Your top DCN headlines: Dec. 10 to 14
Your top DCN headlines: Dec. 10 to 14
This week’s top headlines feature stories pertaining to both land and sea and some controversy. Industry stakeholders share vastly different views on the province’s newly proposed open tendering legislation; an engineering firm looks to the sea for a heat...
Associations , Government , Infrastructure , Projects
Lien master urges better construction contracts
Ontario’s construction sector has embarked on a long process of digesting the mu...
Government
School built using tilt-up panels completed on time despite space constraints
Broadview Public School in Ottawa was built using tilt-up construction, and whil...
Infrastructure
Ice Breakers exhibition winners shatter the competition
TORONTO — The winners have been announced for the third annual Ice Breakers comp...
Projects
Certificates
Published Certificates and Notices
Tenders
Tenders for Construction Services
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Infographic: Canada’s rail & rapid transit projects
Due to its complexity, much of the subject matter concerning the economy requir...
Economic
Infographic: U.S. rail & rapid transit projects
Due to its complexity, much of the subject matter concerning the economy requir...
Economic
Your top DCN headlines: Dec. 10 to 14
This week’s top headlines feature stories pertaining to both land and sea and so...
Associations , Government , Infrastructure , Projects
Tanzania agrees to construct $3 billion dam in wildlife park
DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA — Tanzania has signed a $3 billion agreement with Egypti...
Infrastructure
Big investors call for carbon price, end to coal power
KATOWICE, POLAND — More than 450 asset managers, including major pension funds a...
Resource
PHOTO: Spraying It On
A worker applies spray foam insulation at the Canoe Landing multi-use community...
Projects
Bronte Construction is awarded $5M bridge job
OTTAWA — The Federal Bridge Corporation Limited (FBCL) has announced the awardin...
Infrastructure
Company fined after water device kills worker
MISSISSAUGA, ONT. — A worker who lost control of a high-pressure water jetting s...
OH&S
PHOTO: Building at The Buildings Show
Don Penteluke, business representative of Carpenters’ Local 27 (left), assists W...
Projects
Ice Breakers exhibition winners shatter the competition
TORONTO — The winners have been announced for the third annual Ice Breakers comp...
Projects
School built using tilt-up panels completed on time despite space constraints
Broadview Public School in Ottawa was built using tilt-up construction, and whil...
Infrastructure
Lien master urges better construction contracts
Ontario’s construction sector has embarked on a long process of digesting the mu...
Government
20 major upcoming Public Building and Defence, Law Enforcement construction projects – Canada – December 2018
The accompanying table shows 20 of the largest upcoming Public Building and Def...
Economic
20 major upcoming Convention Center and Military construction projects – U.S. – December 2018
The accompanying tables show 20 of the largest upcoming Convention Center and Mi...
Economic
Washington state combats collisions with new wildlife bridge
SNOQUALMIE PASS, WASH. — Washington state is finishing construction on its large...
Infrastructure
Southeast Alaska town plans new pier at Icy Strait Point
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA — A small town in southeast Alaska is planning to construct a...
Projects
Michigan Legislature passes Great Lakes oil pipeline bill
LANSING, MICH. — The Michigan Legislature approved a bill Dec. 11 that would all...
Infrastructure
$60 million in Massey Hall renovation funds announced
TORONTO—The governments of Ontario and Canada are investing $30 million each for...
Government , Projects
Canadian constructors lagging on data use: professor
Canada’s construction sector is seriously lagging in exploiting social media ana...
Projects , Technology
Photo: Forming the Canvas
Formwork on the ground floor is underway at the Canvas Condominiums on the site...
Infrastructure , Projects
Proposed open tendering legislation comes down to a matter of fairness
The introduction of a bill by the Ontario government that would make tendering o...
Government , Projects
Engineering building opens at Lakehead
THUNDER BAY, ONT.—Lakehead University recently held the grand opening of the Cen...
Infrastructure , Projects
Former Laval mayor at heart of corruption scandal granted parole
MONTREAL —The former mayor of Quebec’s third-largest city has been granted full...
Government , Projects
IOC: No Olympic city ever as ready as Tokyo
TOKYO —IOC President Thomas Bach and other International Olympic Committee membe...
Infrastructure , Labour , Projects
Hamilton steelmaker fined in workplace injury mishap
HAMILTON, ONT.—Hamilton steelmaker Arcelormittal Long Products Canada MP Inc. ha...
Government , OH&S
Builders Without Borders shares concrete lessons learned
One of the most important lessons learned rebuilding communities internationally...
Labour , Projects
Engineer looks to the sea for heating and cooling Halifax’s Queen’s Marque
A Halifax-based engineer has looked to the sea for an energy-efficient solution...
Labour , Projects , Technology
Firms to pay $9M to settle suit over 2012 California fire
SACRAMENTO, CALIF.—Officials say a construction company and a logging firm have...
Economic
Blueprints of ‘Terrible Tilly’ lighthouse come to light
CANNON BEACH, ORE.—Despite the fame and numerous books written about her, much i...
Projects
Ex Bloomberg LP executive among those arrested in fraud case
NEW YORK—A former Bloomberg LP executive is among 13 people charged in a pay-to-...
Government , Labour
Modest home price growth forecasted for 2019: Re/Max and Royal LePage
TORONTO—Home prices across the country are expected to rise in 2019, but only at...
Economic
As Kermit the frog says, “It’s not easy being green” – shares of global CO2 emissions
Mirror, mirror on the wall what is the greenest (not the fairest) country of the...
Economic
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Industry slams Trudeau on ‘gender impacts’ comment about male construction workers
A comment made by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the recent G20 Summit in Arge...
Government , Labour
Underway and Upcoming Rail and Rapid Transit Projects, U.S. and Canada
At different moments in time, checking through ConstructConnect’s extensi...
Economic
All-star architecture panel differs on sustainability
An international panel of four architects presented distinct visions of the futu...
Infrastructure , Projects
Maps – Georgia Best and New Jersey Worst for Construction Jobs Growth
The latest Employment Situation report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS...
Economic
Ford government unveils proposed legislation to allow open tendering
TORONTO — The Restoring Ontario’s Competitiveness Act, introduced Dec. 6 by the...
Government
Construction Jobs Regionally by Level and Change, U.S. and Canada
Tables 1 through 3 accompanying this article detail the latest (October 2018)...
Economic
Metrolinx needs to take steps to become a better owner: CEO
In order to be truly successful, Metrolinx has to be a business, not a bureaucra...
Government , Infrastructure
Among Four Most Populous States, Texas Best at Construction Jobs Creation
The four states in America with the largest populations are California (40 mil...
