British Columbia Premier John Horgan has announced the province will focus on mass timber construction to bolster the forest industry. Premier Horgan has appointed Ravi Kahlon, parliamentary secretary for forests, lands, natural resource operations,...
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The Calgary Stampede and development partner Calgary Municipal Land Corporation (CMLC) have unveiled designs for an expanded BMO Convention Centre. This $500-million expansion is expected to modernize the facility and enable Calgary to host...
Five common mistakes made in the façade industry
(06/15/2020)
Looking at the façade industry today and for the future, there is a progression toward lightweight/low-mass solutions. This is in response to the demand for lowering the amount of embodied energy in the construction...
The Canadian and Ontario Home Builders’ Associations (CHBA and OHBA) and the Building Industry and Land Development Association (BILD) have created a roadmap which suggests residential and non-residential construction industry will lead the post...
The B.C. Construction Association (BCCA) and Minerva B.C. has opened nominations for the 2nd annual Builders Code Champion Awards, which celebrate B.C. companies that are proactively addressing the issues of equity, discrimination, and harassment...
The Surety Association of Canada (SAC) has approved a new specialty bond form designed for use with integrated project delivery (IPD) projects. The new bond template had been under development for over a year...
The Ontario Construction Secretariat (OCS) has released the Coronavirus Contractors Survey 2: Restart & Recovery to provide insight on how the construction industry is restarting and recovering from the initial effects of the coronavirus...
Ontario allows all construction work to resume
(05/19/2020)
As part of the first stage of its reopening framework, the Ontario government will allow all construction activities to resume, provided the general trend on health indicators continues to improve.
According to a new RICS construction and infrastructure survey, COVID-19 has shocked the Canadian construction industry.
CSC holding PCD course online
(05/13/2020)
CSC will be holding a summer session of the popular Principles of Construction Documentation (PCD) course online from June 8 to September 20.
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