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Cardus refutes OCS claims: Fewer bidders means higher prices

Publish date: Wed, 16 April 2025

The Ontario Construction Secretariat (OCS) is back at it—trying to defend its special, protected corner of Toronto’s municipal construction market from small competitors. Sadly, the OCS...

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Passivhaus criterion addresses multiple challenges for urban London school

Publish date: Wed, 16 April 2025

Her Highness Queen Camilla was on hand this past February to officially open The Mulberry Academy London Docks School in central London. Royal recognition was deemed appropriate to welcome the Year 7...

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The $1.8B frontier: SpaceX to build new Gigabay Florida Starship assembly facility

Publish date: Wed, 16 April 2025

SpaceX is investing $1.8 billion to build a new Starship assembly facility and launchpads along Florida’s Space Coast that will support the next phase of the company’s deep-space missions. ...

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Purpose-built rental tower projects heat up as Toronto condo market stays cool

Publish date: Wed, 16 April 2025

A 57-storey purpose-built rental (PBR) tower proposed in the heart of Toronto could be one of many rental highrises to come as the heated condo market cools but the urgent need for housing...

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GovPilot Named to 2025 GovTech 100 List Celebrated for Driving Government Innovation and Community Impact

Publish date: Wed, 16 April 2025

GovPilot named to the 2025 GovTech 100 for the 8th year, recognized for helping local governments deliver smarter, faster, community-first services. MANASQUAN, NJ, UNITED STATES,...

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‘We should be fine’: Impact of U.S. tariffs not a major worry for new Flames arena

Publish date: Wed, 16 April 2025

CALGARY, ALTA. — It’s three floors down and nowhere to go but up for the new $900-million arena for the NHL’s Calgary Flames, even with the ongoing tariff war with the United States. The...

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Gateway system pre-app meeting on the table says BSR head

Publish date: Wed, 16 April 2025

The head of the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) has said he “wouldn’t be averse” to pre-application engagement to ease gateway two delays. Amid uncertainty over the BSR’s gateway two...

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Manitoba bills on elections housing and more delayed until fall

Publish date: Wed, 16 April 2025

WINNIPEG — Some of the bills now before the Manitoba legislature will have to wait until the fall to be passed into law. The Opposition Progressive Conservatives have exercised their right under...

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Skanska seeks subcontractors for Lower Thames Crossing works

Publish date: Wed, 16 April 2025

This story was written with AI assistance from Harmsworth Who is Harmsworth? Skanska Construction UK has opened five separate tenders linked to enabling works for the Kent side of the £9bn Lower...

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Vistry picked to build 284 homes on GLA-owned hospital site after four-year search

Publish date: Wed, 16 April 2025

Housebuilder partnered with Hyde Group on 100% affordable scheme

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Regulator issues enforcement notice against small lease-based provider after warning of risks in sub-sector

Publish date: Wed, 16 April 2025

Last week, the RSH set out its concerns about financial management among lease-based providers of specialised supported housing

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Garden Hills to see significant street closures as construction continues

Publish date: Wed, 16 April 2025

… system that will beconstructedalong the Paula Drive … an approximately $16 millionconstructioncontract with Stark Excavating … 2.2 million, forconstruction engineeringservices on the same...

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Arcvelop Investor Group – On an upward arc

Publish date: Wed, 16 April 2025

Since we last caught up with Arcvelop Investor Group (AIG), the company has not only successfully completed the projects that were in development 12 months ago but has also commenced a pipeline of...

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Developer acquires four sites for £65m of affordable homes in the North East and Yorkshire

Publish date: Wed, 16 April 2025

Esh Construction’s clients are Together Housing, Karbon Homes and Housing 21

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Keyline achieves PAS 2080 accreditation

Publish date: Wed, 16 April 2025

Keyline Civils Specialist is the first civils merchant to achieve PAS 2080:2023 Carbon Management in Infrastructure and Built Environment with the British Standards Institution (BSI). The...

