Industry unites to help Toronto’s homeless with affordable apartment project

Twenty-two homeless people are now moving into brand new affordable apartments n...

Projects July 10, 2020

Four children die when semi slams into car in construction zone on Indiana highway

CAMBRIDGE CITY, IND. — Four young siblings were killed when a semitrailer slamme...

Others July 10, 2020

Economy adds 953,000 jobs in June, unemployment rate falls

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says the economy added nearly one million jobs in Jun...

Economic July 10, 2020

Adoption rates will ‘make or break’ COVID Alert app: experts

Ontario will soon be launching the COVID Alert exposure notification app and exp...

Government , Technology July 10, 2020

Skills Ontario adds new board members

TORONTO — Seven new members have been appointed to the Skills Ontario board of d...

Associations July 10, 2020

PHOTO: Towers and Townhomes

Work is moving up at the Kingsway By The River Community in Etobicoke, Ont. Urb...

Projects July 10, 2020

Ontario lawyers take refresher in handling delays

Ontario construction lawyers revisited first principles of the law on project de...

Projects July 10, 2020

Your top DCN headlines: July 6 to 10

This week’s top DCN headlines cover another noose incident being reported, this...

Economic , Government , Labour , Others , Projects July 10, 2020

Cordelio Power to develop two Illinois wind projects

TORONTO — Toronto-based Cordelio Power has announced the acquisition of two wind...

Infrastructure , Resource July 10, 2020

Group raising funds for replica of Abraham Lincoln cottage

SPRINGFIELD, ILL. — Visitors have been able to tour Abraham Lincoln's two-storey...

Projects July 10, 2020

The Construction Record Podcast – Episode 87: Onsite incidents, the economics of construction and an interview with Bridgit’s Mallorie Brodie

This week on the Construction Record podcast, Daily Commercial News and Journal...

July 10, 2020

U.S. Industry Snapshot – 2020’s H1 Nonresidential Construction Starts Down by Nearly a Quarter

ConstructConnect announced today that the latest month’s volume of construction...

Economic July 9, 2020

Lafarge fires employee after noose allegedly found near parking spot of Black worker

MONTREAL — Construction materials giant Lafarge Canada says it fired an employee...

Others July 9, 2020

Dakota pipeline still moving oil despite shutdown order

BISMARCK, N.D. — The owner of the Dakota Access Pipeline continued to fill it wi...

Infrastructure , Resource July 9, 2020

Climate activists protest from Notre Dame Cathedral crane

PARIS — Greenpeace activists hung banners from a huge construction crane atop No...

Projects July 9, 2020

Quebec students win first place in CCOHS video contest

HAMILTON, ONT. — The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS)...

Others July 9, 2020

Road improvements slated for eastern Ontario

PETERBOROUGH COUNTY, ONT. — The governments of Canada and Ontario are providing...

Infrastructure July 9, 2020

PHOTO: Hospital Overview

A drone shot shows work is progressing on the new eight-storey Ken and Marilyn T...

Projects July 9, 2020

Skills Ontario CEO emphasizes role skilled trades play in recovery efforts

If the COVID-19 pandemic has shown anything, it’s how essential skilled trades a...

Labour July 9, 2020

CDCO study examines LTC home conditions, structures amid COVID-19

The troubling spread of COVID-19 through long-term care facilities in Ontario ov...

Associations , Projects July 9, 2020

New Florida laws address sea level, algae, pythons, iguanas

TALLAHASSEE, FLA. — Florida Republican Ron DeSantis signed a slew of environment...

Government July 9, 2020

Insurer Centene plans 3,200 jobs at new N.C. regional hub

RALEIGH, N.C. — Government health insurance provider Centene Corp. said recently...

Projects July 9, 2020

Liberals foresee high unemployment, $343-billion deficit due to COVID-19

OTTAWA — Nearly two million Canadians could be without jobs this year under fore...

Economic , Government July 8, 2020

Ontario plan would exempt projects from Hearings of Necessity

TORONTO — The Ontario government has announced a plan to exempt some provincial...

Government July 8, 2020

Ontario approves Building Transit Faster Act

TORONTO — The Ontario legislature has passed Bill 171, the Building Transit Fast...

Government July 8, 2020

Investments made in roads for Belleville, Quinte West

BELLEVILLE, ONT. — Road and active transportation infrastructure in Belleville a...

Infrastructure July 8, 2020

Labrador office for Indigenous trades ‘a one-stop shop’ for construction careers

An initiative to increase the number of the Innu and other Indigenous groups in...

Labour July 8, 2020

Durham hospice build proceeds despite COVID-19

Although requirements imposed on construction sites in the early days of the COV...

Projects July 8, 2020

New online tool aims to boost tall timber design

Vancouver-based Fast + Epp Structural Engineers has released a free online timbe...

Technology July 8, 2020

Bridgit CEO sees management planning as next digital frontier

As the construction industry digitizes, the tools have moved from the desktop to...

Technology July 8, 2020

Construction workers rank high in COVID-19 mental health survey

TORONTO — For the third consecutive month, the ongoing impacts of the COVID-19 p...

OH&S July 8, 2020

Federal government announces green jobs and training for youth

OTTAWA — The Government of Canada recently announced $15.8 million to create gre...

Government July 8, 2020

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