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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…

OTTAWA, April 8, 2019 /CNW/ – The trend in housing starts was 202,279 units in March 2019, compared to 202,039 units in February 2019, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). This trend measure is a six-month moving average of the monthly seasonally…

TORONTO, April 4, 2019 /CNW/ – The UNITED BUILDING in Toronto, announced by Davpart Inc., is North America’s tallest architectural heritage retention development. Located on the northeast corner of University Avenue and Dundas Street West, the UNITED BUILDING will evolve to a 55-storey high rise…

As reported in The London Free Press, four Southwestern Ontario men who died from injuries suffered from falling off roofs are tragic, falls remain one of the leading causes of workplace deaths in the province. Ontario is holding two…

As blogged in The Science Times, prefab (short for “prefabricated”) construction is not a new trend but rather a globally growing trend. In the United States, prefab construction is just starting to get traction and takes up only 5%…

As reported in the Times Colonist, Mary-Anne Bowcott is not what you’re expecting, and she’s used to that. The 33-year-old owner of Westcom Plumbing and Gas in Sooke still registers the surprise, sometimes shock, in people’s eyes when she…

As blogged on UofT Engineering News, in summer 2018, the U of T chapter of Engineers in Action (formerly Bridges to Prosperity) constructed a 64-metre suspended footbridge over the Gonchu Mayu River in Bolivia. It was the group’s most…

As blogged on the National Research Council Canada website, in the past couple of years, there have been some significant developments on the policy direction of energy codes. In particular, the Canadian Commission on Building and Fire Codes (CCBFC) approved its Long-term…

The Vancouver Island Construction Association is excited to announce the finalists for its inaugural VICA Awards. The VICA Awards are designed to recognize the work its members do within the industrial, commercial, institutional, civil, and multi-family residential construction sectors across Vancouver Island, the…