Resource Archives - constructconnect.com Canada's construction news Wed, 30 Apr 2025 13:26:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.3 https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2021/10/cropped-favicon-32x32-1-32x32.png Resource Archives - constructconnect.com 32 32 Crop construction: Hemp a viable insulation material says B.C. developer /joc/news/resource/2025/04/crop-construction-hemp-a-viable-insulation-material-says-b-c-developer /joc/news/resource/2025/04/crop-construction-hemp-a-viable-insulation-material-says-b-c-developer#respond Wed, 30 Apr 2025 11:05:07 +0000 /?p=456389 Hemp is one of the most useful crops in the world. The leaves, flowers and seeds of the plant are used extensively in the food and cosmetic industries. But developer Wilden Group has found another use. The company used hemp to insulate a five-bedroom, 3.5-bathroom, net-zero-ready home in a master-planned community near Kelowna. “Building with […]

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]]> /joc/news/resource/2025/04/crop-construction-hemp-a-viable-insulation-material-says-b-c-developer/feed 0 Specialists highlight new innovations during carbon concrete symposium /dcn/news/resource/2025/04/specialists-highlight-new-innovations-during-carbon-concrete-symposium /dcn/news/resource/2025/04/specialists-highlight-new-innovations-during-carbon-concrete-symposium#respond Wed, 30 Apr 2025 08:00:19 +0000 /?p=456411 At a recent educational conference in Toronto, contractors, manufacturers, consultants and other concrete sector representatives highlighted their sustainability initiatives, products and technologies. “At Dufferin Concrete, sustainability is embedded in our operations,” said product specialist Derek Lapierre, one of the speakers at the Lower Carbon Concrete Symposium. Some of the key pillars of Dufferin’s sustainability mission […]

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]]> /dcn/news/resource/2025/04/specialists-highlight-new-innovations-during-carbon-concrete-symposium/feed 0 First Nation files an emergency injunction over raising B.C. gold mine’s tailings dam /joc/news/resource/2025/04/nation-files-an-emergency-injunction-filed-over-raising-b-c-gold-mines-tailings-dam /joc/news/resource/2025/04/nation-files-an-emergency-injunction-filed-over-raising-b-c-gold-mines-tailings-dam#respond Tue, 29 Apr 2025 11:10:56 +0000 /?p=455837 VANCOUVER—A B.C. First Nation that is going to court to try to stop a mining company from raising its tailings dam is now applying for an emergency injunction to put the construction on hold. The Xatsull nation announced earlier this month that it had filed a legal challenge over the plan to allow the Mount […]

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]]> /joc/news/resource/2025/04/nation-files-an-emergency-injunction-filed-over-raising-b-c-gold-mines-tailings-dam/feed 0 Mass timber innovation continues as sector expands /dcn/news/resource/2025/04/mass-timber-innovation-continues-as-sector-expands /dcn/news/resource/2025/04/mass-timber-innovation-continues-as-sector-expands#respond Mon, 28 Apr 2025 08:00:09 +0000 /?p=455025 Two construction science specialists from EllisDon say Canada’s homegrown mass timber construction sector is creating its own momentum, with the cost gap between the product and traditional materials continuing to decrease and innovators learning new best practices with every successful project. As of Jan. 1, Ontario’s Building Code has been updated to allow construction of […]

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]]> /dcn/news/resource/2025/04/mass-timber-innovation-continues-as-sector-expands/feed 0 B.C. invests $11 million on value-added lumber manufacturing amid U.S. uncertainty /joc/news/resource/2025/04/b-c-invests-11-million-on-value-added-lumber-manufacturing-amid-u-s-uncertainty /joc/news/resource/2025/04/b-c-invests-11-million-on-value-added-lumber-manufacturing-amid-u-s-uncertainty#respond Fri, 25 Apr 2025 11:05:24 +0000 /?p=454313 VICTORIA — The British Columbia government is investing up to $11 million toward four projects in the province aimed at boosting the local mass-timber manufacturing sector. Jobs and Economic Development Minister Diana Gibson says in a statement that the funding comes at a time when government investment is needed to strengthen “homegrown B.C. companies” in […]

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]]> /joc/news/resource/2025/04/b-c-invests-11-million-on-value-added-lumber-manufacturing-amid-u-s-uncertainty/feed 0 U.S. trade policies cast shadow of uncertainty over Canadian forestry industry /dcn/news/resource/2025/04/u-s-trade-policies-cast-shadow-of-uncertainty-over-canadian-forestry-industry /dcn/news/resource/2025/04/u-s-trade-policies-cast-shadow-of-uncertainty-over-canadian-forestry-industry#respond Thu, 24 Apr 2025 10:25:26 +0000 /?p=453830 OTTAWA — U.S. President Donald Trump’s shifting trade policies are creating uncertainty for the Canadian forestry industry. Sean McLaren, president and chief executive of West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd., says the potential inflationary effects of tariffs could weigh on future demand.  McLaren made the comments during a conference call with financial analysts to discuss the […]

