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..
Read more- 17 views
- 0 Comment
Development Charges by City: The Full Canadian Ranking
About $1,600 at one end. About $134,400 at the other. Those are municipal charges on a single high-rise unit, across the 23 municipalities the Canadian Home Builders’ Association benchmarked with Altus Group. Development charges by city is not a marginal line in a Canadian pro forma. It is frequently the largest single variable in it,..
Read more- 38 views
- 1 Comment
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..
Read more- 45 views
- 1 Comment
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%) →..
Read more- 90 views
- 0 Comment
Eros Belotti 01.
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.
Leave a Reply