The days of the one-size-fits-all bonding facility in Canada are over. Smaller contractors now have choices when it comes to bonding.

Implementing effective injury management and return to work initiatives can benefit both workers and employers in the construction industry.

Canada's Bill C-45 established new legal duties that apply to workplace health and safety; but too few organizations are aware of its potential impact.

The common chorus is that B.C. is going to need more than 50,000 new skilled workers over the coming decade.

Building contractors on Vancouver Island are raising concerns about the practice of bundling construction projects.

Six helpful steps employers can follow when developing an injury management plan.

Six key risk factors that construction site workers should consider and the steps necessary for augmenting the chances of success.

Preventing disease is a unique challenge for today’s businesses because unlike regular jobsite hazards, workers don't know if they’ve breathed in harmful toxins until they get sick years later.

The City of Vancouver is rethinking demolition and taking a new approach to managing demolition ‘waste.'

Touted as a time and cost-saving measure, design-build project delivery has taken the North American construction industry by storm.

The popularity of design-build is found in its advantages. One of those is the potential for design innovation. Owners can benefit from creativity generated ...

Mission 2030 sets a target to eliminate construction, renovation and demolition waste from landfill over the next 18 years.

An employer may mean to provide its employees with fair employment contracts but when disputes arise, parties often disagree on the rights they ...

The Canada BIM Council (CanBIM) recently held a regional session in Vancouver. The presentations consistently emphasized one fundamental aspect of building information modeling (BIM): collaboration.

When launching a significant change initiative, one of the biggest mistakes management makes is to view it as an event that happens at a single point in time. Accepting and then embracing change is a process, not an event.

The issue of a pending skilled workers’ shortage is probably the single biggest challenge facing the B.C. construction industry.

participatory and collaborative methods bring people together and involve dynamic, multidirectional communication (leadership to employees, employees to leadership and employee to employee).