Infrastructure

Top 10 largest construction project starts in Canada and Trend Graph – September 2018

The accompanying table records the 10 largest construction project starts in Can...

Economic October 19, 2018

Irene Lanzinger, BC Federation of Labour president, won’t seek third term

VANCOUVER - BC Federation of Labour president Irene Lanzinger has announced she...

Labour October 19, 2018

Construction worker killed by minivan on Milton Main Street

MILTON, ONT. — A 55-year-old construction worker employed at a Main Street jobsi...

OH&S October 19, 2018

Nalcor sends 500 workers home from main contractor at Labrador hydro project

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador's Crown-owned utility says it has d...

Labour October 19, 2018

Your top DCN headlines: Oct. 15 to 19

This week’s top DCN headlines highlight tech, politics and pot. During the 2018...

Government , Infrastructure , OH&S , Technology October 19, 2018

Future is now, CanaData tech guru proclaims

The construction sector has reached a tipping point in 2018 where excuse-making...

Technology October 19, 2018

Your top JOC headlines: Oct. 15 to 19

Your top JOC headlines for the week involve cannabis, candidates and campaigns....

Associations , Government , OH&S October 19, 2018

Canada open to growing trade with China now that USMCA is a done deal: PM

TORONTO — Canada is open to doing more business with China now that a trading ag...

Government October 19, 2018

U.S. employers post record number of open jobs in August

WASHINGTON — U.S. employers posted the most jobs in two decades in August, and h...

Economic October 19, 2018

WorkSafeBC launches impairment awareness campaign

VICTORIA — With recreational cannabis use legal as of Oct. 17, WorkSafeBC is lau...

OH&S October 19, 2018

University of Saskatchewan partners with First Nation on climate change research

SASKATOON, SASK. — University of Saskatchewan researchers are working with a Fir...

Technology October 19, 2018

Five firms qualify to bid on Orleans hospital project

OTTAWA — Five prequalified companies have been invited to respond to a request f...

Infrastructure October 19, 2018

Federal infrastructure survey reveals paucity of new affordable housing

OTTAWA — The second instalment of Infrastructure Canada’s inventory of the natio...

Infrastructure October 19, 2018

Yorkdale mall earns first Parksmart certification

TORONTO — Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI) has announced Canada’s first...

Projects October 19, 2018

Construction of heritage museum, cannabis dispensary begins in Cobourg

COBOURG, ONT. — FSD Pharma Inc. recently announced construction is underway on a...

Projects October 19, 2018

After mounting complaints, MLSE moves to upgrade BMO Field playing surface

TORONTO — Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment is moving to improve the much-mali...

Projects October 19, 2018

Cansel acquires Ontario and Alberta business of Trenchless

TORONTO — Canadian engineering firm Cansel recently announced it has acquired th...

Economic October 19, 2018

PHOTO: Knockin’ It Down

Demolition work progresses at the site of the old Mono Lino Typesetting building...

Projects October 19, 2018

Building Trades convention targets diversity, safety and unity

It’s hard to imagine the Provincial Building and Construction Trades Council of...

Labour October 19, 2018

Laurentian campus build brings engineering under one roof

A recently completed building on the Laurentian University campus in Sudbury, On...

Projects October 19, 2018

B.C. finance minister says speculation tax brings balance to housing crisis

VICTORIA - British Columbia's proposed speculation and vacancy tax is aimed at c...

Government October 19, 2018

Worker dies from fall at Oakville construction site

OAKVILLE, ONT. — A worker employed by an aluminum firm died after a fall at an O...

OH&S October 18, 2018

HHCA, business allies issue pro-LRT statement days before municipal election

HAMILTON, ONT. — The Hamilton-Halton Construction Association (HHCA) recently an...

Associations October 18, 2018

New Alaska ferry launches at Ketchikan Shipyard

KETCHIKAN, ALASKA — The construction of the second of two new Alaska state ferri...

Infrastructure October 18, 2018

September home sales fell 0.4 per cent compared with August: CREA

TORONTO — Canadian home sales fell for the first time in five months in Septembe...

Economic October 18, 2018

Automated cars could kill wide range of jobs, federal documents say

OTTAWA — More than one million jobs could be lost to the coming boom in automate...

Technology October 18, 2018

Vancouver architects Acton Ostry celebrate 25 years with new book

A Vancouver architecture firm is noting a milestone and moving ahead. Acton Ost...

Economic October 18, 2018

Design-build award winners honoured for project delivery excellence

HALIFAX — A new museum in Edmonton and a replacement bridge in Chilliwack, B.C....

Projects October 18, 2018

Michael’s destruction reveals Florida region’s weaker building codes

TALLAHASSEE, FLA. — Unlike in South Florida, homes in the state’s Panhandle did...

Infrastructure October 18, 2018

$1.2B Toronto hospital to merge nature, health care

TORONTO — West Park Healthcare Centre recently broke ground on a new $1.2 billio...

Infrastructure October 18, 2018

Prefabrication possibilities being explored by UNB research centre

Construction is one of the few remaining major industries that have not been “co...

Technology October 18, 2018

Toronto’s Mayoral Race: Keesmaat, Tory contrast on housing, transit, permitting

When Jennifer Keesmaat was Toronto’s planning boss under Mayor John Tory, she pr...

Government October 18, 2018

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