RESCON – Residential agreements set to expire on April 30
VAUGHAN, ON, March 4, 2019 /CNW/ – Collective bargaining agreements for residential construction are set to expire on Tuesday, April 30. Renewal efforts have commenced and the parties have started the process of renewing the collective agreements, namely the Metropolitan Toronto Apartment Builders Association…
Peculiar paving job raises eyebrows in Montreal
As reported on Global News, it’s no secret that this winter has been very tough on Montreal’s streets and sidewalks, but one particular stretch of sidewalk east of downtown is being heavily criticized for an out-of-the-ordinary paving job. Near the corner…
Construction Links Network: Weekly Round Up March 2, 2019
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 and distributed on the network over the past seven days. If you have a news item…
The Code Council enters U.S. Trade and Investment Strategic Partnership
Washington, D.C. — The International Code Council entered into a formal strategic partnership with the U.S. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration (ITA) to raise awareness of international standards in construction that are required across the globe. With the shared goals…
China’s ‘horizontal skyscraper’ attraction nears completion
As blogged on CNN, dubbed an engineering marvel, the highly anticipated Raffles City Chongqing project in China is nearly complete. Devised by world-renowned architect Moshe Safdie, it measures a staggering 1.12-million-square-meters and consists of a collection of eight towers and a gigantic connecting…
Architects DCA Blog – Long-term planning, not band-aid solutions
By Toon Dreessen, Architects DCA The other evening I was driving home and listening to CBC Ottawa’s All in a Day with Alan Neal. He was interviewing Canada’s Auditor General Michael Ferguson on the Phoenix payroll system. When the payroll system was in the…