Infrastructure
Blackouts after Muskrat Falls transmission line test in Labrador fails
Blackouts after Muskrat Falls transmission line test in Labrador fails
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project in Labrador has run into more problems. Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro has confirmed the failure of a test of its transmission line that links the hydroelectric dam with the island of Newfoundla...
Infrastructure , Projects
Your top DCN headlines: Nov. 21 to 25
Your top DCN headlines this week cover news Hamilton is being asked to inspect i...
Associations , Infrastructure , Labour , Projects
Hamilton must inspect entire sewage system: MOE
Ontario’s minister of environment has reportedly told the City of Hamilton to in...
Infrastructure
Needles in sewage adding new hazards
The issue of non-flushables, such as wet wipes, plaguing wastewater authorities...
Infrastructure
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Blackouts after Muskrat Falls transmission line test in Labrador fails
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project in Labrador has run i...
Infrastructure , Projects
Your top DCN headlines: Nov. 21 to 25
Your top DCN headlines this week cover news Hamilton is being asked to inspect i...
Associations , Infrastructure , Labour , Projects
Hamilton must inspect entire sewage system: MOE
Ontario’s minister of environment has reportedly told the City of Hamilton to in...
Infrastructure
Needles in sewage adding new hazards
The issue of non-flushables, such as wet wipes, plaguing wastewater authorities...
Infrastructure
Six-year Silverthorn storm trunk sewer build at halfway point
A severe storm which hit Toronto almost 20 years ago causing major property dama...
Infrastructure
Lloydminster new wastewater plant nears completion
To comply with updated Canadian environmental effluent water-quality requirement...
Infrastructure
$400-million treatment plant slated for Niagara Region
Niagara Region is moving forward with plans for a new, $400-million wastewater t...
Infrastructure
Enbridge announces completion of France’s first offshore wind farm
CALGARY - France's first commercial-scale offshore wind farm, which was develope...
Infrastructure , Resource
High Frequency Rail gathering steam, bureaucrats say at CCPPP conference
It’s not yet full steam ahead, but the federal High Frequency Rail (HFR) project...
Infrastructure
Rehabilitated runway reopens at Pearson Airport
TORONTO — After an eight-month rehabilitation, Runway 06L/24R, the second busies...
Infrastructure
PCL working double shifts on Rogers Centre renovations
TORONTO — PCL Constructors Canada Inc. (Toronto) has issued a progress report on...
Infrastructure , Projects
Port of Hamilton receives funds for steel-handling infrastructure
HAMILTON, ONT. — The federal government has announced $4.9 million in funding to...
Infrastructure
Financial close reached on Ontario Line RSSOM contract
TORONTO — Financial close has been achieved on the $9 billion Ontario Line Rolli...
Infrastructure
Two teams invited to respond to RFP for tunnel contract on Eglinton Crosstown
TORONTO — Following a Request for Qualifications process, two teams – Acciona-GI...
Infrastructure
Sports construction rolls right through economic uncertainty
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. - The hulking grandstand at the shuttered Arlington Inte...
Infrastructure , US News
Regulators clear path for largest dam demolition in history
PORTLAND, OR. - US regulators approved a major milestone Thursday in a plan to d...
Infrastructure , US News
Feds fund feasibility study for new Labrador roadway
OTTAWA—The federal government has announced spending of $200,000 for research to...
Government , Infrastructure
Nunavut’s Kivalliq Hydro-Fibre project receives federal funding
RANKIN INLET, NU. — The federal government has announced the Kivalliq Hydro-Fibr...
Infrastructure
Your top DCN headlines: Nov. 7 to 11
Your top DCN headlines this week cover the transformation of Toronto’s Cambridge...
Government , Infrastructure , Projects
Hospitals and high schools receive top CCPPP awards
TORONTO — Seven projects including a bundle of high schools, a treatment centre...
Infrastructure , Projects
OPG sells Toronto Kipling property for $200M
TORONTO — Ontario Power Generation Inc. (OPG) recently announced it has complete...
Government , Infrastructure
Bradford Bypass project moves ahead with construction on bridge crossing
BRADFORD, ONT. — Construction is starting on a bridge crossing over the future B...
Infrastructure
Travel back in time: DCN 95th anniversary feature page
Last week, leading up to the 95th anniversary of the Daily Commercial News on No...
Government , Infrastructure , Labour , Projects
Ontario proposes to cut Greenbelt land for homes, add land elsewhere
TORONTO - Ontario is proposing to remove land from the protected Greenbelt in or...
Government , Infrastructure , Projects
Your top DCN headlines: Oct. 31 to Nov. 4
Your top DCN headlines this week cover news the government is set to release the...
Government , Infrastructure
‘Everything we do has to change’ when wrestling climate impacts
Designers, builders and architects need to pressure their communities, policy-ma...
Infrastructure
High Frequency Rail project RFQ set for spring
OTTAWA — The federal government has reported significant interest in its High Fr...
Infrastructure
Construction delays for Ottawa light rail extension add 17 months to part of project
OTTAWA — Ottawa's light rail transit has been hit with construction delays that...
Infrastructure
Union Station at 95: DCN celebrates with Toronto’s grand ‘cathedral’
The Daily Commercial News (DCN) will celebrate its 95th anniversary on Nov. 8. I...
Infrastructure
More Homes Built Faster Act lauded as ‘once-in-a-generation’ legislation
Leaders in the residential sector say a new piece of legislation introduced by t...
Infrastructure
Housing commitments positive in municipal election outcomes, but infrastructure promises are needed, state stakeholders
With the municipal election in the rearview mirror, construction stakeholders ar...
Infrastructure
Residential and road sectors seeing most adjudications, ICI may see uptick
Adjudicators are seeing an increase in the number of adjudications and although...
Infrastructure
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$400-million treatment plant slated for Niagara Region
Niagara Region is moving forward with plans for a new, $400-million wastewater t...
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Dream unveils design for high-profile LeBreton Flats tower project in Ottawa
Given its prominent site not far from Ottawa’s Parliament Hill, the designers of...
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Worker rescued after trench collapse at home construction site in Oakville
Fire crews from Oakville and Mississauga rescued a worker buried in a trench col...
OH&S
Young worker who died in potash mine never got to meet his daughter
There are no words that can describe the loss of a child. That was the message...
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Life saving innovation: Ledcor celebrated for excavation rescue system
Improving safety on construction sites is everyone’s business. Ledcor Group rec...
Associations , OH&S
PCL working double shifts on Rogers Centre renovations
TORONTO — PCL Constructors Canada Inc. (Toronto) has issued a progress report on...
Infrastructure , Projects
Energy revolution will spur boom for builders, economists say
A handful of construction economists assembled for a recent economic webinar agr...
Economic
High Frequency Rail gathering steam, bureaucrats say at CCPPP conference
It’s not yet full steam ahead, but the federal High Frequency Rail (HFR) project...