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A construction crew can build a small home in about four to six weeks. To shave time and labor costs, some homebuilders have chosen to automate part of the process instead. A new robot, developed by Perth-based company Fastbrick Robotics, may be the speediest…

A North Vancouver couple is suing the company behind the home design show Love it or List it Vancouver, claiming producers brought in an actor with no contracting experience to work on their home for their episode.  Jeanine Almeida and Norman Waine also claim the renovation was…

The president of Toronto’s real estate board warned leaders of the Ontario Real Estate Association, headed by a former Progressive Conservative leader, to “stay in their lane” in an emphatic letter that relays his concerns that the provincial group is stoking…

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PARRY SOUND, ON, May 11, 2018 /CNW/ – The Ontario Waterpower Association (OWA) congratulates Bracebridge Generation Ltd. on the completion of the Cascade Falls Generation Station. OWA, government, Wasauksing First Nation, community supporters and industry partners joined in on the celebration of the grand…

Technology has changed the way many architects work. Portable touchscreen devices, along with the latest software applications, have streamlined the way they create, share, edit and export things like schematic design, design development and construction documents. The devices architects use have…

REGINA, May 11, 2018 /CNW/ – The Brandt Group of Companies is pleased to announce that they have teamed up with a number of charities, operating in Regina, to enable local youth to attend the upcoming 100th anniversary 2018 Mastercard Memorial Cup as a…

The owners of the Ambassador Bridge have suffered another legal blow in their attempt stop construction of the Gordie Howe International Bridge. The Michigan Court of Appeal has upheld a lower court ruling against the Maroun family. Michigan has begun expropriation…

TORONTO, May 11, 2018 /CNW/ – FREDsense Technologies, Ballard Power Systems, PCL Construction, and BC Civil Resolution Tribunal were named winners of PwC Canada’s 2018 Vision to Reality (V2R) Awards. The awards ceremony took place at the Arcadian Court in Toronto on May 10, 2018. “Congratulations to…

Residents could see some major changes in the town’s commercial zone, as well as on Keppoch Road, over the next year. Stratford council unanimously approved plans for a new commercial development at Kinlock Plaza, while also granting preliminary approval for phase…

Officials marked another milestone in the long-running revitalization of downtown Edmonton Tuesday when they celebrated topping off what’s now the city’s tallest building. The 54-storey JW Marriott hotel-Legends condominium tower is helping boost Edmonton’s image and attract potential international investors as…

The city of Winnipeg is considering using an arbitrator to claim more compensation for a botched police headquarters construction project. The Graham Avenue police headquarters was built by repurposing Canada Post’s old downtown office and warehouse complex. Winnipeg’s council approved the…

Move over, candy and flamethrowers. Elon Musk tweeted out plans Monday for yet another side venture: alleviating the nation’s housing crisis. “The Boring Company will be using dirt from tunnel digging to create bricks for low-cost housing,” he wrote in a tweet about his nascent…

A group of architects, engineers and developers has submitted a plan to turn the Coliseum into a housing development, in an effort to revitalize the Edmonton exhibition lands. The Coliseum was expected to be demolished but now the group wants to save…

The roughly 200-acre McCann family farm has stood at the corner of Britannia and Thompson roads in Milton for close to 200 years now. “The farm’s very important to me,” said David McCann, the sixth generation of the family to tend…