As for a project work site, there are three considerations: intrusion, interruption, and injury; and these are also the three most common threats to productivity, profitability, and employee welfare. Risk management is essential to...
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The Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association (SUMA) is urging the government of Saskatchewan to eliminate the provincial sales tax (PST) on municipal construction projects, as the association finds it unproductive and unjust.
C.F. Crozier & Associates Inc. (Crozier), a building and land development consulting firm, will build a new head office in Collingwood, Ont., incorporating sustainable and biophilic design elements, including a mass timber structure as...
Groupe HD Immobilier, a real estate developer in Quebec, has recently acquired Montreal-based general contractor Praxis Construction, effective as of January.
Days after the devastating earthquake affecting Turkey and Syria, which led to 39,000 reported casualties, the Turkish government has detained or sent arrest warrants for more than 130 people, including nine contractors, accused of...
The city of Calgary has appointed SNC-Lavalin, a Canadian engineering, procurement, and construction services firm with a global presence, as delivery partner for its Green Line LRT.
EllisDon recently celebrated a major project milestone, with the grand opening of the Ken and Marilyn Thomson Patient Care Centre at Michael Garron Hospital (MGH) in Toronto.
According to recently released data from Statistics Canada (StatCan) for November 2022, the value of investment in building construction in Saskatchewan ranked second among the provinces, with a 22.9 per cent hike since November...
Designing with foam plastic insulating sheathing
(01/23/2023)
When modified and/or accessorized properly, the same insulation board providing thermal resistance may serve as an air, weather, and/or vapour barrier. Select foam plastic insulating sheathing (FPIS) products merge all barriers and the wall...
Sustainable construction materials company, Lafarge Canada (Lafarge), and power company, TransAlta Corporation (TransAlta), have entered an agreement to advance low-carbon concrete projects in Alberta, replacing cement as a concrete constituent with a waste product,...
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