France’s Saint-Gobain announced a deal to acquire privately-owned Building Products of Canada Corp. on June 12 in a nearly $1 billion cash acquisition that solidifies the company’s dominance within the Canadian construction product manufacturing sector.
GMS Inc. provided an update on the continued execution of its strategic priorities, including platform expansion and Complementary Product growth, with its acquisition of Jawl Lumber Corporation, which provides service to the Vancouver Island market in Canada under the Home Lumber and Building Supplies brand name.
GMS Inc. announced that it has completed the acquisitions of Engler, Meier & Justus Inc. in Chicago and Blair Building Materials Inc. in Ontario, Canada. GMS also announced the recent openings of a new greenfield yard in Ontario and two new AMES store locations, which have all opened since the end of its last fiscal quarter.
CGC Inc., the Canadian division of USG Corp., announced plans to build a new, state-of-the-art wallboard manufacturing plant in Wheatland County, Alberta. This CAD $210 million investment reinforces CGC’s commitment to the Canadian market and will allow CGC to better serve its valued customers in Alberta and the West.
Richmond Fournier, Inc. of Sant-Adrien-D’Irland, Quebec, Canada, won the first-place award in the sustainable category in ATAS International’s 2021 project of the year competition. InSpire HP solar air heating wall panels in Select Blue .032 aluminum were installed on this project.
Durham College’s Centre for Collaborative Education holds the honor of being the first building on the Oshawa, Ontario, campus to achieve LEED certification through the Canada Green Building Council. Earning LEED Gold, the CFCE’s design and construction reflects the college’s commitment to sustainability, wellness and academic engagement.
Located in downtown Edmonton’s Arts and Entertainment District, north of City Hall, the new Royal Alberta Museum is the largest museum in western Canada. Greeting approximately 400,000 visitors annually, the RAM’s 419,000-square-foot building houses 2.5 million items in its collection, as featured in more than 82,000 square feet of exhibits on human and natural history.
Exemplifying sustainable design and leadership, the York Region Municipality’s new Administrative Centre Annex at 17150 Yonge Street in Newmarket, Ontario, recently earned LEED Gold certification by the Canada Green Building Council.
The Government of Quebec opened the new headquarters for the Commission for Standards, Equity in Health and Safety at Work (Commission des normes, de l'équité, de la santé et de la sécurité du travail) in the heart of the eco-district of D'Estimauville in Quebec City.
