The Canadian government has introduced a new approach to addressing the national housing crisis that has too many Canadians struggling to find an affordable place to call home. The government has launched a bold new approach to increasing housing supply: Build Canada Homes, a new federal agency that will build and finance affordable housing while improving the productivity of the homebuilding industry. The Housing Design Catalogue is an attempt by the government to streamline the building process through...

Canadian construction and infrastructure development company, Aecon, has partnered with Light House, a British Columbia-based nonprofit focused on green building research, on an innovative initiative to recycle plastic wastes and create a circular economy in the construction industry. The Construction Plastics Initiative (CPI) is taking place at the Holdom Overpass Project in Vancouver, where construction plastic waste is collected and sent to a plastics facility to be weighed, sorted, and then recycled into reusable pellets that are used by...

Anyone in the construction industry is aware of the negative impacts of delayed payments, particularly where small- and medium-sized businesses are concerned, and now, businesses in British Columbia’s construction sector will have greater peace of mind surrounding the certainty of payments thanks to new prompt payment legislation that ensures that contractors and subcontractors are paid fairly and on time. “This legislation is about fairness. Getting paid on time shouldn’t be a struggle,” said Niki Sharma, Attorney General. “When contractors...