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January is Radon Action Month. According to Health Canada, radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer and the only way to know if it is in your building is to test. While there is no current specific legal requirement to test for radon,…

CALGARY, Jan. 29, 2018 /CNW/ – Spirit Leaf Inc. (“Spirit Leaf” or the “Company”), a premium recreational cannabis retail chain establishing dispensaries across Canada’s private distribution markets, today unveiled its concept retail store design that it developed in collaboration with industry leaders Tricarico and Seven Point…

FLO Components Ltd. will be exhibiting the Portable TrailerCam at Truck World 2018 – “a revolutionary new product solution for blind spots” according to Gabriel Lopez, Marketing Specialist at FLO. “We introduced the TrailerCam to the Canadian market in 2017, but…

January 30, 2018, TORONTO – The province’s first year of cap and trade went well says a new report from Dianne Saxe, Environmental Commissioner of Ontario. The cap and trade system provides a clear carbon price framework and decreasing caps on…

VANCOUVER, Jan. 29, 2018 /CNW/ – Steelhead LNG and Huu-ay-aht First Nations today announced that they have narrowed the field of bidders to complete front-end engineering and design (FEED) work on the proposed Kwispaa LNG project. The project is located on the west coast…

EDMONTON, Jan. 29, 2018 /CNW/ – The first full cohort of the inaugural Housing Manager Certification Program graduated in a ceremony in front of friends and family on Friday, January 26. Fourteen people from First Nation communities in Alberta, Saskatchewan and the Yukon graduated from the program, receiving a…

Montreal’s new leadership has cancelled the idea of placing a three-storey-high inflatable cover over Ste-Catherine St. first floated by the administration of former mayor Denis Coderre. Presented as an audacious way to draw customers to Montreal’s main commercial strip while it…

In this installment of the Innovation of the Month series (read last month’s story here), we explore how Pittsburgh’s Bureau of Fire is using predictive analytics to help their department prioritize commercial building inspections. Working with Metro21, Carnegie Mellon University’s Smart Cities…

At the end of 2017, The 2018 International Energy Conservation Code was released by the International Code Council. The residential aspects of the code are of key concern for the residential construction industry, which must be aware of the changes and…

A big #shoutout to a good friend of mine that made this exclusive list as well as the other candidates: Jayne Pilot, President of Pilot Performance Resources Management Inc.  -www.pilotims.com Congratulations! Arnie Gess, Publisher & Owner of Construction Links Network   PhaseNyne…

Edmonton officials are now proposing two extra floors to any developer willing to build at least eight three-bedroom units into a new tower. The rule will only apply to new construction under the standard highrise zoning, but it’s a first for…

Applications are due by Wednesday, January 31 Washington, D.C. – The International Code Council is looking for volunteers to serve on several esteemed Standards Consensus Committees that will determine the future of landscape irrigation, storm shelter and high-wind construction standards. The…

WHEN IT COMES to beating back climate change, the big ideas get the most buzz. But among talk of banning gas-burning cars, making tech companies run server farms on renewable energy, and geo-engineering the planet into a state of salvation, the people researching pavement have a message:…

The property company run by a former co-chair of the Presidents Club has lost a major financial backer in the wake of the sexual harassment scandal at an all-male charity dinner. Ivanhoé Cambridge, a Canadian investment group, said it had halted further…

Greetings, Below are links to the top news items posted on the Construction Links Network over the last week. If you have a news items to share with Canada’s construction, building and design community, make sure to submit directly to me…