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Next up in our Engineering Insights webinar series we are delighted to bring you, ‘Trade-In Your Sand Screw For The EvoWash™’, a virtual tour of the EvoWash Sand Classifying & Dewatering System.  Date: Wednesday, 29th November  Time: 10:30am (CT) | 11:30am (ET) | 4:30pm (GMT)Duration: 45 minutesPresenters: Joe…

The premier event in commissioning, energy management, and building analytics and diagnostics, CxEnergy 2024, has announced its preliminary technical program. The event takes place April 29- May 2, 2024, in San Diego, California. CxEnergy draws hundreds of the nation’s leading commissioning…

Caterpillar recently announced the launch of a three-year program to demonstrate an advanced hydrogen-hybrid power solution built on its new Cat® C13D engine platform. Starting in the first quarter of 2024, Caterpillar will develop a transient-capable system for off-highway applications. The project…

Built by Nature, a network and grant-making fund, recently announced a global prize totalling €500,000 to recognise innovation and stimulate scalability in the use of biobased materials such as timber, bamboo, hemp, straw, algae, and fungi in construction. The built environment…

Volvo Construction Equipment will play a major role in exploring holistic net zero innovations for the construction industry together with CRH, the global leader in building materials solutions. It comes after CRH signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Volvo Group. With…

The American Concrete Institute, along with NEU: An ACI Center of Excellence for Carbon Neutral Concrete (NEU), will make a key sustainability announcement at COP28, November 30 – December 12, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The announcement is part of a…

The US is in dire need of more housing and infrastructure like roads, bridges, and clean energy. With money pouring into these areas, jobs will follow over the next decade. Hannah Jones, a Realtor.com economic research analyst, describes the need for more workers to help…

Construction of the Finch West LRT infrastructure will be wrapped up this year, Metrolinx says, with the opening of the 10-kilometre light rail transit line slated for 2024. “We’ve made a lot of headway, getting really close to the end of…

The City of Niagara Falls is looking at municipal policies that would require more esthetically pleasing fencing around active construction sites. “We are looking at that through our building bylaw, we are looking at making modifications (to) the hoarding fencing requirements…

Beginning Jan. 1, 2024, asbestos abatement employers must be licensed to operate in B.C. This means homeowners, business owners, and contractors must ensure their asbestos abatement contractor holds a valid licence before allowing them to carry out work. To enable British…

Calgary was ahead of the curve, but the curve was heading downward. Long before the pandemic locked down cities and drained workers from downtowns, Calgary saw its office life dry up almost overnight, spurring it to become a pioneer in the…

Injuries to workers — and more than two dozen workplace safety orders — reveal another side of the story behind Edmonton’s long-delayed $1.8-billion Valley Line Southeast. Two experts say safety statistics from provincial authorities and TransEd, the consortium responsible for building…

A federal grant program that offers homeowners money to make their homes more energy efficient is running out of money faster than anticipated — alarming homeowners and industry stakeholders who fear the program might end earlier than expected. Natural Resources Minister…

Tech giant Amazon is investing in its first Canadian wind farm. The company said it will partner with developer Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners on a 495-megawatt capacity wind farm to be built in Vulcan County in southern Alberta. The announcement on Thursday marks Amazon’s…

A new web-based tool aims to help assess the degree to which construction workers are exposed to hazardous silica dust and suggest task-specific exposure control plans. “The Silica Control Tool will help empower employers and workers from workplaces and operations of…