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False Creek South ‘replan’ would knit together present and future structures
False Creek South ‘replan’ would knit together present and future structures
One of Vancouver’s first neighbourhood showcases of urban planning is looking to adapt once more. The future of False Creek South from a design perspective was the topic of Be the Solution, not the Problem: What can the Future hold for False Creek South?...
Associations
Prompt payment not advantageous to homebuilders: CHBA BC head
While many segments of the construction industry in British Columbia continue to...
Associations , Government
Rodrigue Gilbert assumes CCA’s top job with a focus on procurement reform
New Canadian °µÍø½ûÇøion Association president Rodrigue Gilbert says he is taki...
Associations
B.C. washroom regulations should heed examples of Ontario, Quebec
WorkSafeBC, under pressure from Premier David Eby, is developing new regulations...
Associations , OH&S
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False Creek South ‘replan’ would knit together present and future structures
One of Vancouver’s first neighbourhood showcases of urban planning is looking to...
Associations
Prompt payment not advantageous to homebuilders: CHBA BC head
While many segments of the construction industry in British Columbia continue to...
Associations , Government
Rodrigue Gilbert assumes CCA’s top job with a focus on procurement reform
New Canadian °µÍø½ûÇøion Association president Rodrigue Gilbert says he is taki...
Associations
B.C. washroom regulations should heed examples of Ontario, Quebec
WorkSafeBC, under pressure from Premier David Eby, is developing new regulations...
Associations , OH&S
BCCA sends government report with clear message: Prompt payment is needed now
One of British Columbia’s leading construction industry associations is giving t...
Associations , Government
HAVAN announces 2024 Housing Excellence winners
VANCOUVER — Homebuilders Association Vancouver (HAVAN) has announced the winners...
Associations
BCCA secures workforce development funding from LNG Canada
VICTORIA – The British Columbia °µÍø½ûÇøion Association (BCCA) has announced a...
Associations , Labour
Federal budget lemons opportunity to innovate in Canada’s infrastructure sector
It’s time for Canadians to take the lemons they’ve been handed and make lemonade...
Associations , Government
Canada’s prosperity depends on a strong mechanical contracting sector
If America runs on Dunkins, the Canadian economy runs on mechanical. And the Ca...
Associations
PCA celebrates Trans Mountain pipeline completion
EDMONTON – The Progressive Contractors Association of Canada (PCA) is praising t...
Associations , Infrastructure
New RAIC Advisors to Professional Practice to support architects in Canada
OTTAWA — A new Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) initiative is desi...
Associations
Innovation the best way forward for Vancouver Island construction: Speaker
Vancouver Island’s economy will have to rely on innovation to grow past current...
Associations
Lack of vision among governments hindering Ontario housing targets
Judging by the current state of affairs in the residential construction industry...
Associations , Government
Your top JOC headlines: April 22 to 26
Your top JOC headlines this week feature our North American housing crisis cover...
Associations , Economic , Infrastructure , OH&S , Resource
Calgary °µÍø½ûÇøion Association reaffirms support for city’s housing strategy
CALGARY – The Calgary °µÍø½ûÇøion Association (CCA) has announced it continues...
Associations , Government
B.C.’s future energy needs require electricity and gas: VICA panellists
British Columbia will need more energy in the future and getting there will requ...
Associations , Resource
Federal housing money too little too late for some stakeholders
The federal government’s $4 billion national Housing Accelerator Fund (HAF) is “...
Associations , Government
RAIC National Urban Design Award winners highlight climate change, equity, justice
OTTAWA — The recipients of the 2024 National Urban Design Awards by the Royal Ar...
Associations
All that glitters may not be gold when it comes to homebuilding innovation
They say you can have two of three things: speed, quality, affordability. But wh...
Associations , Technology
Budget 2024 is ‘a lot of prose and very little substance,’ says MHCA president
While the budget committed billions to new housing initiatives and to streamlini...
Associations , Government
Stakeholders praise housing focus but cite budget gaps
°µÍø½ûÇøion stakeholders found lots to like in the Justin Trudeau government’s...
Associations , Government
Industry Perspectives Op-Ed: Trudeau government doubles down on missing the mark
Earlier this year, public opinion research company Leger published the results o...
Associations , Government
CAPP shares mixed reaction to federal budget
CALGARY – The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) is hopeful abou...
Associations , Government
B.C. construction sector seeks support as worker shortage, late payments persist: BCCA
VICTORIA - British Columbia's construction industry says its workforce numbers h...
Associations , Economic , Labour
°µÍø½ûÇøion Conversations: Eby voices commitment to industry in wide-ranging VRCA discussion
As British Columbia heads closer to an election this October, its premier is rea...
Associations , Government
Climate risks in Canada a multibillion-dollar problem, but it doesn’t have to be: Panel
In 2023 catastrophic insured losses in Canada were $3.4 billion. Uninsured losse...
Associations , Resource
Provincial-municipal imbalance has to change to manage housing crisis: AMO
Representing the province’s 444 municipalities, the Association of Municipalitie...
Associations , Government
VRCA launches committee to strengthen EDI in construction
The Vancouver Regional °µÍø½ûÇøion Association (VRCA) is launching a new commit...
Associations , Labour
CBTU, Alberta Building Trades double up on mental health
With the Building Trades of Alberta (BTA) leading the way, the construction trad...
Associations , Labour , OH&S
OAA takes a stand on site plan application hurdles
Even though they were published more than a few years ago, two interconnected st...
Associations , Government
Manitoba Building Trades says lay off threats over ratio change ‘fear mongering’
Manitoba Building Trades is taking issue with employers in the province, allegin...
Associations , Government , Labour
Industry Perspectives Op-Ed: Alberta has to sow the seeds to address the labour shortage today
Over the next six years, Alberta will need 20,000 skilled trades workers to supp...
Associations , Labour
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Top 10 major upcoming Atlantic and Manitoba, Saskatchewan construction projects – Canada – May 2024
The accompanying tables show the top 10 largest upcoming Atlantic and Manitoba,...
Economic , Projects
Highway upgrades coming this summer for northern B.C.
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. – Crews will pave and resurface 260 kilometres of highways a...
Infrastructure
Oversight critical on construction sites when temperatures spike
Jim Noon, president of the Vancouver Island Building and °µÍø½ûÇøion Trades Cou...
OH&S
Manitoba stakeholders clash over union certification legislation
Manitoba’s labour stakeholders are once again battling about provincial legislat...
Labour
Bill Gates paves a new road for carbon reduction in construction
Bill Gates is at it again. The billionaire philanthropist, investor and co-found...
Resource , Technology , US News
Fire officials learn from past in responding to this year’s Fort McMurray wildfire
FORT MCMURRAY, ALTA. — Bright red hoses thicker than a thigh snake along the hig...
Resource
°µÍø½ûÇøion companies need a strategy as ESG reporting requirements increase
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) monitoring, measuring and reporting a...
Resource
Saskatchewan’s Boundary dam carbon capture project underperforms, report says
REGINA — A signature carbon capture and storage project in Saskatchewan continue...