{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"ICBA Coffee & Construction","title":"ICBA C&C #8: Frozen interest rate and (finally) some dirt moves","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/b01dcf54\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":420,"description":"\nInterest rates: frozen. Terminal 2: finally has a builder. And Beedie's moving dirt in Surrey.\r\n\r\nEpisode 8 of ICBA Coffee & Construction — the news that matters to the people who build British Columbia and Alberta, with ICBA's Jordan Bateman. On today's show:\r\n\r\n☕ The Bank of Canada holds its key rate at 2.25% — what the freeze means for your operating line and equipment loans\r\n🏗️ THE BIG ONE: The Port of Vancouver picks TerraMarine — Aecon, FlatironDragados, Van Oord and Carlson — to build the Roberts Bank Terminal 2 landmass and wharf. A decade of paperwork, and now the biggest port build in the country is real\r\n🛢️ Pipeline week: Smith and Ford unveil the 3,300-km Northern Shield route from Hardisty to Sarnia — and Thursday, Calgary hears the next steps on the West Coast oil pipeline, with Mark Carney reportedly in the room\r\n🚧 Beedie breaks ground on 60 acres and a million square feet of industrial space in Surrey\r\n📉 A sentence we never thought we'd say: B.C.'s population is shrinking. ICBA Chief Economist Jock Finlayson and Ken Peacock on what that means for everyone who builds\r\n\r\n📊 Get the ICBA Economics briefing — the most helpful email you'll get all week: https://icba.ca/economics\r\n\r\nRead more on today's stories:\r\nTerminal 2 contractor: https://canada.constructconnect.com/joc/news/infrastructure/2026/07/contractor-awarded-landmass-wharf-contract-for-roberts-bank-terminal-2-project\r\nNorthern Shield pipeline route: https://canada.constructconnect.com/dcn/news/projects/2026/07/premiers-smith-ford-unveil-proposed-west-east-oil-pipeline-route\r\nBeedie in Surrey: https://storeys.com/beedie-south-campbell-heights-groundbreaking/\r\nJock & Ken's op-ed: https://icba.ca/economics-blog/op/ed-population-decline-exposes-b.c.s-growth-problem-1\r\n\r\nICBA Coffee & Construction drops every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Subscribe, hit the bell, and send this one to somebody who builds for a living.\r\n\r\nICBA is Canada's largest construction association — the voice of B.C. and...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/cbYnPby-34WwINekPZoHv9aYI0-XpmtKJrtNbyowe78/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81NThm/ZGE3NTk0NmVmNTFj/MjNjZmIwOGRjM2Vm/YzMwOC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}