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As reported on Fox5Vegas.com, a Las Vegas couple is hoping to change the way construction workers dress on the job. They invented a one-of-a-kind safety vest that could make it easier for drivers to spot road crews, before it’s…

FORT MCMURRAY, AB, April 10, 2019 /CNW/ – The Coalition of Canadian Municipalities for Energy Action shared their concerns on Bill C-69 at the Standing Senate Committee on Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources hearing in Fort McMurray, Alberta today. The Coalition is a grassroots effort…

As reported on CTV News, future construction workers have a new training tool to help them identify hazards on the job. Students at Walter Murray Collegiate in Saskatoon were among the first people to test out the Hazard ID…

As reported in the Manitoulin Expositor, construction started on the new Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) detachment in Little Current on April 1 as part of the OPP modernization project. “The contract was signed in August with Bird Construction, which…

As reported in the Red Deer Advocate, demolition of the old downtown police station is underway to make room for the $97-million Red Deer Justice Centre. Work has started on dismantling the former RCMP building at 4811 49th St.…

VAUGHAN, ON, April 9, 2019 /CNW/ – The City of Toronto is poised to restrict concrete work for the construction of high-rise buildings through amendments to the noise bylaw in a move that will threaten more than 7,000 jobs and cripple the industry’s…

South Haven, Minn. – Legacy Building Solutions (Legacy), a premier manufacturer of custom fabric structures, is pleased to announce Pat Hamilton has joined the organization as a Building & Project Design Consultant for the military industry. Hamilton comes to Legacy with…

As blogged in the Canadian HR Reporter, if there’s one thing the construction industry understands, it’s building to code. So when it came to issues around harassment and bullying in the workplace — and a disappointing participation rate for…

OTTAWA, April 8, 2019 – The Canadian Construction Association (CCA) will host the Leading the evolution industry summit on April 25 and 26 at the Sheraton Gateway Hotel in Toronto. Fueled by CCA’s recent independent research on emerging trends…

As reported on CBC News, the Saskatchewan government has directed four municipalities in the province to put weight restrictions on bridges in their RMs because there is a risk of the “potential failure of the bridge if a heavy…

Washington, D.C. – This May, the International Code Council will celebrate the 39th consecutive Building Safety Month. Each year, the Code Council partners with building professionals, corporations, government agencies and other advocates to shine a light on the role…

TORONTO, April 8, 2019 /CNW/ – Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport has won the Airports Council International (ACI-NA) Environmental Achievement Award for Best Innovative Project for the airport’s successful implementation of the three-year Airfield Rehabilitation Program. The 2019 Airports Council International (ACI-NA)…

As reported on Forbes.com, there’s the grid, the evolving smart grid and then there’s no grid at all. That’s the paradigm that Tesla is exploring in a new patent application, Number 16/186390, which calls for controlling energy generation interactions (solar…

As blogged on BusinessInsider.com, what once seemed like the moonshot vision of tech billionaires and idealistic architects could soon become a concrete solution to several of the world’s most pressing challenges. At a United Nations roundtable on Wednesday, a…

As blogged on Wired.com, in debates about future of work, technology is often portrayed as the villain. One recent study calculated that 38 percent of jobs in the United States were at a “high risk” of being automated during the next…