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Ontario school boards urged to spend air quality funding by Thanksgiving
TORONTO – School boards need to pick up the pace of air quality improvements as schools reopen this fall, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Friday, urging them not to move ''on government time'' as they rush to spend millions in funding…
EBC receives $30 Million investment from Fonds de solidarité FTQ and Investissement Québec
Fonds de solidarité FTQ and Investissement Québec have invested $30 million to support EBC’s, a flagship of the Québec construction industry, growth plan."Our industry is booming and at EBC we have our sights set firmly on the…
Record lumber prices adding thousands of dollars to new home building costs
CALGARY – Soaring lumber and wood panel prices are adding thousands of dollars to the cost of building a home in Canada as strong renovation and new housing demand outstrip supply.The latest price list from research firm Random Lengths…
Canadian construction activity drop sees recovery: Construction Activity Index
New data released by Procore reveals how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected construction activity in Alberta, British Columbia and Ontario, with worker hours dropping in March and recovering in late spring and the summer.The…
Wooden skyscrapers could transform construction by trapping carbon emissions
The Mjøstårnet, an 18-storey mixed-use building constructed with engineered wood, overlooks Norway’s largest lake, in Brumunddal.
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All over the world, architects and engineers are crafting cutting-edge skyscrapers from…
Hines and Waterfront Toronto break ground on T3 Bayside
Hines has begun speculative construction on the workplace component of their Bayside Toronto waterfront master-planned community with the groundbreaking of T3 (Timber, Talent and Technology) Bayside.The first of two twin, heavy…
Multi-use Calgary building reaches major construction milestone
A multi-use building in the heart of Calgary’s East Village reached a milestone as work crews approach the ‘topping off’ of the 9th Avenue SE Parkade and Platform Innovation Centre.The completion of this seventh and final storey will…
Walmart Canada investing $3.5 billion over five years in ‘smarter stores’
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – Walmart Canada plans to invest $3.5 billion over the next five years with a focus on technology to make so-called ''smarter stores.''''The investment will impact every aspect of the business,'' the company said in a…
RioCan and partners buy lunches for 1200 construction workers
RioCan teamed up with its development and construction partners to deliver over
1,200 lunches at nine development sites through an initiative called “The Lunchbox Challenge”.The challenge, which began in BC and has since spread…
Ontario changes long term care building fund in bid to spur construction
TORONTO – Ontario is changing the way it funds long-term care home construction in a bid to spur more development across the province.The provincial government says the creation of thousands of needed beds has been slow, so it will…