Construction

The province has been saying it would remove its eight per cent portion of HST if the federal government dropped the five per cent goods and services tax on rental housing builds.

The annual pace of housing starts in the National Capital Region bounced back last month, rising 39...

The annual pace of housing starts in Ottawa-Gatineau fell 13 per cent in July after surging in...

Ottawa-Gatineau’s annual pace of housing starts soared in June, Canada’s housing agency says, part of a nationwide trend that saw the pace of starts post their largest month-over-month increase in a decade.

An Ottawa firm plans to build a new Holiday Inn near a growing cluster of industrial parks and fulfilment centres in the city’s southwest end.

The construction industry is short tens of thousands of workers, and experts say a coming wave of retirements could make the problem worse.

Nine in 10 Canadian construction companies say they are dealing with a shortage of skilled labour or trades and may need to consider alternatives, such as prefabrication and modularization or innovative new technology.

The Orléans company suddenly shuttered Feb. 3, leaving numerous clients, employees and contractors in the lurch.

Former employees at local firm Highbridge Construction are once again on the job search after the sudden shuttering of the business just over a week ago. 

A group representing construction companies across Canada says the hospital's agreement with a local trades union “shuts out” competing workers and businesses and will drive up the cost of the project.