SiteNews launches weekly news podcast for builders
Digging In is a short, concentrated esspresso shot of the week’s construction headlines.
Another podcast? We can hear the groaning already. But hear us out. Rather than hours and hours of longform interviewing, our team is focused on equipping builders with information and insights they need to succeed.
That’s why on our Digging In podcast channel we have introduced a weekly, shortform podcast that boils all the biggest industrial headlines down into roughly 10 minutes of insights builders need to know. SiteNews editor Russell Hixson, who has been covering Canada’s construction sector for more than a decade, is your host, giving you the context behind the headlines so you can show up on site up to speed.
“There are many longform industry podcast right now with invaluable information, but what if you just want to know what is going on in the construction world? Digging In fills that gap. Builders don’t always have time to sift through all the headlines and make sense of what is happening. But we do,” said Hixson.
New episodes drop every Monday. Subscribe to Digging In on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
This week we break down the lifting of reciprocal tariffs with the U.S., major contracts awarded for Volkswagen’s $7-billion EV battery plant in Ontario, and Ontario’s $75-million investment in training thousands of new tradespeople and urban planners. We also cover two massive business moves shaking up the industry—ITC’s acquisition of Farmer Construction and Lowe’s $8.8-billion deal for Foundation Building Materials.