RICS launches global construction standards consultation
Posted: Sep 27th, 2025In: ConstructionNewsPhoto by Burst from Pexels The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) is calling on construction professionals across the globe to respond to its new consultation on global construction standards. Through its Black Book suite[...]
Read More about RICS launches global construction standards consultationStatistics Canada reports value of building permits down 0.1% in July to $11.9B
Posted: Sep 26th, 2025In: ConstructionNewsSenakw, an Indigenous-led housing development under construction, is silhouetted in Vancouver, B.C., Friday, Aug. 1, 2025. Statistics Canada says the total monthly value of building permits in Canada ticked 0.1 per cent in July to[...]
Read More about Statistics Canada reports value of building permits down 0.1% in July to $11.9BHigh-speed rail construction could begin in four years, LeBlanc says
Posted: Sep 25th, 2025In: ConstructionNewsDominic LeBlanc, Minister responsible for Canada-U.S.Trade and Intergovernmental Affairs makes an announcement at the Port of Montreal on Thursday, September 11, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov The federal government wants construction on a planned high-speed rail line[...]
Read More about High-speed rail construction could begin in four years, LeBlanc saysOptimism high for AI in construction but skills shortages and integration issues remain: Report
Posted: Sep 19th, 2025In: ConstructionNewsAccording to a global report from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), the construction industry is standing on the brink of a digital transformation driven by artificial intelligence (AI). The AI in Construction 2025[...]
Read More about Optimism high for AI in construction but skills shortages and integration issues remain: ReportBuild Canada Homes plan generating strong reactions
Posted: Sep 18th, 2025In: ConstructionNewsOn September 14, 2025, Prime Minister Mark Carney launched Build Canada Homes (BCH), a new federal agency that will build affordable housing at scale. The initiative aims to help fight homelessness by building transitional and supportive housing, working[...]
Read More about Build Canada Homes plan generating strong reactionsOntario construction unemployment rate remains steady: OCS
Posted: Sep 12th, 2025In: ConstructionNewsconstruction worker at work on the construction site of a new building. According to the latest economic update by the Ontario Construction Secretariat (OCS), construction unemployment rate remains steady with both employment and labour force[...]
Read More about Ontario construction unemployment rate remains steady: OCSCanadian Wood Council and Canadian Institute of Steel Construction Partner to Advance Steel-Timber Hybrid Construction
Posted: Sep 9th, 2025In: ConstructionNewsImage credit: The Canadian Wood Council The Canadian Wood Council (CWC) and the Canadian Institute of Steel Construction (CISC) have announced a strategic partnership to accelerate the adoption of steel-timber hybrid structural solutions in Canada.[...]
Read More about Canadian Wood Council and Canadian Institute of Steel Construction Partner to Advance Steel-Timber Hybrid ConstructionFederal Government Building 40 Residences for Homeless Veterans in Edmonton
Posted: Sep 6th, 2025In: ConstructionNewsSunset above Edmonton downtown, Alberta, Canada. The federal government has announced funding of $4.5 million through the Affordable Housing Fund to help build Veterans’ House Canada’s new supportive housing project in Edmonton. This project aims[...]
Read More about Federal Government Building 40 Residences for Homeless Veterans in EdmontonConstruction begins on 20 additional affordable housing units in the City of Québec
Posted: Sep 3rd, 2025In: ConstructionNewsQuebec City The governments of Canada and Quebec, the City of Québec, and the Office municipal d’habitation de Québec, which is leading the project, have marked the beginning of construction of Le Monterosso. Le Monterosso is a 20-unit[...]
Read More about Construction begins on 20 additional affordable housing units in the City of QuébecOntario increasing funding for housing-enabling infrastructure
Posted: Aug 29th, 2025In: ConstructionNewsA new housing development is constructed just outside the edge of the Duffins Rouge Agricultural Preserve, part of Ontario’s Greenbelt, on Monday, May 15, 2023, THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the[...]
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