A semi-annual index of tower cranes in use across 14 key North American cities shows more than one in four cranes is being used in Toronto.

The $1.7 billion worth of permits recorded last year represent an increase of 68 percent over 2018’s total.

The board calls the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic "the worst economic downturn" the country has seen in decades.

Statistics Canada’s Labour Force Survey for March shows huge job losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Construction employment, however, was largely unchanged.

Effective April 16, 2020, all procedural time periods and limitation periods under the Construction Act will be restored. This has two major implications for the industry: (i) lien periods are back; and (ii) owners can once again release holdbacks safely.