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Furniture maker and retailer Loctek is in the process of building its own container ship.

The furniture company, known for its ergonomic designs, is paying Huanghai Shipbuilding $32.6 million to build a new container ship, TradeWinds first reported. Loctek revealed the purchase in a regu

WHEN this couple moved in together they needed a home that would fit all of their kids.

Eventually, they found the perfect home but still didn't have enough space for the three kids to each have a private bedroom, so decided to add in not one but two container homes in the back gard

Just by looking at it, you'd never know that the new six-unit affordable housing project at Lucy's Place in Barrie is made of shipping containers.

"It's very exciting to see this brand new building coming up with this innovative form of modular housing," said John Connell

Architect Emilio Alvarez Abouchard has completed the ‘FM Warehouse’ in Morelia,  Mexico , as a naturally-lit  industrial facility  with bright orange coating. The structure sits adjacent to an existing steel foundry meant to grow in space, and can be accessed from th

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The parody musical of the '90s television show Friends recently had a successful run at Edinburgh Fringe.

Parody musical Friendsical has announced the guest stars who will make cameos in the show during its U.K. tour, which kicked off in Southampton September 5. The production, which rec

Click here to see Canada’s most comprehensive listing of projects in conceptual and planning stages

Click here to see Canada’s most comprehensive listing of projects in conceptual and planning stages

Chris Gower, COO, buildings at PCL Construction, sums up the current c

Get promoted to GCs and organize all your project leads and bid invites in one place

Get promoted to GCs and organize all your project leads and bid invites in one place

There are several reasons for highlighting upcoming large projects. Such jobs have often received a fair amount

In August 1992, community organizer Harold Lucas Jr. peered down a dilapidated street on the South Side of Chicago and tried to envision it in all of its past glory. The distressed neighborhood had once been the soil for a renaissance that blossomed like flowers pushing up through cracks in co