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An 80-story office building set to open this week at the World Trade Center will be the third completed skyscraper at the site where the twin towers stood. Monday’s ribbon-cutting for the 1,079-foot (329-meter) 3 World Trade Center marks a major…

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OTTAWA, June 8, 2018 /CNW/ – The trend in housing starts was 216,362 units in May 2018, compared to 225,481 units in April 2018, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). This trend measure is a six-month moving average of the monthly seasonally adjusted annual…

Some workers use Pusik slings as rope grabs, as part of their personal fall-protection system. A Prusik sling, however, does not protect workers who might instinctively grasp their system’s rope grabs during falls. Some commercially available rope grabs are manufactured with…

Toronto, ON – June 8, 2018 – The Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) is pleased to announce that Cascadia Windows is the winner of the 2018 CaGBC Green Building Product of the Year Award for their Universal Series product line. The…

President Donald Trump’s tariff on imported solar panels has led U.S. renewable energy companies to cancel or freeze investments of more than $2.5 billion in large installation projects, along with thousands of jobs, the developers told Reuters. That’s more than double the about…

The contractor that built the downtown Winnipeg police headquarters, and is the subject of a lawsuit launched by the City of Winnipeg last month, is firing back with a multimillion-dollar lawsuit blaming the city and its employees for delays in the project, which it…

Air conditioning is one of those things that people talk about getting for their home but never quite get around to it. Depending on where you live, you might feel that you couldn’t go without your air conditioning or maybe you…

Toronto, ON (June 7, 2018) – The Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) awarded PCL Constructors Canada Inc. (Toronto) and its partners with its 2018 Excellence in Green Building: New Construction Institutional Award for Humber River Hospital (HRH), in recognition of the team’s leadership…

Victoria, BC (June 7, 2018) – In May of 2013, a group of dedicated women came together with the intention of developing a forum that would promote and support female participation in the construction industry. Five years later, the Women in…

June 6, Toronto – Tonight the World Green Building Council has awarded Energiesprong the prestigious David Gottfried Global Green Building Entrepreneurship Award for their unique and innovative contribution to the global green building movement. Jasper van den Munckhof, Founding Director of…

TORONTO, ON – June 8, 2018 – Canada’s green building projects and innovators were in the spotlight last night as the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) honoured the 2018 Leadership and Green Building Excellence Award recipients as a part of Building…

OTTAWA, June 7, 2018 /CNW/ – In 2017, the Greening Government Strategy set an ambitious target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from federal operations by 80% by 2050 to achieve Canada’s goals for environmental and sustainable development. As one of the largest real property owners…

Thousands drive along Highway 401 in eastern Ontario on a daily basis, making for tense trips at the best of times. But lately, tense has turned to dangerous. A construction zone on the 401 near Napanee has seen a number of…

The federal government is considering whether to foot the bill for the construction of affordable housing units as part of a fresh push to help homeless military veterans get off the streets — one of many ideas floated to groups trying to tackle the issue. Expanding…