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The Construction Record Podcast – Episode 345: The “What is Normal Anymore” economic webcast
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On this episode of The Construction Record Podcast™, digital media editor Warren Frey compiles highlights from the recent Construction Economy Outlook Spring 2024 titled “What is Normal Anymore?” and held online on May 9. The webinar, presented by ConstructConnect, the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) and the American Institute of Ar…
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The Construction Record Podcast™ – Episode 344: Interviews from VICA’s annual conference
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On this episode of The Construction Record Podcast™, digital media editor Warren Frey has two interviews from the Vancouver Island Construction Association’s (VICA) annual conference held recently in Victoria, B.C. The first interview is with MNP Consulting Services partner Susan Mowbray who gave attendees a look at the current economic situation o…
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The Construction Record Podcast™ – Special: Federal Budget Reactions
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On this special episode of The Construction Record Podcast™, digital media editor Warren Frey speaks with both Residential Construction Council of Ontario (RESCON) president Richard Lyall and British Columbia Construction Association (BCCA) president Chris Atchison about the recent federal budget and its effects on construction and housing. Lyall s…
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The Construction Record Podcast – Episode 343: Interviews from COFI 2024
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On this episode of The Construction Record Podcast™, digital media editor Warren Frey has two interviews from the BC Council of Forest Industries (COFI) 2024 annual conference in Vancouver. The first interview is with Don Iveson, the former mayor of Edmonton and current executive advisor on climate investing and community resilience for Co-Operator…
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The Construction Record Podcast™ - Episode 342 – Stantec’s Jag Singh on small modular reactors
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On this episode of The Construction Record Podcast™, digital media editor Warren Frey speaks with Stantec nuclear lead and engineering manager Jag Singh about small modular reactor (SMR) technology and its potential uses in western Canada. Singh explained SMRs are smaller, more flexible and modularized plant which consume much less water than conve…
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The Construction Record Podcast™ – Episode 341: Nashville contractor Brandon Mason on building and community
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On this episode of The Construction Record Podcast™, digital media editor Warren Frey speaks with Nashville-based Brandon Mason, the president of BCMason Group about his work as a contractor on both community-based and large-scale projects in the city. Mason said he grew up around construction and after work across North America with other firms he…
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The Construction Record Podcast™ – Episode 340: Economic diversification with Alex Carrick and Michael Guckes
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On this episode of The Construction Record Podcast™, digital media editor Warren Frey speaks with ConstructConnect chief economist Alex Carrick and senior economist Michael Guckes about how general contractors and others in the construction industry can diversify their work portfolios in terms of geography, new vs. renovation projects, strategic wo…
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The Construction Record Podcast™ – Episode 339: A new blueprint for housing with Tsering Yangki
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On this episode of The Construction Record Podcast™, digital media editor Warren Frey speaks with Dream Unlimited executive vice-president Tsering Yangki about a new report from the Task Force for Housing and Climate titled “Blueprint for More and Better Housing.” Yangki went into detail about the reports recommendations for doubling the amount of …
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The Construction Record Podcast – Episode 338: VRCA and CCW’s LEAP conference
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On this episode of the Construction Record Podcast, digital media editor Warren Frey has three interviews from the LEAP conference, a collaboration between the Vancouver Regional Construction Association and Canadian Construction Women. The one-day conference held March 8 in Vancouver brought together women in the construction industry with thought…
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The Construction Record Podcast™ - Episode 337: Dr. Victoria Lanteigne on embedded equity in built forms
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On this episode of The Construction Record Podcast™, digital media editor Warren Frey speaks with Dr. Victoria Lanteigne, a research principal at Steven Winter Associates Inc. in New York City about improving the built environment through equity, accessibility and inclusive design. Lanteigne explained that embedded equity is an emerging approach to…
