Special Feature
Steel
Below are articles from the latest Steel Special Feature, published September 2023 by Daily Commercial News.
Feature Articles - Steel
Going bananas: Orangutans find new home amid steel poles, cables
At the recently opened Orangutans of Gunung Leuser, Guardians of the Rainforest...
Infrastructure
Construction steel prices in 2023-24 expected to remain high
Western Canada’s steel prices are expected remain high over the next 2023-2024 p...
Economic , Resource
B.C. steel company sees major business spike after Kelowna fires
Kelowna-based BC Steel Ltd., a full-service company that engineers, designs and...
Projects , Resource
Inuvik wind turbine achieves major milestone as first power delivered to grid
In mid-September, Inuvik celebrated the first power produced by a 3.5-megawatt w...
Infrastructure , Resource
Invisible, irreplaceable: rebar specialist Kit Steel takes pride in work nobody sees
The website for Welland, Ont.’s Kit Steel features photos of fully-completed pro...
Labour
Steel pipeline network to transform Saskatchewan’s geothermal energy to electric power
The Earth’s core isn’t expected to cool down for another 91 billion years, so as...
Projects , Technology
What will the road to net-zero concrete look like?
Concrete is the most widely used building material on the planet, second only to...
Associations , Resource
Red hot steel prices expected to cool by year end
Steel-price watchers are predicting that the red-hot price increases that shot w...
Economic , Resource
How to best to forge net-zero steel?
Steel producers in Canada have set their sights set on getting to net-zero carbo...
Resource
Manitoba drives concrete upgrade of Highway 75
The Manitoba government announced recently it will restore part of Provincial Tr...
Infrastructure
Manitoba drives concrete upgrade of Highway 75
The Manitoba government announced recently it will restore part of Provincial Tr...
Infrastructure
Cold Formed Steel advantages need to be heard
Most are probably familiar with the making of steel. At its most basic, it begin...
Resource
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Huge construction projects pipeline outlined for Ontario
Ontario “is the place to be” with hundreds of billions worth of projects in the...
Infrastructure , Projects
$215M mass timber plant in Nova Scotia a ‘groundbreaking’ Indigenous collaboration
A $215 million mass timber manufacturing plant being developed in Nova Scotia co...
Projects , Resource
Inside Innovation: New solutions for building tall in tight spaces
Constructing tall buildings in tight urban spaces poses several challenges, incl...
Technology
Why can’t transit projects be delivered on time?
Among all construction projects, it’s unarguable large transit projects have the...
Infrastructure , Projects
Full EA planned with no shortcuts for Ring of Fire road project
The two Indigenous-led proponents of the Northern Road Link, that will provide a...
Associations
Project manager Melanie Knowles paving her own path forward in construction
Not only was she eastern Ontario’s first representative on the Ontario Asphalt P...
Labour
Athletics release renderings of new Las Vegas stadium
LAS VEGAS — The Oakland Athletics and their design teams released renderings Tue...
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Powerline technician Melissa Dawe weathers all kinds of storms to help others
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