Alberta Construction Costs 2026: The Costly Escalation Mistake
Alberta construction costs rose 4.12% in Calgary this year. In British Columbia, private sector costs fell 3 to 5%. Same country, same year, same tariffs. Canadian construction costs split in two directions in 2026, and the split runs almost exactly along the line separating markets with work from markets without it. Altus Group put it..
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Development Charges in Alberta: The $57,000 Calgary Gap
$93,000 in Calgary. $36,000 in Edmonton. Same province. Same building code. Same labour market. Three hundred kilometres apart. And that figure is not the cost of building the house — it is the municipal fee for permission to build it. The gap is $57,000 per unit. Development charges in Alberta differ that sharply between its..
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Construction Budget Overruns Start Before the Site
A budget doesn’t break in the field. It breaks in the three weeks before the field. When a budget blows up, everyone points at the site. The crew. The contractor. But the overrun gets reported on site. It was decided weeks earlier. Here’s where it actually breaks: → The estimate was generic, not built for..
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