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The Construction Record Podcast™ – Episode 336: 2024 Tech and Construction Trends with Kris Lengieza
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On this episode of The Construction Record Podcast™, digital media editor Warren Frey speaks with Procore Technologies global technology evangelist Kris Lengieza about what new technology and innovation is headed for the construction industry in 2024. Kris explained how while artificial intelligence (AI) gained traction in 2023 in the construction …
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The Construction Record Podcast™ - Special: Black History Month with Bass Installation’s Natasha Callender-Wilson and Stephen Callender
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The Construction Record Podcast™ - Special: Black History Month with Bass Installation’s Natasha Callender-Wilson and Stephen Callender On this episode of The Construction Record Podcast™, digital media editor Warren Frey speaks with Natasha Callender-Wilson and Stephen Callender of Bass Installation about their experiences as Black business owners…
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The Construction Record Podcast™ – Episode 335: Holistic Forest Management with Justin Perry
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On this episode of The Construction Record Podcast, digital media editor Warren Frey speaks with British Columbia Institute of Technology instructor Justin Perry about a new holistic approach to wildfire management. Perry recently spoke at TedX Abbotsford with a talk titled “Holistic Wildfire Management: Seeing Fire Through Multiple Lenses” (embedd…
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The Construction Record Podcast™ – Episode 334: Economic risks in 2024 with Alex Carrick and Michael Guckes Part Two
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On this episode of The Construction Record Podcast™, digital media editor Warren Frey speaks with ConstructConnect chief economist Alex Carrick and senior economist Michael Guckes in part two of a two-part series looking at current challenges in the financial markets affecting not only construction but the wider economy as well as the unpredictable…
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The Construction Record Podcast™ – Episode 333: Economic risks in 2024 with Alex Carrick and Michael Guckes Part One
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On this episode of The Construction Record Podcast™, digital media editor Warren Frey speaks with ConstructConnect chief economist Alex Carrick and senior economist Michael Guckes in part one of a two-part series looking at the geopolitical situation across the globe and how it affects the construction industry and the pressing need for labour at a…
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The Construction Record Podcast™ – Episode 332: CIRP executive director Vicky Waldron
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On this episode of The Construction Record Podcast™, digital media editor Warren Frey speaks with BC Construction Industry Rehabilitation Plan (CIRP) executive director Vicky Waldron about its Opioid-Free Pain Clinic pilot program which approaches pain management after workplace injury without drug prescriptions. Waldron spoke to the importance of …
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The Construction Record Podcast™ – World of Concrete Part Two: Women in Construction, 3D printing and architecture
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On this episode of The Construction Record Podcast™ from the World of Concrete in Las Vegas, digital media editor Warren Frey speaks with both speaker and entrepreneur Rhonda Sargent Chambers and architect and designer Kaneshka Salehi. Chambers, who grew up in a construction family that ran a concrete staining business, spoke at a session titled Wo…
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The Construction Record Podcast™ - World of Concrete Part One: Robotics and Construction
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On this episode of The Construction Record Podcast™, digital media editor Warren Frey looks at the role of robotics in construction with DPR Construction robotics lead Henning Roedel and Rogers-O’Brien Construction chief innovation officer Todd Wynne from the World of Concrete conference in Las Vegas. Wynne and Roedel spoke to the many ways the con…
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The Construction Record Podcast™ - World of Concrete preview with Kevin Archibald
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On this episode of The Construction Record Podcast™, digital media editor Warren Frey speaks with World of Concrete senior show manager Kevin Archibald about the history of the conference, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year in Las Vegas, as well as the many features of this year’s event. Archibald said in 1974 the original conferen…
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The Construction Record Podcast™ - Episode 331: “Building Toronto’s Skyline” author Nick Ainis
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On this episode of The Construction Record Podcast™, digital media editor Warren Frey speaks with author Nick Ainis about his book, “Building Toronto’s Skyline,” about the history and progress of development of apartment buildings and condominiums in Canada’s largest city. Ainis broke down how Toronto developed multi-dwelling housing from boarding …
