Your top DCN stories for May 13 to 17
Your top DCN stories for May 13 to 17
This week’s top DCN headlines cover surplus land use, a safety awareness drive, settling up under the new construction adjudication system and the arrival of prompt payment in Nova Scotia. A new report says government owned-land and facilities are sitting...
Economic , Government , OH&S , Projects
Engaging all parties early is key to lean, expert says
It’s just as important to maintain a lean construction mindset when projects go...
Associations , Projects
PHOTO: Moving Up Bay Street
Floors continue rise on the first phase of the new CIBC Square on Bay Street in...
Projects
Pentagon shifting $1.5 billion to border wall construction
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is shifting $1.5 billion in funds originally targeted...
Government , Infrastructure
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8 Mid-May Economic Nuggets
Inflation, Stock Markets and Interest Rates The U.S. ‘all-items’...
Economic
Pentagon shifting $1.5 billion to border wall construction
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is shifting $1.5 billion in funds originally targeted...
Government , Infrastructure
PHOTO: Moving Up Bay Street
Floors continue rise on the first phase of the new CIBC Square on Bay Street in...
Projects
Engaging all parties early is key to lean, expert says
It’s just as important to maintain a lean construction mindset when projects go...
Associations , Projects
Your top DCN stories for May 13 to 17
This week’s top DCN headlines cover surplus land use, a safety awareness drive,...
Economic , Government , OH&S , Projects
Ontario government asks feds to expedite approvals for 54 projects
TORONTO — The provincial government is calling on the federal government to “put...
Government
Broccolini to build its first Toronto residential highrise
MONTREAL — Broccolini, a Montreal-based mixed-use developer and the developer be...
Projects
Trudeau offers Canadian lumber, steel for Notre Dame Cathedral
PARIS — Canada is offering softwood lumber and steel to help with the reconstruc...
Government , Projects
The Construction Record Podcast: Episode 55 – Lean construction, Ontario adjudication, and Another Brick in Nepal
This week on The Construction Record podcast, Journal of Commerce digital media...
Rising oil prices and lower taxes brighten Alberta’s prospects late this year and in 2020
After posting solid growth throughout most of 2018, the Alberta economy hit a sp...
Economic
Top 10 major upcoming Atlantic and Manitoba, Saskatchewan construction projects – Canada – May 2019
The accompanying tables show the top 10 largest upcoming Atlantic and Manitoba,...
Economic
Top 10 major upcoming Courthouse and Jail and Prison construction projects – U.S. – May 2019
The accompanying tables show the top 10 major upcoming Courthouse and Jail and...
Economic
PHOTO: Work and Shop Space
Work is moving along on the office and retail project 80 Atlantic Ave. in Toront...
Projects
Surplus land can ease province’s affordable housing challenge: report
New research shows that although some government-owned properties are already be...
Associations
End of U.S. tariffs on Canadian, Mexican steel and aluminum close: Mnuchin
OTTAWA — A top Trump administration cabinet member says the end of punishing ste...
Government , Resource
EllisDon announces new senior management appointments
MISSISSAUGA, ONT. — EllisDon recently announced several new appointments to its...
Economic
Winners of Smart Cities Challenge split $75M in funding to implement visions
OTTAWA — The four winners of the country’s first-ever Smart Cities Challenge, an...
Projects , Technology
Government investing over $345M for Quebec roads
BOIS-DES-FILION, QUE. — The federal government is investing more than $345.4 mil...
Infrastructure
U.S. Industry Snapshot – Construction Starts Settled into More Normal Pattern in April, +3% M/M
In its latest U.S. Industry Snapshot, ConstructConnect announced today that the...
Economic
Tercot to develop 24 acres for housing in Kitchener
KITCHENER, ONT. — Toronto-based Tercot Communities has announced it has acquired...
Projects
Ottawa firm fined $100,000 following jobsite conveyor injury
OTTAWA — An Ottawa-based environmental remediation firm has been fined $100,000...
OH&S
Chinese manufacturer installs world’s tallest wind impeller
BAIXIANG, CHINA — China’s XCMG, a construction machinery manufacturer, has annou...
Infrastructure , Resource
Toronto enters into busiest ever construction season with over $1 billion in planned work
TORONTO — The City of Toronto has officially launched its busiest construction s...
Economic
PHOTO: Sanctuary Lofts
Medallion Capital Group has announced more details of its plan to renovate Alham...
Projects
Adjudication panellists urge parties to ‘pay up’ or face consequences
Panellists presiding over a recent Osgoode Professional Development session on t...
Government
Ground broken on new OPP Highway Safety Division detachment
MISSISSAUGA, ONT. — The official groundbreaking for a new $20 million Ontario Pr...
Infrastructure
WSP Global reports first quarter profit and revenue increase over last year
MONTREAL — WSP Global Inc. says it had a first-quarter profit of $62.0 million,...
Economic
Inquest announced into Brampton construction site death
TORONTO — An inquest will be held into the death of Zoltan Adam after an inciden...
OH&S
Procurement Perspectives: Proper negotiations are required to resolve procurement issues
Negotiators always need to remember that any fool can make the situation worse;...
Government
U.S. lean champion drills down for LCIC crowd
At a conference where newer adherents to lean culture in construction struggled...
Associations
Construction set to start on Sudbury arts centre
Construction is expected to get under way in downtown Sudbury, Ont. this summer...
Projects
Belleville roofer receives fourth conviction and jail term
BELLEVILLE, ONT. — A Belleville, Ont. roofing contractor has been sentenced to j...
Government
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Post secondary institutions partner on Canada’s first net-zero vertical farm
TORONTO — U of T Scarborough and Centennial College are partnering to establish...
Projects
Sheet metal workers strike following breakdown in negotiations
Ontario’s unionized sheet metal workers have gone on strike following a breakdow...
Labour
Explosive Jobs Growth in Canada’s April Labour Force Report
Canadian total employment shot up by +106,000 jobs in April, and the nation&rsq...
Economic
Your Top DCN Headlines: May 6 to May 10
This week’s stories include sheet metal workers getting ready to strike, Ontario...
Government , Labour , OH&S , Projects
Higher carbon prices could be a ‘windfall’ for construction: Report
Canada’s construction industry could be in for a windfall from proposed higher c...
Economic , Resource
Mizrahi Developments and Hyatt announce new Andaz hotel located at The One Toronto
TORONTO — Mizrahi Developments and Hyatt have announced the first Andaz hotel in...
Projects
U.S. Put-in-place Construction Spending Hits a Soft Spot
U.S. Total Put-in-place Construction Spending Total U.S. put-in-place constru...
Economic
Sheet metal still striking but parties plan meetings
TORONTO — The strike by Ontario’s unionized sheet metal workers in the ICI secto...
