According to the most recent construction industry report, Vancouver Island’s economy is on the road to recovery based on the volume of building permits issued in Q2 2014.

Vancouver Career College has added a new electrician program to its Kelowna Campus. Starting this September, students can enroll in the Construction Electrician Foundation program.

Stuart Olson Inc. has sold Broda Construction to TriWest Capital Partners and senior management of Broda for $39 million in gross cash proceeds.

Ground has been broken on the $606.2-million North Island Hospitals Project, which will see new hospitals for Campbell River and the Comox Valley.

The Taylor Family Digital Library (TFDL) is the latest building on the University of Calgary campus that has been awarded LEED Gold certification by the Canada Green Building Council.

Beverley Briscoe has been appointed as the new chair of the board by Ritchie Bros. Auctioneer. She takes over for Robert Murdoch, who announced his intention to step down from the board by the end of the year.

Vancouver City Council has for a second time extended the implementation of the city's new building bylaw, giving builders an additional six months — until Jan. 1, 2015 — to prepare.

TransLink is contributing more than $45 million in funding this year to British Columbia municipalities for road projects across Metro Vancouver.

A new report credits public-private partnerships (P3s) with generating $51.2 billion for the Canadian economy between 2003 and 2012.

B.C.'s Provincial Health Services Authority will build a new Teck Acute Care Centre at B.C. Children’s Hospital and B.C. Women’s Hospital and Health Centre.

A new board of directors has been appointed to the B.C. Industry Training Authority (ITA).

The British Columbia Construction Association is reiterating its support for Site C Clean Energy Project, which they say will create thousands of jobs.

Winners of the annual Awards for Engineering Excellence held by the Association of Consulting Engineering Companies British Columbia have been named.

The national CaGBC conference, now called Building Lasting Change, will explore the value of sustainable building, real estate and urban development.

The design of the $700-million Lions Gate Secondary Wastewater Treatment Plant is now complete.

Bird Construction has been named the preferred proponent to design and build the Clinical Services Building at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops.

Implementation of the Vancouver Building Bylaw has been postponed to July 1, 2014. It will feature some of Canada's most stringent energy requirements.