Vancouver’s Hive building is the latest proof that mass timber construction is here to stay.

California became the first state to regulate embodied carbon in its building code. That’s changing the construction industry ...

Under the Ontario Human Rights Code, businesses must accommodate customers with disabilities, up to the point of undue ...

Worried about wildfires sending claims soaring this year, Canada's property and casualty insurers are pushing owners to flood- and fire-proof ​homes and urging the government to take climate issues ...

OTTAWA--Canadian building permits were down sharply in February as a slump in nonresidential-construction plans weighed heavily. The total value of building permits dropped 8.4% from the month before ...

Municipalities issued C$7.6 billion (US$5.7 billion) worth of building permits in October, up 8.7 percent from September, according to Statistics Canada. Higher construction intentions for commercial ...

Eric Fowler of Fresh Energy in Minnesota says stronger standards can lower bills and improve safety during outages.

There's nothing to say that you will get a better town if the developers can just do whatever they want to do,' says ...

Seismologists, structural engineers, and developers aren’t always on the same page when it comes to earthquake-resistant building codes, a world-renowned seismologist tells the Insurance Bureau of ...

TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / April 1, 2026 / As Canada confronts a housing crisis defined by density, affordability pressures, and rising mental health challenges, a growing movement within the ...