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As reported on CBC News, Regina City Councillor Bob Hawkins is calling for a public inquiry into a controversial plan to build a new commercial office tower in Wascana Park. He says that until an inquiry happens, construction should be halted.…

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…

As blogged on OddityCentral.com, if you though excavating a basement was hard work, try doing it with R/C miniature construction machinery. One Canadian man has been doing it for 14 years and he’s still not done. Luckily, he’s in no hurry…

As blogged on InterestingEngineering.com, how much do you know about the Three Gorges Dam? You have probably come across dams through your travels, or there may even be a dam near your home town. Dams can be awe-inspiring, human-made feats of engineering, powering…

Fieldwire, a leading construction field management solution, announced today the release of its Custom Form Builder which allows users to build forms customized to fit any existing processes on their jobsites — in the same platform they use to manage their…

As blogged on AccuWeather.com, when the stakeholders involved in the construction of Mercedes-Benz Stadium (MBS) came up with the initial conception of the venue, they knew they wanted a state-of-art-facility not only for sporting events, but for the environment as well.…

OTTAWA, Jan. 31, 2019 /CNW/ – Canada’s wind energy industry further expanded its installed capacity in 2018, while solidifying its status as the lowest-cost source of new electricity generation. Newly commissioned projects brought total national wind energy capacity to close to 13,000 megawatts (MW).…

As reported on InsideHalton.com, a new school has been approved in northeast Oakville. Oakville North-Burlington MPP Effie Triantafilopoulos announced late Tuesday, Jan. 29 that the Minister of Education Lisa Thompson had approved a new elementary school for the community of Oakville. Triantafilopoulos…

As reported on CTV News, a small village in New Brunswick that offered plots of land for a loonie in the hopes of reversing its population decline is already seeing some success. McAdam, N.B., a sleepy town of 1,250 people located about…

As reported in the Vancouver Sun, a housing crisis in a northern Ontario First Nation is the tip of a deep, systemic problem in communities across the country that requires the response of a task force, the federal NDP said Wednesday. Senior…

As reported on CTV News, a Winnipeg based company for decades, Imperial Seed was outgrowing its Arlington Street home by 2013. Owner Kurt Schmon began looking for a new location inside Winnipeg, and said it wasn’t an easy task. “For the size…

As reported in the Montreal Gazette, Molson Coors Canada appears to have chosen a buyer for the site of its historic brewery complex in Montreal. Molson is discussing selling the site to Groupe Sélection, a company known for its seniors’ residences that has more…

As blogged on Dwell.com, when researching the benefits of building with a prefab concrete system, one of the outstanding elements that comes up repeatedly, naturally, is the ability of the material to stand up to extreme weather conditions. Add the benefits…

The Cape Breton Regional Municipality has issued the tender for the reconstruction of the Bayplex. The ailing Bayplex in Glace Bay — also referred to in the tender document as the Miners Forum, which is due to be its name when…

The sustainable initiative that Cowbell Brewing Co. has nurtured since its launch has earned a major award. The Blyth-based brewery is the 2018 recipient of the Sustainability Forestry Initiative Sponsorship Award. The prestigious award comes from the Wood Design and Building…