Your JOC Top Headlines: August 12 to 16
Your JOC Top Headlines: August 12 to 16
This week’s top JOC headlines include teens learning core welding skills, the federal government investing in education for wood construction and design, the Southern Interior Construction Association hosting sessions for the B.C. Builders Code and Prime...
Associations , Government , Labour , Resource
B.C. employers halt participation in workers’ compensation review
Dozens of employer groups have ceased participation in a review of B.C.’s worker...
Associations , Government , Labour
MHCA set to mobilize with Manitoba election looming
WINNIPEG, MAN. - With an election looming, the Manitoba Heavy Construction Assoc...
Associations , Government
BentallGreenOak tower set to rise in Vancouver’s business district
A large excavator claws at a pile of grey rubble on a muddy parcel of land at 10...
Projects
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Prime Minister announces advisory committee aimed at promoting skilled trades
HALIFAX - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced the creation of a new advi...
Government , Labour
U.S. Industry Snapshot – Bolstered by Mega Projects, July’s Nonresidential Starts almost Matched June
ConstructConnect announced today that the latest month’s volume of constr...
Economic
Top 10 major upcoming industrial and water treatment construction projects – Canada – August 2019
The accompanying tables show the top 10 major upcoming industrial and water tre...
Economic
Top 10 major upcoming medical and educational construction projects – U.S. – August 2019
The accompanying tables show the top 10 major upcoming medical and educational c...
Economic
Your JOC Top Headlines: August 12 to 16
This week’s top JOC headlines include teens learning core welding skills, the fe...
Associations , Government , Labour , Resource
B.C. to improve Balmoral intersection
Balmoral, B.C. - After input from residents in and around Balmoral, B.C., the pr...
Infrastructure
MHCA set to mobilize with Manitoba election looming
WINNIPEG, MAN. - With an election looming, the Manitoba Heavy Construction Assoc...
Associations , Government
BentallGreenOak tower set to rise in Vancouver’s business district
A large excavator claws at a pile of grey rubble on a muddy parcel of land at 10...
Projects
City of Edmonton fined $325K for 2016 tunnel incident
EDMONTON, ALTA. – The City of Edmonton has been sentenced to a penalty of $325,0...
OH&S
B.C. employers halt participation in workers’ compensation review
Dozens of employer groups have ceased participation in a review of B.C.’s worker...
Associations , Government , Labour
City of Saskatoon hit by $1m internet fraud from ‘construction executive’
SASKATOON - The City of Saskatoon says it has lost $1 million in an online scam....
Government , Technology
Economic outlook credits major projects in B.C. for continued growth: Central 1
VANCOUVER - A financial services organization in British Columbia is forecasting...
Economic
Federal government puts $2.5 million toward wood construction education
OTTAWA, ON. - The Government of Canada is looking to fund the next generation of...
Government
SICA to host new Builders Code training sessions
KELOWNA, B.C. - The B.C. Builders Code is taking its anti-bullying message to th...
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Trudeau breached Conflict of Interest Act, says ethics commissioner
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau violated the Conflict of Interest Act by...
Government
National Research Council to be new CentrePort Canada tenant
CentrePort Canada continues to grow with the most recent tenant to break ground...
Projects
WOOD SPOTLIGHT: Timber City – How the City of Surrey is winning with wood
“Surrey has big aspirations,” according to Scott Groves, who oversees the design...
Projects , Technology
Welding camp teaches core skills to teens
Kamloops, B.C. - B.C. youth sparked their curiosity in welding this summer with...
Labour
ITA, First Nations sign MOU to increase trades participation
VANCOUVER - The Industry Training Authority in B.C. has signed a memorandum of u...
Labour
Vancouver gives Granville Bridge a seismic tune-up
VANCOUVER- The City of Vancouver is working to ensure one of the major routes in...
Projects
Jim Pattison makes offer to take Canfor Corp. private at $16 per share
VANCOUVER - Shares of Canfor Corp. surged more than 70 per cent in mid-morning t...
Economic , Resource
Committee recommends B.C. pass prompt payment laws
After consulting with B.C. businesses and industry leaders, government officials...
Associations , Government
Low prices, LNG uncertainty add to frustration levels for natural gas producers
CALGARY - Greg Kist admits he was burned out when he resigned as president of Pa...
Economic , Resource
Stories of Inspiration: The Her Construction Story series
This year The Journal of Commerce (JOC) and The Daily Commercial News (DCN) coll...
Associations , Labour
Greater Vancouver industrial property demand strong, supply limited: Colliers
Demand for industrial property in Greater Vancouver Area (GVA) remains strong wh...
Economic
Working group aims to modernize Winnipeg roadwork process
A working group composed of industry leaders and city officials is recommending...
Associations , Infrastructure
The Construction Record Podcast – Episode 61: A welder’s bursary, CAMH walls, prompt payment in B.C. and the VRCA Silver Awards of Excellence
This week on The Construction Record Podcast, national managing editor Vince Ver...
Bombs away: Alberta woodworkers deliver Grand Slam bomb replica to target
The Bomber Command Museum of Canada in Nanton, Alta. already has an Avro Lancast...
Others
Your Top JOC Headlines: August 5 to August 9
This week’s top JOC headlines include B.C. labour representatives weighing in o...
Government , Infrastructure , Labour , Projects
City of Calgary and partners rethink Stephen Avenue
CALGARY, ALTA. - The City of Calgary, the Calgary Downtown Association and Gehl...
Associations , Infrastructure
VRCA showcases Silver Award of Excellence winners
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Regional Construction Association (VRCA) is celebratin...
Associations , Projects
Waverley Underpass opens ahead of schedule
WINNIPEG, MAN. – Winnipeg’s Waverley Underpass is set to open on August 19. The...
Infrastructure , Projects
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New Vancouver office tower comes with architectural twists and turns
VANCOUVER — A new and unusual 32-storey office tower will soon climb up into dow...
Projects
VRCA showcases Silver Award of Excellence winners
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Regional Construction Association (VRCA) is celebratin...
Associations , Projects
Stories of Inspiration: The Her Construction Story series
This year The Journal of Commerce (JOC) and The Daily Commercial News (DCN) coll...
Associations , Labour
Enbridge CEO ‘deeply saddened’ by death in Kentucky gas pipeline explosion
CALGARY - A natural gas pipeline shut down after a massive explosion killed a wo...
Infrastructure , OH&S , Resource
Canada Infrastructure Bank joins forces with City of Richmond to push utility grid to next level
A growing region of the Lower Mainland may see a significant electrical expansio...
Infrastructure , Resource
Carpentry camp teaches B.C. girls trades skills
Girls in B.C. are getting in some tool time this summer. Girls ages 12 to 15 we...
Labour
B.C. court deals blow to Jumbo resort, rules environmental certificate invalid
VANCOUVER - A controversial ski resort proposed in southeastern British Columbia...
Government , Projects
Workers’ compensation review an opportunity to restore benefits: Unions
While employer associations have stated they have concerns over the timing and v...
