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Conference rooms have long served as critical locations for teams and clients to collaborate, communicate, and create. While the function of these rooms has mostly remained the same over time, meeting areas meant for today’s workforce look very different from those designed even just a few years ago. Hybrid work environments are the new normal,…

As building designs become more complicated, construction engineers play a critical role in the construction process, ensuring the physical structure is built with safety and durability in mind without compromising on the architectural vision and cost implications to the contractor. In fact, according to Evan Cambridge, Project Engineer, Construction & Specialty Engineering with RJC Engineers,…

The Office to Advance Women Apprentices (OAWA) Alberta is celebrating the grand opening of its office in Edmonton on International Women’s Day. Carpenters’ Regional Council (CRC) received $2.354 million from the Government of Canada under the Canadian Apprenticeship Strategy Women in Skilled Trades Initiative for the Alberta OAWA project. OAWA Alberta offers ongoing support to tradeswomen seeking work or…

    The Progressive Contractors Association of Canada (PCA), a national association whose member companies employ thousands of Alberta construction workers, applauds the Government of Alberta’s 2024 budget, with its key focus on fiscal responsibility and investments in skills training and infrastructure to support the province’s growing population. “It’s refreshing to see this government’s commitment…

Women make up around 21 per cent of the FM workforce according to an IFMA survey. An IWFM survey gives a more charitable estimate for the UK sector, with a 34/66 percentage split of women to men. Regardless of the exact numbers, it is agreed that the sector is male dominated. In areas like electrical…

New research from The Young Foundation, conducted on behalf of 12 professional membership and regulatory bodies, reveals that while equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) initiatives are increasingly commonplace, there is growing scepticism among professionals that these are ‘box-ticking’ exercises. The report, Beyond Buzzwords, cautions that unless change is urgently prioritised, recent progress risks unravelling. The…