Special Feature
General and Trade Contracting
Below are articles from the latest General and Trade Contracting Special Feature Newsletter, published May 28, 2021 by the Journal of Commerce.
Feature Articles - General and Trade Contracting
Expenses write-off could help ease labour shortage: CBTU
Canada's Building Trade Unions (CBTU) has a solution it believes will help solve...
Government
BCCSA explores how best to safely handle hazardous isocyanates
A recent webinar by the BC ion Safety Alliance (BCCSA) was on a subject...
OH&S
Deconstruction: A new way to make old buildings disappear
Unbuilders is a young Vancouver company that deconstructs — dismantles — residen...
Projects
Go-getter drive and a single excavator got RG Excavating rolling
Nearly 30 years ago, Rob Grant of Victoria, B.C., took the plunge, bought an exc...
Economic
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Saskatchewan to spend $1.92 million on two skilled trades centres
REGINA, SASK. – The government of Saskatchewan is allocating $1.92 million in fu...
Government , Labour
Canada’s first-ever tsunami evacuation tower built at Haida Gwaii school
MASSET, B.C. – Students in Masset, B.C. will soon learn in a safer school that i...
Projects
Ledcor leads off with first phase of $2B Alberta Highway 3 twinning
Ledcor Highways Ltd. is leading off work on the first of eight phases planned to...
Infrastructure , Projects
Some cool thinking needed after Vancouver wood-frame construction site fire
On Aug. 6, a fire broke out at a six-storey wood-frame rental apartment building...
OH&S
PCL announces promotions in offices across Canada
PCL ion is making leadership changes in five of its Canadian districts....
Economic
Legal Notes: Crown loses “employer” appeal in landmark Sudbury case
The Superior Court of Ontario issued a ruling on August 23 that is certain to br...
Government
Metro Vancouver board chair pushes back on calls for North Shore wastewater plant project info
NORTH VANCOUVER – Metro Vancouver board chair Mike Hurley insists the organizati...
Government , Projects
B.C. building code update expands use of single egress stairs
VICTORIA, B.C. – The government of British Columbia has announced updates to the...