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La page « Alberta Construction Projects » répertorie des projets de construction commerciale à proximité en Alberta.
Pour les professionnels de la construction en AB, cette source centralise des opportunités locales utiles pour identifier rapidement les chantiers commerciaux pertinents.
The City of Edmonton’s Urban Planning and Economy portal provides a public map search of issued building permits (records from Jan 1, 2009) with filters for permit type, location, zoning, units added, and work description, showing building type while omitting applicant information for privacy and focusing on building permits rather than development permits.
For AB construction professionals, this dataset is a practical way to monitor local permit activity, benchmark market conditions, and support project intake decisions with official, up-to-date permit data.
The source is a Journal Of Commerce page from Constructconnect showing AB pre-bid construction projects, including conceptual and planning work in pre-design, schematic design, design development, and construction documents stages.
Tracking these AB pre-bid listings helps local firms identify upcoming opportunities earlier in the project cycle and prepare for upcoming work more strategically.
The Inventory of Major Alberta Projects lists Alberta projects valued at $5 million or more that are recently completed, currently under construction, or expected to start construction within two years.
This gives AB construction professionals a single source for the province’s large-scale project pipeline, useful for identifying where short-term demand and coordination needs may be highest.
Alberta’s Major Construction Projects page summarizes long-term planning, design, and construction activity for the province’s highway network.
For AB construction professionals, it provides visibility into major public infrastructure work that may affect resource allocation, bidding strategy, and project scheduling in and around Alberta.
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In most AB jurisdictions, the lien filing deadline runs from last day on the project OR last delivery of materials, whichever is later — but several states use a project-wide cutoff (substantial completion) regardless of when your specific work ended. Counting the wrong start date is the leading cause of waived liens.
A blown lien deadline drops your collateral down to a personal-guaranty claim, which often means recovery cents on the dollar. The window is short — 60 to 120 days in most states.
A bid bond protects the owner if the bidder refuses to enter the contract; it pays the difference between the rejected bid and the next responsive bid. A performance bond covers contractor non-performance during the project. A payment bond protects unpaid subcontractors and suppliers. Each has different claimants and triggers.
Subs frequently file claims against the wrong bond and lose them on procedural grounds without ever reaching the merits. Knowing which bond covers your specific exposure is table stakes for collections.
Foundation failures rarely originate at the slab; they originate in soil bearing capacity, drainage, or expansive-clay behavior that was either uninvestigated or not honored in the design. A geotechnical report that is older than the building's design or that did not sample at the actual building footprint is a red flag.
Foundation remediation costs typically exceed the original foundation cost by 5-10x. Investing in current, footprint-specific geotechnical work is the cheapest insurance a project carries.
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