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]]> /dcn/news/resource/2025/04/u-s-trade-policies-cast-shadow-of-uncertainty-over-canadian-forestry-industry/feed 0 Most Ontario utilities don’t study climate risk to electrical grid: survey /dcn/news/resource/2025/04/most-ontario-utilities-dont-study-climate-risk-to-electrical-grid-survey /dcn/news/resource/2025/04/most-ontario-utilities-dont-study-climate-risk-to-electrical-grid-survey#respond Wed, 23 Apr 2025 10:05:48 +0000 /?p=453426 TORONTO — The majority of Ontario’s electricity utilities don’t study how climate change could threaten parts of the power grid, a survey found as the province eyes changes that would require them to assess their vulnerability to extreme weather and build it into their infrastructure plans.  A survey prepared for the Ontario Energy Board, the […]

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]]> /dcn/news/resource/2025/04/most-ontario-utilities-dont-study-climate-risk-to-electrical-grid-survey/feed 0 Canada has the critical minerals Donald Trump wants. So what should we do with them? /dcn/news/resource/2025/04/canada-has-the-critical-minerals-donald-trump-wants-so-what-should-we-do-with-them /dcn/news/resource/2025/04/canada-has-the-critical-minerals-donald-trump-wants-so-what-should-we-do-with-them#respond Tue, 22 Apr 2025 10:20:04 +0000 /?p=453036 OTTAWA — An ongoing trade war and U.S. President Donald Trump’s hunger for critical minerals have brought Canada’s rich mineral deposits into the spotlight, with federal and provincial politicians promising to accelerate natural resource projects. Interest in the country’s critical minerals surged after Trump started musing about annexing Canada, experts say, and grew as the […]

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]]> /dcn/news/resource/2025/04/canada-has-the-critical-minerals-donald-trump-wants-so-what-should-we-do-with-them/feed 0 Neskantaga First Nation asks governments to respond to state of emergency after flood /dcn/news/resource/2025/04/neskantaga-first-nation-asks-governments-to-respond-to-state-of-emergency-after-flood /dcn/news/resource/2025/04/neskantaga-first-nation-asks-governments-to-respond-to-state-of-emergency-after-flood#respond Tue, 22 Apr 2025 10:05:16 +0000 /?p=453014 NESKANTAGA FIRST NATION, ONT. — A First Nation in northern Ontario that has been under a boil-water advisory for over 30 years is calling on all levels of government to respond to a state of emergency in the area, days after announcing it would evacuate community members hundreds of kilometres south to Thunder Bay. Chief […]

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]]> /dcn/news/resource/2025/04/neskantaga-first-nation-asks-governments-to-respond-to-state-of-emergency-after-flood/feed 0 Lafarge Canada gets provincial go-ahead to use trailers equipped with specific steering axles in Alberta /joc/news/technology/2025/04/lafarge-canada-gets-provincial-go-ahead-to-use-trailers-equipped-with-specific-steering-axles-in-alberta /joc/news/technology/2025/04/lafarge-canada-gets-provincial-go-ahead-to-use-trailers-equipped-with-specific-steering-axles-in-alberta#respond Mon, 21 Apr 2025 09:16:11 +0000 /?p=451667 EDMONTON – Lafarge Canada has announced it has received provincial approval to operate trailers equipped with hydraulically forced steering axles for concrete delivery in Alberta. The development follows a successful multi-year pilot in Calgary and Edmonton and marks an update to Alberta’s Traffic Safety Act. “This approval showcases how innovative technologies can revolutionize logistics and […]

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]]> /joc/news/technology/2025/04/lafarge-canada-gets-provincial-go-ahead-to-use-trailers-equipped-with-specific-steering-axles-in-alberta/feed 0 Ontario to table legislation that will speed up mine development /dcn/news/resource/2025/04/ontario-to-table-legislation-that-will-speed-up-mine-development /dcn/news/resource/2025/04/ontario-to-table-legislation-that-will-speed-up-mine-development#respond Thu, 17 Apr 2025 15:44:35 +0000 /?p=451942 TORONTO — Ontario is set to table legislation that it says will speed up the development of mines. Officials also say the new bill will do away with several environmental assessments, including one of a proposed mine in the province’s Ring of Fire region and another of a proposed landfill in southwestern Ontario. Premier Doug […]

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]]> /dcn/news/resource/2025/04/ontario-to-table-legislation-that-will-speed-up-mine-development/feed 0 U.S. Army engineers decide to fast-track Great Lakes tunnel permits under Trump energy /dcn/news/projects/2025/04/u-s-army-engineers-decide-to-fast-track-great-lakes-tunnel-permits-under-trump-energy /dcn/news/projects/2025/04/u-s-army-engineers-decide-to-fast-track-great-lakes-tunnel-permits-under-trump-energy#respond Thu, 17 Apr 2025 09:53:35 +0000 /?p=451654 WISCONSIN – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has decided to fast-track permits for building a protective tunnel around an aging Enbridge oil pipeline that runs beneath a channel connecting two Great Lakes, stoking environmentalists’ fears the project will escape scrutiny, damage the sensitive region and perpetuate fossil fuel use. The move comes after President […]

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