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The Crisis in Construction Apprenticeships: What Needs to Change

Publish date: Wed, 16 April 2025

The UK construction industry is facing a mounting crisis in apprenticeship recruitment and retention, with nearly half of all apprentices not completing their training. This growing challenge is...

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BEC and SPApresent seminar on “Getting Ready for the Carbon Market”

Publish date: Wed, 16 April 2025

[Hong Kong, 16 April 2025] － Business Environment Council Limited (“BEC”) and Sustainability Professionals Association (“SPA”), with the sponsorship support from Invest Hong Kong, today...

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NSW REZ to take shape with road upgrades

Image: New South Wales GovernmentThe roads that will transport oversized equipment for major renewable projects are set to be upgraded, with the first contract awarded under the New South Wales...

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Alliance picked for Queensland rail works

Image:孤飞的鹤/stock.adobe.comContractors have been announced for the Logan and Gold Coast Faster Rail project in Queensland. CIMIC Group’s CPB Contractors and UGL have secured the design and...

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Victorian Minister Colin Brooks to speak at Converge 2025

Hon. Colin Brooks MP, Victorian Minister for Industry and Advanced Manufacturing and Minister for Creative Industries. (Image: Victorian Government)Colin Brooks, Victorian Minister for Industry and...

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ActivUs Alliance awarded Logan and Gold Coast Faster Rail project

Artist’s impression: Beenleigh train station. (Image: Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads)The ActivUs Alliance, comprising CPB Contractors, UGL, ACCIONA, SMEC and WSP, has been...

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$165M Tiger Brennan Drive Overpass to open

Image courtesy of the Northern Territory Government.The $165 million Tiger Brennan Drive and Berrimah Road overpass in the Northern Territory will open later today (16 April). Over 20,000...

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What is PA insurance? A tradie’s guide

Image: Chalermphon/stock.adobe.comTradies love getting amongst on and off the worksite. Whether it’s putting the hard yakka on a new build or …The postWhat is PA insurance? A tradie’s...

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Amid the election promises what would actually help ‘fix’ the housing crisis? Here are 5 ideas

Publish date: Mon, 14 April 2025

Shutterstock Rachel Ong ViforJ, Curtin University; Andrew Beer, University of South Australia, and Emma Baker, University of Adelaide As the election campaign rolls on, housing has been,...

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Home Builders Present 75th Annual Awards

Publish date: Tue, 15 April 2025

The Home Builders Association of St. Louis & Eastern Missouri (HBA) announced the winners of its annual HBA Awards Program on April 10 at a ceremony at Bogey Hills Country Club in St. Charles. The...

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Family HVAC Launches Innovative Tech University Program to Cultivate Skilled HVAC Professionals

Publish date: Tue, 15 April 2025

BLUE BELL, PA, UNITED STATES, April 15, 2025 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Family HVAC, a leading provider of heating and air conditioning services in Blue Bell and the surrounding areas, is proud to...

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MCG councillors seek construction waste plants in each zone in Gurgaon

Publish date: Tue, 15 April 2025

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West Fargo Public Schools hires construction at-risk manager

Publish date: Tue, 15 April 2025

… Board to hire aconstruction managerat-risk. In late … firm as aconstruction managerat-risk. Aconstruction managerat-risk … , including pre-construction, design and...

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American Construction Firm Wins Contract for Reko Diq Development Project

Publish date: Tue, 15 April 2025

… the lead Engineering, Procurement, andConstruction Management(EPCM) partner. Fluor will collaborate … on the detailed design andconstructionof the project. Barrick President...

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CBC asks: Whats behind Canadas housing delivery crisis?

Publish date: Tue, 15 April 2025

The CBC recently unpacked the effect an absence of smart immigration policies and skilled laborers has had on the Canadian building economy. Canada’s points-based admission system is perhaps the...

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