Your top DCN headlines: April 15 to 19
Your top DCN headlines: April 15 to 19
This week’s top DCN headlines cover budgets, building restorations and bylaws. The Ontario Building Trades criticize Ontario’s budget and the skilled trades measures in it; residential constructors make some noise about a concrete pouring bylaw; construct...
Government , Infrastructure , Labour , Projects
Hamilton developer aims to ‘respect the original beauty’ of Westinghouse
The ownership team undertaking a $13-million restoration of Hamilton’s iconic se...
Projects
Barrie plant to produce environmentally friendly pavement marking material
A plant in Barrie, Ont. is being renovated and, once complete, is slated to be t...
Infrastructure , Projects
New 60-storey CG Tower to become Vaughan’s tallest
VAUGHAN, ONT. — Cortel Group has announced details of its new 60-storey CG Tower...
Projects
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Obama Foundation draws high dollar, international donations
CHICAGO — Former President Barack Obama's foundation collected contributions of...
Projects
Construction underway on $1.6M adventure park near Omaha
BELLEVUE, NEB. — Thrill-seekers will soon be able to climb, swing and zip throug...
Projects
Your top DCN headlines: April 15 to 19
This week’s top DCN headlines cover budgets, building restorations and bylaws. T...
Government , Infrastructure , Labour , Projects
The Construction Record Podcast – Episode 53: More Manahan and a walk through the archives
On this week’s episode of the Construction Record podcast, national editor Vince...
Alan Garcia, ex Peruvian president in midst of corruption scandal, dies at 69
LIMA, PERU — Alan Garcia, a former Peruvian president whose first term in the 19...
Government
LA Stadium reaches milestone with completion of canopy shell
INGLEWOOD, CALIF. — The stadium that will house Los Angeles' NFL teams has reach...
Projects
$1 billion raised to rebuild Paris’ Notre Dame after fire
PARIS — Nearly $1 billion has already poured in from ordinary worshippers and hi...
Projects
Feds slated to sell back Mirabel airport lands
MIRABEL, QUE. — The Canadian government made a “big mistake” in 1969 when it exp...
Government
Hamilton receives shoreline protection funding from feds
HAMILTON, ONT. — The federal government has announced funding for shoreline prot...
Infrastructure
Companies that build temporary stages should be licensed, coroner’s inquest says
TORONTO — A coroner’s inquest into the death of a drum technician who was crushe...
Government
eCompliance introduces interactive app demo
TORONTO — ECompliance, a provider of safety management services, has launched an...
OH&S , Technology
New 60-storey CG Tower to become Vaughan’s tallest
VAUGHAN, ONT. — Cortel Group has announced details of its new 60-storey CG Tower...
Projects
Barrie plant to produce environmentally friendly pavement marking material
A plant in Barrie, Ont. is being renovated and, once complete, is slated to be t...
Infrastructure , Projects
Hamilton developer aims to ‘respect the original beauty’ of Westinghouse
The ownership team undertaking a $13-million restoration of Hamilton’s iconic se...
Projects
Ford government won’t work with federal Liberals on building projects: Trudeau
KITCHENER, ONT. — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the Ontario government is h...
Government
Notre Dame fire highlights importance of detailed documentation for rebuilding
PARIS — The fire that swept through Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on Monday is a...
Projects
Prosecutors ask Peru judge to keep ex-president behind bars
LIMA, PERU — Prosecutors in Peru are asking a judge to keep former President Ped...
Government
Toronto’s BMO Field undergoes transformation into a hybrid playing surface
TORONTO — Like an electronic caterpillar, a special machine is inching its way a...
Infrastructure
Beleave to expand London cannabis greenhouse facility
TORONTO — Toronto-based cannabis grower Beleave Inc. recently announced it has r...
Projects
Shipping container marketplace opens in Toronto
TORONTO — A new public space constructed out of shipping containers has official...
Projects
PCL lands major Gatineau recladding job
GATINEAU, QUE. — The federal government through Public Services and Procurement...
Economic
Ligchine calls its new screed machine a concrete work solution
Concrete roadwork can be labour intensive. After the concrete is placed, severa...
Technology
PHOTO: Way, Way Up
Balcony work continues for the Residences of 488 University mixed-use project in...
Projects
Outgoing CCA chair reflects on year of change and renewal
After a year in the role, outgoing Canadian Construction Association (CCA) chair...
Associations
Building Trades slam Ontario budget’s training plan
Construction stakeholders are unanimous in their praise for infrastructure spend...
Associations , Government
Catastrophic fire engulfs Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris
PARIS — A massive fire engulfed the roof of Notre Dame Cathedral in the heart of...
Projects
CREA reports home sales in March down compared with a year ago, prices also down
OTTAWA — The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) says home sales in March fe...
Economic
Lundin Mining signs deal to buy Chapada mine in Brazil from Yamana Gold
TORONTO — Lundin Mining Corp. has signed a deal to buy the Chapada copper-and-go...
Resource
Harsh Ontario winter causes $70M in damages
TORONTO—Wildly fluctuating weather in Ontario in February and March caused over...
Economic , Others
Billy Bishop airport wins award for rehab project
TORONTO—Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport has received an Environmental Achievem...
Others , Projects
Procurement Perspectives: Valuable tips to include when specifying criteria
When looking at the top 10 tips to include in municipal contracts, I would sugge...
Government , Projects
PHOTO: Shaping the Empire
Work is progressing on the tower and townhomes of the Empire Midtown mixed-use d...
Projects
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Industry divide escalates with passing of Bill 66
The passing of Bill 66 by the Ontario government could put an end to constructio...
Associations , Government , Labour
Ontario budget 2019: construction sector highlights
TORONTO — The Ontario government’s 2019 budget delivered by Finance Minister Vic...
Government , Infrastructure , Labour
Trades, employers cagey at bargaining tables
It’s been slow going at the bargaining table for Ontario’s unionized building tr...
Labour
Hamilton church redevelopment back on track
A signature downtown Hamilton, Ont. project, a proposed adaptive reuse integrati...
Projects
Ford talks eliminating barriers to job creation at OGCA symposium
Ontario Premier Doug Ford said he is focused on giving the people, including gen...
Government , Infrastructure , Labour
Industry Perspectives Op-Ed: Baby boomer retirements will lower labour participation
The retirement bubble of the baby boom generation — those born between 1946 and...
Labour
Tree sitters have been protesting pipeline for 200 plus days
ROANOKE, VA.—Tree-sitters protesting the construction of a natural gas pipeline...
Infrastructure , Projects
RCMP block road near Alton Gas protest site, say they will enforce injunction
FORT ELLIS, N.S.—The RCMP have closed a rural road north of Halifax where protes...
