Brian Palmquist, director of Builders Without Borders, was at The Buildings Show in Toronto recently to discuss lessons learned when rebuilding communities around the globe with one example being concrete testing. Partnering with the British Columbia Institute of Technology, a handheld tool was created to measure the strength of concrete,... read more →

Designed in-house by their award-winning R&D team in Breda, the Netherlands, the new Transition Piece Carrier has been developed as a more cost-effective alternative of transporting the TPs rather than using cranes to handle them READ HERE

The doors of one of Canada’s most iconic music venues swung shut early this summer as construction crews got to work on a two-year revitalization project. As the new Ontario government reiterated a $30 million funding pledge originally made by the previous government Dec. 10, work at Massey Hall in... read more →

Halifax-based engineer has looked to the sea for an energy-efficient solution to heating and cooling a 500,000-square-foot mixed-use complex under construction on the city’s waterfront READ HERE

The system is attached to the main boom on the side facing the load. A rope is secured at the top of the boom head and tensioned using a rope winch below in the pivot section. A cable pulley with two connections to the outsides of the rotor blade yoke... read more →

The battle to ensure fair construction contracts that meet the needs of both owners and contractors in Ontario is neverending, two panellists offering overviews of the tendering process told delegates attending a workshop at the recent Buildings Show in Toronto READ HERE

More mineralization keeps turning up for Wesdome Gold Mines during its expansion of the Eagle River Mine in northeastern Ontario. The Wawa-area gold miner is extending drifts into a new area of mineralization, known as the 7 Zone, and exploration drilling underground is showing this zone has some legs the... read more →