Special Feature
Infrastructure
Below are articles from the latest Infrastructure Special Feature Newsletter, published March 26, 2021 by the Journal of Commerce.
Feature Articles - Infrastructure
![What’s the deal with megaproject delays and cost overruns?](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2021/03/IH_MegaProjectCostOverrunsMainWEB-01-300x169.png)
What’s the deal with megaproject delays and cost overruns?
“The megaprojects paradox consists in the irony that more and more megaprojects...
Infrastructure
![Engineering begins on $4-billion Lake Diefenbaker project in Saskatchewan](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2021/03/GC_LakeDiefenbakerMainWEB-01-300x169.png)
Engineering begins on $4-billion Lake Diefenbaker project in Saskatchewan
Engineering work has started for the initial stage of the massive $4-billion Lak...
Infrastructure
![Highway 91C upgrade in Delta, B.C. far from normal](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2021/03/GC_Highway91-17MainWEB-01-300x169.png)
Highway 91C upgrade in Delta, B.C. far from normal
A $260-million upgrade project along Highway 91C near Highway 17 in Delta, B.C.,...
Infrastructure
![First Nations playing greater role in Canadian infrastructure development](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2021/03/PC_IndigenousCollabMainWEB-01-300x169.png)
First Nations playing greater role in Canadian infrastructure development
Engagement with Canadian First Nations has been a long and winding road that tak...
Government , Infrastructure
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In 2020, there were 11 projects valued at $1 billion or more each, and 26 projec...
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Calgary easing outdoor water restrictions, re-opening public pools
CALGARY - Calgary is easing some outdoor water restrictions after a major water...
Government , Infrastructure
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Repeatability at scale the key to success for modular construction
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Governments see modular as part of Canada’s housing solution
Government initiatives, both federally and provincially, addressing the national...
Government , Technology
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Lack of product standardization hindering mass timber construction’s growth
Mass timber construction is making headlines, especially in Toronto and Vancouve...
Resource
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Combined federal, provincial infrastructure investment of $327.8M in Saskatchewan
REGINA – The federal government and Government of Saskatchewan are investing mor...
Government
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Canada’s restrictive Single Egress Staircase regulations under review
“Will that be one staircase or two?” As taller multi-level residential developm...
Government
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Toronto construction costs remain stubbornly high: RLB
The latest North American Quarterly Cost Report from Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB)...
Economic
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$48M public safety building to rise in Esquimalt
A lone orange excavator is parked on an expanse of grey-brown dirt a short dista...