Alberta Prompt Payment Adjudication: 2026 Data & Guide
Getting paid on time is one of the biggest risks in construction. In Alberta, the Prompt Payment and Construction Lien Act (PPCLA) created a fast, statutory way to resolve payment disputes without going to court: adjudication. Three years into the regime, the first detailed annual data shows that Alberta prompt payment adjudication is being used..
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Alberta Construction Talent Shortage 2026 Explained
Why Alberta Construction Firms Are Losing the War for Talent in 2026 Canada is losing skilled workers at the fastest pace in 74 years — and hiring has barely kept up. For companies wrestling with the Alberta construction talent shortage in 2026, the data tells a more complicated story than “there simply aren’t enough workers.”..
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CCDC 32 and the New Design-Build Suite: Three Clauses Owners Should Not Sign As-Is
In spring 2026 the Canadian Construction Documents Committee released four documents at once: revised versions of CCDC 14 and CCDC 15, and two entirely new forms — CCDC 32 for progressive design-build, and CCDC 33 for the consultant agreement that sits underneath it. It is the first change to the design-build suite since 2013. Thirteen..
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Alberta Construction Costs 2026: Where Tariffs Actually Hit
Supplies up 20%. Project costs up 4%. Same year, same market. Someone is absorbing the difference — and on most projects, it isn’t the client. Alberta construction costs rose across the board in 2026, but the headline numbers hide the part that actually matters to anyone pricing work: the increase did not spread evenly. It..
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Alberta Construction Market 2026: Why Growth Is Shifting, Not Slowing
If you only read the residential headlines, you might conclude that the Alberta construction market in 2026 is cooling. Housing starts are down from the record set in 2025, and both Calgary and Edmonton are building fewer homes than a year ago. But the data behind those headlines tells a more useful story. Construction activity..
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Alberta Industrial Heartland: The $80B Construction Opportunity
Alberta’s Industrial Heartland, northeast of Edmonton, is one of the largest concentrations of industrial capital in North America. Around $50 billion is already invested there, about $30 billion more is under construction, and the region is expected to reach roughly $80 billion in total investment by the early 2030s. Most of the coverage frames this..
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Meta’s $13 Billion Data Centre in Alberta: What It Signals for Construction
In July 2026 Meta confirmed its first Canadian data centre, in Sturgeon County north of Edmonton, with an investment of more than $13 billion, excluding computing equipment and the power plant. It is a major project by any standard: over 3,000 construction jobs at peak, about 300 permanent jobs and a campus that will draw..
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Alberta Construction Is Rotating: Where Demand Is Moving in 2026
If you only track Alberta’s residential slowdown, you are watching the wrong market. Housing starts in the province are falling from their 2025 record, but construction demand has not disappeared. It is moving. Capital, crews and civil capacity are shifting from housing toward power, industrial and institutional work: hospitals and schools, energy infrastructure, data centres..
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Construction Rework Costs: Why Coordination, Not Labour, Is the Real Bottleneck
On a $50 million project, a conservative rework rate of 5% means $2.5 million spent doing work twice. That is why I do not think labour is the only bottleneck in construction. Labour shortages are real, but even when crews are available, projects lose time and money when the information that guides them is incomplete,..
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Alberta Construction Procurement Is Shifting: Here’s What Wins
Procurement is changing how construction projects in Alberta and across Canada are delivered, and many developers and contractors are still organised for the old system. Traditional lowest-bid, fixed-scope procurement remains common, but on complex projects it keeps producing the same results: delays, change orders and disputes that consume the margin everyone fought to win. Owners..
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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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