Special Feature
Roadbuilding
Below are articles from the latest Roadbuilding and Heavy Equipment Special Feature, published February 25, 2022 by the Journal of Commerce.
Feature Articles - Roadbuilding
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
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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Top 20 U.S. Mega Project Starts
In 2020, there were 11 projects valued at $1 billion or more each, and 26 projects of 1 million square feet or more each.
Canada's Urban Population Growth
This infographic looks at the surge in Canada's urban population growth.
Canadian Demographics
This infographic looks at the latest Canadian population growth rates.
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Top 10 largest construction project starts in Canada and Trend Graph – August 2023
The accompanying table records the 10 largest construction project starts in Can...
Economic , Infrastructure , Projects
Construction steel prices in 2023-24 expected to remain high
Western Canada’s steel prices are expected remain high over the next 2023-2024 p...
Economic , Resource
Inuvik wind turbine achieves major milestone as first power delivered to grid
In mid-September, Inuvik celebrated the first power produced by a 3.5-megawatt w...
Infrastructure , Resource
Canada needs to build more mines now: MAC president
Canada needs to build more mines, pronto. So says Pierre Gratton, president and...
Associations , Resource
Edmonton International Airport begins departures roadway upgrades
EDMONTON – Edmonton International Airport (YEG) is completing infrastructure upg...
Projects
PNE Amphitheatre demo underway, new build cost escalates
Construction crews have started tearing down infrastructure at the 59-year-old P...
Infrastructure , Projects
Nunavut modular home factory changing lives in the Far North
A modular home factory under construction in Arviat, Nunavut, will produce up to...
Projects , Technology
B.C. steel company sees major business spike after Kelowna fires
Kelowna-based BC Steel Ltd., a full-service company that engineers, designs and...