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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…

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…