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Construction Materials
Cortec MCI 2020 Gel aims to protect embedded rebar from corrosion
Corroding rebar can be a big problem for…
Non-permanent construction materials and rental equipment: To lien or not to lien
A number of construction industry participants subscribe to the…
Adding to the mix: Using admixtures to get your concrete to do what you want it to
Looking up at the coffered dome of the Roman…
Sidewalk releases grand vision for controversial Toronto development
Expanding on the project’s initial scope, the subsidiary of Google parent company Alphabet has mapped out an elaborate urban development project that could cost $38 billion over the next 20 years
From the editor… The tariffs are gone, but don’t hold out for cheaper steel and aluminum
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, with several cabinet ministers in…
It’s not easy going green: For contractors, embracing the sustainable building ‘paradigm shift’ isn’t optional
With exposed concrete on all sides and piping from…
Long awaited end to Canada’s tariff standoff with U.S. finally at hand
The U.S. imposed the tariffs nearly a year ago, souring relations with Ottawa, which has blasted them as illegal and absurd
Freeland leaves D.C. with no tariff deal, despite early optimism from U.S.
OTTAWA—Close, maybe, but no cigar. Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia…
Taking shape: 3D printing revolution on the horizon
At Sika AG’s research facility in Widen, Switzerland, the…
Breaking it down: Crusher evolution prompts contractors to rethink aggregates
The steep cost of hauling off and disposing of…
Canadian construction costs balloon as steel and aluminum tariffs exact a heavy price
The trade battle was expected to be brief, but nearly a year after the U.S. imposed duties on Canadian steel and aluminum, the tariffs remain firmly in place
Engineered wood to be put to use in two B.C. megaprojects, Horgan says
VANCOUER, B.C.—British Columbia is moving to help revive the…
Wood construction renaissance may not be quite all it’s built up to be, report says
WINNIPEG—Sustainability has taken on an increasingly important role in…
B.C. building code adjusted upwards to allow 12 storey wood buildings
OKANAGAN FALLS, B.C.—The height limit for wood buildings in…
Under lock and key: Guarding job sites from thieves and thrill-seekers saves contractors down the line
Sprawling construction sites, swarming with workers during the day,…
Feds dismiss Ontario’s call to drop retaliatory U.S. steel, aluminum tariffs as ‘unilateral surrender’
Ottawa said Canada’s reciprocal tariffs are “critical” in pressuring the U.S. to call an end to the trade dispute “once and for all”
Almost non-existent a decade ago, tall timber towers taking root across Canada
Defying the skeptics, towers that use cross-laminated timber are digging in in cities such as Vancouver and Toronto, with more to come
U.S. steel, aluminum tariffs ‘contradict’ new NAFTA deal and have to go, Freeland says
OTTAWA—Donald Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs contradict a key…
Canada signs onto new NAFTA despite lack of detente on steel, aluminum tariffs
Canadian officials had insisted Ottawa would not sign the deal unless the punitive tariffs were lifted, but ultimately Trudeau put pen to paper in a decision that could have long-term implications for construction
Steel relief? U.S. ‘might’ lift tariffs once new trade deal is signed, incoming Mexican minister says
OTTAWA—Mexico’s future foreign minister says he thinks biting U.S.…
