Billions needed to prepare buildings for climate change
Posted: Jul 27th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsALBERT GAZETTE Changing buildings to make them more weather resistant will save money and lives in the long run, says one expert. In the wake of another summer of extreme weather events, including another fire[...]
Read More about Billions needed to prepare buildings for climate changeCity steps to national forefront of embodied carbon reduction research
Posted: Jun 13th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsPhoto by Roy Gaiot, Canadian Architect magazine THE NELSON DAILY With the release of a new report the city has become one of the leading municipalities in the nation when it comes to addressing embodied[...]
Read More about City steps to national forefront of embodied carbon reduction researchU.S. moves to double tariffs on Canadian softwood lumber imports
Posted: May 25th, 2021In: ConstructionNewsCALGARY – A move by the U.S. Commerce Department to increase preliminary tariffs on softwood lumber imports from Canada, if finalized, will raise producer costs and cut into their profits but is unlikely to affect prices to[...]
Read More about U.S. moves to double tariffs on Canadian softwood lumber importsCanada has new ways to pressure Washington over softwood lumber duties: ambassador
Posted: Apr 9th, 2021In: ConstructionNewsVANCOUVER – Canadian officials have new leverage as they urge Washington to negotiate a solution to the long-standing dispute over U.S. duties on softwood lumber, Canada’s ambassador to the United States said Thursday. Kirsten Hillman[...]
Read More about Canada has new ways to pressure Washington over softwood lumber duties: ambassadorBenchmark lumber prices jump to a record US$1,000 despite slowdown in sales volumes
Posted: Feb 18th, 2021In: ConstructionNewsCALGARY – Homebuyers and renovators hoping for a mid-winter price slump are instead being greeted with new all-time record high prices for lumber and oriented strandboard (OSB) building panels. Western SPF (spruce, pine, fir) lumber prices rose to a[...]
Read More about Benchmark lumber prices jump to a record US$1,000 despite slowdown in sales volumes