Canada’s fall economic statement pledges $6.7 billion over five years to support uptake of a range of clean technologies, including solar heating, air-source and ground-source heat pumps and energy storage.

Canadian start-ups are invited to take up the global water challenge, a competition to gain access to up to €3 million (CAD $4 million) in venture capital for smart water technologies.

Washington State has become the first U.S. state to incorporate building electrification mandates into statewide energy codes.

Construction job openings hit an unprecedented high in March with 81,900 vacancies, according to Statistics Canada.

Investors and lenders are expected to increasingly focus on the physical and transitional risks of climate change, in turn upending some conventional views of costs and value.

TOOLBX, a platform that digitizes and expedites the construction material procurement and delivery process, has launched in Vancouver. 

Canada ranks fifth in the world as the best country for construction workers to live and work, according to a study by Work Wear Guru.

Rize Alliance has unveiled Comma Properties, a new division focused on building better rental communities across the Lower Mainland and LA.

A recent report by the NAIOP Research Foundation explores emerging construction technologies and their implications.

Katerra has voluntarily filed for relief under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court.

Two distinct, but complementary new federal programs promise funds for community buildings. Both are focused on meeting GHG reduction targets and are aligned with a pledge to invest $15 billion to address climate change and boost the green economy.

Pomerleau is partnering with Factry, a Canadian training centre specializing in developing creative skills, to form the Pomerleau aXLab.

Construction across Canada is expected to rebound in 2021 in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and rise through the coming decade.

PCL Construction has introduced Job Site Resourcing, a mobile construction logistics management solution to manage and track resources.

Newly released 2020 investment results find industrial and multifamily assets on the positive side of the national average total return for 2,356 directly held standing assets, which registered -4.1 per cent.

Resident British Columbians own about 30 per cent of the properties subject to the speculation and vacancy tax, but account for just 6.6 per cent of collected revenue.

Eagle Eye Networks has identified the trends that will have the biggest impact on video surveillance, security in 2021.