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The Peterborough airport was put under the microscope at city hall Monday night as council was asked to consider a 20-year plan that recommends the city spend $48 million on upgrades and expansion. Airport planning consultant Adam Martin delivered a presentation…

Proponents of industrial projects situated near or on bodies of water in Canada will in future have to do more to protect fish and their habitat, the Liberal government said on Tuesday. The announcement by Fisheries Minister Dominic LeBlanc is part…

JOLIETTE, Que. — The jury in the trial of well-known Quebec construction magnate, Tony Accurso, who was accused of breach of trust, needed less than 24 hours of deliberations to come back with an acquittal Tuesday. Defence lawyer Marc Labelle said in…

Brea, Calif. – The ICC Evaluation Service (ICC-ES) Plumbing, Mechanical and Fuel Gas (PMG) Listing Program issued its first listing report (PMG-1457) with the WaterSense certification for spray sprinkler bodies to Hunter Industries. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) WaterSense program…

A construction worker in his 30s is in critical condition after suffering a head injury in a fall at the Irving Oil headquarters in uptown Saint John on Monday afternoon. WorkSafeNB has issued a stop-work order and is investigating. Details about how…

TAMMET Systems Inc. innovates, develops and provides specialist safety solutions for the global construction industry. We help our customers to focus on their core competencies by supporting them with products and services that are consistently at the forefront of workzone…

As the owner of this website, I always try to be aware of online scams as well as ensuring the online safety for my advertising clients and daily visitors. More troublesome is that the Internet is also a dangerous place for…

MONTRÉAL, Feb. 5, 2018 /CNW Telbec/ – REZ Real Estate is leveraging the festive and rhythmic ambiance at the heart of the IGLOOFEST festival to launch YIMBY, a new residential project adapted to the values and lifestyles of Generation Y (the millennials). YIMBY,…

Washington, D.C. – The Portland Cement Association (PCA) and Simpson Strong-Tie have joined the International Code Council and the Alliance for National & Community Resilience (ANCR) to create the first whole-community resilience benchmarks in the U.S. This self-assessment system will provide…

Ontario, Calif. (Feb. 5, 2018) – Dr. Peter Williams, IBM Distinguished Engineer and Smart Cities and Resilience Lead, will provide the keynote discussion at the sixth Emerging Water and Technology Symposium (EWTS), the event’s co-conveners and industry partners are proud to…

The world’s soon to be (2020) largest offshore wind farm has begun construction. The project, being developed by the largest offshore wind power developer – Ørsted – is located 74.5 miles off the coast of Yorkshire, UK. The wind farm is named Hornsea…

St-Georges, February 2018  ̶  To complement the traditional and carriage house designs seen on many houses these days, Garaga is adding a new garage door model pattern to its range of residential garage doors, the PRINCETON model for its Townships Collection.…

The new owners of the Schneiders lands on Courtland Avenue will begin demolishing parts of the historic meat-packing plant within the next few months. Preliminary drilling for soil and groundwater testing is already underway at the 27-acre site, and demolition work…

Glen Fry knows the Canso Canal inside out. A retired engineer, he spent 30 years working on the structure before he retired in 2006. It’s perhaps no surprise, then, that Fry, 70, has been called out of retirement to help solve…

Greetings, Below are links to the top news items posted on the Construction Links Network over the last week. Network members are invited to send company news items and press releases for the next issue before February 9 to be included…