construction industry

A push to expedite shovel-ready transit projects promises to be a major part of government efforts to kick-start the economy in the wake of COVID-19.  However, maximizing the value created by such infrastructure investments will be…

The Ontario government is allowing certain businesses and workplaces to reopen as long as they comply with strict public health measures and operate safely during the COVID-19 outbreak. Those permitted to start up include seasonal…

As a result of the government’s Ontario's Action Plan: Responding to COVID-19 (March 2020 Economic and Fiscal Update), the Residential and Civil Construction Alliance of Ontario (RCCAO) and the Residential Construction Council of Ontario…

The Ontario Construction Secretariat’s (OCS) 2020 Contractor Survey has found that contractors’ business confidence has gone up this year in every region of the province.Overall, 39 per cent of contractors in Ontario expect to…

The latest Quarterly Cost Report (QCR) for North America by Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB) provides a statistical view of the state of the construction industry. The report details indicative construction costs for eight building sectors with…