Alberta Construction Adjudication: 50 Cases, a Staggering Gap
Alberta construction adjudication — the province’s statutory fast track for payment disputes — was used 50 times between April 2025 and March 2026. The United Kingdom, running a near-identical model, recorded 2,264 referrals in its last reported year. That gap opened in a year when Alberta was the only province in Canada where business insolvencies..
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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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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 Market: Why -5% Hides CA$13B
Alberta Construction Market: Why -5% Hides CA$13 Billion The Alberta construction market is sending two signals at the same time, and most people are only reading one of them. In March 2026, CMHC reported 46,064 annualized housing starts across the province — down 5% year over year. In July, Meta broke ground northeast of Edmonton..
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Alberta Construction Labour Shortage: Who Will Build the Pipeline?
When Meta confirmed its $13 billion data centre near Edmonton in July 2026, the headlines focused on investment. Few asked who is going to build it. That one project needs more than 3,000 construction workers at peak. It will compete for the same electricians, pipefitters, ironworkers and equipment operators as hospitals, schools, energy projects and..
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Estadio de Gran Canaria Renovation: Why Technical Specifications Decide Major Tenders
The renovation of the Estadio de Gran Canaria, home of UD Las Palmas and one of Spain’s candidate venues for the 2030 FIFA World Cup, has become a case study in how large public construction contracts succeed or stall. In less than six months the project went from a €174.7 million tender with no bidders,..
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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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