Special Feature
Roadbuilding & Heavy Equipment
Below are articles from the latest Roadbuilding and Heavy Equipment Special Feature, published February 2024 by Daily Commercial News.
Feature Articles - Roadbuilding & Heavy Equipment
Technology ‘obsessed’ All Roads Construction looking to bridge skills gap
All Roads Construction bills itself as a paving company that is obsessed with te...
Infrastructure , Technology
Next-generation transportation: Making streets and roads ready
Ready or not, here comes shared micromobility (SM) – shared, publicly available,...
Infrastructure
Is Winnipeg’s Arlington Bridge doomed?
The Arlington Bridge, which extends over Winnipeg’s sprawling Canadian Pacific R...
Infrastructure
Former ORBA president Mario Villeneuve proud to represent Ontario’s north
After passing on the presidency’s baton at the recent Ontario Road Builders’ Ass...
Associations
Paving pitfalls: Roadway asphalt mixes need to be reviewed to pace climate change
Governments at all levels engaged in roadbuilding need to review the asphalt mix...
Infrastructure , Resource
Teston Road expansion more than a simple road widening
With a population now well in excess of one million, York Region is experiencing...
Infrastructure
Roadbuilding Feature: 3D pavement milling gaining traction in Ontario
Technology is making an entry into how existing roads are restored, particularly...
Infrastructure
Timing is everything: Constructing Ontario’s ice roads
Each year in Ontario’s Far North communities construction crews swing into actio...
Infrastructure
Recent innovations right up the alley of roadbuilding and heavy equipment conference
The world is moving toward a more environmentally conscious, sustainable future...
Technology
Modified spider provides steep-slope solution for roadbuilding
When the rebuild of Quesnel’s West Fraser Road washout completes in fall 2023, p...
Infrastructure , Technology
Drone info turning construction civil dirt works to pay dirt
The use of drone-collected data is evolving deeper into jobsite planning, turnin...
Technology
Silica control tool strengthened for roadbuilding users
Strides have been made over the past several years to strengthen the BC Construc...
Associations , OH&S
Roadbuilding Feature: The mystery of the heavy equipment tilting cab
When Waterloo’s Centre of Research Expertise for the Prevention of Musculoskelet...
Infrastructure
Road building education across Canada is as diverse as the country
The truckers’ blockades have shown that Canada’s network of highways and bridges...
Labour
Ontario’s first diverging diamond interchange taking shape
The $58-million design build of Ontario’s first diverging diamond interchange ha...
Infrastructure , Projects
Kicking Horse crews buck terrain to widen east lane in $601 million upgrade
The Kicking Horse Canyon's final phase of 4.8 kilometres of Trans-Canada Highway...
Infrastructure , Projects
What’s in your blindspot? Public heavy truck awareness campaign rolls out
As anyone in the construction knows, driving a multi-tonne construction or other...
Associations , Infrastructure , OH&S
Hwy. 14 upgrades on Vancouver Island hitting benchmarks
On time and on budget - how often does one hear this phrase in construction? Wel...
Government , Infrastructure , Projects
Toronto ‘construction hub’ pilot improves roadbuilding site safety
A special ‘construction hub’ pilot project designed to increase safety and coord...
Infrastructure , OH&S , Projects
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Ontario’s first diverging diamond interchange taking shape
The $58-million design build of Ontario’s first diverging diamond interchange ha...
Infrastructure , Projects
What’s in your blindspot? Public heavy truck awareness campaign rolls out
As anyone in the construction knows, driving a multi-tonne construction or other...
Associations , Infrastructure , OH&S
Hwy. 14 upgrades on Vancouver Island hitting benchmarks
On time and on budget - how often does one hear this phrase in construction? Wel...
Government , Infrastructure , Projects
Road building education across Canada is as diverse as the country
The truckers’ blockades have shown that Canada’s network of highways and bridges...
Labour
Kicking Horse crews buck terrain to widen east lane in $601 million upgrade
The Kicking Horse Canyon's final phase of 4.8 kilometres of Trans-Canada Highway...
Infrastructure , Projects
Toronto ‘construction hub’ pilot improves roadbuilding site safety
A special ‘construction hub’ pilot project designed to increase safety and coord...
Infrastructure , OH&S , Projects
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Top 20 U.S. Mega Project Starts
In 2020, there were 11 projects valued at $1 billion or more each, and 26 projects of 1 million square feet or more each.
Canada's Urban Population Growth
This infographic looks at the surge in Canada's urban population growth.
Canadian Demographics
This infographic looks at the latest Canadian population growth rates.
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Canadian construction spared in TFW crackdown
Canada’s construction sector was spared as the federal Liberal government announ...
Government , Labour
Climate and Construction: Natural gas bans hit a legal shut-off valve
Ambitions to ban the new installations of natural gas appliances and mechanical...
Government , US News
Stakeholders spar: What’s to blame for declining homebuilding productivity?
Two recently published articles on homebuilding productivity in Canada, one buil...
Labour
$3.6B South Niagara Hospital celebrates one-year construction milestone
It’s been just over a year since ground was broken on the massive South Niagara...
Projects
Work begins on Eglinton Crosstown West Extension’s elevated guideway
The elevated guideway project, part of the Eglinton Crosstown West Extension (EC...
Infrastructure
Muskoka townhouse development aims to be a ‘Nordic zen’
A new waterfront townhouse development in Muskoka, Ont. is looking to bring peop...
Infrastructure
Canada ‘walking the talk’ to sustainable infrastructure future: KPMG
Canada is walking the talk when it comes to embracing sustainable technology and...
Government , Infrastructure
Kitchener building greenest rec facility in Canada
Shovels are in the ground for a massive new, $144-million, multi-purpose indoor...