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The Residential Construction Council of Ontario (RESCON) commends the government on its first provincial budget, “Protecting What Matters Most,” and its strong focus on removing barriers to housing supply and prioritization of the skilled trades within the education and post-secondary systems. RESCON…

Primont Homes has filed a plan amendment with the City of Vaughan to build a residential development on Islington Avenue north of Steeles. The project, called SXSW Condos, will be located in Woodbridge. The developer is looking for re-zoning to build four…

As reported on DiscoverMooseJaw.com, Think Construction is an annual event hosted here in Moose Jaw, where numerous organizations come together to engage students in empowering them to make choices for their career path as they’re leading on to graduation.…

Spring is upon us, and that means the infamous spring clean is due to hit homes across the country over the course of the next three months. After a busy festive season, there’s likely to be a certain amount of clutter…

As blogged on McKinsey.com, an industry notorious for cost and time overruns, the construction sector can capture significant efficiencies by adopting new technologies. While many executives acknowledge the potential of new technology, they often hesitate to risk multi-billion-dollar projects on…

As reported on MarketPlace.org, on a recent morning in downtown Denver, a group of high school kids sat in a classroom taking a quiz. The students were on a field trip to the Construction Industry Training Council of Colorado,…

ROSEMONT, Ill., April 11, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Waterline Renewal Technologies, Inc. (“WRT”), a leading provider of engineered products used in the trenchless rehabilitation of wastewater infrastructure for municipal, commercial, industrial and residential applications, has been acquired by Behrman Capital (“Behrman”), a private equity…

As reported on CTV News, after a long and contentious fight, there’s a new twist in a proposed development for Dartmouth. Instead of putting an eight-storey apartment building near Lake Banook, the developer, MCO Investments Ltd., now intends to…

As reported on CBC News, from how concrete is mixed for road construction, to roofing standards enabling buildings to withstand stronger storms and plans to help homeowners manage increased flooding, Canada’s building rules are being rewritten due to climate change,…

As reported in The ChronicleHerald, during council’s April 9 meeting, following an in-camera session, West Hants council passed a motion to award the construction of the West Hants Sports Complex to Lindsay’s Construction. In a press release, the municipality…

As reported in The Chatham Daily News, Ken Poisson, a health and safety consultant, knows the challenge the jury at a coroner’s inquest here faces in finding recommendations to improve the attitude toward safety among roofers. Noting a culture change…

TORONTO, April 11, 2019 /CNW/ – Cadillac Fairview (CF) and the Investment Management Corporation of Ontario (on behalf of its client Ontario Pension Board) announced today that TD Bank Group (TD) has signed a long-term lease agreement, which will see TD occupy 840,000 square…

By Miranda Paquette Dreessen, Architects DCA   For those of you who have never been to a conference, I would recommend you experience it at least once in your life. To feel the collegiate spirit. To watch people interact as they…

As reported in The News-Gazette, a Champaign lab has designed and 3D-printed the first reinforced-concrete bridge in the country. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Construction Engineering Research Laboratory was testing the 3-foot-wide foot bridge last week, hoping it would…

As blogged on BIM Community, by using BIM technology in the construction industry has given enormous benefits to architects, engineers and construction firms. Entire project responsibility stays on the general contractors during the construction of a project such as…