The Dotted Line: How construction firms can manage the ‘necessary evil’ of change orders
/in front, news/by CANSConstruction projects, like anything else in life, are subject to change. Design blunders, unanticipated revisions to building codes, an owner-driven switch in material selection — all of these events can lead to changes that add a few dollars or create a significant addition to a project’s scope and cost. Read more.
Building Permits, May 2016
/in front, news/by CANSThe value of building permits issued in Nova Scotia increased by 77.3per cent in April, reversing from the 44.2 per cent gain decline in May. Both residential (54.5 per cent) and non-residential (149.9 per cent) permit values increased. Compared with May 2015, NS building permits are up 26.0 per cent, with increases in both residential […]
27 developments that are changing Halifax’s cityscape
/in front, news/by CANSHalifax’s building boom has a way of getting in your face, whether you actively avoid the sidewalk closures, or not. Cranes are towering, drills be drillin’, and neighbourhoods are being modified and developed. Whether it’s all the result ofdensifying urban plans or an artificially-propped up real estate market remains to be seen. In any event, […]
Cartoons Keep Order at Japanese Construction Sites
/in front, news/by CANSThe construction site outside the train station in one of Tokyo’s central night life and shopping districts had the typical workers in hard hats and fluorescent vests. And, not so typical, two pink-and-white Hello Kitty figures hanging off the barriers that keep pedestrians from stumbling into a hole in the road. Such figures, along with […]