Laing O’Rourke staff return to 4-days-a-week in the office
White collar workers at O’Rourke have only been expected in the office three-days-a-week since pandemic restrictions … Read more
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2022 North American fenestration standard published
A new 2022 edition of AAMA/WDMA/CSA 101/I.S.2/A440, “North American Fenestration Standard/Specification for windows, doors, and skylights” (NAFS) has been published, … Read more
Ontario government to table budget March 23
TORONTO – Ontario is set to introduce its budget on March 23. Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy announced the date today, … Read more
WOC announces industry award winners
The winners of the first annual Innovative Product Awards have been unveiled. The award program, which is associated with the … Read more
Redevelopment of Hamilton Heritage School Proposes Nearly 1000 New Units
New Horizon Development Group has kicked off 2023 with an ambitious redevelopment proposal on the east side of Hamilton that would … Read more
‘Impossible to build’: Vornado postpones NYC development
Dive Brief: Vornado Realty Trust, a New York City-based real estate investment trust, has hit pause on an 18 million-square-foot … Read more
New fast-track planning to be tested on several major projects
It wants to fast-track major infrastructure projects such as new transport links, offshore wind farms and … Read more
New U of T centre looks to mitigate how housing structures impact the climate crisis
A new research centre at the University of Toronto (U of T) will seek to find innovative ways to lower … Read more
Case to distribute Tobroco-Giant machines
Case Construction Equipment and New Holland Construction are set to distribute Tobroco-Giant’s compact and sub-compact wheel loaders in North America. … Read more
Explainer: Double-Skin Façades | UrbanToronto
A previous edition of Explainer described how exterior sun-shading devices, or brise soleils, have the ability to greatly reduce the solar heat gain … Read more
New York’s construction death rate increased 9%
Dive Brief: In 2021, 12.1 per 100,000 construction workers in New York state died on the job, a 9% increase … Read more
Australia Goes Digital With Construction Tech Enhancement
Researchers from Victoria University have come up with a state-of-the-art technology that is all set to take the outdated aspects … Read more