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The best of the best in the Central Okanagan homebuilding community, gathered at the Delta Grand Hotel on Saturday evening, in honour of the annual Tommie Awards Gala. The coveted Tommie award has been a sign of homebuilding excellence…

Magic Lite is pleased to announce the appointment of Paul Morrow to the position of National Sales Manager effective January 14th, 2019.  Paul has an impressive background within the electrical industry where he has served several roles in executive sales positions…

On Monday, Jan. 7, construction workers, family, friends, labour activists, WorkSafe B.C. officials and politicians gathered to remember the four construction workers who fell to their deaths from the 36th floor of the Bentall Tower IV on Jan. 7,…

The leadership of Cat Lake First Nation in Northern Ontario has declared a state of emergency, citing “profoundly poor conditions of housing” as the cause of a public health crisis. The declaration lists excessive mould, structural issues and a…

It’s unlikely the Capital Regional District’s $765-million sewage-treatment mega-project will be completed on budget, CRD politicians have been told. “We are feeling concerned that there is a likelihood that we will not be able to deliver the program within the control…

Six years ago architect Michael Green took the stage at a TED conference and called for an global era of wood-framed skyscrapers. Some were skeptical. “People really thought I was an idiot,” said Green in a recent interview. “I got constant…

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…

Scott and La Tysha Mitchell couldn’t find a house they could afford to buy, so they decided to build one with their bare hands in rural Utah, using a loan from the Department of Agriculture. They’ve been toiling outside…

Winnipeg city hall is being asked to put up $4.85 million to complete upgrades to the original portion of the RBC Convention Centre. Council is also being asked to dip deeper into the downtown marketing reserve fund to pay…

By Toon Dreessen, Architects DCA   I’m going to start off by saying I have no direct, hands-on, experience with this subject. But I know of it, and that this is often taboo; no one wants to talk about, especially not guys.…

Analysts say the problem with high office vacancy rates isn’t going away anytime soon, but one company is attempting to turn things around by converting some of their vacant buildings into residential units. Strategic Group, the organization that owns…

A former Quebec engineering firm executive has been sentenced to six months of house arrest and six months under curfew after pleading guilty in Quebec court Thursday to rigging bids for City of Gatineau infrastructure contracts. According to a…

CALGARY, Jan. 17, 2019 /CNW/ – MgO Systems Ltd., a North American leader in prefabricated construction technologies and magnesium oxide based structurally insulated panels (“SIP”s), is pleased to announce two critical senior team additions and two new senior team appointments. We…

     At every workplace there are visible and invisible pollutants, like welding fume, oil mist and dust. Plymovent offers solutions that guarantee clean air at the work floor. We offer extraction arms, downdraft tables, stationary and mobile filter units,…

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