ICI investment steady, Institutional sector up: OCS
Posted: Nov 1st, 2025In: ConstructionNewsConstruction site with cranes and building under construction. Toned. According to the latest economic update by the Ontario Construction Secretariat (OCS), building construction investment was up 9 per cent year-to-date in August, with the largest percentage[...]
Read More about ICI investment steady, Institutional sector up: OCSCanadian Wood Council welcomes Nordic Structures and Rothoblaas Canada as new national partners of WoodWorks program
Posted: Oct 31st, 2025In: ConstructionNewsImage credit: Canadian Wood Council The Canadian Wood Council (CWC) has welcomed Nordic Structures as a new national partner of its WoodWorks program. A longstanding Gold Level Sponsor of Cecobois (Centre d’expertise sur la construction[...]
Read More about Canadian Wood Council welcomes Nordic Structures and Rothoblaas Canada as new national partners of WoodWorks programOntario Investing Over $60 Million in Skilled Trades Apprentices
Posted: Oct 21st, 2025In: ConstructionNewsPhoto credit: Burst On Oct. 15, the Ontario government announced an investment of $64.2 million over the next three years to expand in-class apprenticeship training, to help additional apprentices across the province gain the skills[...]
Read More about Ontario Investing Over $60 Million in Skilled Trades ApprenticesRegistration Opens for 2026 ULI Hines Student Competition – Americas
Posted: Oct 18th, 2025In: ConstructionNewsThe Urban Land Institute (ULI) has announced that Austin, Texas, will serve as the host city for the 2026 ULI Hines Student Competition – Americas. Now in its 24th year, the competition invites multidisciplinary student[...]
Read More about Registration Opens for 2026 ULI Hines Student Competition – AmericasB.C. Introduces Prompt-Payment Legislation for Construction Industry
Posted: Oct 16th, 2025In: ConstructionNewsA tower construction crane on the background of a blue sky with clouds. The frame of a building under construction. Building construction. Load-bearing reinforced concrete walls of the house. New legislation introduced in British Columbia[...]
Read More about B.C. Introduces Prompt-Payment Legislation for Construction IndustryRICS 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[...]
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