new technology that can “print” steel studs and accelerate the building process. LifeTec Construction Group Inc., which has an 8,000-square-foot warehouse near East Broadway and Renfrew Street, has…

An excavation company director was sentenced to four months behind bars for his part in the death of a day labourer crushed in a trench collapse in 2015. “He got four months for a life,” Dennis Tomyn, the dead worker’s brother,…

A total of 31 finalists will compete for top honours in the seventh annual Fraser Valley Commercial Building Awards, which will be held Thursday, Nov. 2 at the Cascades convention centre in downtown Langley. The Hub at King George won the…

(Guelph, Ontario, Nov 2, 2017) – Hammond Power Solutions (HPS) is exhibiting at SPS IPC Drives in Nuremberg, Germany, November 28-30th, 2017. SPS IPC Drives is the leading exhibition for electric automation bringing together more than 1500 exhibitors. HPS will showcase…

TORONTO, Nov. 1, 2017 /CNW/ – The Association of Condominium Managers of Ontario (ACMO) wishes to congratulate the Condominium Management Regulatory Authority of Ontario (CMRAO) on the launch of its program to administer licences to professional condominium managers. ACMO has been the leading provider of condominium management…