Infrastructure

Infrastructure key to fighting climate change: Arup experts

Infrastructure will play a key role in future climate change mitigation, accordi...

Infrastructure , Resource July 1, 2022

CN to invest $430M in Ontario rail assets this year

MONTREAL — CN is planning to spend approximately $430 million in Ontario in 2022...

Infrastructure June 30, 2022

Alberta prof heads new underground tech centre

The torch has been passed in Canada’s underground technology sector. After 28 y...

Infrastructure , Technology June 28, 2022

SNC-Lavalin lands Colorado highway job

MONTREAL—Quebec-based SNC-Lavalin has been awarded a six-year, $31 million contr...

Infrastructure , Projects , US News June 24, 2022

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 June 24, 2022

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 June 24, 2022

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 June 23, 2022

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 June 22, 2022

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 June 21, 2022

DCN-JOC spotlight: Construction and National Indigenous Peoples Day

Taking place on the summer solstice (June 21), National Indigenous Peoples Day i...

Infrastructure , Labour , Projects , Resource June 21, 2022

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 June 17, 2022

$1.45B Lower Manhattan flood project aims to protect residents from another Hurricane Sandy

A 2.4-mile stretch of shoreline along the East River in Lower Manhattan is under...

Infrastructure , Projects , US News June 17, 2022

Fort Street roadwork halted as Gordie Howe Bridge team investigates concrete collapse

Work will not resume on a section of roadway on the U.S. side of the Gordie Howe...

Infrastructure , OH&S June 16, 2022

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 June 16, 2022

SNC-Lavalin engineers vote for settlement, ending strike

TORONTO - A union representing SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. engineers say members have...

Infrastructure , Labour June 15, 2022

Concrete collapse near Gordie Howe Bridge site under investigation

WINDSOR, ONT. - The Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority (WDBA) has released a state...

Government , Infrastructure , OH&S June 14, 2022

CaGBC panel explores the transition to a green lending-friendly environment

The walls separating green developers from financial lending institutions are st...

Associations , Economic , Infrastructure , Technology June 14, 2022

Inquiry to hear testimony on Ottawa’s off the rails transit system

OTTAWA - Hundreds of public servants and downtown workers trudged shoulder to sh...

Government , Infrastructure , Projects June 13, 2022

Washington state to require building electrification in some sectors next year

VANCOUVER—Washington State has become the first U.S. state to incorporate buildi...

Infrastructure , Resource , US News June 13, 2022

Matawa First Nation receives funding for second phase of fibre optic network project

THUNDER BAY, ONT. — Matawa First Nations Management (MFNM) has successfully secu...

Infrastructure June 10, 2022

Barton Street in Hamilton named Ontario’s Worst Road for 2022

TORONTO — The votes are in and Barton Street in Hamilton, Ont. is at the top of...

Infrastructure June 8, 2022

Montreal alliance announces consultation for Peel Basin redevelopment

MONTREAL—An alliance of urban development professionals has announced the start...

Infrastructure , Projects June 8, 2022

Biden waives solar panel tariffs, seeks to boost production

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden ordered emergency measures Monday to increase U...

Government , Infrastructure , Technology June 7, 2022

Federal funding to make community centre in Quebec more accessible

ASCOT CORNER, QUE. — The Government of Canada recently announced a non-repayable...

Government , Infrastructure June 2, 2022

Infrastructure plan: $33M to clean up hundreds of oil wells

NEW ORLEANS—About $33 million of the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure plan...

Infrastructure , US News May 31, 2022

Prompt payment legislation urgently needed in New Brunswick: CANB

Rising construction costs coupled with prolonged payment delays are slamming sub...

Associations , Infrastructure , Labour May 31, 2022

Election Notebook Ford suggests more highways will help fight climate change

Big-city highway congestion and small-town public transit were in the spotlight...

Government , Infrastructure , Labour , Resource May 27, 2022

Welland, Ont. commits to wood construction in drive for sustainability

As part of its commitment to sustainability, the City of Welland, Ont. has embra...

Infrastructure , Resource May 27, 2022

Remote Tshiuetin Rail upgrades to support First Nations lifelines

One of Canada’s most remote rail lines will be undergoing significant modernizat...

Infrastructure May 27, 2022

Your top DCN headlines: May 23 to 27

Your top DCN headlines this week cover the devastation left behind after a storm...

Associations , Government , Infrastructure , Labour , Projects May 27, 2022

VIDEO: Housing prices soar across Canada

Across Canada, prices are soaring for both renters and buyers as the housing mar...

Economic , Government , Infrastructure May 27, 2022

Storm cleanup an ‘enormous undertaking’ that will take weeks

The work being carried out in the aftermath of the May long weekend storm that r...

Infrastructure May 25, 2022

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