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Feb 15, 2018

On this episode of the Construction Record podcast, managing editor Vince Versace and daily editor Lindsey Cole look into the takeover of AECON by a Chinese group, which is currently under a security review by the Canadian government. Lindsey also tackles the changes at the federal level regarding environmental assessments and federal energy regulation.

Daily Commercial News staff writer Don Wall has an interview with Darryl Reid, the vice president of public affairs for the Progressive Contractors Association of Canada about the recent moves regarding environmental assessment and regulation

Digital media editor Warren Frey has an interview with CanBIM president Thomas J. Strong from the organization’s recent Vancouver conference about the growing use of Building Information Modeling in the construction industry for complex projects such as Site C and sustainable urban planning, and Vince rounds out the podcast with a look Buildforce Canada’s upcoming construction forecast.