Special Feature
General and Trade Contracting
Below are articles from the latest General and Trade Contracting Special Feature, published May 29, 2020 by the Journal of Commerce.
Feature Articles - General and Trade Contracting

Western Canada contractors leading Indigenous partnerships and hiring
Western Canada contractors are leading the rest of the nation in engagement of I...
Labour

Upgrading of Alberta’s skilled workers must evolve: report
Innovation is rapidly changing the construction industry and if Alberta is to re...
Labour , OH&S

COVID-19 and mental health: Construction is not immune
As both a medical pandemic and a scary idea inside our heads, COVID-19 is unprec...
Labour , OH&S

First phase of Royal Columbian Hospital redevelopment completed
General contractor Bird Design-Build Construction Inc. has delivered on the firs...
Infrastructure , Projects
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Goldboro LNG plant slated to be largest project in Nova Scotia’s history
Calgary, Alta.-based Pieridae Energy is gearing up to build a massive, multi-bil...
Projects , Resource

2021 Preview: Stakeholders ruminate on COVID’s future impact on Canada’s construction sector
The coronavirus pandemic dramatically transformed the Canadian construction land...
Associations , Economic , OH&S , Projects , Technology

Top 10 major upcoming Oil & Gas and Electric Power & Communications construction projects – Canada – January 2021
The accompanying tables show the top 10 major upcoming Oil & Gas and Electr...
Economic

U.S. Construction Employment a Bright Spot in Many Major U.S. Cities
Table 1 sets out the best U.S. city labor markets according to two measurements...
Economic , US News

UBC students look at viability of high-speed rail to Whistler
Alpine enthusiasts could one day be whizzing to Whistler for skiing via rail if...
Infrastructure , Projects

U.S. and Canada Suffer Employment Setbacks in December
December 2020’s total employment figure in the U.S. declined by -140,000...
Economic

Study finds workplace levels of COVID-19 protection directly linked to mental health
Providing adequate COVID-19 protection in the workplace not only helps prevent t...
OH&S

Cody represents engineers on Order of Canada roll
In the new class of 61 appointees to the Order of Canada announced Dec. 30, it’s...