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Over $2B announced for roads, bridges, bike lanes across US
PHOENIX - U.S. transportation officials announced $2.2 billion for local infrast...
Infrastructure , US News
UPDATE: Toronto power restored after crane slams transmission lines
Hydro One has reported that power has been restored to Toronto Hydro after an up...
Infrastructure
WSP Canada announces carbon-neutral Olympic training support for budding engineer
MONTREAL — WSP Canada has announced it has formed a partnership with Canadian Ol...
Economic
Gerard Geoffrion new chair of CIMA+
MONTREAL — Canadian engineering consulting firm CIMA+ has announced the appointm...
Economic
Billions more in tech investment is coming to Texas
The traditional image of Texas as a cattle-and-oil state has been cast aside ove...
US News
GTA apartment rents reach record levels
TORONTO — Apartment rental market conditions have tightened dramatically over th...
Economic
RioCan posts second quarter net income of $78.5 million
TORONTO — RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust reported second-quarter net income...
Economic
Toronto council signs off on more than 24,000 new homes
At its final full meeting this term, Toronto City Council approved more than 24,...
Government
Massive tower developments to transform Pickering into more ‘dynamic living area’
The Pickering skyline will look a little different in a few years, as eight towe...
Infrastructure
Your top DCN headlines: Aug. 8 to 12
Your top DCN headlines this week feature a tragic trench collapse in Ajax, Ont....
Government , Infrastructure , OH&S
Georgia plans $68.5M overhaul of football stadium
ATLANTA - A year after the University of Georgia's football team won a national...
Projects , US News
The Construction Record – Episode 197: A fond farewell for Russell Hixson
This episode of The Construction Record Podcast is both special and bittersweet,...
BREAKING: Hydro One investigating crane on barge as cause of Toronto power outage
TORONTO — Toronto Police and Toronto Hydro reported a large power outage in down...
Infrastructure
Condolences pour in over those lost in Ajax trench collapse
The workers who were injured and died in the trench collapse on an Ajax, Ont. co...
OH&S
RESCON and RCCAO support Ontario government throne speech
MISSISSAUGA, ONT. — The Residential Construction Council of Ontario (RESCON) was...
Associations
Some Grudging PPI Indications of Construction Material Cost Declines
Changes are happening quickly with respect to costs and prices in the economy....
Economic
George to step down as president of Grand Valley Construction Association
CAMBRIDGE, ONT. — Martha George, president and CEO of the Grand Valley Construct...
Associations
Avison Young reports 20 industrial buildings delivered in GTA in Q2
TORONTO — The Greater Toronto Area industrial market remains a hotbed of activit...
Economic
Legal Notes: Collecting an adjudicator’s order is a battle with the clock
For all the dispute resolution advantages afforded under Ontario’s adjudication...
Government
New trial dates set for Ontario contractors charged in four jobsite deaths
LONDON, ONT. — New trial dates have been set for three Ontario court cases invol...
OH&S
PROREIT, Crestpoint close deal on Eastern industrial properties
MONTREAL — PRO Real Estate Investment Trust (PRO REIT) has announced the complet...
Economic
$829M Georgia 316 freeway improvements a multi-year, multi-faceted safety effort
The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) has completed three new intercha...
US News
Province signs deals with eight ISPs
TORONTO —The Ontario government recently announced it has signed agreements with...
Government , Technology
SWIT launching program to give tradeswomen the tools to succeed
Supporting Women in Trades (SWIT) is launching a National Leadership Development...
Labour
West extension of Ottawa LRT may be delayed one year
OTTAWA — Ottawa City Council was informed Aug. 5 that the LRT extension project...
Infrastructure
Smoke Architecture founder looks to regenerate what’s been lost in Canada’s built environment
It was from trips to the North with her father Dale, a builder, that the young E...
Projects , Resource
Bird Construction earns $14.1 million in Q2; construction revenue up year over year
MISSISSAUGA, ONT. - Bird Construction Inc. says it earned $14.1 million in the s...
Economic
WSP Global to buy U.K. environmental firm as rapid-fire acquisitions continue
MONTREAL - WSP Global Inc. is extending its buying streak, as the Montreal-based...
Economic
UPDATE: Workers injured in scaffolding collapse at Courtice jobsite
COURTICE, ONT. — Days after two workers died and two others were injured in a tr...
OH&S
Unifor members elect Lana Payne as new president
TORONTO - Unifor says Lana Payne has been elected as the new president of Canada...
Labour
Algoma Steel reports on fire on coal conveyor
SAULT STE. MARIE, ONT. — Algoma Steel Group has announced that a fire occurred o...
OH&S
Throne speech reiterates key housing, infrastructure promises from Ford government
Ontario’s throne speech reiterated the Doug Ford government’s commitment to cont...