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TORONTO, Feb. 26, 2019 /CNW/ – ICS Facility Services (“ICS”) is pleased to announce that Meline Beach has joined the executive team as Chief Communications Officer of ICS, a leading provider of industrial, commercial, institutional (ICI) and multi-residential Facility Service solutions to many of Canada’s largest and…

VAUGHAN, ON, Feb. 25, 2019 /CNW/ – The year’s most outstanding work in residential real estate sales and marketing was honoured by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) at the National Sales and Marketing Awards gala (The Nationals) in Las Vegas. Empire Communities…

Welding of stainless steel is a common process, which has increasing raised concerns for the working environment. Chromium is the basic alloy element of all groups of stainless steels. The majority of those steel grades contain nickel. During the welding process,…

As reported in the Ottawa Citizen, Logan Carroll started drinking at 12, smoking weed at 13 and was doing cocaine in high school. His love of oxycodone began when he got his wisdom teeth out at age 16 and tried Percocet for…

As reported on TechCrunch.com, Bassem Hamdy has been in the construction business for a long time. He spent the last few years at the construction software business Procore, now a $3 billion company developing technology for the construction industry, and now Hamdy is ready to…

As reported by CBC News, the Toronto Preservation Board will be looking at two major historical sites near the city’s waterfront this week — the Hearn generating station in the east, and Exhibition Place in the west — with the hopes of…

As reported in The Toronto Herald, the Ford government is closing a provincial agency that gives legal assistance to residents battling development changes in their local municipality. The Local Planning Appeal Support Centre was created just last year as part of…

As reported on Global News, as many people in Alberta struggle to find full-time employment, one project in Calgary has contractors hiring hundreds. A job fair organized by KGL Constructors on Saturday matched potential employees with construction companies set to work…

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Mokena, Ill. (Feb. 22, 2019) — ASSE International has launched a revamped website that features quick and easy access to the organization’s core competencies, including product certification, personnel certification, standards development, and membership. The redesigned website is located at the same…

By Toon Dreessen, Architects DCA The Globe and Mail published an article in early December 2017 entitled Ottawa holds up venture capital deal to highlight benefits of Beijing ties. The article discusses the business travel to China of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Environment…

As reported on Sudbury.com, at least three people escaped unharmed when a portion of Elliot Lake’s Lester B. Pearson civic centre roof collapsed at around 6:30 p.m. Thursday. Murray Finn, who was in the theatre auditorium where the roof collapsed onto…

As reported in The Star, Toronto needs rules and regulations to govern the collection and managing of data from smart cities including the one Sidewalk Labs has in mind, says a city councillor who has launched a plan calling for a…

As reported on Nanaimo News Now, for the first time in the storied history of 100 Gordon St., a building permit has been issued for a hotel behind Nanaimo’s downtown conference centre. On Wednesday, the City handed a building permit to…

As blogged on New Atlas, following an architecture competition, Turkey’s Melike Altinisik Architects (MAA) has been selected to create the new Robot Science Museum (RSM) in Seoul, South Korea. Interestingly, the firm says that the building will be part-constructed using 3D-printing…