Construction

The Province of BC, the City of Vancouver, the BC Non-Profit Housing Association and the Pembina Institute, are working together on a home-safe initiative called the Reframed Lab.The pilot program aims to advance innovation in…

The Honourable Seamus O'Regan, Canada's Minister of Natural Resources, announced an investment of over $2,445,000 toward the construction of energy-efficient residential buildings across Canada.The funding will support a project led…

Calgary Municipal Land Corporation (CMLC) announced the Prime Design Consultant (PDC), Construction Management (CM) and specialty firms selected to lead the design and construction of Calgary’s new Event Centre. DIALOG, a local…

Significant employment and income declines, coupled with uncertainty over the future trajectory of the virus and employment and income conditions, will lower demand for housing in 2020 reports Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC).…

According to a Statistics Canada release, investment in building construction plunged 45.9% to $8.4 billion in April compared with the previous month. Previously, the largest national decline on record for the current series (which dates…

A survey released by the Building Industry and Land Development Association (BILD) reveals that a majority of residential construction projects in the GTA have been delayed due the COVID-19 Pandemic.The survey covered 498 active…

The Calgary Stampede and development partner, Calgary Municipal Land Corporation (CMLC), have unveiled the design for the expansion of the BMO Convention Centre. Last year, the Calgary Stampede and CMLC carried out a rigorous competitive…

Infrastructure Ontario (IO) and Metrolinx have issued two Requests for Qualifications (RFQs) for the Ontario Line project. This is the first step in selecting the teams who will be responsible for constructing this major transit project.…

The CMHC has reported that in order to protect future home buyers and reduce risk, it is changing its underwriting policies for insured mortgages. According to the CMHC, “the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting all sectors of Canada's economy,…

OTTAWA – The economy appears to have avoided a worst-case scenario due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Bank of Canada said Wednesday as it kept its key interest rate steady at its lower bound.The bank left its target for the overnight…