Thermal well integral to keeping The Well project warm and cool
Thermal well integral to keeping The Well project warm and cool
A 50-foot wide hole excavated 150-feet into bedrock below a six-level underground parkade in downtown Toronto will serve as a “thermal well” filled with 8.5 million litres of Lake Ontario water to heat and cool downtown buildings. Lined with concrete, th...
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McNaughton won’t hesitate to shut unsafe jobsites
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PHOTO: Hospital Addition
Work has moved above grade on the new eight-storey Ken and Marilyn Thomson Patie...
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Bridgit further integrates with Procore software
TORONTO — Canadian construction software company Bridgit has announced another p...
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RAIC extends deadline for Pulse Survey
OTTAWA — The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) has developed a surv...
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CCA formalizes COVID-19 protocols for construction sites
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McNaughton won’t hesitate to shut unsafe jobsites
Unsafe Ontario construction sites will be shutdown, confirms the province’s labo...
Government , Labour , OH&S
The Economy Under COVID-19: Notes from the Trenches – March 27, 2020
There are currently two crises underway simultaneously. The advance of the nove...
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Refugee welcome centre sees HVAC and electrical innovations
Civil engineering students at the University of Toronto (U of T) have come up wi...
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Mechanical, HVAC contractors discovering the benefits of BIM
Building Information Modeling software, commonly referred to as BIM, has redefin...
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Refrigerant handling course demanding, eyes a better ozone future
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Bridgit further integrates with Procore software
TORONTO — Canadian construction software company Bridgit has announced another p...
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PHOTO: Hospital Addition
Work has moved above grade on the new eight-storey Ken and Marilyn Thomson Patie...
Projects
Thermal well integral to keeping The Well project warm and cool
A 50-foot wide hole excavated 150-feet into bedrock below a six-level undergroun...
Projects
The Economy Under COVID-19: Notes from the Trenches – March 26, 2020
There are currently two crises underway simultaneously. The advance of the nove...
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Political uncertainty and the coronavirus darken outlook for non-res construction
In its recently released Non-Residential Capital and Repair Expenditures (CAPEX)...
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CCA looks to federal government for answers on COVID-19
TORONTO — The Canadian Construction Association is calling on the Government of...
Associations
CFIB, Steelworkers say wage subsidy not enough
OTTAWA — The federal government’s planned wage subsidy for businesses hit hard b...
Government , Labour
OSSGA urging government to change its policy to allow new aggregate operations
The Ontario Stone Sand & Gravel Association (OSSGA) is continuing to urge th...
Associations , Government
DCC procurement work continues amid COVID-19
OTTAWA — Many of the employees of Defence Construction Canada (DCC) are working...
Government
Legal Notes: Invoice disputes and non-payment, what happens?
The Daily Commercial News continues its series exploring key elements of...
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Guelph’s downtown skyline to change thanks to proposed ‘slender’ tower
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Ontario construction ponders safety duty following announcement of essential status
Celebrations were muted as Ontario construction stakeholders reacted to the Ford...
Associations , OH&S
Three workers at Eglinton Crosstown site test positive and presumptive for COVID-19
Just two days after Ontario Premier Doug Ford deemed construction in the provinc...
Infrastructure , OH&S
TCA closing its offices over COVID-19 virus
TORONTO — Due to escalating uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 virus and out o...
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MCAC supporting COVID-19 safety measures and encourages continued aid for both small- and medium-sized firms
OTTAWA — As the COVID-19 pandemic and crisis continues to unfold across Canada,...
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ADF Group awarded $65M in new contracts
TERREBONNE, QUE. — Quebec-based ADF Group has announced it has been awarded two...
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Bird Construction reports nine per cent Q4 income hike from 2018
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Legal Notes: Government-mandated COVID-19 closures and force majeure
On March 16, Marty Walsh, Boston’s mayor, ordered the shutdown of construction i...
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Health officials sound alarm over looming shortage of protective gear
TORONTO — A southwestern Ontario city and a nearby county have joined hospitals...
Government , OH&S
“Unsung heroes”: Toronto construction workers and The Spanish Flu epidemic
The Spanish Flu of 1918-1919 was disproportionally fatal to Toronto construction...
Labour , OH&S
Construction begins to answer the call to help hospitals in COVID-19 fight
If you are in the construction industry and have mobilized to help the h...
Associations
What’s essential? A look at businesses allowed to remain open in Ontario
TORONTO — As of 11:59 p.m. ET on March 24, only businesses deemed essential work...
Economic , Government
Ontario construction can keep building, deemed essential
TORONTO — Ontario has outlined the construction activities which are essential a...
Government
A Deadly Trade-off, a Favoring of Younger Age Cohorts, Hazard Pay and Other Nightmares
A Coronavirus Rock and a Distressed-Economy Hard Place The number of coronaviru...
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China makes massive infrastructure investment to help in COVID-19 recovery
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Ontario construction can keep building, deemed essential
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Government
COVID-19 has LIUNA members pondering right to refuse unsafe work
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B.C. jobsites advised to change habits to protect worker
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Ontario enters state of emergency; business leaders show support
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Constructors wrestle with whether or not to shut down their worksites
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Ontario building trades training suspended
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