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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…

OTTAWA, January 26, 2018 – The Canadian Construction Association (CCA) announced yesterday in an email to its board members, partner associations and corporate members that it has advised the government of Canada of its opposition to government-owned or controlled entities competing…

BIM, or Building Information Modeling, has been making headlines across the industry for some time now. You may have heard about it during seminars and conferences, read about it in industry publications, magazines. Building Information Modeling can be a powerful tool…

Some exciting developments are taking place at the Willowbrook Shopping Centre, in Langley, B.C., where the mall is planning to expand by about 190,000 square feet of open-air space. The expansion is expected to be completed by 2020. Part of the overall…

Ottawa landlord Rolf Baumann thought an American embassy worker would be the ideal tenant for his luxury townhouse. After all, she was closely vetted by the U.S. government and was able to provide proof of a well-paying job and a good…

Carillion Canada has been granted protection from creditors by the Ontario Superior Court under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act. The Canadian branch of insolvent British construction giant and state contractor Carillion PLC said on its website on Thursday that its decision to seek…

TORONTO, Jan. 24, 2018 /CNW/ – Today, ecobee Inc. proudly announced that it has donated 776 ecobee3 smart thermostats to the Toronto Community Housing Corporation (TCHC). The installation of ecobee smart thermostats will help improve the energy efficiency of TCHC buildings while also improving the…

A waste management company is suing the City of Charlottetown and a local contractor, in connection with the refurbishment of the city’s waste-water treatment plant last summer. The company alleges it ran into extra costs because sludge at the plant was…

BearCom Group, Inc. (“BearCom”), the nation’s largest and pre-eminent provider of wireless communications equipment and solutions for two-way radios and other voice and data technologies, today announced the acquisition of Mobile Business Communications, Ltd. (“MOBILE”) in Ontario, Canada. MOBILE has locations in Toronto, Niagara…

MONTREAL, Jan. 24, 2018 /CNW Telbec/ – SNC-Lavalin (TSX: SNC) is pleased to announce that it has has been awarded, as part of BTF Solutions, a joint venture with Covalus LLC, a 30-month, $42 million contract by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineering and Support…

County councillors this week got a look at what the new Brant OPP detachment will look like. And they unanimously approved the design drawings prepared by Barrie architectural consultant, Form Works Inc., for the $9.3-million detachment to be built on Rest…

The province announced Wednesday it plans to invest nearly $70 million to fund the construction of three new schools, two school additions, and two school retrofitting projects in the London area. The funding plan was unveiled by Deputy Premier and London…

The Trump administration is waiving dozens of environmental regulations to speed up construction of President Trump’s proposed wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said in a notice published in the Federal Register Monday that she was waiving the rules to accelerate construction…

VANCOUVER – Wood WORKS! BC is pleased to announce the nominees for the 2018 Wood Design Awards in BC. There are 100 nominations in 14 categories, including one new category called Prefabricated Structural Wood, which recognizes creative design and innovative use…

Mississauga, Ont. – January 24, 2018 – Schneider Electric, the leader in digital transformation of energy management and automation, is featured among the 104 companies included in the 2018 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index. Based on a detailed self-disclosure survey, the index provides…