Infrastructure
Fed to spend $100M to boost airports
Fed to spend $100M to boost airports
OTTAWA — The federal government has announced it is allocating $105 million to three new projects with Nav Canada under the National Trade Corridors Fund. The projects are intended improve supply chain efficiency for Canadian airlines across the country,...
Infrastructure , Technology
Climate resilience initiatives receive $46.7M from feds
OTTAWA - Two climate resilience initiatives, the Climate Resilient Built Environ...
Infrastructure
Feds spend to upgrade Port of Oshawa
OSHAWA, ONT. — Federal Minister of Transport Omar Alghabra has announced spendin...
Infrastructure
Infrastructure key to fighting climate change: Arup experts
Infrastructure will play a key role in future climate change mitigation, accordi...
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Fed to spend $100M to boost airports
OTTAWA — The federal government has announced it is allocating $105 million to t...
Infrastructure , Technology
Climate resilience initiatives receive $46.7M from feds
OTTAWA - Two climate resilience initiatives, the Climate Resilient Built Environ...
Infrastructure
Feds spend to upgrade Port of Oshawa
OSHAWA, ONT. — Federal Minister of Transport Omar Alghabra has announced spendin...
Infrastructure
Infrastructure key to fighting climate change: Arup experts
Infrastructure will play a key role in future climate change mitigation, accordi...
Infrastructure , Resource
CN to invest $430M in Ontario rail assets this year
MONTREAL — CN is planning to spend approximately $430 million in Ontario in 2022...
Infrastructure
Alberta prof heads new underground tech centre
The torch has been passed in Canada’s underground technology sector. After 28 y...
Infrastructure , Technology
SNC-Lavalin lands Colorado highway job
MONTREAL—Quebec-based SNC-Lavalin has been awarded a six-year, $31 million contr...
Infrastructure , Projects , US News
Your top DCN headlines: June 20 to 24
Your top DCN headlines this week cover the “perfect storm” of factors causing On...
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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
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
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
DCN-JOC spotlight: Construction and National Indigenous Peoples Day
Taking place on the summer solstice (June 21), National Indigenous Peoples Day i...
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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
$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
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
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
SNC-Lavalin engineers vote for settlement, ending strike
TORONTO - A union representing SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. engineers say members have...
Infrastructure , Labour
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
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
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
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
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
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
Montreal alliance announces consultation for Peel Basin redevelopment
MONTREAL—An alliance of urban development professionals has announced the start...
Infrastructure , Projects
Biden waives solar panel tariffs, seeks to boost production
WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden ordered emergency measures Monday to increase U...
Government , Infrastructure , Technology
Federal funding to make community centre in Quebec more accessible
ASCOT CORNER, QUE. — The Government of Canada recently announced a non-repayable...
Government , Infrastructure
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
Prompt payment legislation urgently needed in New Brunswick: CANB
Rising construction costs coupled with prolonged payment delays are slamming sub...
Associations , Infrastructure , Labour
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
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
Remote Tshiuetin Rail upgrades to support First Nations lifelines
One of Canada’s most remote rail lines will be undergoing significant modernizat...
Infrastructure
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Update: Video shows worker dangling from crane load at PCL site in Toronto
A video of a man dangling from a crane load at a construction site in downtown T...
OH&S
Top 10 largest construction project starts in Canada and Trend Graph – May 2022
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Tallest mass timber build proposed for Toronto
A new purpose-built rental building in downtown Toronto is looking to be the tal...
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Ontario painters, tapers call off strike in the ICI sector
Painters and tapers working in Ontario’s ICI sector have called off their strike...
Labour
Stelco steelworkers contract talks stall
NANTICOKE, ONT. — Negotiations have stalled for a new collective agreement at St...
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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
Promoted to project manager by EllisDon in 2021, Pegah Moghani has always been i...
Labour
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...