Entries by CANS

CCDC-30: The new integrated project delivery contract takes design and construction collaboration and risk sharing to a new level

The Canadian Construction Documents Committee (CCDC) has introduced a new standard form contract for Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) – reflecting the current trend towards projects where design and construction are collaborative, with shared risk and opportunities for profit if things go right, and penalties and risk-limiting controls if they go wrong. Read more

Canadian industries warn tariff battle will raise costs, hit supply chains

“This trade war could cause significant delays with projects, escalating costs, all leading to high risk and lower productivity for the industry, and depriving these communities of their necessary infrastructure improvements,” CCA president Mary Van Buren said in an interview. Read more (Globe and Mail subscribed content)

After a tunnel construction triumph in Japan, all eyes are on CIM (not BIM)

What’s CIM? For the unfamiliar, Construction Information Modeling/Management is a localized term used in Japan’s construction industry in place of BIM (Building Information Modeling). The Mikusa Tunnel project on Japan’s Kinki Highway Kisei Line was the first of many projects to use it for the entire building process. The Obayashi Corporation comprehensively used 3D models […]

Report recommends targeting infrastructure dollars on bottlenecks

The report is a follow-up to Grinding to a Halt, Evaluating Canada’s Worst Bottlenecks, released in 2017, which showed Canada’s worst bottlenecks increase commute times by as much as 50 per cent and cost hundreds of millions of dollars in wasted time and productivity as well as burn an extra 287 million litres of fuel […]

The future of trades is looking more female than ever

The role of women in the workforce has changed significantly in the last several decades, but while it’s now commonplace to work alongside female doctors and lawyers, one field still lags: the trades. But there are many skilled women out there working to change that. Read more

Respectful workplaces blog: Building a foundation of respect

A major study in the United States that surveyed a large sample of private-sector organizations found that allocating resources to “responsibility structures,” for example, diversity (respectful and inclusive workplace) plans, committees, and staff positions, is associated with significantly higher representation of people with different genders, backgrounds, and circumstances in management. Read more