British Columbia’s construction industry is entering into dire straits, according to statistics reported in the Fall 2022 BC Construction Association (BCCA) Industry Stat Pack, further supported by findings from a recently published economic and...
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A new project, worth $293 million, at Douglas College in New Westminster, British Columbia, is looking to achieve BC Energy Step Code 4, the highest step in housing and residential construction targeting net zero...
University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC)’s civil engineering assistant professor, Dr. Ramla Qureshi, and her team will be given a grant of $132,000 over a period of five years from the Discovery Grants (DG)...
B.C. real estate developer, Adera Development, specializing in wood frame and mass timber construction, released plans for building two multi-storey residences using its proprietary cross-laminated timber (CLT) panel technology, which reduces sound transmission between...
The Fenestration Association of British Columbia (FenBC) has become a Canadian region of the Fenestration and Glazing Industry Alliance (FGIA) as of Sept 1, 2022, which will help both organizations gain better access to...
The Government of Canada’s Apprenticeship Service has granted more than $21M to the BC Construction Association (BCCA), in hopes of solving the province’s skilled trades worker shortage by incentivizing construction sector’s SME employers attract...
B.C.’s recent $250,000 funding to British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) will support the development of additional programming to equip tradespeople with in-demand skills for better uptake of mass timber in construction.
AECOM will provide engineering services for the construction of a new filtration facility at the Mission Hill Water Treatment Plant (MHWTP) in Vernon, British Columbia, which will lead to the plant’s enhanced operations, the...
The Town of Princeton, British Columbia, has secured federal funding to add visitor-focused enhancements to increase tourism to its community spaces in downtown core.
In a bid to reduce construction time, traffic, and carbon impact, Kelowna International Airport (YLW) will rely on prefabricated mass-timber panels for its nearly 8,000-m2 (86,000 sf) expansion.
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