Daily Commercial News
This week on the Construction Record Podcast, Journal of Commerce staff writer Russell Hixson and digital media editor Warren Frey take a look at a recent survey that ranked Vancouver as the most expensive city in аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û2023 for building expenses, as well as the 14th most expensive city at a global level.
Daily Commercial News and Journal of Commerce national managing editor Vince Versace also has a segment where he looks into changes at Infrastructure Ontario and reaction from the Ontario construction industry to those changes, particularly the Ontario General Contractors Association. Vince also speaks to an upcoming podcast award on the Construction Junkie site and our plan to nominate this very podcast! Stay tuned for more information on that in weeks to come.
Warren also has an interview with Skills аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û2023 director of programs Michelle Skelley about the Trade and Technology Conference for Women, held concurrently with the Skills аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û2023 competition in Abbotsford, B.C. The conference gives high-school aged women a chance to talk to mentors from a spectrum of skilled trades in an inclusive environment. We also have an interview with Matthew Claudel, the head of civic innovation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Design X office. Claudel spoke recently at Buildex Vancouver about the potential social pitfalls when applying digital innovation to the urban landscape.
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Women entering trades a Skills аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û2023 conference focus
Vancouver tops аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û2023 in Construction costs
