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US Construction Spending: September 2015
National Association of Home Builders analysis of Census construction spending data showed Wednesday that total US private residential construction spending for September increased, rising to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of US$395 billion. On a month-over-month basis, private single-family spending was US$222 billion, up by 1.3 per cent over the revised August estimate. Private multifamily…
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North America Infrastructure Building
A $70 million commercial wharf being billed as a gateway for goods and products in and out of northern BC, the Yukon, and northern Alberta was officially opened September 17, according to the Terrace Standard. Located in Stewart, the Stewart World Port offers shippers a day and a half closer shipping time to and from…
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Canada Investment in Residential Construction
Spending on new Canadian housing construction was $4.2 billion in July, up 0.5 per cent from the same month a year earlier. according to Statistics Canada Tuesday. Nationally, the gain came from higher investment in apartment and apartment-condominium building construction, which increased 17.5 per cent to $1.4 billion and also, to a less- er extent,…
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Canada New Housing Construction Investment: May 2015
Spending on new housing construction totalled $3.9 billion in May, up 2.0 per cent from the same month a year earlier, according to Statistics Canada Tuesday. The increase at the national level came mostly from higher investment in apartment and apartment-condominium building construction, up 12.8 per cent to $1.3 billion. Higher spending on row house…
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Canada Investment in Housing Construction: April 2015
Investment in Canadian new housing construction rose 2.3 per cent to $3.9 billion in April compared with the same month in 2014, according to Statistics Canada Monday. Higher investment in apartment and condominium building construction was responsible for most of the national advance, rising 7.9 per cent to $1.3 billion. Single-family dwellings were the lone…
