How Canada can turn tariff tensions into a global affordable housing alliance
Posted: May 12th, 2025In: ConstructionNewsBy investing in this kind of international collaboration, Canada can address its domestic housing crisis while helping drive the modular housing industry. (Shutterstock) Canada is facing a worsening housing crisis. Home prices have exploded, with[...]
Read More about How Canada can turn tariff tensions into a global affordable housing allianceBC Construction Association Announces Launch of Construction Education Fund
Posted: May 9th, 2025In: ConstructionNewsAs the eighth annual Construction and Skilled Trades Month comes to a close, the BC Construction Association (BCCA) has announced the launch of the Past Chair Legacy Fund, a new initiative designed to support the[...]
Read More about BC Construction Association Announces Launch of Construction Education FundÉquipe Laurence designs a residential development entirely managed and executed by women
Posted: May 8th, 2025In: ConstructionNewsCinq4 project players Sophie Ouellet (forewoman), Joannie Paquette (general contractor), site supervisor Roxane Gaudreau-Parent from Équipe Laurence, promoter Anne-Philippe Lemaire and Érika Provost (site machine operator) are the only women to manage such a project[...]
Read More about Équipe Laurence designs a residential development entirely managed and executed by womenCapital Power focused on closing $3-billion U.S. power plant deal
Posted: May 6th, 2025In: ConstructionNewsElectricity producer Capital Power Corp. says its profit fell during the first quarter of 2025 as revenues and other income decreased. Hydro towers are seen in Montreal, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi[...]
Read More about Capital Power focused on closing $3-billion U.S. power plant dealWorkSafeBC urges fall protection for construction workers
Posted: May 1st, 2025In: ConstructionNewsA crane is used to move a garbage bin to the upper floors of a condo tower under construction in Vancouver on February 16, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck WorkSafeBC is urging builders to take[...]
Read More about WorkSafeBC urges fall protection for construction workersBleak Outlook for New Home Construction in Ontario and BC as Builder Confidence Remains Low: CHBA
Posted: Apr 29th, 2025In: ConstructionNewsSince dropping from the post-pandemic highs in 2021 and early 2022, the Canadian Home Builders’ Association (CHBA) 2025 Q1 Housing Market Index (HMI) is in its eleventh quarter of negative sentiment. CHBA’s single-family HMI is[...]
Read More about Bleak Outlook for New Home Construction in Ontario and BC as Builder Confidence Remains Low: CHBAOntario construction unemployment rate edges up: OCS
Posted: Apr 19th, 2025In: ConstructionNewsPhoto by Quang Nguyen Vinh from Pexels The annual Ontario Construction Secretariat (OCS) Contractor Survey has found that construction employment contracted -4.1 per cent year-over-year in March while the labour force fell at a slower rate[...]
Read More about Ontario construction unemployment rate edges up: OCSB.C. touts speed of major housing program to mark one-year anniversary
Posted: Apr 17th, 2025In: ConstructionNewsConstruction workers are seen outside a Concert Properties condo development under construction, in North Vancouver, B.C., on Thursday, July 25, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck British Columbia’s government celebrated the first anniversary of one of[...]
Read More about B.C. touts speed of major housing program to mark one-year anniversaryInnovative Design Partnership Launches More Sustainable Concrete Brick
Posted: Apr 2nd, 2025In: ConstructionNewsDUAL concrete brick prototype, Metric Norman format, Zurich colour. Photo credit: Virginie Gosselin An architecture firm, a builder, and a product manufacturer are joining forces to launch a range of products designed to accelerate the[...]
Read More about Innovative Design Partnership Launches More Sustainable Concrete BrickAffordability Has Worsened Due to Municipal Development Charges and Delays: CHBA
Posted: Apr 1st, 2025In: ConstructionNewsThe Canadian Homebuilders’ Association (CHBA) has released its 2024 Municipal Benchmarking Study that examines how local development processes, approvals, and charges impact housing affordability and housing supply in major housing markets across Canada. The study examines[...]
Read More about Affordability Has Worsened Due to Municipal Development Charges and Delays: CHBA