Building Envelope

May 20, 2013

Colleges conduct construction research in addition to teaching

Colleges in western Canada offer a great many courses where students can learn enough about the construction industry to enable them to go out and get a good job.

April 22, 2013

Resilient communities start with homes

The deeper one delves into the related concepts of resilience and sustainability of buildings and cities, the more apparent contradictions one finds.

April 10, 2013

$250 million Edmonton tower moves ahead

City of Edmonton councillors have approved a plan to designate a fire-damaged building as a historic resource, which will facilitate the construction of a new $250 million downtown office tower.

April 3, 2013

Canada to promote foreign trade zones

The Canadian government has committed to promote and reduce red tape for Canadian Foreign Trade Zones (FTZ) in this year's federal budget.

March 27, 2013

Falling debris deemed not to originate from Vancouver construction site

A construction site in Vancouver B.C. doesn't appear to be the source of debris that smashed an apartment window in the city's west end on March 20.

March 18, 2013

Grand Prairie welder dies in jobsite explosion

A welder was recently killed by a workplace explosion at an industrial park in Grande Prairie, Alberta, which is the second fatality due to an explosion in the province over the last few weeks.

March 13, 2013

Near the Fraser River

Northbank is the new residential development in New Westminster, B.C. The project will include a 21-storey tower, two-storey townhouses at grade and commercial retail space.

March 11, 2013

WorkSafeBC issues penalty report

Construction firms accounted for the largest share of penalties handed out by WorkSafeBC in 2012 for workplace safety violations.

February 27, 2013

Worker dies in residential site explosion

Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) officers in Alberta are investigating the cause of a gas explosion that killed one worker and critically injured two others at a residential construction site in Fort Saskatchewan.

February 25, 2013

Historic warehouse renovation features innovative use of concrete

A warehouse in Vancouver, B.C.'s Yaletown has been vacant for decades, but it's coming back to life thanks in part to a cast-in-place concrete addition to the original heavy timber structure.

December 5, 2009

Industry experts weigh merits of green roofs

Vancouver can be an odd place. In recent months, the municipality dug up part of city hall’s lawn for a vegetable garden.