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’d assume the Alberta construction market in 2026 is cooling off. The numbers behind those headlines tell a more useful story — one about direction and mix, not decline. Housing starts came in at 46,064 annualized in March 2026, down 5% year-over-year. Edmonton dropped 8% and Calgary 4%…
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Alberta Industrial Heartland: A $50B Build Opportunity
Dow just committed $10B in Alberta. Who do you think is going to build it? Alberta’s Industrial Heartland concentrates: → $50B in capital investment → 40+ operating companies → 30,000 direct and indirect jobs → Canada’s only Designated Industrial Zone And the pipeline is still filling. Dow’s $10B CAD Path2Zero net-zero project is backed by..
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Meta’s $13 Billion Data Centre in Alberta: What It Signals for Construction
Alberta just approved a $13 billion data centre. That’s not even the headline. The real number is 19.5 gigawatts. Last week Meta confirmed its first Canadian data centre in Sturgeon County, north of Edmonton. $13B+. Over 3,000 workers at peak construction. Big project. But one project. Here’s the part most people missed: Alberta’s grid operator..
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Construction Budget Overruns: 3 Decisions Made Before Breaking Ground
Alberta residential permits are down 15%. Institutional permits are up 440%. Read that again. If you only track the residential slowdown, you’re watching the wrong market. Here’s what the 2026 numbers actually say about where construction demand in Alberta is moving: → Residential permit values: -15% province-wide (Red Deer -50%, Edmonton -19%, Calgary -11%) →..
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Alberta Construction Project Management: The Real Bottleneck Is Coordination
$50 million. 5% rework. $2.5 million lost. That is why I do not think the real bottleneck in construction is labour. It is coordination. Alberta has more than $180 billion in proposed construction, and the province is still facing a shortage of about 59,000 workers over the next decade. On paper, that sounds like the main problem. In reality,..
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Alberta Construction Procurement Is Shifting — Here’s What Wins
Three procurement shifts are changing how Alberta projects get delivered — and most firms are structured for none of them. Most developers and contractors treat procurement reform as a threat. Something to survive, or wait out until the old system fixes itself. But here’s what’s actually happening on the ground: → Traditional lowest-bid, fixed-scope procurement..
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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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Alberta P3 Infrastructure Financing: What European Developers Need to Know
Alberta is deploying $8.3 billion in infrastructure over 3 years. The financing model just changed. Most developers haven’t noticed yet. The story changed. The conversation didn’t. Here’s what the June 23rd announcement actually shows: → Alberta is no longer betting on traditional public funding → They’re building a mixed financing structure — redistributing risk across..
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Eros belotti
Construction project manager with over 15 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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