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Suicide prevention in construction: advocates cheer progress

  ConstructConnect’s Daily Commercial News explores two peer suicide preve...

OH&S , US News September 26, 2023

Worker killed at temporary Vegas Strip auto race grandstand construction site identified

LAS VEGAS - A worker who died during the weekend of an injury received at a temp...

OH&S , US News September 26, 2023

Crown withdraws charges against construction company in fatal Barrie crash

BARRIE, ONT. — Criminal charges against a construction company in a crash north...

OH&S September 25, 2023

One dead, two injured after building collapses in north end Montreal

MONTREAL — A man has died and two others were injured after the partial collapse...

OH&S September 25, 2023

Sewer Safety Week warns of threat from crossed lines

Ontario One Call and partners in the utilities sector have launched the province...

OH&S September 20, 2023

Lawsuits filed by building owner, victim’s family in Old Montreal fire that killed 7

MONTREAL — A pair of lawsuits have been filed in connection with a fire in an Ol...

OH&S September 19, 2023

Policy gaps contributed to deadly gondola crash at Quebec’s Tremblant ski resort

MONTREAL - A deadly collision between a gondola and a drill rig at Quebec's Mont...

OH&S September 18, 2023

Your top DCN headlines: Sept. 11 to 15

Your top DCN headlines this week feature news SNC-Lavalin is changing its name i...

Economic , Government , Infrastructure , OH&S , Resource September 15, 2023

Crane collapses at China bridge construction project, killing 6 people

BEIJING - A tower crane collapsed at a bridge construction project in southwest ...

OH&S September 14, 2023

UPDATE: Police locate driver and car involved in hit-and-run of road worker

TORONTO - A 24-year-old from North York is in custody after a road maintenance w...

OH&S September 12, 2023

11 hurt when walkway collapses during Maine open lighthouse event

ARROWSIC, MAINE — Eleven people were hurt when a walkway collapsed during an ann...

OH&S , US News September 11, 2023

Your top DCN headlines: Sept. 4 to 8

Your top DCN headlines this week feature major news on the Ontario Greenbelt con...

Economic , Government , OH&S September 8, 2023

Probe of Florida building collapse that killed 98 to be completed by June 2025, US investigators say

The probe into the 2021 collapse of a beachfront condominium building that kille...

OH&S , US News September 8, 2023

Report blames deadly Iowa building collapse on removal of bricks and lack of shoring

A partial building collapse in Iowa that killed three people in May was caused b...

OH&S , US News September 7, 2023

UK government likened to ‘cowboy builders’ as 147 schools named at risk due to crumbling concrete

LONDON - The British government has been accused of “cutting corners” as it publ...

Infrastructure , OH&S September 6, 2023

Changing the dynamic: Preventing suicide in construction

Every September marks Suicide Prevention Month, with Sept. 10 recognized as Worl...

OH&S September 5, 2023

Bolton formwork company fined $60,000 following workplace incident

TORONTO — Aluma Systems Inc., a company that provides concrete formwork and shor...

OH&S September 5, 2023

Your Top DCN headlines: Aug. 28 to Sept. 1

Your top construction headlines from the DCN this week include major updates to...

Government , OH&S , Projects , Technology September 1, 2023

Man charged in east Ottawa explosion pleads guilty to two charges

OTTAWA - The man charged in connection with an east Ottawa explosion that destro...

Government , OH&S August 31, 2023

Supervisor fined for role in Woodbridge explosion, fatality

NEWMARKET, ONT. — A construction supervisor has been fined $70,000 for his role...

Government , OH&S August 31, 2023

Constructors strategize to harness new health and safety tech

Health and safety directors in the construction sector are adopting new technolo...

OH&S August 31, 2023

Workers exposed to extreme heat have no consistent protection in the U.S.

RENO, NV. - Santos Brizuela spent more than two decades laboring outdoors, persi...

OH&S , US News August 29, 2023

UPDATE: Fire breaks out at building under construction at Bay and Yonge

TORONTO — A fire broke out at a building under construction in downtown Toronto...

OH&S August 28, 2023

GoFundMe campaign raises $24,000 for family of worker killed at Ashbridges Bay jobsite

TORONTO — A GoFundMe page has been set up to support the family of a constructio...

OH&S August 25, 2023

Your top DCN headlines: Aug. 21 to 25

Your top DCN headlines this week feature news the RCMP is “evaluating” Greenbelt...

Government , Infrastructure , OH&S , Projects August 25, 2023

Maui wildfires renew tensions around water rights in a centuries old conflict over sacred streams

LAHAINA, HI - Shortly after the ignition of the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more...

Government , OH&S , US News August 24, 2023

Quebec releases new road safety plan, includes higher fines for drivers

MONTREAL — Quebec is rolling out a sweeping series of proposed regulations to de...

OH&S August 24, 2023

BREAKING: Mother dead, infant and 3 others injured in seven vehicle crash in Melancthon, Ont. construction zone

A mother travelling with her infant is dead and four others are injured followin...

OH&S August 23, 2023

Construction platform at railroad bridge being built in India collapses, killing at least 26 workers

GUWAHATI, INDIA - A construction platform at a railroad bridge being built in no...

OH&S August 23, 2023

Quebec community mourns four family members killed in home construction incident

MONTREAL — A rural community in Quebec's Bas-St-Laurent region was in mourning o...

OH&S August 21, 2023

UPDATE: Four family members dead after scissor lift topples at house under construction

MONTREAL - Four family members are dead after a construction project turned trag...

OH&S , Projects August 20, 2023

‘Ghost town’: thousands continue to flee Yellowknife as wildfires loom

Yellowknife faded into a ghost town in the face of looming wildfires Friday as t...

Government , OH&S August 18, 2023

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