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Investment in building construction, April 2019
Posted on Monday, June 24, 2019 11:25 AM
From Statistics Canada
As of 2019-06-21
Total investment in building construction increased 2.6% in April to $14.8 billion. Investment in the residential sector (+3.6%...
Smart buildings are getting smarter, but can building managers keep up?
Posted on Monday, June 24, 2019 11:17 AM
From The Western Star
With trillions of dollars in commercial real estate assets, building and facility managers are searching for innovative ways to maintain structures in a state...
Hemp houses could be greener, fire-resistant and built like Lego
Posted on Monday, June 24, 2019 11:14 AM
From CBC
All in all, Terry Radford's new product — with apologies to Pink Floyd — looks to be anything but another brick in a wall.
That's because the president of Just BioFiber,...
Canada’s job vacancies rate sets new record: 435,000 jobs go unfilled in Q1 2019
Posted on Monday, June 24, 2019 10:59 AM
From CFIB
Canada’s private sector job vacancy rate advanced again in the first quarter of the year, reaching 3.3 per cent, up 0.1 percentage point from the previous quarter, according...
Toronto councillors vote to maintain city’s ‘construction employer’ status
Posted on Monday, June 24, 2019 10:54 AM
Councillor Ana Bailao (Ward 9 Davenport) said she supported the motion to maintain Toronto’s status as a “construction employer” because the savings of doing otherwise...