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August 2, 2010
Construction firms learn to get ‘Bear Smart’
Residents of a Canadian city debated whether police correctly handled a call reporting that a bear was shot and killed in April.
July 28, 2010
Georgian College expansion goes green in Collingwood, Ontario
Construction is expected to get under way early next month on Georgian College’s permanent home in Collingwood Ont., a 20,000-square-foot facility to house nine classrooms as well as a student lounge.
July 28, 2010
Underinvestment in infrastructure costs workers and firms: report
Continued volatile infrastructure investment over the next 50 years could cost Canadian workers up to $51,000 each and cut employers’ long-term profits by almost a quarter, an industry commissioned report reveals.
July 28, 2010
PCL Constructors Canada to build new RCMP headquarters
PCL Constructors Canada Inc. has been awarded a $59-million contract to build a new RCMP headquarters in Nova Scotia.
July 28, 2010
Mike Holmes partners with First Nations on community-building pilot project
Assembly of First Nations National Chief, Shawn A-in-chut Atleo, and Mike Holmes have partnered on a pilot project to assist in building homes, enhancing community design, and planning and utilizing appropriate green technologies and clean energy sources to improve health and living conditions in First Nations communities.
July 26, 2010
Debating the merits of green, white roofs
Just days after being named U.S. President Barack Obama’s energy secretary, Stephen Chu gave a speech praising reflective white roofs for their energy efficiency, and expressing hopes that white roofs would multiply.
July 19, 2010
International Federation of Consulting Engineers targets climate change
A newly minted international task force chaired by veteran Canadian consulting engineer John Boyd has been charged with mapping out “bottom-up” industry strategies to tackle climate change.
July 19, 2010
Royal Botanical Gardens atrium wins national award
The Canadian Institute of Steel Construction (CISC) has presented a national steel design award of excellence to Diamond + Schmitt Architects for the Camilla & Peter Dalglish Atrium at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Burlington, Ont.
July 19, 2010
New vents protect roofs from high winds
Build a better roof vent and the world will beat a path to your rooftop. It is the quest underway in the U.S., where they are developing a roof vent that looks a little like two halves of a ball with the curved ends butted together on stilts.
July 14, 2010
Calgary procurement code puts ethical onus on suppliers
Environment-friendly criteria have long been a part of the landscape in government procurement policies. but the City of Calgary, however, is going one step further with its Sustainable, Environmental and Ethical Procurement Policy (SEEPP).
July 12, 2010
Olympic Village housing project designed to achieve net zero
Occupants of a new housing complex that’s the legacy of the 2010 Vancouver Olympics stand to save considerably on their energy bills.
July 12, 2010
Construction continues on Eighth Avenue Place in Calgary
The final steel beam was put into place on the 51-storey Eighth Avenue Place in Calgary during a topping off ceremony recently. The tower includes one million square feet of space and is the first high-rise office building in Canada to be pre-certified LEED CS Gold.
July 7, 2010
Vanbots had early input into Aga Khan’s Toronto landmark
Contractor Vanbots brought its “builder’s hat” to the table during the pre-construction phase of a $300 million project now under way in Toronto’s Don Mills neighbourhood.
July 7, 2010
Green roofs need adequate leak test systems
The growing popularity of green or living roofs is underscoring the need to have an adequate test system in place to detect leaks that may occur in the protective roof membrane during or after construction.
July 5, 2010
Architect calls for defensive building design
Building green is a moral and philosophical imperative, not something that should be based on fleeting theories of global warming or global cooling, says Paul Sandori, an architect with Toronto-based Revay and Associates Ltd.
July 5, 2010
Construction starts on Saskatchewan’s Red Lily Wind project
Construction on Saskatchewan’s newest wind power facility officially got underway on June 17.
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| ALEX’S ECONOMICS BLOG |
Reed Construction Data Chief Economist Alex Carrick discusses current developments in the North American economic environment with emphasis on the construction industry.
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