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Green Construction
No clear trajectory: Uncertainty likely the only certainty for 2021
Someone with 20/20 vision, by definition, has normal eyesight…
40 Under 40 in Canadian Construction
INNOVATION. DYNAMISM. TRADITION. There is no shortage of…
JCB introduces first all-electric Loadall telehandler
Equipment maker JCB is building on its electric propulsion…
Electrics gain foothold in vocational market with OEMs stepping up innovations
Vocational trucks have gone high-tech. Manufacturers are testing battery-electric…
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…
Bobcat, Green Machine partner on new zero emissions, electric machines
Doosan Bobcat North America and Green Machine Equipment Inc.…
Green infrastructure stimulus? Expert task force says Canada should spend $50B on green building projects
OTTAWA—When the time comes for Canada to turn its…
Wooden skyscrapers could transform construction by trapping carbon emissions
This article was originally published on The Conversation, an…
How investing in green infrastructure can jump start the post-coronavirus economy
This article was originally published on The Conversation, an…
How new construction technologies are improving efficiencies and reducing emissions on the job site
Fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions are becoming major…
Updated version of Zero Carbon Building Standard takes aim at embodied carbon
A new version of the Canada Green Building Council’s…
In the crosshairs: From carbon sinks to energy-efficient materials, MTO targets climate change
With a highway network stretching 17,000 kilometres, 2,850 bridges,…
Bobcat introduces new R2-Series compact excavators, improving on design and performance
Bobcat says it has packed the digging power…
EllisDon to take on new $105M mass timber, zero-carbon build at Centennial College
With momentum for mass timber buildings continuing to build,…
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…
New job in green construction for former Vancouver mayor Gregor Robertson
VANCOUVER—Former Vancouver mayor Gregor Robertson is lending his expertise…
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
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…
