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Architect gets creative with design to convert historic church into condos
A former church in Toronto is being converted into luxury residential condos and...
Projects
TCR Express: July 28, 2021
On this episode of TCR Express, Journal of Commerce staff writer Russell Hixson...
Union Station Revitalization Project complete, opens to the public
TORONTO - After years construction and cost delays, dignitaries recently marked...
Government , Infrastructure , Projects
First Notice: Hawthorne Transmission Station upgrades; temporary foreign worker regulations; Oshawa building records
Hydro One completes $85 million investment at Hawthorne Transmission Sta...
Government , Infrastructure , Labour , Resource
MDA gets $35.3 million contract from Canadian Space Agency for Canadarm 3 components
BRAMPTON, ONT. —The Canadian Space Agency has awarded a contract worth $35.3 mil...
Projects , Technology
Four projects on receiving end of IO loan program
TORONTO —Infrastructure Ontario (IO) has entered into new commitments to provide...
Infrastructure , Projects
FedDev Ontario invests in Owen Sound innovation hub
OWEN SOUND, ONT. - An $845,000 non-repayable FedDev Ontario contribution for Gre...
Government , Projects , Technology
Underprivileged youth get a helping hand into the trades through Hammer Heads program
SCARBOROUGH, ONT. - About 390 young people from underrepresented backgrounds wil...
Associations , Government , Labour
New Mattamy division to aggressively expand its Toronto multi-family projects
Toronto-based Mattamy Homes has kicked off a campaign to expand its higher-densi...
Projects
Procurement Perspectives: Building consensus in procurement
There are various tools that procurement leaders employ in seeking to build cons...
Government
Ontario OHS programs pay dividends, contractors told
Safety pays now more than ever in the construction sector. That was the message...
Associations , OH&S
1,000-Word Charts: U.S. and Canada’s Foreign Trade – May 2021
Due to its complexity, much of the subject matter concerning the economy require...
Economic
Federal government to open applications for Indigenous led shelters across Canada
IQALUIT, NUNAVUT—The federal government says it will soon open applications to b...
Government , Projects
Tomorrow’s Trades looking to recruit under-represented groups into trades
TORONTO—A workforce development pilot program associated with the Provincial Bui...
Associations , Labour
Inquest into construction worker’s death at Chelmsford site announced
Toronto—An inquest will be held into the death of Carl Peltier, a construction w...
Government , OH&S
Pembina research finds GHG efforts lacking across Canada
OTTAWA — New research from the Pembina Institute and Simon Fraser University’s S...
Government , Infrastructure
First Notice: Hamilton transit upgrades; Pickering casino opening; skilled trades announcement
Hamilton transit improvements Today at 10:30 a.m. Caroline Mulroney, minister...
Government , Infrastructure , Labour , Projects
PHOTO: Storage Facility Facade
Facade work has begun on the SmartCentres new self-storage rental facility on Mi...
Projects
Lyall excited to be ‘connected to a global community’ with steel-timber research project
Residential Construction Council of Ontario president Richard Lyall says he is l...
Associations , Resource
First Notice: Aecon’s second quarter results; Hamilton housing; Calgary home prices
Strong second quarter for Aecon Aecon Group Inc. yesterday reported res...
Economic , Projects , US News
Worker safety, project integrity at stake with no trades enforcement: stakeholders
Construction trade executives are shocked and concerned that the Ontario governm...
Government , Labour
Giant screen collapses ahead of Rolling Loud music festival
MIAMI —A giant video screen collapsed Thursday at a South Florida stadium, a day...
OH&S , US News
Three teams prequalified for South Niagara Hospital project
TORONTO—Three teams have prequalified to design, build, finance and maintain the...
Infrastructure , Projects
Court orders demolition of $3M Gatineau, Que., luxury home built too close to road
GATINEAU, QUE. - Quebec Superior Court has ordered the demolition of a sumptuous...
Government
Metrolinx releases ‘double feature’ drone footage on Finch West LRT station
TORONTO — Metrolinx has two new flyover drone videos on its blog showing the lat...
Infrastructure
A year on, experts find corporate anti-racist efforts progressing slowly
TORONTO - When Dahabo Ahmed-Omer became the executive director of an organizatio...
Labour
PHOTO: Commercial Tower
Construction is moving up on the commercial tower 160 Front Street West in Toron...
Projects
Canada’s first Red Seal female ironworker aims to inspire other women
In 1998, when Maggie Horne was 21 and fed up with a dead-end telemarketing job,...
Labour
Cardus report examines ‘use and abuse’ of CBAs
Community Benefits Agreements (CBA) can achieve social and economic benefits for...
Labour
Your top DCN headlines: July 19 to 23
Your top DCN headlines this week cover a report from Cardus on the “use and abus...
Labour , OH&S , Projects
The Construction Record podcast – Episode 129: Dan Giurescu of Credivera
In this week’s episode of the Construction Record podcast, digital media editor...
Ontario CPO Kelusky to leave job in September
TORONTO — Ontario’s Chief Prevention Officer Ron Kelusky has revealed he will b...