Alberta Building Code 2025: What Part 10 Means for Retrofits
Maintenance is exempt. Replacement isn’t. That distinction sits inside the 2025 National Building Code, and it is the single most consequential provision the Alberta building code is likely to inherit once the province completes its review. If it is adopted as drafted, it will change how retrofit work in this province is scoped, priced and..
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Alberta Construction Market 2026: -21% Rotation Explained
Alberta’s Construction Market Is Rotating, Not Slowing: What the 2026 Data Actually Says Minus 21% residential. Plus 6% non-residential. Same province, same decade, opposite directions. Both numbers are real, both come from credible sources, and almost every conversation about the Alberta construction market 2026 quotes only the first one. That omission is expensive, because the..
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Alberta Housing Accelerator Fund: 70,000 Homes Approved
The Alberta Housing Accelerator Fund story is usually told in two headlines — one for Calgary, one for Edmonton. That framing misses the point. In under two years, the federal Housing Accelerator Fund (HAF) helped fast-track close to 30,000 residential building permits — roughly 70,000 homes — across Alberta’s largest cities, and the ripple reached..
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Alberta Non-Residential Construction: The 2026 Shift to Watch
Alberta non-residential construction is quietly becoming the most important story in the province’s building sector — and it’s the one most people are still missing. While headlines fixate on housing, the data shows the money changing lanes: residential investment is set to peak in 2026, while non-residential activity keeps climbing through 2035. For any company weighing..
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Alberta Housing Infrastructure: Why $510M in Pipes Matters More Than Permit Reform
Alberta housing infrastructure just received the clearest signal in years about where the province will actually be able to build. On July 29, 2026, Canada and Alberta signed a new infrastructure agreement worth up to $510 million in federal funding, with the province contributing as much as $428 million on top of it, over eight..
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The Alberta Construction Market in 2026: Housing Is Down, But the Industry Is Booming
The Alberta construction market 2026 story that most headlines are telling is simple: things are slowing down. Housing starts are falling, buyers are cautious, and the residential engine that powered the province for years is cooling. That story is true — and it is also pointing you at the wrong market. Because while houses slow, another side..
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European Construction Is Growing Again. That’s Bad News for Alberta.
The European construction forecast 2026 points to something the market has waited two years for: growth. Investment across Europe is set to rise by 2.7% in real terms, after contracting 2.5% in 2024 and a further 2.1% in 2025. For European contractors, that’s relief. For developers and project managers building in Alberta, it’s a countdown..
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Alberta Construction Labour Shortage: 48,800 Workers Needed by 2035
Alberta’s construction market is sending two signals that look contradictory. Housing starts are down 5% year-over-year. Non-residential activity is forecast to climb through 2035. Both are true — and the Alberta construction labour shortage is what connects them. The forecast from BuildForce Canada is blunt: the province needs to add 48,800 construction workers by 2035, while 43,700..
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Alberta Housing Starts Fell 21% in 2026. Here’s Why That’s Not the Whole Story
The Alberta housing starts 2026 data tells two opposite stories at once. Starts fell 21% in the first half of the year — the sharpest drop of any province in Canada. At the same time, the province has 44,509 homes under construction, an all-time high. Both figures come from the same CMHC report. Here is..
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A Canadian EB-5: How to End the Recession Without Spending a Dollar
Canada has a supply problem it is not going to spend its way out of — and the fix may be a Canadian EB-5: an investor-immigration program that puts private capital to work building the homes the country can’t finance on its own. Here is the case, and the blueprint. The math is brutal and..
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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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