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Green Construction
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…
Assessing the future: Job site robotics are quickly gaining ground
In the 1959 sci-fi novel Starship Troopers, Robert Heinlein…
Green buildings must do more to fix our ‘climate emergency’
This article was originally published on The Conversation, an…
Feds fund country’s first geothermal electricity plant; $51.3M project will create 100 construction jobs
REGINA—Thousands of small-scale geothermal boreholes have been drilled across…
Construction industry embraces unlikely source of growth: shifting work off the job site
Modular building comes into its own as timeline and labour issues squeeze builders
B.C. earmarks $1.1B to retrofit its stock of social housing
VICTORIA—British Columbia has set aside $1.1 billion over the…
Green light for $40M wind power project in remote Inuvik, N.W.T.
INUVIK, N.W.T.—A wind turbine project worth tens of millions…
Contractors complete 70-metre high foundation for B.C.’s Site C hydro project
VANCOUVER—The foundation for Site C hydroelectric project has been…
Construction of first Canadian pumped hydro station built since 1950s planned for next year
CALGARY—A hydro power storage project proposed at the site…
Starting small: Hybrid and electric equipment looks to earn its place
A new breed of compact equipment is starting to…
Construction 2.0: Technology is changing construction, the industry must change with it
The construction industry in Canada is experiencing a transformation.…
Unassuming industrial building in Prince George, B.C., earns record for most airtight
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C.—The Wood Innovation Research Lab in Prince…
Hyperloop construction awaits political support as Canadian company threatens relocation to Europe
A Canadian hyperloop company is threatening to relocate its…
Liberals set hiring, procurement stipulations for federally funded projects
The so-called community benefits program aims to give Indigenous Peoples, veterans and recent immigrants a larger stake in Ottawa’s major infrastructure spending plan
Consortium approved for $140M waterfront redevelopment project in Hamilton, Ont.
HAMILTON, Ont.—The City of Hamilton has approved Waterfront Shores…
Tall wood buildings on the rise for Canadian universities
The University of Toronto has unveiled plans to construct…
Construction innovation: Shedding the old paradigms
The term “innovation” conjures up images of drones, virtual…
Feds to put new transit, water projects through green construction test
OTTAWA—The Trudeau Liberals have laid out the environmental test…
CarbonCure, Airgas partner to offer CO2 concrete technology in U.S.
DARTMOUTH—Nova Scotia-based CarbonCure Technologies has partnered with Airgas, an…
Waterloo office building earns Canada’s first zero carbon certification
The Cora Group has earned Canada’s first Zero Carbon…
