Infrastructure
New investments slated for Gordie Howe bridge community benefits plan

New investments slated for Gordie Howe bridge community benefits plan
WINDSOR, ONT. — The implementation of the Gordie Howe International Bridge Community Benefits Plan is almost halfway through its five-year term and the project team has identified new investment opportunities worth $2.3 million as well as adding 11 new pr...
Infrastructure

Timing is everything: Constructing Ontario’s ice roads
Each year in Ontario’s Far North communities construction crews swing into actio...
Infrastructure

Transport Futures launches seven-part series on highways
Transport Futures founder Martin Collier has announced the learning program is r...
Infrastructure

ACCIONA forecasts more collaborative models for building infrastructure in 2023
When it comes to the market outlook for 2023, the industry is going to see a con...
Infrastructure
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New investments slated for Gordie Howe bridge community benefits plan
WINDSOR, ONT. — The implementation of the Gordie Howe International Bridge Commu...
Infrastructure

Timing is everything: Constructing Ontario’s ice roads
Each year in Ontario’s Far North communities construction crews swing into actio...
Infrastructure

Transport Futures launches seven-part series on highways
Transport Futures founder Martin Collier has announced the learning program is r...
Infrastructure

ACCIONA forecasts more collaborative models for building infrastructure in 2023
When it comes to the market outlook for 2023, the industry is going to see a con...
Infrastructure

Your top DCN headlines: Jan. 30 to Feb. 3
Your top DCN headlines this week cover industry reaction to the passing of long-...
Associations , Economic , Government , Infrastructure , Labour

OPG to use Percepto drone to monitor infrastructure
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Autonomous inspection provider Percepto has announced Transport...
Infrastructure , Technology , US News

Education, network of expertise key to success in mass timber projects
For Matt Bolen, principal of Edge Architects, every mass timber project, even th...
Infrastructure

Forecast panellists optimistic about prospects for construction growth
Panellists at a recent construction forecast event expressed both short-term and...
Economic , Infrastructure

Biden visits NYC to highlight grant for Hudson rail tunnel
NEW YORK - New day, new tunnel. President Joe Biden is ready to showcase a $292...
Government , Infrastructure , US News

For ‘Amtrak Joe’ Biden, Baltimore rail tunnel visit personal
WASHINGTON - Ulysses S. Grant was still president when workers finished the Balt...
Infrastructure , US News

Modular construction just what the doctor ordered for health care
Like other sectors of the Canadian economy, the health care industry wants to sp...
Infrastructure , OH&S , Technology

CIB to fund residential services for northern Ontario First Nation
MOBERT, ONT. — The Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) and Netmizaaggamig Nishnaabe...
Government , Infrastructure

City of Ottawa, transit group reach settlement over LRT contract dispute
OTTAWA — The City of Ottawa and Rideau Transit Group have reached an out-of-cour...
Government , Infrastructure

Community housing a focus at ROMA conference
TORONTO — Provincial and municipal leaders got the opportunity to discuss rural...
Government , Infrastructure

Cable installation begins on Howe Bridge
WINDSOR, ONT. — The Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority has announced the kickoff o...
Infrastructure

Your top DCN headlines: Jan. 23 to 27
Your top DCN headlines this week cover a sneak peek into the early projects that...
Infrastructure , Projects , Resource , Technology

Homes First Society accepts delivery on modular homes
TORONTO - Toronto Mayor John Tory and other local politicians were onsite recent...
Infrastructure

Crews work 55 consecutive hours to build new Hazel McCallion underpass
MISSISSAUGA, ONT. — It took LIUNA Local 183 crews 55 hours straight under a busy...
Infrastructure

Quebec Innu community seeks $2.2B from Hydro Quebec for Churchill Falls destruction
MONTREAL — A Quebec Innu community is suing Hydro-Quebec for $2.2-billion, claim...
Government , Infrastructure

Tunnelling boring machine launched for Scarborough Subway Extension
TORONTO - Tunnelling officially got underway last week on the Scarborough Subway...
Infrastructure , Projects

Surfside condo collapse emphasizes need to prevent any others like it, even in Canada
The collapse of the 12-storey condominium at Surfside, Fla. in the summer of 202...
Infrastructure

Residences to help solve McMaster’s housing crunch
With lack of student housing now a significant problem, Hamilton, Ont.’s McMaste...
Infrastructure

Construction begins on new Hydro One tunnel in Toronto
TORONTO — Hydro One has launched construction on a new tunnel that will run 85 f...
Infrastructure

Renovated ER at Nova Scotia’s Cumberland Regional Health Centre to reopen next month
CUMBERLAND, N.S. — After months of delay, renovations at a hospital emergency de...
Infrastructure

Toronto King Street intersection closed for watermain repairs
TORONTO — The City of Toronto announced Jan. 22 that the busy downtown intersect...
Infrastructure

Ottawa Hospital and building trade unions partner to build massive new campus
OTTAWA — The Ottawa Hospital recently announced a first in Ontario health care a...
Infrastructure , Labour

Multi-storey residential tower to rise next to Ottawa’s Rideau Centre
Cadillac Fairview (CF) has embarked on the next stage of an ambitious redevelopm...
Infrastructure

Slate unveils early projects in Stelco lands development
Slate Asset Management recently offered a first glimpse of plans for the redevel...
Infrastructure

Development phase underway for WAHA redevelopment
OTTAWA — The Weeneebayko Area Health Authority (WAHA) redevelopment project is e...
Infrastructure

Your top DCN headlines: Jan. 16 to 20
Your top DCN headlines this week cover an initiative by EllisDon that supports w...
Infrastructure , OH&S , Projects

Hydro One launches sustainable project financing program
TORONTO — Hydro One Limited has announced a new financing program to support sus...
Infrastructure , Resource

Latest Hamilton sewage release totalled 59M litres
HAMILTON — The City of Hamilton estimates approximately 59 million litres of san...
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U.S. construction costs fell sharply in December
ARLINGTON, VA. — Falling prices for diesel fuel, lumber and steel cooled inflati...
US News

Modular construction just what the doctor ordered for health care
Like other sectors of the Canadian economy, the health care industry wants to sp...
Infrastructure , OH&S , Technology

Crews work 55 consecutive hours to build new Hazel McCallion underpass
MISSISSAUGA, ONT. — It took LIUNA Local 183 crews 55 hours straight under a busy...
Infrastructure

Residences to help solve McMaster’s housing crunch
With lack of student housing now a significant problem, Hamilton, Ont.’s McMaste...
Infrastructure

London, Ont. building collapse survivor dedicates career to changing site safety
It’s been a long and hard road for construction worker Jacob Hurl, who was trapp...
Labour , OH&S

ACCIONA forecasts more collaborative models for building infrastructure in 2023
When it comes to the market outlook for 2023, the industry is going to see a con...
Infrastructure

HOPA outlines long list of Hamilton port projects for 2023
Hamilton-Oshawa Port Au-thority (HOPA) executive Jonathan Wetselaar delivered th...
Labour

Forecast panellists optimistic about prospects for construction growth
Panellists at a recent construction forecast event expressed both short-term and...