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An army of 6,000 construction workers is hard at work at a large site overlooking the conflux of the Yangtze and Jialing rivers in the south-western Chinese megacity of Chongqing. Eight skyscrapers are rising from the river banks: two above 350m…

The Dutch city of Eindhoven is to be the first in the world to have habitable homes made by a 3D printer, in an innovation its backers believe will revolutionise the construction industry. Of the first five new houses to be…

OTTAWA, June 6, 2018 – The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC), the Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP), and the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA) announce that entries are now being accepted for the 2018 National Urban Design Awards. The…

Concurrent with National Environment Week, Built Green Canada announces its fifth annual challenge to municipalities across the country to raise awareness of the importance of sustainable building practices, to challenge municipalities to encourage green building and to shine a light on those…

Municipalities issued $7.8 billion worth of building permits in April, down 4.6% from March. Declines were reported in every component except commercial buildings. Residential sector: Multi-family dwellings lead the decline In the residential sector, the value of permits issued by municipalities fell 4.3% to…

EDMONTON, June 5, 2018 /CNW/ – National contractor Chandos Construction Ltd. is pleased to announce the appointment of Tim Coldwell, P.Eng as President of Chandos and Sean Penn to the position of Chief Operating Officer; effective immediately. Tim Coldwell has been with Chandos for nearly 20 years.…

New Brunswick flood victims may not be able to rebuild their homes — or only rebuild after significant mitigation efforts like raising them. The destructive, record-setting spring floods along the Saint John River and other waterways have prompted measures aimed at…

TORONTO, June 5, 2018 /CNW/ — Constellation HomeBuilder Systems, the largest provider of home building software solutions and services, has acquired CustomerInsight, a leader in customer experience management, analytics and performance services for home builders and residential developers. With many customers in common, the…

Vancouver staff are recommending significant changes to building height and density limits in Chinatown after some in the community complained that recent condo developments did not match the neighbourhood’s needs. The proposed changes include lowering building height limits by about five storeys…

MONTRÉAL, June 4, 2018 /CNW Telbec/ – At a press conference this morning at the Oratory Basilica, Saint Joseph’s Oratory of Mount Royal revealed the winner of the multidisciplinary architectural competition launched last December. The jury followed a rigorous process to evaluate the offers from the four…

It will be a few years before the Regina Police Service moves lock, stock and barrel into the former Saskatchewan Transportation Company building. At the end of March, the Strategic Prairie Region Alliance (SPRA) was hired for the project to handle…

The provincial government has decided not to sell two historic properties across the street from Province House. For several years, government officials have been working on a process to sell the Dennis and Acadian Recorder buildings and a small parking lot between…

Huge volumes of waste building materials that are discarded every year could be recycled into new products such as gas masks and sports equipment following research being conducted by scientists and recycling firms. Dr Kenny Vanreppelen, a renewable product researcher and…

TORONTO, June 4, 2018 /CNW/ – The votes are in, and Ontario’s Worst Road for 2018 is Burlington Street East in Hamilton for the second consecutive year. Taking the second and third place spots on CAA’s annual provincial list are County Road 49 in Prince Edward Countyand Duckworth Street in Barrie. Eglinton Avenue West,…

A well-known commercial building bookending a stretch of 107 Avenue is getting an overhaul. The Ventures Building — a three-storey, 60s-era commercial building whose many tenants have included a hair salon, pizza parlour, barber shop, staffing agency, night club and accounting…