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Insulation is an important part of any home. Not only does it retain heat during the winter by restricting air flow, but it also reduces the cost of heating and cooling throughout the year. For more than a century,…

Flooding, drought, hurricanes, wildfires — extreme weather events, once infrequent, are becoming more common and powerful due to climate change. At the same time, growing numbers of people worldwide are moving to cities. That’s a dangerous combination, since urban populations…

In the near future, citizens around the world will have the opportunity to live in economical, sustainable, and secure housing made entirely from hemp, a variety of the cannabis plant. Not only can the prefabricated abodes be constructed in a…

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Weekly Round Up published by Construction Links Network. Below are the links to all the news items published on the network over the past seven days. If you have a news item…

Got news? Next submission deadline is Friday at 5:00 p.m. Click here to submit YOUR news     ISH China & CIHE will return to the New International China Exhibition Center in Beijing on 6 – 8 May 2019. This must-attend event for…

Got news? Next submission deadline is Friday at 5:00 p.m. Click here to submit YOUR news     As the Sidewalk Labs smart city project on Toronto’s waterfront enters a key phase in the first half of 2019, Liberal MP Adam Vaughan is…

Got news? Next submission deadline is Friday at 5:00 p.m. Click here to submit YOUR news     The president of a company developing a multi-unit residential building in New Minas doesn’t think it will take long to fill up once it opens…

Got news? Next submission deadline is Friday at 5:00 p.m. Click here to submit YOUR news     Think of it as the first concrete steps toward building the $58-million underpass on London’s Adelaide Street. City council’s civic works committee is getting ready…

Got news? Next submission deadline is Friday at 5:00 p.m. Click here to submit YOUR news     Investing in commercial real estate as a vehicle to earn income is not a new idea. Most of us know of someone who has invested…

Got news? Next submission deadline is Friday at 5:00 p.m. Click here to submit YOUR news     Sometimes being energy conscious can mean geeking out on gigawatts, or studying the latest heat exchanger technology. But in this case, it involved splurging on…

Got news? Next submission deadline is Friday at 5:00 p.m. Click here to submit YOUR news     Washington, D.C. – The International Code Council extended the deadline for proposed changes to the 2019 Group B International Codes (I-Codes) to Monday, January 14,…

Got news? Next submission deadline is Friday at 5:00 p.m. Click here to submit YOUR news     The number of people killed in an apartment building in central Russia that partly collapsed after an explosion rose to 38 on Thursday, as hope…

Got news? Next submission deadline is Friday at 5:00 p.m. Click here to submit YOUR news     The soon-to-be-completed $5.5-million renovation at Westgate Collegiate and Vocational Institute was the single largest project issued a building permit by the City of Thunder Bay in 2018. The…

Got news? Next submission deadline is Friday at 5:00 p.m. Click here to submit YOUR news     Projects such as constructions and renovations need a lot of skills and expertise from all who are involved. From engineers, architects to construction workers, having…

Got news? Next submission deadline is Friday at 5:00 p.m. Click here to submit YOUR news     Roadworks may soon be a thing of the past as small robots will be sent down pipes to make repairs instead of digging up roads. Four…