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Amrize launches Product of Canada label
Amrize has launched a “Product of Canada” cement label, designed to offer builders the assurance of Canadian-made manufacturing.
ENERGY STAR assigned a new administrative home
A newly signed memorandum of agreement transfers ENERGY STAR program oversight from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to the Department of Energy.
New national codes target accessibility, emissions
The Canadian Board for Harmonized Construction Codes (CBHCC) has released the 2025 editions of the National Model Codes.
Limberlost named Global Best Project
Limberlost Place, built by PCL, has been named the Global Best Project of the Year by Engineering News-Record.
Prize-winning housing tech set to build scale
Artificial intelligence and robotics are central to prize-winning technology tapped to accelerate new housing production on a nationwide scale.
Indigenous partners on infrastructure agenda
Canada’s leadership has endorsed Indigenous ownership stakes in energy and infrastructure projects, underscoring that they will be pivotal to economic development and national cohesiveness.
Legal setback deemed not fatal to U.S. tariffs
A legal setback for the United States government’s tariff strategy fulfills predictions from insiders versed in that country’s constitutional and law-making intricacies.
U.S. states feel tariffs in procurement costs
Tariffs threaten to add up to USD $50 million to New York State’s annual procurement costs for construction services, a new multi-state legal challenge maintains.
North American Mayors call for end of tariffs
The Federation of Canadian Municipalities, the U.S. Conference of Mayors and a delegation of Mexican mayors want end of damaging tariffs.
Analysis reveals tariff sectors that will hurt U.S.
U.S. tariffs will reduce growth in Canada but retaliatory tariffs can inflict significant pain on the U.S. economy in targeted sectors.
U.S. has slim window to evade aluminum tariffs
The U.S. Window and Door Manufacturers Association is one of many industry associations voicing dismay about the newly imposed 25 per cent tariff on aluminum and steel imports.
Counter tariffs bring procurement complications
Procurement complications have arisen throughout Canada as businesses grapple with a long list of U.S. products now to be subject to a 25 per cent import tax.
Loan conditions onerous for condo projects
Loan conditions are expected to be onerous for residential condominium developments again in 2025, following a year when many lenders pulled back on construction financing.
Low-carbon revenues flow from buildings sector
Eleven Canadian companies number in the rankings of the top 200 global earners among publicly traded entities with revenues tied to sustainable products and services.
Tariff blows would land on U.S. construction
Some of the first tariff blows would land on in-progress construction and public infrastructure projects if threatened action on steel and aluminum imports into the United States goes into effect on March 12.
Top Canadian cities to be hit hardest by tariffs
Saint John, Calgary and Windsor are the top Canadian cities that would be most vulnerable to U.S. tariffs, according to a new report.
Capacity for renewable power generation grows
Canada-wide capacity for renewable power generation from wind, solar or energy storage inputs has grown by nearly 7,600 megawatts, or 46 per cent, since 2019.
