Special Feature
Roadbuilding & Heavy Equipment
Below are articles from the latest Roadbuilding and Heavy Equipment Special Feature, published February 2024 by the Journal of Commerce.
Feature Articles - Roadbuilding & Heavy Equipment
Technology ‘obsessed’ All Roads Construction looking to bridge skills gap
All Roads Construction bills itself as a paving company that is obsessed with te...
Infrastructure , Technology
Next-generation transportation: Making streets and roads ready
Ready or not, here comes shared micromobility (SM) – shared, publicly available,...
Infrastructure
Is Winnipeg’s Arlington Bridge doomed?
The Arlington Bridge, which extends over Winnipeg’s sprawling Canadian Pacific R...
Infrastructure
Former ORBA president Mario Villeneuve proud to represent Ontario’s north
After passing on the presidency’s baton at the recent Ontario Road Builders’ Ass...
Associations
Paving pitfalls: Roadway asphalt mixes need to be reviewed to pace climate change
Governments at all levels engaged in roadbuilding need to review the asphalt mix...
Infrastructure , Resource
Teston Road expansion more than a simple road widening
With a population now well in excess of one million, York Region is experiencing...
Infrastructure
Recent innovations right up the alley of roadbuilding and heavy equipment conference
The world is moving toward a more environmentally conscious, sustainable future...
Technology
Modified spider provides steep-slope solution for roadbuilding
When the rebuild of Quesnel’s West Fraser Road washout completes in fall 2023, p...
Infrastructure , Technology
Drone info turning construction civil dirt works to pay dirt
The use of drone-collected data is evolving deeper into jobsite planning, turnin...
Technology
Silica control tool strengthened for roadbuilding users
Strides have been made over the past several years to strengthen the BC Construc...
Associations , OH&S
Roadbuilding Feature: 3D pavement milling gaining traction in Ontario
Technology is making an entry into how existing roads are restored, particularly...
Infrastructure
Roadbuilding Feature: The mystery of the heavy equipment tilting cab
When Waterloo’s Centre of Research Expertise for the Prevention of Musculoskelet...
Infrastructure
Timing is everything: Constructing Ontario’s ice roads
Each year in Ontario’s Far North communities construction crews swing into actio...
Infrastructure
Road building education across Canada is as diverse as the country
The truckers’ blockades have shown that Canada’s network of highways and bridges...
Labour
Ontario’s first diverging diamond interchange taking shape
The $58-million design build of Ontario’s first diverging diamond interchange ha...
Infrastructure , Projects
Kicking Horse crews buck terrain to widen east lane in $601 million upgrade
The Kicking Horse Canyon's final phase of 4.8 kilometres of Trans-Canada Highway...
Infrastructure , Projects
What’s in your blindspot? Public heavy truck awareness campaign rolls out
As anyone in the construction knows, driving a multi-tonne construction or other...
Associations , Infrastructure , OH&S
Hwy. 14 upgrades on Vancouver Island hitting benchmarks
On time and on budget - how often does one hear this phrase in construction? Wel...
Government , Infrastructure , Projects
Toronto ‘construction hub’ pilot improves roadbuilding site safety
A special ‘construction hub’ pilot project designed to increase safety and coord...
Infrastructure , OH&S , Projects
More Articles - Roadbuilding & Heavy Equipment
Ontario’s first diverging diamond interchange taking shape
The $58-million design build of Ontario’s first diverging diamond interchange ha...
Infrastructure , Projects
What’s in your blindspot? Public heavy truck awareness campaign rolls out
As anyone in the construction knows, driving a multi-tonne construction or other...
Associations , Infrastructure , OH&S
Hwy. 14 upgrades on Vancouver Island hitting benchmarks
On time and on budget - how often does one hear this phrase in construction? Wel...
Government , Infrastructure , Projects
Road building education across Canada is as diverse as the country
The truckers’ blockades have shown that Canada’s network of highways and bridges...
Labour
Kicking Horse crews buck terrain to widen east lane in $601 million upgrade
The Kicking Horse Canyon's final phase of 4.8 kilometres of Trans-Canada Highway...
Infrastructure , Projects
Toronto ‘construction hub’ pilot improves roadbuilding site safety
A special ‘construction hub’ pilot project designed to increase safety and coord...
Infrastructure , OH&S , Projects
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‘One giant step backwards’: Manitoba stakeholders voice opposition to PLA reversal
WINNIPEG – Some Manitoba construction associations are warning against a change...
Government , Labour
Inside Innovation: New solutions for building tall in tight spaces
Constructing tall buildings in tight urban spaces poses several challenges, incl...
Technology
Manitoba proposes new workplace safety legislation
WINNIPEG – The Manitoba government is introducing proposed legislation to re-est...
Government , OH&S
Why can’t transit projects be delivered on time?
Among all construction projects, it’s unarguable large transit projects have the...
Infrastructure , Projects
A firm foundation: Base station on track for new Grouse Mountain gondola
A self-erecting crane towers over the construction site nestled next to a parkin...
Projects
Project manager Melanie Knowles paving her own path forward in construction
Not only was she eastern Ontario’s first representative on the Ontario Asphalt P...
Labour
New nine-level Vancouver Art Gallery incorporates Coast Salish weaving techniques
Fencing has been erected and heavy equipment is being brought in to start demoli...
Projects
Powerline technician Melissa Dawe weathers all kinds of storms to help others
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