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Hong Kong officials want to expand oversight of building maintenance after deadly fire

HONG KONG — Hong Kong officials have proposed expanding oversight of building maintenance projects and stronger fire safety steps after a blaze in November killed…

adminJanuary 20, 2026

Commercial Construction

CMHC says housing starts totalled 259,028 in 2025, up 5.6 per cent from 2024

OTTAWA — Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says housing starts in 2025 rose 5.6 per cent compared with 2024, boosted by new rental housing construction.…

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Ontario provides 0M in water infrastructure funding for 127 municipalities

Commercial Construction

Ontario provides $700M in water infrastructure funding for 127 municipalities

ORILLIA, ONT. — The Ontario government has announced it is investing an additional $700 million to help 127 municipalities and First Nations communities upgrade and expand…

adminJanuary 20, 2026

Construction Professionals

Condition monitoring surveys to be compulsory for water companies

Image by Lisa Runnels from PixabayThe water white paper, published by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs sets out powers for a new…

adminJanuary 20, 2026

Construction Professionals

Mace Construct to rebrand

Mace Construct is getting a new nameSix months after announcing the sale of its consultancy business to US bank Goldman Sachs, Mace Group has revealed…

adminJanuary 20, 2026

Construction Professionals

Strabag acquires transmission specialist

Strabag has finalised the acquisition of various assets of Gunning Transmission & Distribution Services (GTDS) from Ethical Power Group.Strabag said that the integration of GTDS…

adminJanuary 20, 2026

Construction Professionals

MBO for Cardiff M&E consultant

DRAC co-founders Russell Williams (left) and Carl Bassett (centre), with new owner Lewis Doherty (right)A seven-figure equity investment from the Development Bank of Wales has…

adminJanuary 20, 2026

Construction Professionals

Balfour Beatty picks solicitor to run regional civils

Kay SladeAs of February 2026, Kay Slade will take over from Mark Arrandale, who has been serving as interim managing director of UK Regional Civils…

adminJanuary 20, 2026

Construction Professionals

New MD for Caddick Civil Engineering

Group MD Paul Dodsworth (left) with new civils MD Paul Ellenor (right)Paul Ellenor has joined Caddick Civil Engineering from Tilbury Douglas Construction, where he worked…

adminJanuary 20, 2026