Friday, May 10, 2024 
RoadDogJobs forms strategic partnership with CraftWRX
RoadDogJobs, the nation’s top online job board and community for the traveling craft workforce, is excited to announce a strategic partnership with CraftWRX, a software provider specializing in solutions for the construction, energy turnaround and maintenance industries. This partnership will seamlessly integrate job postings and…
Trimble Opens Two Technology Labs at The Ohio State University to Advance Construction Talent
Trimble and The Ohio State University recently announced the opening of two state-of-the-art Trimble Technology Labs for the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES) at The Ohio State University. Both of the multidisciplinary labs will enhance the university’s hands-on learning, teaching, research and…
Kubota Canada and the Canadian Hockey League launch fifth annual Community Hero contest
Kubota Canada Ltd., in partnership with the Canadian Hockey League (CHL), has launched nominations for its 2023 Community Hero contest. Now in its fifth year, Community Hero has brought attention to and commemorated thousands of Canadians who are making a positive impact…
LOU-TEC and Torcan Lift Equipment Join Forces
Quebec’s leading rental company for heavy machinery, tools and specialized equipment, is pleased to announce its partnership with Torcan Lift Equipment, a company that has made a name for itself in the sales and rental of elevation equipment in Ontario. For 24 years,…
Qatar World Cup construction workers sue US firm for labor trafficking
Dozens of Filipino workers who helped build stadiums that hosted the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar filed a lawsuit on Thursday claiming U.S. construction firm Jacobs Solutions Inc subjected them to dangerous and inhumane conditions. The nearly 40 plaintiffs in a complaint…
Survey: One-third of Ontario Homeowners Admit To Being Victimized By Renovations Scams
A new survey conducted by Bidmii, highlights a disturbing reality plaguing the home renovation industry in Ontario. A staggering 32 percent of homeowners admit to being victims of renovation scams, while almost half (49.5%) know someone who has been scammed. Almost a quarter…
Legislation to Speed Up Housing Builds in Halifax Regional Municipality
Nova Scotia is taking steps to get more housing built, faster, in Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM). Amendments to the Halifax Regional Municipality Charter and the Housing in the Halifax Regional Municipality Act recently introduced provide legislative authority to speed up development…
Yukon woman says building code has made her planned straw-bale home unaffordable
A woman in Faro, Yukon, says her plan to build her dream home has been crushed by the Yukon Government’s adopted updates to the National Building Code. Sanni Schmidt has lived in Faro for 30 years. For the past six she has been preparing…
Construction employment remains strong on the Prairies
Seasonally adjusted figures show construction employment in Manitoba rose year-on-year and held steady in Saskatchewan as the Prairie provinces continue to enjoy the effects of a commodities and resources boom. Manitoba report 56,000 construction jobs in September, up 10 per cent…
B.C. mega-projects scale back construction employment as they near completion
Since 2019, four energy mega-projects – Site C dam, the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, LNG Canada and Coastal GasLink pipeline – have been under construction, boosting B.C.’s economy with thousands of construction jobs and billions spent on procurement and wages. With…
Deadline to Submit Abstracts for 8th Biennial Emerging Water Technology Symposium Extended
The deadline to submit an abstract for the eighth biennial Emerging Water Technology Symposium (EWTS) has been extended to Nov. 15. Scheduled for May 14-15, 2024, at the Scottsdale Plaza and Villas in Scottsdale, Arizona, the EWTS will be co-convened by…
Geo Week Seeking Nominations for the 2024 Awards Celebration
LIDAR Leader Awards and Younger Geospatial Professional of the Year Award to celebrate excellence in the geospatial market; Nominations accepted through November 10, 2023. Geo Week, the premier event that champions the coming together of geospatial technologies and the built world, is…
Canadian housing starts higher in September
In September, the Canadian housing market saw a positive trend in housing starts, with 254,006 units initiated, marking a 3.9% increase from August’s 244,511 units. These figures, reported by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), are calculated using a six-month…
Toronto’s “Confusing” Procurement Policy Under Fire, Stifles Competition
The City of Toronto is facing criticism for a confusing and seemingly unfair procurement policy that experts argue hinders competition, potentially driving up costs for taxpayers. A recent poll of CEOs and construction industry executives has intensified calls for Mayor Olivia Chow and council to…
New Fanshawe mentorship program to support women in trades
Fanshawe College is launching a mentorship program that aims to support women in their pursuit of a career in the skilled trades. The school’s Corporate Training Solutions (CTS) is leading the development of the “ConnectHER’ mentorship project that will recruit and…
