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Engineering the green building revolution

Engineering the green building revolution

Is local industry up to the task of meeting the city’s ambitious green goals?
Major new outlet mall planned near YVR

Major new outlet mall planned near YVR

340,000-square-foot development built by Europe's McArthurGlen would feature luxury shopping at discount prices

Liquor warehousing privatization plan could spark East Van real estate boom

East Broadway BCLDB site redevelopment expected to anchor office and other commercial expansion
Exclusive: Stains on BC Place roof could cost $10m to fix

Exclusive: Stains on BC Place roof could cost $10m to fix

Grease leaking from BC Place’s new roof support cables has stained the fabric roof and could cost $10 million to fix, a B.C. Supreme Court judge heard on March 6.

Tweets of engineering

Social media may not be an obvious fit for the industry, but firms must consider its integration
Streamline organizational behaviour

Streamline organizational behaviour

Four Vancouver-area engineers reveal a few of their secrets for staying on top of their multiple projects
B.C. residential sales market to slow in 2012

B.C. residential sales market to slow in 2012

According to the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA), B.C.’s housing market is set to cool in 2012 and 2013 after a hot 2011. In 2011, sales activity was up 2.8%, with 76,721 units being sold.
Sears to close Pacific Centre store

Sears to close Pacific Centre store

Sears Canada Inc. (TSX: SCC) announced this morning that it will close its Pacific Centre location, along with its Calgary Chinook Centre and Ottawa Rideau Centre stores.
Government to spend $116.4m renovating 13 Downtown Eastside hotels

Government to spend $116.4m renovating 13 Downtown Eastside hotels

The federal and provincial governments are partnering with the private sector to renovate 13 provincially owned single-room-occupancy (SRO) hotels in the Downtown Eastside over the next 15 years. Ottawa will provide $29.
Contractors exposing workers to asbestos fined

Contractors exposing workers to asbestos fined

Fifteen per cent of the penalties imposed against B.C. companies for work-related health and safety violations were related to exposing workers to asbestos, according WorkSafeBC ’s 2011 annual report.