The 2021-22 Saskatchewan budget also commits more than $937 million to upgrade the provincial electricity system and nearly $175 million to underwrite an electricity rebate for SaskPower customers.

B.C. is providing funding for 12 mass timber demonstration and research projects. The Mass Timber Demonstration Program offers $4.2 million.

Lafarge Canada’s Northern Alberta construction team is undertaking upgrades at the Highway 19 and Highway 60 intersections west of Edmonton.

The B.C. government has boosted energy efficiency standards with the release of amendment 7 to the Energy Efficiency Standards Regulation. 

Engineers and Geoscientists BC and AIBC have published new guidelines for designing mass timber buildings up to 12 storeys.

ASHRAE and the International Code Council have collaborated on a users’ manual to support understanding and interpretation of the 2018 International Green Construction Code.

Nexii Building Solutions Inc. has announced plans to develop a new green manufacturing plant on the southern end of Vancouver Island.

This support will reduce obstacles to hiring, training and retaining workers and apprentices, and reduce the stigma related to a career in the skilled trades to attract a new generation of workers.

EllisDon is celebrating 70 years since it was established in 1951, in London, Ontario by brothers Don and David Ellis Smith.

CCA new research paper highlights the benefits of sustainable and resilient infrastructure that can withstand the effects of climate change.

Hines is partnering with Reliance Properties to build the first new Vancouver office tower designed in response to COVID-19.

Paul Charette is retiring as chairman of the board at Bird Construction. The board intends to appoint Paul Raboud as the new chairman.

Regional districts in B.C. will receive $10 million to support local services and operations, building on the historic COVID-19 relief and recovery supports provided to communities.

Graham Design Builders LP has been selected as the successful proponent to deliver a new hospital in Fort St. James.

B.C.’s construction industry is celebrating Construction and Skilled Trades Month by offering 100 grants for free lunch to crews.

The first building upgrade in the University of the Fraser Valley’s Abbotsford Campus Building Renewal Project is complete. The old exterior of Building A-East, Phase

Calgary crews have begun site preparations for a major pavement restoration and bridge rehabilitation along the 16 Ave. and Barlow Trail N.E. corridor