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June 24, 2009

British Columbia Supreme Court rules market recovery funds were collected improperly

British Columbia’s open shop construction association and an electrical workers union can’t agree on what a B.C. Supreme Court ruling on market recovery dues really means.

June 15, 2009

British Columbia Supreme Court finds Labour Relations Board decisions biased

The British Columbia Supreme Court has overturned a BC Labour Relations Board decision because of bias.

June 8, 2009

Alberta announces $8.1 billion energy plan

Billions of dollars worth of electricity transmission projects may soon start construction in Alberta.

May 27, 2009

CSA national electrical standards an aid to newly developed safety code

In January, the Canadian Standards Association released CSA-Z462, a voluntary best practices guideline that represents the country’s first national workplace electrical safety standard.

May 25, 2009

Merit Contractors takes aim at union Stabilization funds

Canadian taxpayers are being hosed by big unions who use their monopolies to unfairly subsidize union contractors in bidding against open shops and keep costs unnecessarily high on public projects, says the Merit Contractors Association.

May 6, 2009

CBC/Radio Canada Broadcast Centre carries on during rebuild

After almost three years of construction and renos, the makeover of the 246,000-square-foot CBC/Radio Canada Broadcast Centre in downtown Vancouver is nearly completed.

May 6, 2009

Toxic drywall problem affects homeowners across the United States

Toxic drywall was initially thought to be contained to a few houses in Miami, but an investigation by a U.S. advocacy group has revealed the problem is affecting homeowners across the country.

April 29, 2009

The elusive tale of toxic drywall from China

There is no evidence to support claims that toxic drywall imported from China has made its way to Vancouver, according to some B.C. construction industry experts.

April 29, 2009

Contractors, builders take issue with U.S. union subsidies

A coalition of U.S. contractors and builders claims American unions have spent more than US$1 billion subsidizing union employers unfairly bidding against non-union shops and artificially inflating wages on public-sector jobs.

April 6, 2009

New Canadian Standards Association CSA-Z462 addresses electrical safety requirements

A new 148-page document has many stakeholders confident that greater safety practices can be achieved in the workplace.

March 16, 2009

New construction behind aggressive expansion in Ontario and Western Canada

A&W Food Services of Canada, headquartered in Vancouver, is planning an aggressive 2009 expansion in Ontario and Western Canada despite the economic downturn.

March 16, 2009

British Columbia revising national electrical safety code before adopting it

Revisions to Canada’s electrical safety code are expected to reach B.C.’s provincial government soon.

March 16, 2009

Vancouver building suspended after financing falls through

Downtown Vancouver has become home to one of the more unusual construction sites in the country. Since November 2007, one of the city’s heritage buildings has been suspended six storeys in the air.

March 16, 2009

Alberta capital’s green tower aims for the sky

Downtown Edmonton’s first new office tower in more than two decades is aiming for LEED Silver certification.

March 16, 2009

Lifelong learning is just a part of the job

Sometime back in the 1970s the expression “life-long learning” was invented. Most of us likely thought it applied only to professors who inhabit universities.

March 16, 2009

City of Abbotsford, B.C. bundles projects to get them done

The City of Abbotsford is bringing on stream nearly $100 million in three new community facilities on time and budget – and getting much more facility than it ever imagined.

March 16, 2009

Ottawa's Carlton University agrees to supplementary conditions

Ottawa’s Carleton University has agreed to use CCDC2 2008 in conjunction with an agreed-upon set of supplementary conditions after discussions with the Ontario General Contractors Association (OGCA) and the General Contractors Association of Ottawa.

March 16, 2009

Merger possible for British Columbia construction safety associations

The B.C. construction industry is unusual because it has two, rather than one safety association. That may change within the next 18 to 24 months.

March 16, 2009

Trades can get in on public-private partnerships

The fundamental purpose of a P3 is to download the risk of the project from the government to the team contracted to build and operate it. Beyond that, though, the general contractor will then download a considerable part of the risk to the major trade contractors.