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A new report by Transparency Market Research forecasts that the global volume of construction waste is set to balloon in the coming years. Construction waste is anything that is generated as a result of construction, and then abandoned, regardless of whether it has…

A proposal for a new six-storey apartment building in Guelph’s south end has some neighbours up in arms. Reid Heritage Homes and partners have applied to build a six-storey, 102-unit apartment building on a 0.86-hectare site on the southwest corner of…

PENTICTON, BC, March 12, 2018 /CNW/ – The Penticton Airport has experienced significant growth in air traffic over the past three years as more people make their homes and do business in the region. Today, Transport Canada awarded a $6,447,000 contract to Ledcor Construction Ltd. to…

LONDON, March 13, 2018 /CNW/ – The World Architecture Festival has announced its 2018 Super-Jury, made up of the most influential names in international architecture. The ‘Super-Jury’ will judge the Festival’s World Building of the Year award on Friday 30th November at the RAI…

Ontario, Calif. (March 12, 2018) — The International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO) is seeking volunteers to participate on the Technical Correlating Committee (TCC) to work toward the correlation of the 2021 editions of the Uniform Plumbing Code (UPC…

Heritage advocates in Ottawa say they’ll be disappointed if a vacant 1960s cafeteria building is demolished to make way for Ottawa’s new hospital. The building in question was an annex to the Sir John Carling Building near Dow’s Lake, and is now all…

One of the most historic construction projects ever undertaken in P.E.I. is progressing on schedule. Janette Gallant, partnering, engagement and communications officer with the P.E.I. field unit of Parks Canada, says they’re about to cross a milestone in the $47-million structural…

Metro Vancouver hopes to significantly reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by using the region’s sewage to heat everything from hospitals to massive housing developments. A Metro staff report suggests the regional district has enough heat coming from its liquid waste now…

Saskatchewan taxpayers are set to lose $4.5 million when the provincial government sells a controversial Prince Albert building once regarded by some as a “celebration of progress in the forest sector” to the University of Saskatchewan. The Forest Centre in downtown…

Training on the newly adopted National Building Code is now available for all those involved in the P.E.I. construction industry. The National Building Code is the model followed nationwide for the construction and design of buildings. “Adopting the new building code…

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CALGARY, Alberta, March 8, 2018 /CNW/ — Ahsan Upal, a leader for Burns & McDonnell Canada, has been selected to serve on the Executive Committee for IEEE Canada, the Canadian arm of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Upal joined the committee in January,…

Premier John Horgan says union-only deals for major construction projects are the way of the future, and the replacement of the 80-year-old Pattullo bridge linking Surrey and New Westminster is the “perfect template” for B.C. Horgan made the comments Thursday at…

Two families are taking legal action related to a plume of construction dust from a Niagara Region Wind Farm construction site in 2015 that they say has left them with physical and mental health issues, as well as property damage and…

A Calgary city councillor is not happy with the location of a proposed soccer dome. Councillor Evan Wooley said the community hadn’t been expecting such a large surface parking lot to go along with the dome at 17 Ave. S.W. and…