Chris Atchison: B.C. needs Ministry of the Built Environment to manage construction issues

It’s hard to think the construction sector is in trouble this summer, when everywhere across the province you see tall cranes, seas of hard hats, and traffic cones — all outward signs of a prosperous B.C. economy of which construction is a beneficiary.
While the B.C. government’s new community benefits agreements and Crown corporation have stirred up partisan controversy this week, they are but the latest pages in a growing catalogue of urgent issues squeezing B.C.’s indu