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As reported on CTV News, plans for a high tech Toronto community led by an Alphabet Inc.-backed entity should be scrapped, say politicians and prominent Canadian business and technology leaders. In the wake of a leaked report last week that revealed…

MISSISSAUGA, ON, Feb. 19, 2019 /CNW/ – For the fourth year, Schneider Electric, the leader in digital transformation of energy management and automation, announces its financial and non-financial results together for the fourth quarter of 2018. Each quarter, Schneider Electric publishes 21 indicators from the Schneider…

As reported on Project Scotland, the Considerate Constructors Scheme has launched a new campaign to raise awareness and showcase best practice in how the sector can reduce, reuse and recycle plastics and packaging. The ‘Spotlight on…plastics and packaging’ campaign comes in response…

As blogged on Treehugger.com, standards are supposed to make things easier and more consistent, but they keep proliferating. Ever since I first got an Apple computer ten years ago, I have been at the mercy of their idea of standards. Most…

As reported in the Vancouver Sun, Almost four years after condo developer Mark John Chandler was arrested on allegations of defrauding real estate investors in Los Angeles, the latest chapter of his fight against extradition to the U.S. unfolded Friday in…

As reported in the Saskatoon StarPhoenix, member builders, renovators and service providers of the Saskatoon & Region Home Builders’ Association (SRHBA) gathered February 9 at TCU Place to celebrate achievements of the past year. For the past 27 years, the gala…

Enticy is a boutique condo project coming soon to downtown Montreal, at the corner of René-Lévesque and Mackay. This unique 24-story project combines old and new, with a contemporary design built around a façade of historical townhouses. The team behind the real estate…

As reported in The Telegram, the second phase of the Muskrat Falls Inquiry is looking at the construction project details, and immense cost overruns, with public hearings beginning again in Happy Valley-Goose Bay. From the point hearings wrapped in the first…

As reported in the Vernon Morning Star, Okanagan College now has two of the 14 Leadership in Energy and Environment Design, LEED, Platinum-certified buildings in all of Canada’s post-secondary sector. The College learned this week that its new trades building in Kelowna…

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 on the network over the past seven days. If you have a news item that would…

Do you want to design and build homes that are more sustainable, durable and nicer to live in? Join BC Housing and the British Columbia Building Envelope Council (BCBEC) on Tuesday, February 26 in Vancouver BC, for a workshop and tradeshow…

By Toon Dreessen, Architects DCA I was happy to read that the sale of Aecon was recently scuttled. It was a bad idea from the start. PCL, Ledcor and others recently met with the feds to ask that they block the sale, citing…

As reported in the Surrey Now-Leader, the province has selected three “pre-qualified” bidding teams to participate in the “competitive selection process” to design and construct the new toll-free Pattullo Bridge. In a release from the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, the…

OTTAWA, ON – February 13, 2019 – Canada has been ranked second in the U.S. Green Building Council’s annual List for Top 10 Countries and Regions for LEED certified projects internationally.  Since 2005, Canada’s more than 3,200 LEED buildings have supported…

Ontario, Calif. (Feb. 14, 2019) – In order to facilitate the development of an updated National Standard Plumbing Code–Illustrated (NSPC), the IAPMO NSPC Committee requests proposed changes to the 2018 NSPC. All proposals are due by March 1. Proposals accepted by…