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  • Cement and salt shake off tariffs

    Cement and salt to shake off tariffs

    The United States government is lifting the 50 per cent tariff it has applied on imports of Canadian cement and road salt since Aug. 29.
  • Global NGO pushes for Superior claim

    Global NGO pushes for Superior claim

    “It doesn’t sit well with some egos that the American Falls are kind of nondescript next to Horseshoe Falls so this presents an opportunity to stake out a more impressive namesake,” one observer reasons.
  • Lobbying precedes U.S. cement tariff

    Lobbying precedes U.S. cement tariff

    The new 50 per cent tariff on Canadian cement imports is expected to exert further upward pressure on construction costs in the United States.

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    New split for global adjustment costs explored

    Ontario proposes a distinct electricity rate class for new data centres, as part of a package of requirements for facilities seeking to connect to the provincial power grid.
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    The hidden weak link in building records

    As veteran facility managers retire, decades of building records and the knowledge behind them are vanishing, creating costly blind spots for owners and insurers.
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    Evolving smart home tech redefines aging in place

    Emerging technologies are powering homes into active support systems that can monitor, predict and respond to the changing needs of older adults and boost their

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    When trade war fallout hits the housing market

    Housing developers already battling labour shortages, high interest rates, and soaring land costs now face a new destabilizing force as the Canada–U.S. trade war disrupts every stage of construction.
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    Winter maintenance budgeting gets slipperier

    A threatened 50 per cent tariff on Canadian road salt imported into the United States is creating winter maintenance budgeting uncertainties on both sides of the international border.
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    Toronto Pearson invests $1.5B into terminal modernization

    Toronto Pearson Airport is investing $1.5 billion to revitalize Terminals 1 and 3 as part of its ongoing Pearson LIFT modernization program.