Infrastructure
Lester Group carpenters step up to build 100-bed field hospital in Windsor, Ont.
Lester Group carpenters step up to build 100-bed field hospital in Windsor, Ont.
When the Lester Group’s construction foreman Jerry Arnold told his carpentry crew they would be building and maintaining a field hospital for COVID-19 patients, he was surprised by their enthusiasm for a job that could possibly expose them to the virus....
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Alaska LNG project receives federal regulatory approval
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Largest yet: $1.3 billion contract for border wall awarded
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Scotts Mills Dam project near Peterborough, Ont. resumes
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Lester Group carpenters step up to build 100-bed field hospital in Windsor, Ont.
When the Lester Group’s construction foreman Jerry Arnold told his carpentry cre...
Infrastructure , Projects
Alaska LNG project receives federal regulatory approval
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA — The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued a decision a...
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