Tackling plastics on jobsites and on shore
(Photo courtesy of Townline Homes) B.C. developer Townline Homes has partnered with Rugged Coast Research Society, a non-profit on Vancouver … Read more
Upgrades coming to water infrastructure in Manitoba
More than $42 million in funding has been announced for four water projects that will improve system efficiency and protect … Read more
Turner completes $93.4M of work at the University of Georgia
Project Wins The country’s largest contractor also kicked off construction at the school’s football and baseball stadiums. Published Aug. 15, … Read more
Michigan’s Soo Lock reaches construction milestone, preps for Phase 2
The lock, first authorized in 1986, finally began construction in 2020. Two major phases remain. This item was originally posted … Read more
Report: More than half of construction firms are plagued by inefficient workflows
It is a commonly held belief that the construction industry is among the slowest to adopt new technologies. In order … Read more
Shining a light on careers in construction
While construction offers job satisfaction, lucrative salaries and high demand, it is facing a critical shortage of workers. To fight … Read more
Non-residential rebound leads to moderate June gains
Investment in non-residential building construction, June 2022(Source: Statistics Canada, Table 34-10-0175-01–Investment in Building Construction.) Gains in the non-residential sector helped … Read more
Office addition at Gillette Stadium on track for October
Dive Brief Published Aug. 12, 2022 The Kraft Group Office Building is a four-story, 120,000-square-foot facility and the first phase … Read more
Inflation Reduction Act would boost low-carbon materials in civil projects
The federal Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 contains more than $5 billion to incentivize the use of low-carbon building materials … Read more
The top 8 OSHA fines of Q2 2022
The heftiest OSHA citations levied against contractors in the second quarter of 2022 included fines worth hundreds of thousands of … Read more
PPI posts first decline since April 2020
After 20 months of sequential increases, the producer price index was 0.5% lower last month, the first negative reading since … Read more
Workers have power. A recession won’t change that, one executive says.
The argument over whether work should be virtual or in physical offices is “yesterday’s conversation,” Tim Ryan, U.S. chair and … Read more