Construction
Construction Business
Complex challenges, confusion and uncertainty
The top three challenges in B.C. construction are securing new projects, declining margins, project approval and permitting times.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Buy-Ontario procurement policies taking shape
Procurers and suppliers of construction products and services have been asked to weigh in on a new buy-Ontario mandate for that province’s government, municipalities and broader public sector.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Ontario looks to new sources for owed wages
The Ontario government is considering whether contractors should be held liable for subcontractors’ larceny when non-unionized construction workers go unpaid.
Construction Business
Feds commit $115B for infrastructure projects
The federal government's 2025 budget puts construction at the heart of Canada's economic strategy with $115B infrastructure investment.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Toronto readies for international soccer stage
Preparations for Toronto Stadium’s turn on the international soccer stage are progressing, with phase one of $146 million worth of planned upgrades now complete.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Construction begins on two new Langley housing projects
Construction is underway on two new development sites in the Township of Langley, BC, marking a significant step forward in the province's efforts to expand housing.
Construction Business
New Major Projects Office to fast track infrastructure
The federal government has launched the new Major Projects Office based in Calgary, with offices planned in other major Canadian cities.
CondoBusiness
Softwood assigned material role in housing plan
Canadian softwood lumber is expected to play a material role in hitting the federal government’s target for nearly 5 million units of new housing over the next decade.
Construction Business
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.
Construction Business
Canada steels for infrastructure building boom
The Canadian government has pledged to rely extensively on domestically produced construction materials and products for its envisioned infrastructure building boom.
REMI Network
Steelworkers warn new tariff order will disrupt key sectors
The doubling of tariffs, to take effect on June 4, could severely disrupt integrated North American supply chains.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
AEDs coming to Ontario construction sites
Automated external defibrillators (AEDs) will be required equipment on many Ontario construction sites under proposed amendments to the provincial Occupational Health and Safety Act.
REMI Network
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.
Construction Business
Construction ready to work with federal leaders
With the federal election day nearing, the Canadian Construction Association is calling on successful candidates to continue their support.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Toronto school operators eager to get building
Toronto Council’s school boards advisory committee is asking why it’s taking 33 months, on average, to secure planning approvals for renovation, expansion and redevelopment projects on school sites.
Construction Business
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.
Construction Business
Strategies to minimize tariff impacts on construction
The U.S. decision to put 25 per cent tariffs on construction materials is expected to have significant impacts on the construction industry.
