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Edmonton, AB (March 8, 2018) – The PCL family of companies is pleased to announce that we have once again been named a Platinum Club member of Canada’s Best Managed Companies program. Membership in the prestigious Platinum Club is reserved for…

As 2017 wrapped up and Built Green moved forward with year-end closing procedures, the organization surpassed a milestone of 30,000 single family projects being certified and including the units in high density projects, the total was over 33,830. Though the organization…

OTTAWA, March 8, 2018 — The trend in housing starts was 225,276 units in February 2018, compared to 224,572 units in January 2018, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). This trend measure is a six-month moving average of the monthly seasonally adjusted…

Chicago, IL (March 7, 2018)—Professor Balkrishna Doshi, of India, has been selected as the 2018 Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate, announced Tom Pritzker, Chairman of Hyatt Foundation, which sponsors the award that is known internationally as architecture’s highest honor. Architect, urban planner,…

A Halifax-area property manager has pleaded guilty to one count of fraud involving more than $200,000 on what was supposed to be the opening day of an eight-day trial. Iris Doreen Procenko, 52, pleaded guilty during a brief appearance Wednesday morning in…

Manitoba’s construction industry is calling for more transparency after the province sole-sourced contracts to build an access road to Lake St. Martin and a channel to help alleviate flooding issues in the area. The community in Manitoba’s northern Interlake was destroyed in…

WINDSOR, ONTARIO – Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority (WDBA) announced today that it has selected Parsons Inc. of Markham, Ontario, for the role of Owner’s Engineer for the Gordie Howe International Bridge project. Construction on the new bridge between Windsor, Ontario and Detroit, Michigan…

TORONTO, March 7, 2018 /CNW/ — ULC today announced that it has issued the first Evaluation Report in Canada for Spray Polyurethane Foam and Coatings to Accella Polyurethane Systems Canada, a subsidiary of Accella Polyurethane Systems, LLC (A Carlisle Company), of Mississauga, Ontario. In some specific situations, code authorities…

Red River College has put the brakes on a $95.4-million expansion project at its campus in Winnipeg’s Exchange District. “RRC’s decision to halt construction of the four-storey, 100,000-square-foot Innovation Centre is the result of a disagreement with the federal government over what…

A high-tech neighbourhood designed by Google’s sibling company has been pegged as a way for Toronto to become a hub in the burgeoning field of urban innovation. “From a very practical perspective on an economic development basis, the smart cities or…

Say goodbye to B.C.’s loan program for first-time homebuyers. The province announced in the 2018 budget that the $700-million program, which was launched by the previous BC Liberal government, was being axed — to be replaced with a new program to…

This fall, Mohawk College is making a statement about renewable energy by opening the country’s largest institutional net-zero-energy building. With highly visible rooftop solar panels, it will provide a home to engineering students while greening the grid. The Joyce Centre for…

In the U.S., construction is a big source of waste and pollution. The construction industry accounts for an estimated 39 percent of CO2 emissions in the country and 534 million tons of waste – more than twice the amount of municipal solid waste. A lot…

Washington, D.C. (March 6, 2018) — The International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO) today will participate the U.S. Commerce Department’s (DOC) International Trade Association’s (ITA) inaugural Standards Summit at the offices of C&M International in Washington, D.C. Via this…

The site of the burnt-out Grenfell Tower in west London is expected to be turned into a memorial to the 72 people killed in last year’s disaster. A government document outlining the potential future uses of the site state the “voice of the…