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Got news? Next submission deadline is Friday at 5:00 p.m. Click here to submit YOUR news     SAN RAFAEL, CA, Nov 20, 2018 — Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) has signed a definitive agreement to acquire PlanGrid, a leading provider of construction productivity software, for $875…

Got news? Next submission deadline is Friday at 5:00 p.m. Click here to submit YOUR news     Legislation was introduced on Tuesday by the government of Saskatchewan to better protect and define the rights and obligations of owners, developers, contractors and subcontractors. The Builders’…

Got news? Next submission deadline is Friday at 5:00 p.m. Click here to submit YOUR news     Victoria, BC (November 20, 2018) – Construction activity on Vancouver Island remained active during the July to September 2018 period with the total dollar value of…

Got news? Next submission deadline is Friday at 5:00 p.m. Click here to submit YOUR news     How do you go about naming a skyscraper? Do you name it after the company that owns it (such as the BT Tower)? The father of the…

Got news? Next submission deadline is Friday at 5:00 p.m. Click here to submit YOUR news     When Silver Spring, Md. biotech firm United Therapeutics recently introduced a new building on its corporate campus, it spelled the latest triumph for the net-zero building movement.…

Got news? Next submission deadline is Friday at 5:00 p.m. Click here to submit YOUR news     U.S. home construction improved a slight 1.5 percent in October, but in a troubling sign, ground breakings for single-family houses fell. The Commerce Department said…

Got news? Next submission deadline is Friday at 5:00 p.m. Click here to submit YOUR news Since its founding in 1608, Quebec City has gained a reputation as one of the most beautiful cities on the continent. Its gothic-style Château Frontenac stands on…

Got news? Next submission deadline is Friday at 5:00 p.m. Click here to submit YOUR news     MISSISSAUGA, ON, Nov. 20, 2018 /CNW/ – (UPS: NYSE) Construction of a new $200 million, 850,000 sq. ft. UPS facility in Caledon, Ont. is underway. In order to meet growing…

Got news? Next submission deadline is Friday at 5:00 p.m. Click here to submit YOUR news     A city planner is reassuring residents of a Halifax neighbourhood worried about a proposal that would allow more rental units to be installed that their…

Got news? Next submission deadline is Friday at 5:00 p.m. Click here to submit YOUR news     “Clack clack clack clack” was how they described the sound of your worst nightmare. Just after midnight Friday, a group of six people was descending…

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Got news? Next submission deadline is Friday at 5:00 p.m. Click here to submit YOUR news     Ontario, Calif. (Nov. 16, 2018) — The IAPMO Institute of Building Technology (IBT) is now accredited by ANAB to conduct the ASTM C518 thermal transmission…

Got news? Next submission deadline is Friday at 5:00 p.m. Click here to submit YOUR news     Ross Ventures has begun construction of its new office tower downtown, and it will be ready for occupancy in the spring of 2020. “We’re really…

Got news? Next submission deadline is Friday at 5:00 p.m. Click here to submit YOUR news     A hotel development sunk into a disused quarry in China opened its doors Thursday to deep-pocketed clientele. Preventing the 88-metre-deep (290 feet) pit from flooding…

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…