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A new 25-storey office tower is set to rise at a small corner site at the northwest corner of the intersection of West Hastings Street and Seymour Street – just south of the Waterfront Station transit hub and across the street…

Washington, D.C. – Registration is now open for the 2018 International Code Council Annual Conference, Code Hearings and Expo, which will be held on October 21-31, 2018, in Richmond, Va. This important building industry event offers educational sessions led by world-renowned…

Ontario, Calif. (May 22, 2018) — The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) on Friday announced it has accredited the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO) to act as the U.S. Technical Advisory Group (U.S./TAG) administrator for the development of…

She claims the harassment began shortly after she was hired as part of the construction site cleanup crew. The only woman on the crew, Belia Mejia says she struggled for six months, “Trying to fit in … trying to be one…

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) has recently released a new research study titled “Tallest Demolished Buildings” that examines 100 of the tallest buildings ever to have been dismantled by their owners. The report confirms that, if JPMorgan…

A pair of city councillors took the stand in the $28.5 million Inzola lawsuit against the City of Brampton, revealing they believed the tendering process for the City Hall expansion was fraught with bias from former mayor Susan Fennell and senior…

A controversial housing developing is not getting the support it needs to move ahead. Most recently, Regency Developments was shut down by a city committee after being sent back to the drawing board once before. Last November, city council rejected the…

Ontario, Calif. (May 21, 2018) — The International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO) last week completed Technical Committee Meetings toward the development of the 2021 editions of the Uniform Plumbing Code (UPC ® ) and Uniform Mechanical Code (UMC…

MONTREAL, May 22, 2018 /CNW Telbec/ – SNC-Lavalin (TSX: SNC) announces that it has, subject to required court approvals, reached a settlement agreement in relation to class actions in Quebec and Ontario filed in 2012 on behalf of security holders (collectively, the “Actions”). The Actions were brought pursuant…

The start date for the construction of Canada’s only commercial spaceport has been pushed back, a developer said following meetings at the proposed rocket launch site near a small fishing community on Nova Scotia’s eastern shore. Stephen Matier, president and CEO…

Ontario, Calif. (May 21, 2018) — More than 150 industry, water utility and government participants attended the sixth biennial Emerging Water Technology Symposium (EWTS) May 15-16 at the Doubletree by Hilton Ontario Airport, just minutes from IAPMO’s World Headquarters. The EWTS…

Recognizing opportunities to disrupt the multi-trillion dollar construction industry, a slew of startups are focused strictly on developing technologies to make construction projects go more smoothly while increasing productivity and efficiencies. Investors are joining the game, with a number of venture capital firms…

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By Christopher Hope VerX Direct When a company chooses to look away from danger, it doesn’t become somehow magically invisible to legal responsibility. Everyone agrees, or claims to, but in fact, day in and day out, most companies will take the…

LONDON — Britain’s building safety systems are a lax and confused mess in need of a major overhaul and much tougher enforcement, an investigator commissioned after the Grenfell Tower disaster reported on Thursday, but she did not recommend banning all flammable facades, a…