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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…

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…