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The United Nations Global Compact and Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) issued a call to organizations in the land, construction and real estate sector, and those working with them, to take a leading role in global efforts to…

Bird Construction Inc. announced today that it is part of the Chinook Resource Management Group consortium that has executed a contract to design, build, finance and operate a composting facility for The City of Calgary. Bird Capital has a…

While downtown Montréal is entering a cycle of major infrastructure overhaul, a new study by Colliers International suggests measures for office landlords to mitigate any negative impact on the downtown office market, to maintain a…

Earlier this month in Yokohama, Japan, Ian Duncan was named Chair of the Pacific Association of Quantity Surveyors at their annual congress. PAQS, which celebrates its 20th anniversary next year, is an international association of…

The Bank of Canada’s latest review of the financial system listed “…the country’s climbing level of household debt and its persistently overvalued real estate market as key vulnerabilities in the financial…

Bird Construction announced today that it is part of a consortium selected as the preferred proponent to design, build, finance and maintain 18 pre-kindergarten to Grade 8 schools on nine joint-use sites in the Province of Saskatchewan.…

The office market in Canada has noticed a slowdown in net leasing activity as occupiers continue to be cautious and cut back their real estate requirements amidst an environment with heightened economic uncertainty and looming business…

Fortress Real Developments, a Richmond Hill, Ontario-based real estate developer, has acquired a residential site in Toronto's Avenue Road neighbourhood and plans to start construction later this year with partners from Fernbrook Homes and…

"The Provincial Building and Construction Trades Council of Ontario applauds yesterday's introduction of amendments to the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act," announced Patrick Dillon, Business Manager.When a worker passes away, there are…

Ontario’s push for municipal amalgamation in the 1990s has failed to deliver cost-savings and efficiencies promised for both large and small cities, finds a new study released today by the Fraser Institute, a policy…