Construction
Construction Business
Permit turnaround times firming up in Manitoba
Manitoba's performance standards regulation sets maximum timelines for building authorities to process permit applications and conduct inspections, coming into force next March.
Construction Business
Building trades in immigration express queue
Skilled building trades qualify for the express lane to permanent residency under new guidelines for Canada’s immigration application system.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Office fit-out costs rise with hybrid workforce
Rising office fit-out costs reflect both inflationary dynamics in the construction sector and emerging design trends as employers realign space to engage their hybrid workforces.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
B.C. moves to mandate cooling in new housing
A proposed amendment to the B.C. building code would require cooling capability to maintain the temperature at no higher than 26⁰ Celsius in at least one room of every new residential dwelling unit.
REMI Network
Construction activity at record high in Toronto
Crane activity is at a record high across 14 major cities in North America and Toronto is leading the pack.
Canadian Property Management
Making the Move to Mass Timber
Canada and the world have begun to embrace mass timber as a preferred construction material for large building projects.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Ontario to fund skilled trades training centres
The Ontario government has allocated $224 million under its Skills Development Fund to help build, expand or upgrade training centres for the skilled trades.
Construction Business
B.C. budget disappoints business groups
The BC Budget 2023 fails to address the increasing costs facing businesses and the province’s competitiveness.
REMI Network
New reg imposes financial penalties on Ontario homebuilders
A new regulation may impose administrative penalties on Ontario homebuilders or vendors who breach their legal and ethical obligations.
Canadian Property Management
Protracted construction prompts aid for TO BIAs
Toronto introduces grants of up to $50,000 for business improvement areas where multi-year transit expansion projects are occurring.
CondoBusiness
Maintaining healthy contractor relationships
Construction and project planning, now more so than ever, must assign realistic expectations of scheduling and staging to meet contractor and material availability.
REMI Network
GTA new condo sales for September down 89%
New condo sales in the Greater Toronto Area were down 89 per cent from September 2021 and 84 per cent below the 10-year average.
Construction Business
Tim Smith named to international bridge board
The appointment of Tim Smith to the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority board of directors reinforces the team stickhandling construction of the Gordie Howe International Bridge.
Construction Business
Energy sector workforce evolves and expands
Energy efficiency is projected to create more jobs and assume a larger share of energy sector economic activity in step with a heightened focus on reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Canadian Property Management
CRE measures up as Canadian economic driver
A new report estimates commercial real estate made a $148.4 billion total contribution to Canada’s GDP last year, when factoring its direct, indirect and induced impacts.
REMI Network
Solid job growth for mechanical contractors in Ottawa
According to BuildForce Canada, 11,330 new workers will be needed to replace retiring workers in the next decade.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Quebec leaves uncontested rent period in place
Quebec backs away from an amendment that would have shortened the current five-year period for uncontested rents in newly constructed rental housing.
