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Manageable growth for B.C.’s construction industry over next nine years
With a few exceptions, B.C.'s construction industry will grow at a manageable pace for the next several years, thanks mainly to mining and utilities-related projects, and a modest housing recovery. A new forecast scenario released by the…
Ontario Construction Secretariat’s annual survey identifies need for increased investment in…
Ontario's industrial, commercial and institutional building construction industry continues to face skills shortages, a situation that is likely to worsen with the aging workforce, making increased awareness and investment in apprenticeship…
2011 remains a strong year to kick-start construction, as upward cost pressures won’t start to…
The coming year will be the right one to kick off construction, according to Vancouver's BTY Group report on construction costs across Canada. "The message is clear - 2011 is the year to get solid value before pressure begins to push…
New report highlights American public-private partnership successes, failures
Public-private partnerships (PPPs) have become increasingly common in the surface transportation and real estate sectors in recent years. But are cities benefiting from these partnerships? Are taxpayers? In a new study from the…
Quebec project one of seven public, institutional projects honoured in 2010 PCI Design Awards
In all, 28 projects, comprising 22 buildings and six bridges throughout North America, were named winners in the 2010 Design Awards competition sponsored by the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI). “These outstanding…
Northern Light
The opening of the new Art Gallery of Alberta (AGA) this past January marks a major step in Edmonton's two-decades-long effort to recreate a vibrant downtown through its arts district. Centred around city hall and its expansive Sir Winston…
The Concept as a Whole must Fit
For some years now glass has characterized modern architecture like no other material. Provided they are incorporated in an overall planning concept in line with their performance potential, glass materials not only characterize the…
The Right Call
Building a corporate headquarters on an old parking lot near once-abandoned rail lands in the core of a major city says a lot about the company's ethos. It says they want to be citizens, by putting dead space to use and giving it back to…
Georgia-Pacific acquires facilities from Grant Forest Products
Georgia-Pacific completed the purchase of oriented strand board (OSB) and related facilities in Allendale and Clarendon, S.C., and Englehart and Earlton, Ontario from Grant Forest Products. “The acquisition reinforces…
U of T Engineering professor new Chair in concrete durability and sustainability
OTTAWA -- The Cement Association of Canada has announced that the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada / Cement Association of Canada Industrial Research Chair in Concrete Durability and Sustainability was…