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Legal Notes: Price escalations give birth to new contractual models

Legal Notes: Price escalations give birth to new contractual models
Volatile material pricing and supply chain disruptions have added new risks to all sectors of Canadian construction. First was COVID-19 and the associated closures and health mandates. Since then numerous factors, like the Russian invasion of Ukraine, ha...
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Procurement Perspectives: The focus of an organization calls for present day philosophy, inspired by the past
Every organization exists within a temporal framework of past experience, presen...
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Ukraine lays out $750B ‘recovery plan’ for postwar future
LUGANO, Switzerland - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday the re...
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Industry Perspectives Op-Ed: Court decision puts use of lien bonds on Crown land in question
The below is a summary of a lengthier article published by Borden Ladner...
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Legal Notes: Price escalations give birth to new contractual models
Volatile material pricing and supply chain disruptions have added new risks to a...
Government

Procurement Perspectives: The focus of an organization calls for present day philosophy, inspired by the past
Every organization exists within a temporal framework of past experience, presen...
Government

Ukraine lays out $750B ‘recovery plan’ for postwar future
LUGANO, Switzerland - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday the re...
Economic , Government

Industry Perspectives Op-Ed: Court decision puts use of lien bonds on Crown land in question
The below is a summary of a lengthier article published by Borden Ladner...
Government

Legal Notes: The one-two punch of in-house and external counsel
Blending the talents of in-house corporate counsel with external counsel can be...
Government

Atlantic premiers say decision needed soon from Ottawa on regional energy loop
PICTOU, N.S. - Atlantic Canada's premiers are looking for a decision soon from O...
Economic , Government , Resource

Funding provided for project to recover waste heat in Quebec
SAINT-FELICIEN, QUE.—The governments of Canada and Quebec are providing over $2....
Government , Projects , Resource

TCHC gets $1.8M to increase energy efficiency in buildings
OTTAWA—The Government of Canada is making a $1.8-million investment in the Toron...
Government , Projects

Procurement Perspectives: Operational problems require fundamental changes
One of the most important roles of an organization is to turn great problems int...
Government

Helicopter helps locate suspect after Ajax construction site theft (Video)
AJAX, ONT. — Durham Regional Police helicopter Air1 assisted uniformed officers...
Government , Projects

Ford names new cabinet, with Jones as health minister, McNaughton remains labour minister
TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford has announced his new, 30-person cabinet, in...
Government

Your top DCN headlines: June 20 to 24
Your top DCN headlines this week cover the “perfect storm” of factors causing On...
Associations , Economic , Government , Infrastructure , Labour , Resource

VIDEO: Construction and climate change as fire and flood season begins
Climate changes incidents across Canada are forcing a rethink in government and...
Economic , Government , Infrastructure , OH&S

Judge approves $1B+ deal in deadly Florida condo collapse
MIAMI - A judge gave final approval Thursday to a settlement topping $1 billion...
Government , US News

Legal Notes: Cautionary tales of over-zealous lien claims
Liens are a serious tool in a dispute claimant’s legal toolbox. If claims for da...
Government

Cement carbon dioxide emissions quietly double in 20 years
Heat trapping carbon dioxide emissions from making cement, a less talked about b...
Government , Infrastructure , Technology , US News

PBO says Trans Mountain pipeline to result in net loss for government
OTTAWA - The Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) says the federal government now...
Government , Infrastructure , Resource

Industry Perspectives Op-Ed: The way forward for Ontario’s skilled trades
Earlier this month, voters returned Doug Ford’s governing PC party to office wit...
Associations , Government , Labour

Quebec extends state of emergency in Saguenay, Que., because of landslide threat
MONTREAL - Quebec is extending a state of emergency in a city north of Quebec Ci...
Government , Infrastructure , OH&S

CDPQ announces investment in Bouthillette Parizeau
MONTREAL—The Quebec pension fund CDPQ has announced it is taking a minority stak...
Economic , Government

Ottawa launches first phase of Canada Greener Home Loan program
OTTAWA—Ottawa has launched the first phase of its plan to offer interest-free lo...
Economic , Government

Procurement Perspectives: Change management in the construction industry
Change management is the ability to confront and control change. We can all agr...
Government

Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s new cabinet to be sworn in Friday, source says
TORONTO — A senior government source says Ontario Premier Doug Ford's new cabine...
Government

Your top DCN headlines: June 13 to 17
Your top DCN headlines this week cover news concrete collapsed onto a roadway at...
Government , Infrastructure , Labour , OH&S , Projects

RESCON outlines steps for government to build more housing
VAUGHAN, ONT.—The Residential Construction Council of Ontario (RESCON) is callin...
Government , Labour , Projects

Florida building collapse probe to begin structural testing
The federal investigation into the deadly collapse of a Florida beachfront condo...
Government , OH&S , US News

Unveiling the layers behind Phase 2 of Hamilton’s Randle Reef remediation project
Cleaning up the largest and most contaminated site within the Canadian Great Lak...
Government , Projects

Legal Notes: Lien claims should reflect accurate amounts
Filing a lien is serious. Given the time and resources associated with a lien ac...
Government

Canada West report highlights dire need for national trade infrastructure plan
A national plan for trade infrastructure is urgently needed if Canada wants to c...
Associations , Government , Infrastructure

MCAC urges government to act as labour, supply chains have ‘taken a beating’
The Mechanical Contractors Association of Canada (MCAC) and the Canadian Institu...
Associations , Government , Labour

Letter to the Editor: More than 50 organizations call on new Ontario government to support green building workforce
To the Editor: The building sector faces important challenges: labour shortages...
Government , Labour , Resource

PEO marks centenary with reform initiatives
TORONTO - Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO) has announced progress on a serie...
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Update: Video shows worker dangling from crane load at PCL site in Toronto
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Top 10 largest construction project starts in Canada and Trend Graph – May 2022
There are several reasons for highlighting upcoming large projects. Such jobs ha...
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Tallest mass timber build proposed for Toronto
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Stelco steelworkers contract talks stall
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Authenticity a key tool for Primeau in her career pursuit
Tracy Primeau had originally planned on being a history teacher. But after gradu...
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Work ethic, knowledge and experience, not gender, measures true value: Moghani
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Similar to U.S., Steep Ascents Seen in Canadian Construction Material Costs
The following is a companion piece to an earlier article on construction materia...