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Construction Materials
West Fraser Timber to acquire Norbord in deal valued at $4B
TORONTO—A $4-billion all-stock deal to take over Norbord Inc.…
Home Depot reunites with HD Supply in deal valued at US$8B
Home Depot is reuniting with former subsidiary HD Supply,…
Lafarge buys Alberta aggregates producer Mixcor
Lafarge Canada Inc. is expanding its reach in the…
Slimming project pipeline a big concern for construction supply chain as frantic 2020 nears end
Construction materials suppliers have spent much of 2020 digging…
Design firm Dialog shows prototype of 105-storey hybrid wood tower
As the Canadian building industry and industry regulators gain…
A timber revival: Code changes and evolving priorities give contractors opportunity in wood building
By the middle of the 20th century, tall wood…
Cement and concrete industry targets carbon neutrality by 2050
More than three dozen major cement and concrete producers…
Record high lumber, panel prices drive Alberta stumpage fees to new heights
CALGARY—Record high prices for lumber and construction panelling are…
Record lumber prices adding thousands of dollars to new home building costs
CALGARY—Soaring lumber and wood panel prices are adding thousands…
Canada vows retaliatory measures as Trump restores tariff on Canadian aluminum
OTTAWA—The Trudeau government is promising to impose retaliatory tariffs…
Command Alkon, Ruckit partnership to help digitize heavy material deliveries
A new partnership between a pair of construction technology…
Green building products start-up Nexii expanding across Canada, into U.S. with three factory deals
A Canadian cleantech company that’s developed a novel lightweight…
Alberta won’t require full environmental assessments for sandpits
EDMONTON—Alberta is moving to change the legal definition of…
Off-site shift: Momentum for modular construction keeps building, pandemic an added catalyst
At the peak of the Alberta’s oil boom in…
Construction supply chain holds up through pandemic, helped by contractors adopting digital delivery options
Contractors and haulers are turning to more advanced contactless options as COVID-19 upends job site delivery protocols
Aiming to disrupt construction, building products start-up Nexii to open new production plant in Squamish, B.C.
A British Columbia building products start-up looking to upend…
Alberta jumps federal gun, will allow 12-storey wood buildings
Alberta won’t await changes to Canada’s national building code…
Canam Group founders, Quebec investor group buying back Canadian operations of steelmaker
The deal comes less than three years after the company was taken private with the help of a U.S. private equity firm
Fredericton-based L.S.W. Wear Parts starts distributing Metso products
A significant parts supplier in Atlantic Canada is now…
Federal scientists study how to adapt building codes to climate change
Canada’s building codes are modernized every five years. The next update is due this year and is likely to be the first to address climate change realities