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The Construction Record Podcast – Episode 330: CAW Architects principals Mousam Adcock and Monique Wood
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On this episode of the Construction Record Podcast, digital media editor Warren Frey speaks with CAW Architects principals Mousam Adcock and Monique Wood about the Palo Alto architecture firm’s accomplishments in the institutional and educational sectors and the firm’s shift to becoming a women-led organization. Adcock said one of the reasons the f…
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The Construction Record Podcast – Special Episode – Bentall IV 43rd anniversary memorial
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On this special episode of The Construction Record Podcast, digital media editor Warren Frey speaks to British Columbia construction and safety stakeholders about a rising number of work-related deaths as they observe the 43rd anniversary of the tragic accident at the Bentall IV building in Vancouver that claimed four lives on Jan 7., 1981. BC Buil…
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The Construction Record Podcast™ - Episode 329: Renew’s John Tenpenny on the year’s top infrastructure projects
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On this episode of The Construction Record Podcast, digital media editor Warren Frey discusses Renew Canada’s 2024 list of Canada’s top infrastructure projects with Renew editor John Tenpenny. As with previous years, health infrastructure projects made a strong showing due to pandemic-era spending increases to deal with the current health crisis an…
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The Construction Record Podcast™ - Episode 328: Coroner’s inquest changes with Threads of Life’s CK DesGrosseilliers
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On this episode of The Construction Record Podcast, digital media editor Warren Frey speaks with CK DesGrosseilliers, a spokesperson for the Threads of Life victims group, about recent changes by the Ontario government regarding mandatory inquests after construction-related deaths. DesGrosseilliers has a personal stake in the issue, as her brother …
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The Five Pods of Xmas – news media director Vince Versace
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On this episode of the Five Pods of Xmas, ConstructConnect news media director Vince Versace talks about the most interesting construction stories of the past year and talks with digital media editor Warren Frey about future plans for The Construction Record™ Podcast. Vince said artificial intelligence (AI) has rapidly grown into a functional and u…
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The Five Pods of Xmas – News editor Lindsey Cole
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On this episode of the Five Pods of Xmas, news editor Lindsey Cole looks at some of the most important stories of 2023 and predicts what lies ahead for the industry in the coming year. Lindsey pointed to the housing crisis in Ontario as a major story, as well as the Greenbelt scandal as Doug Ford’s government backpedaled on development of a large a…
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The Five Pods of Xmas – Daily Commercial News staff writer Angela Gismondi
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On this episode of the Five Pods of Xmas, we hear from Daily Commercial News staff writer Angela Gismondi as she reflects on some of the most important stories she covered throughout the year and looks at what’s in store in 2024. Housing was of course top of mind and one of her key areas of coverage both in Ontario and on the national landscape. Sh…
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The Five Pods of Xmas – staff writer Don Wall
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The Five Pods of Xmas – staff writer Don Wall On this episode of the Five Pods of Xmas, Daily Commercial News staff writer Don Wall reflects on important stories from 2023 including changes in Ontario to the inquest process. Don recently wrote a story about Ontario changing its approach to inquests in order to clear a backlog of cases leading to su…
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The Five Pods of Xmas – Journal of Commerce staff writer Sarah Rowland
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The Five Pods of Xmas – Journal of Commerce staff writer Sarah Rowland On the first of our Five Pods of Xmas, Journal of Commerce staff writer Sarah Rowland reflects on her new position reporting on Western Canadian construction and lets us know what she’s looking forward to covering in 2024. Amongst Sarah’s favorite topics is the changing Vancouve…
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The Construction Record Podcast™ – Episode 327: 2023 economic year in review with Alex Carrick and Michael Guckes
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On this episode of The Construction Record Podcast™, digital media editor Warren Frey looks back at 2023 and forward to 2024 through an economic lens with ConstructConnect chief economist Alex Carrick and senior economist Michael Guckes. Chief amongst the big construction stories of 2023, Carrick said, is the increased number of megaprojects underw…
