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Starting this September, the Saskatchewan Construction Safety Association (SCSA) is providing Saskatchewan Polytechnic’s School of Construction students with Safety Construction Orientation Training (SCOT®) at no cost. SCOT is recognized throughout the Saskatchewan construction industry as a base safety orientation in…

With funding now in place, construction on the new Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) detachment building in Little Current will begin April 5, 2019. Brent Ross, communications branch with the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services, told the Recorder last…

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If you’ve ever struggled with a DIY project, chances are you blamed your frustrations on the tools you were using. A standard hammer and nail might seem simple, but the dangers of hammering your thumb might just scare you away…

(Ottawa, ON) – August 24, 2018 – The Association of Consulting Engineering Companies – Canada (ACEC) has formally joined the Canadian Chamber of Commerce led Coalition to Keep Trade Free. The decision to join was sparked by uncertainty around future…

London, UK (23 August 2018) – Today, 19 pioneering mayors, representing 130 million urban citizens, committed to significantly cut greenhouse gas emissions from their cities by ensuring that new buildings operate at net zero carbon by 2030. By signing the Net Zero…

The soaring dome atop the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Flower justly dominates the Florence skyline and has stood for centuries, ever since Filippo Brunelleschi designed it in the early 15th century. But scholars aren’t quite sure how this…

A team led by one of North America’s largest transportation contractors has won the contract to design and build the new bridge across the Cataraqui River. A consortium led by Peter Kiewit Son’s Company, based in Omaha, Neb., was selected…

The property manager for Yellowknife’s Bellanca building says it was wind gusts that caused a large portion of siding to fall off the downtown building Wednesday morning. The 10-storey Bellanca building — formerly home to federal government offices before devolution, but currently sitting empty — had about…

A large national construction company has been ordered to pay $50,000 for its role in a September 2013 workplace accident that left a worker disabled. Judge Gregory Lenehan on Wednesday sentenced Aecon Group Inc. to pay a fine of $50,000,…

Ontario, Calif. (Aug. 23, 2018) — The International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO), developer of the Uniform Plumbing Code (UPC®) and Uniform Mechanical Code (UMC®), has posted online the 2018 Report on Proposals for the 2021 editions of…

TORONTO, Aug. 23, 2018 /CNW/ – Last March, part of a floor under construction at Oregon State University collapsed after it became ‘de-laminated’ (unglued) at one end. It was a 4- by 20-foot panel of cross-laminated timber, or CLT. Ironically, it was part of…

TORONTO, Aug. 23, 2018 /CNW/ – Reaching more than 21 million Canadian viewers* and earning his place as one of Canada’s most trusted contractors, HGTV Canada celebrates 15 years of Mike Holmes programming with the return of Holmes + Holmes on Sunday, October 7 at 10 p.m. ET/PT. Ranked as a Top 20 Canadian entertainment…

NEW YORK, Aug. 23, 2018 /CNW/ — DJI, the world’s leader in civilian drones and aerial imaging technology, today introduced a new era for camera drones with two additions to its iconic Mavic series: Mavic 2 Pro, the world’s first drone with…

Inspectors are hoping to determine what caused a 10- to 15-centimetre crack in a relatively new downtown Calgary pedestrian bridge. George C. King Bridge — the bridge named after Calgary’s second mayor that connects East Village and Bridgeland across the Bow…