Alberta Broke Every Construction Record in 2025. Records Are Not a Strategy
2025 was the biggest year for housing construction in Alberta’s history. The province recorded 54,858 housing starts, beating the previous record set in 2006, and both Calgary and Edmonton posted record annual totals. Yet by early 2026 the conversation had changed: resale activity slowed, inventory rose in the condo segment and forecasters expected starts to..
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Design Freeze in Construction: The One-Page Agreement That Protects Your Budget
In construction, the most expensive sentence is “we can decide that later.” Flooring, layouts, window sizes, kitchen configurations: when these choices stay open after work begins, every one of them becomes a potential change order. A design freeze is the simplest tool I know to stop that from happening. This article explains what a design..
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Construction Handover Documentation: What Owners Should Receive
Three months after handover, the owner calls. “Where is the updated floor plan?” “Who installed the HVAC system?” “What are the warranty terms on the structural work?” If nobody can answer quickly, the project has a documentation problem, and that problem costs real money long after the contractor has left. Handover documentation is often treated..
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Calgary Housing Market 2026: Record Supply Meets Slower Sales
In 2025 Alberta set a new housing starts record. A few months later, Calgary’s resale market was sending a very different signal: fewer sales, more inventory and falling prices in the segments that builders had been adding fastest. Both things are true at the same time, and anyone planning a residential project in Alberta needs..
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Why Construction Projects Go Over Budget Before They Start
Most construction budgets are lost before anyone arrives on site. When a project runs over, the usual explanation points at the job: unexpected ground conditions, slow trades, material price increases. Those things happen. But in my experience across renovation, new build and fit-out projects, the overrun is usually decided weeks or months earlier, in the..
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Eros belotti
Construction project manager with over 20 years of experience in Europe and the Canary Islands. Specialized in modular housing, container construction, real estate development and international project management. Founder of Reforma Vivienda Tenerife and Donkey Lab.
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