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The Construction Record Podcast™ – Episode 326 – AI and Construction with Arash Shahi and Doug Dockery
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On this episode of The Construction Record Podcast™, we have highlights from a recent Buildings Show fireside chat style panel about artificial intelligence (AI) moderated by ConstructConnect director of news media Vince Versace, featuring LandLogic CEO Arash Shahi and Doug Dockery, ConstructConnect’s chief technology officer. The trio discussed th…
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The Construction Record Podcast™ – Episode 325: Extreme weather and building resilience
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On this episode of the Construction Record Podcast™, digital media editor Warren Frey speaks with Weather Network meteorologist Mark Robinson and Western University’s Dr. Greg Kopp about the increasing dangers of extreme weather and how construction can create resilient building techniques to withstand climate change. Robinson detailed the disaster…
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The Construction Record Podcast™ – Episode 324: RESCON president Richard Lyall on the Fall Economic Statement
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On this episode of The Construction Record Podcast™, digital media editor Warren Frey speaks with Residential Construction Council of Ontario president Richard Lyall about the federal government’s Fall Economic Statement, introduced by deputy prime minister and finance minister Chrystia Freeland on Nov 21. Lyall reflected on the parts of the statem…
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The Construction Record Podcast – Episode 323: The Ireland-Canada Construction Network with Dara Calleary
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On this episode of The Construction Record Podcast, Daily Commercial News staff writer Angela Gismondi speaks with Dara Calleary, Ireland’s minister of state for trade promotion, digital and company regulation, about the launch of the Ireland-Canada Construction Network, an initiative to share products, skills, and innovations between the two natio…
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Construction Record Podcast™ – Episode 322: European Heavy Equipment downturn and leadership leveraging crises
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On this episode of The Construction Record Podcast, digital media editor Warren Frey speaks with both Interact Analysis senior research director Alastair Hayfield about the downturn in the European heavy equipment market and what that indicates more broadly as well as an interview with Jacob Bros. president and CEO Scott Jacob about leadership in t…
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The Construction Record Podcast™ – Episode 321: CCPPP’s annual P3 conference
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On this episode of the Construction Record Podcast™, we have interviews from the Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships (CCPPP) 2023 annual P3 conference in downtown Toronto about the present and future of the public-private partnership (P3) procurement model. Digital media editor Warren Frey spoke with CCPP president Lisa Mitchell about …
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The Construction Record Podcast™ - Episode 320: ConstructConnect’s Construction Economy Outlook webcast
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On this episode of The Construction Record Podcast™, we have highlights from ConstructConnect’s Fall 2023 Construction Economy Outlook podcast, featuring ConstructConnect chief economist Alex Carrick and senior economist Michael Guckes, American Institute of Architects chief economist Kermit Baker, Associated General Contractors of America chief ec…
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The Construction Record Podcast™ - Episode 319: All Nations United president Mary French
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On this episode of The Construction Record Podcast™, digital media editor Warren Frey speaks with All Nations United president Mary French about the current opportunities and future potential of Indigenous collaboration with the construction industry on major projects. French recently took part in the “From Reconciliation to Building Together — A D…
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The Construction Record Podcast™ – Episode 318: ICBA Innovation Summit interviews
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On this episode of The Construction Record Podcast™, digital media editor has two interviews from the recent Independent Contractors and Businesses Association of B.C. Innovation summit. The first interview is with Brad Burnett, the executive vice-president of ITC Construction Group and was on a panel titled “The Future of Construction is Pre-Const…
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The Construction Record Podcast™ – Episode 317: 2023 Halloween Special
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It’s that time of year again as digital media editor Warren Frey and correspondent Peter Kenter delve into the spooky and ghoulish side of construction with a look at their favorite structures that may or may not be host to unexplained apparitions and forces beyond life and death. Peter interviewed Haunted Walks director Jim Dean for an upcoming st…
