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May 16, 2012

Bockstael celebrates 100 years

Construction is not just about assembling bricks and mortar, it is about building relationships.

May 16, 2012

High School Construction

Construction work is well underway on Burnaby Central High School in Burnaby B.C.

May 14, 2012

Sun shines on solar power innovation

Who says you can't have solar power when the sun isn't shining? Certainly not SolarReserve LLC, which is building a concentrating solar power (CSP) plant at Crescent Dunes in the Nevada desert.

May 14, 2012

Biomass energy plant part of plan to restart B.C. sawmill

Canfor Corporation has started construction of a new planer and the installation of a biomass energy plant, as part of a plan to restart an existing sawmill in the southern Interior of B.C.

May 9, 2012

Best Prairie projects earn kudos

The best designed projects on the Prairies were given their due at a recent awards gala in Banff, Alberta.

May 9, 2012

First Passive House in B.C. opens its doors in Whistler

The doors have opened to the first British Columbia home constructed to meet international Passive House standards.

May 9, 2012

Journal of Commerce Weekly Update May 14th, 2012

In this week's preview of the upcoming stories we're covering in the Journal of Commerce, Editor Bradley Fehr talks about our upcoming Energy feature, which highlights electrical and oil and gas projects across western Canada.

May 9, 2012

Sewage heat recovery system installed at condo

The first sewage heat recovery system for a multi-family residential project in North America has been installed in the Seven35 Condominiums complex in North Vancouver, British Columbia.

May 9, 2012

Okanagan campus buildings get Green Globes

Vancouver based architecture firm Kasian has been awarded five Green Globes for their work on the Charles E. Fipke Centre for Innovative Research, (Fipke Centre), and the adjacent Arts & Sciences Building, located at the Okanagan campus of the University of British Columbia (UBCO).

May 2, 2012

Building a Sustainable Substation

The new Mount Pleasant Substation is taking shape in Vancouver B.C. PCL is the prime contractor on the project.

April 25, 2012

New generation of wood highrises set to take shape

A new generation of highrise commercial and institutional wood buildings are planned for B.C. in the next couple of years.

April 23, 2012

Expandable water treatment plant takes shape in Fort McMurray

The innovation behind a new water treatment facility in Fort McMurray, Alberta, has engineering firms suggesting the design for other communities.

April 23, 2012

Canadian technologies enable industry to treat liquid waste

As the number of industrial plants in Canada and the rest of the world increase, so does the volume of liquid waste that needs to be treated before being discharged safely.

April 23, 2012

Dam Upgrades in Mission

The B.C. Utilities Commission has given the green light for BC Hydro to proceed with upgrades to the 82-year-old Ruskin Dam, on Stave Lake in the District of Mission.

April 18, 2012

Costly repairs for Horizon project

The total cost of repairs to an upgrader at Canadian Natural Resource Limited’s (CNRL) Horizon project have been calculated at $726 million.