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Your Top JOC Headlines: Nov. 11 to 15
Your Top JOC Headlines: Nov. 11 to 15
This week’s top stories include the Alberta government increasing funding for skilled trades education, Jason Kenney vowing to fight for the oilpatch, the latest BCCA construction statistics, and a special P3 podcast before the Canadian Council for Public...
Associations , Economic , Government , Labour , Resource
B.C. stat pack shows a booming construction sector
VANCOUVER, B.C. - The BC Construction Association’s (BCCA) latest industry stati...
Associations , Economic
BCCA develops tool to help trades workers purchase homes
Vancouver, B.C. - The BC Construction Association (BCCA) is launching a new tool...
Associations , Economic
AFBC announces award winners
VANCOUVER - B.C.’s architectural forms are celebrating anew. This year’s debut...
Associations
Latest News
B.C. Building Trades announces new executive director
VANCOUVER - Andrew Mercier has been announced as the new executive director of t...
Labour
Labour shortages still hitting private sector: CFIB
TORONTO - Canada’s private sector job vacancy rate is stable but still high, acc...
Economic , Labour
Ontario to spend $60M on Toronto brain sciences centre
TORONTO — The Ontario government has announced it will allocate $60 million towa...
Infrastructure
Enbridge Gas makes $20K donation to Skills Ontario
TORONTO — Skills Ontario recently received a $20,000 donation from Enbridge Gas...
Labour
Newfoundland to Labrador fixed link has new legs
The idea of building a fixed transportation link across the Strait of Belle Isle...
Infrastructure
Safety professional says it’s time for new era in health and safety
Multi-stakeholder engagement is the key to effect change in health and safety in...
OH&S , Technology
LIUNA training centre new expansion responds to clamour for labourers
LIUNA Local 506 has officially opened the doors of a major new expansion to its...
Labour , Projects
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau unveils new Liberal cabinet
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has unveiled a larger cabinet that aims t...
Government
Spain has permits to build giant telescope blocked in Hawaii
BARCELONA, SPAIN - The director of a Spanish research centre said on Nov. 20 tha...
Projects
Ford’s green energy deal cancellation carries $231M cost
TORONTO - Premier Doug Ford's decision to tear up 750 renewable energy contracts...
Government , Resource
Sponsored Content: New OPCMA contract provisions designed to promote fairness, stronger market for manufactured precast concrete
The Ontario Precast Concrete Manufacturers’ Association (OPCMA) has published pr...
Associations
Crater Lake road system nationally historic
CRATER LAKE, OR. - Officials say the Army Corps of Engineers Road System at Cra...
Infrastructure , Projects
Workers, contractors gather at B.C. legislature in CBA protest
VICTORIA - The New Democrat government's approach to building major public proje...
Government , Labour
Inside Innovation: Wearable AR devices can improve workflow efficiency and safety
One of the most exciting developments seen on construction jobsites these days a...
Technology
$2M donation for Bowmanville hospital upgrades
BOWMANVILLE, ONT. — The Halminen Family Foundation announced a significant contr...
Infrastructure
Atwill-Morin to restore military tower in N.B
SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Groupe Atwill-Morin has announced it has been awarded a $5-mi...
Projects
Procurement Perspectives: Early RFP stages critical to success
I am often asked when speaking at an event, to review when and how government st...
Government
BOLT gives kids a shot at construction careers
A Tridel-sponsored program for disadvantaged inner-city youth is a formidable to...
Labour
Sponsored Content: How Canadian company Xypex helped make Helsinki’s art dream a reality
The multi-domed ceiling of the subterranean Amos Rex art museum pushes up throug...
Projects
Active & Emerging Canadian P3 Sectors Summary
Health: 101 projects in operation or under construction across Canada valued at...
Projects
Industry Special: Asbestos: Why risk it?
Employers are responsible for the health and safety of their workers, and that i...
OH&S
Alberta tackles school projects with eye to provincial P3 future
Alberta’s new government is launching a P3 bundle of schools as its first step t...
Government , Projects
Marasco honoured as 2019 P3 champion by CCPPP
TORONTO —Mike Marasco, a trailblazer in the field of infrastructure P3s, has bee...
Associations , Others
More consultation needed pre-project on a P3: Panel
The P3 model is at risk of losing more major players and needs significant retoo...
Infrastructure , Projects
Inuit communities must be invested in to make Canada whole: Obed
Inuit communities should have the same opportunities as the rest of Canada when...
Infrastructure , Projects
HGTV contractor tells students follow intuition when choosing a career
When it comes to careers, there are many paths to success and fulfillment and th...
Labour
Boralex completes hydro project in northern Ontario
MONTREAL — Quebec-based Boralex Inc. has announced the commercial commissioning...
Infrastructure , Resource
Halifax CFL stadium group submit revised plan
HALIFAX — The business group that wants to build a 24,000-seat stadium for a pot...
Economic , Infrastructure
Zoomlion breaks world record as the largest internal climbing tower crane
CHANGDE, CHINA — Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science and Technology Co., a Chinese m...
Others
George Brown gets $1M from Concert Properties
TORONTO — Concert Properties Ltd., a Canadian real estate development and proper...
Projects
PHOTO: The One Project
Construction is nearing street level on The One mixed-use development at One Blo...
Projects
Kitchener’s IN8 has big plans for Hamilton City Centre site
Kitchener-based developer IN8 Developments has announced plans to develop a 3.5-...
Projects
Most Read News
Top 10 major upcoming Private and Government Office Building construction projects – Canada – November 2019
The accompanying tables show the top 10 major upcoming Private and Government...
Economic
Top 10 major upcoming Private and Government Office Building construction projects – U.S. – November 2019
The accompanying tables show the top 10 major upcoming Private and Government...
Economic
On Heels of Y/Y Staffing Strength, a Canadian Hiring Hiatus in October
Hiring in Canada took a pause in October according to the latest Labour Force S...
Economic
The Census Bureau’s Total Put-in-place Construction Figure is Sleepwalking
In the latest month, total U.S. put-in-place construction spending, as measured...
Economic
Aurora Cannabis pauses construction projects to ‘strengthen’ its balance sheet
MEDICINE HAT, ALTA. — Canadian cannabis producer Aurora Cannabis is suspending c...
Economic , Projects
Final phase prep work begins on massive Fort Chipewyan off-grid solar farm
Preparations have begun for construction of the final phase of Canada's largest...
Infrastructure , Resource
Calgary awards celebrate city’s design achievements
The City of Calgary has announced the winners of the 2019 Mayor’s Urban Design A...
Government , Projects
Helmets to Hardhats eyes program expansion for veterans
The Helmets to Hardhats (H2H) program will expand nationally, with a major focus...