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The Construction Record Podcast™ – Episode 316: Hiring and retaining youth for construction careers
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On this episode of The Construction Record Podcast™, digital media editor Warren Frey speaks with Dr. Jon Callegher about attracting young people to the construction industry and then retaining them once they enter the field. Callegher, the executive director of the Job Talks research and media agency, spoke at the recent British Columbia Construct…
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The Construction Record Podcast™ – Episode 315: New staff writer Sarah Rowland and WorkSafeBC’s Trudi Rondou
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On this episode of The Construction Record Podcast™, digital media editor Warren Frey speaks with Sarah Rowland, the Journal of Commerce’s new staff writer, about her background in journalism including stints at the Georgia Straight in Vancouver and the Montreal Mirror, her time in communications and her hopes for her new role as she brings you new…
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The Construction Record Podcast – Episode 314: BCCSA’s Health and Safety Conference
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On this episode of The Construction Record Podcast™, we have interviews from the British Columbia Construction Safety Alliance’s 2023 Health and Safety Conference, including BCCSA president Mike McKenna and safety expert Michael Fears. McKenna gave an overview of both conference content and the importance of being able to network with one’s peers a…
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The Construction Record Podcast – Episode 313: The 2023 VRCA Awards of Excellence
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On this episode of The Construction Record Podcast™, digital media editor Warren Frey speaks with Vancouver Regional Construction Association president Jeannine Martin about the 2023 Awards of Excellence, held Oct. 17 at the Vancouver Convention Centre West. Martin discussed the many projects involved in the awards, including impressive retail like…
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The Construction Record Podcast: Episode 312: The ICBA Construction Innovation Summit with Chris Gardner
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On this episode of The Construction Record Podcast™, digital media editor Warren Frey speaks with Independent Contractors and Businesses Association (ICBA) president Chris Gardner about the organization’s upcoming Construction Innovation Summit. Gardner went into detail about how technology and innovation can help construction address an ongoing an…
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The Construction Record – Episode 311: Economic Update with Michael Guckes
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On this episode of The Construction Record Podcast, digital media editor Warren Frey speaks with ConstructConnect senior economist Michael Guckes about his work with a new Project Stress Index tool, the current federal deadlock and its effect on the wider economy and the somewhat muddled state of office to residential conversions. Guckes gave a ful…
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The Construction Record Podcast – Episode 310 – Building Transformations president Thomas Strong
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On this episode of The Construction Record Podcast™, digital media editor Warren Frey speaks with Thomas Strong, the president and CEO of Building Transformations, about the organization’s upcoming industry summit focused on sustainability and ESG, as well as the challenges of getting to net-zero and the opportunities digital technology offers to r…
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The Construction Record Podcast – Episode 309: BCIT SoCE dean Dr. Guido Wimmers
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On this episode of The Construction Record Podcast™, digital media editor Warren Frey speaks with Dr. Guido Wimmers, the new dean of the British Columbia Institute of Technology’s School of Construction and the Environment. Wimmers talks about his initial impressions as he takes on his new role and his previous work both at the University of Northe…
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The Construction Record Podcast™ – Episode 308: Prompt payment with Dan Leduc
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On this episode of The Construction Record Podcast™, digital media editor Warren Frey speaks with Soloway Wright LLP partner Dan Leduc about prompt payment in Ontario and elsewhere in Canada. Leduc said prompt payment is not working the way it should, largely because of contractors not being proactive in pursuing payment. He attributed some of the …
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The Construction Record Podcast – Episode 307: Ball Construction’s century of building
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On this episode of The Construction Record Podcast, Daily Commercial News staff writer Angela Gismondi speaks with Jason Ball, the president of Ball Construction, to mark the 100th anniversary of the Kitchener, Ont. based firm. Ball reflected on recent 100th anniversary celebrations including speeches from some veterans of the company’s earlier day…
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