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What’s contributing to rising reconstruction costs in Canada?
June 4, 2021 by Jason ContantSupply shortages and the skyrocketing price of lumber have combined with project delays and the continued effects of the pandemic to raise property reconstruction costs in Canada, according to the latest reconstruction cost update from Opta Information Intelligence. Opta’s recent…
Quebec announces new measures for flooding victims
September 12, 2017 The Canadian Press (CPSTF)MONTREAL – Quebec’s public security minister says new measures to assist flood victims who feel they’ve been abandoned by the province will help them cut through the bureaucracy. Martin Coiteux was in Montreal on Tuesday to announce personalized meeting days…
University of Toronto to offer “first in Canada” certificate in forensic engineering
January 4, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterThe University of Toronto (U of T) has announced that it will be offering a new certificate in forensic engineering, something the university calls a “first in Canada.” The U of T course is core to a new certificate in…
Italy prepares for reconstruction, starts post quake probe
September 2, 2016 Nicole Winfield - THE ASSOCIATED PRESSROME – Italy began looking to the future Wednesday a week after an earthquake flattened three towns, with Premier Matteo Renzi tapping a reconstruction czar to oversee the rebuilding and investigators acquiring the first documentation into the construction blamed for…
Impact of Fort Mac wildfire adds to Alberta’s economic challenges, increases deficit: province
August 24, 2016 by Angela StelmakowichCosts associated with the wildfire that ravaged parts of Alberta’s Wood Buffalo region this past May, coupled with the impact of ongoing low oil prices, has set the provincial government on a continuing cautious course to its finances. “In the…
More than 6.8 million U.S. homes with reconstruction value of US$1.5 trillion at risk from hurricane storm surge: CoreLogic
June 1, 2016 by Canadian UnderwriterMore than 6.8 million homes on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States are at potential risk of damage from hurricane storm surge inundation, with a total reconstruction cost value of more than US$1.5 trillion, CoreLogic said on…
Canada’s FirstOnSite Restoration to join forces with U.S.-based Interstate Restoration
April 22, 2016 by Canadian UnderwriterFirstOnSite Restoration G.P. Inc. (the general partner of FirstOnSite Restoration L.P.), Canada’s largest independent disaster restoration services provider, announced on Thursday that it has reached a definitive asset purchase agreement with U.S.-based Interstate Restoration LLC. Under the agreement, subject to…