• Alternative dispute resolution in the construction industry in Canada (available online) by Harvey J. Kirsh.
• Bidding and tendering : what is the law?, 7^th ed. (available online) by Glaholt Bowles et al.
• Builders’ liens by Legal Education Society of Alberta.
• Canadian construction contracts guidebook, 2^nd ed. by Elliott A. Smith.
• Canadian forms and precedents : debtor/creditor (available online) by Jennifer Babe. – contains a chapter on construction lien precedents
• Conduct of a lien, trust and adjudication proceedings / Brendan D. Bowles.
• Construction, builders’ and mechanics’ liens in Canada, 8th ed. (available online) by David I. Bristow.
• Construction delay claims, 7^th ed. by Barry Bramble.
• Construction delay claims : with assessments of project completion, productivity, overheads and profit / Arthur O.R. Thormann.
• Construction dispute mediation : theory and practice by Duncan W. Glaholt.
• Construction law in Canada, 2nd ed. (available online) by Leonard Ricchetti & Timothy J. Murphy.
• Construction law : law and practice relating to the construction industry, 14th ed. by by John Uff.
• Dealing with delay and disruption on construction projects, 2nd ed. by Kim Rosenberg & Erin Miller Ranking.
• Guide to Canadian construction insurance law, 2^nd ed. by R. Bruce Reynolds & Sharon C. Vogel.
• Heintzman, West, and Goldsmith on Canadian building contracts, 5th ed. (available online) by Thomas G. Heintzman, Bryan West & Immanuel Goldsmith.
• Hudson’s building and engineering contracts, 14^th ed.
• Keating on construction contracts, 12^th ed. by Vivian Ramsey.
• Law and practice of complex construction projects by Fabio Solimene.
• Manual of construction law (available online) by Howard Wise.
• National Building Code : 2019 Alberta edition published by the National Research Council of Canada.
• Planning law and practice in Alberta by Frederick A. Laux, Q.C., & Gwendolyn Stewart-Palmer.
• Prompt payment, adjudication and construction liens in Alberta : procedure, law, the annotated act and regulations by Brian G. West & Allyson L. Hopkins.
• Registration of title to land by Victor DiCastri.

Last revised September 2026

• Construction law reports

Electronic Resources

• CanLII
• ICLR
• Lexis+™ Canada
• vLex Justis
• Westlaw Edge Canada

For more information on finding cases see our research guide: Finding and Researching Cases

Last revised Sept. 9, 2025

• Means illustrated construction dictionary editor Kornelis Smit.
• Canadian construction law dictionary (judicially considered) by Harvey J. Kirsh & Paul A. Ivanoff. Also available on Lexis⁺ Canada.

Last revised Sept. 16, 2026

• Building codes and standards
• Land Titles Act, RSA 2000, c L-4
• Prompt Payment and Construction Lien Act, RSA 2000, c P-26.4
• Prompt Payment and Construction Lien Forms Regulations, Alta Reg 51/2002

 To access or purchase the official version, go to: Alberta King’s Printer

Last revised Sept. 9, 2025

• Alberta land titles – Government of Alberta
• Supplemental land titles related forms
• Construction industry – Government of Alberta

Last revised Sept. 9, 2025

• All Canadian summaries, Canadian case summaries and Canada digest are available online through Lexis+™ Canada
• Canadian encyclopedic digest (C.E.D.),Western 4^th ed. (available online).
  Sections related to construction law include:
  • Builders’ Liens (Western)
  • Building Contracts
  • Construction Liens (Ontario)
• Halsbury’s Laws of Canada (available online). This multi-volume set explains the legislation and cases which govern construction law issues in every jurisdiction in Canada.
  Titles related to construction law include:
  • Construction(HCU)
    Additional information may be found under other topical headings

Last revised Sept. 16, 2026

• Canadian College of Construction Lawyers legal update (available online)
• Construction law letter
• Journal of Canadian College of Construction Lawyers (available online) by Duncan Glaholt
• Kennaley on construction law (available online)

Indexes

• Index to Canadian legal literature (ICLL) (available online) 
• Current index to legal periodicals (CILP) (available online)
• Index to Canadian construction law literature by Harvey J. Kirsh

Additional full-text articles are available electronically through:

• CanLII – commentary – contains books, articles and reports.
• HeinOnline – provides full-text access to Canadian and international law reviews and legal journals.
• Lexis+™ Canada
• vLex Justis
• Westlaw Edge Canada – contains a collection of Canadian journals and law reviews, as well as all articles and case comments appearing in Carswell law reports.

For more information on looking for journal articles see our research guide Finding journal articles, conference materials & theses

Last revised Sept. 16, 2026