Infrastructure
Vancouver to invest $656 million in sewers and drainage over four years
Vancouver to invest $656 million in sewers and drainage over four years
VANCOUVER — Poor pipes can cause a lot of problems. The City of Vancouver has approved the Healthy Waters Plan, a 70 per cent investment increase in sewage and draining systems over the next four years. The investment will total $656 million, according...
Government , Infrastructure
Your top JOC headlines: Jan. 30 to Feb. 3
Your top JOC headlines this week cover a barge that is being flipped into a floa...
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ACCIONA forecasts more collaborative models for building infrastructure in 2023
When it comes to the market outlook for 2023, the industry is going to see a con...
Infrastructure
Building schools with wood cuts carbon, saves money and improves seismic performance, report finds
For the better part of a decade, B.C.’s schools have featured more innovative, e...
Infrastructure , Resource
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Vancouver to invest $656 million in sewers and drainage over four years
VANCOUVER — Poor pipes can cause a lot of problems. The City of Vancouver has a...
Government , Infrastructure
Your top JOC headlines: Jan. 30 to Feb. 3
Your top JOC headlines this week cover a barge that is being flipped into a floa...
Infrastructure , Projects , Resource , Technology
ACCIONA forecasts more collaborative models for building infrastructure in 2023
When it comes to the market outlook for 2023, the industry is going to see a con...
Infrastructure
Building schools with wood cuts carbon, saves money and improves seismic performance, report finds
For the better part of a decade, B.C.’s schools have featured more innovative, e...
Infrastructure , Resource
Forecast panellists optimistic about prospects for construction growth
Panellists at a recent construction forecast event expressed both short-term and...
Economic , Infrastructure
TC Energy raises expected cost of Coastal GasLink project to $14.5 billion
CALGARY — TC Energy Corp. is raising its estimate for the cost of its Coastal Ga...
Infrastructure , Resource
Roadwork on historic Selkirk, Man. street incorporates Silva Cell construction
Over the past several months, the City of Selkirk, which has a population of abo...
Infrastructure , Projects
Modular construction just what the doctor ordered for health care
Like other sectors of the Canadian economy, the health care industry wants to sp...
Infrastructure , OH&S , Technology
From sea to shivering sea: Mackenzie Valley Highway furthers ‘Canadian sovereignty in the North’
In the 1880s, Canada helped establish its sovereignty across 5,000 kilometres of...
Infrastructure
Your top JOC headlines: Jan. 23 to 27
Your top JOC headlines this week cover an $80 million hotel that is slated for C...
Government , Infrastructure , Projects
SNC-Lavalin announced as delivery partner with Calgary’s Green Line LRT
CALGARY, ALTA. -SNC-Lavalin will be the delivery partner with the City of Calgar...
Government , Infrastructure
25 Saskatchewan infrastructure projects receive government funding
REGINA, SASK. - The governments of Saskatchewan and Canada have announced a comb...
Government , Infrastructure
Broadway tunnel boring machine literally makes a breakthrough
VANCOUVER — The first tunnel boring machine excavating the Broadway Subway proje...
Infrastructure
Federal government announces $14 million for NWT highway rehabilitation
INUVIK, N.W.T — The Government of Canada has announced $14 million in funding fo...
Infrastructure
Ottawa spends additional $80M on Inuvik airport upgrades
INUVIK, N.W.T. — The federal government is increasing its funding contribution f...
Infrastructure
Your top JOC headlines: Jan. 16 to 20
Your top JOC headlines this week cover an initiative by EllisDon that supports w...
Infrastructure , OH&S , Projects , Resource
Stanley Park seawall replacement could top $250 million
A total replacement for the Stanley Park Seawall in Vancouver could cost more th...
Infrastructure
B.C. sets $7 million aside to fund First Nations clean-energy projects
VICTORIA — The Government of British Columbia has earmarked $7.1 million in fund...
Infrastructure , Resource
School’s energy retrofit will save money for Indigenous non-profit in Edmonton
EDMONTON — The Government of Canada is providing funds to help an Indigenous ope...
Government , Infrastructure
Delta councillor frustrated at lack of overpass in Massey tunnel project
City of Delta councillor Dylan Kruger isn’t giving up the fight to get the River...
Government , Infrastructure
Inflation causes Brandon detention facility cost to double
Construction has begun on an $8.9-million permanent detention facility for the B...
Infrastructure
Your top JOC headlines: Jan. 9 to 13
Your top JOC headlines this week cover news Suncor and Christina River Construct...
Government , Infrastructure , OH&S
B.C. completes 213 seismic upgrading projects at schools across the province
British Columbia is the most seismically active area of Canada. Every year, the...
Government , Infrastructure
Manitoba releases RFP for school addition
WINNIPEG — The Government of Manitoba has released an RFP for the construction o...
Infrastructure
Edmonton Valley Line LRT pier repairs near completion
EDMONTON — Edmonton Valley Line Southeast LRT repairs are almost 100 per cent co...
Infrastructure
Your top JOC headlines: Jan. 2 to 6
Your top JOC headlines to kick off the new year feature a rejected Chinatown pro...
Infrastructure , Labour , Projects
Western roadbuilders optimistic backlogs will ‘cushion’ recession blows
There are some strong headwinds at play, but for the most part roadbuilders and...
Associations , Infrastructure
Bulk of Site C workers hail from B.C.
FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — More than two thirds of the workers at the Site C project...
Infrastructure , Labour
Two teams invited to bid on Langley SkyTrain RFP
LANGLEY, B.C. — The Province of British Columbia has invited two pre-qualified b...
Infrastructure
B.C. to issue new RFP for Dawson Creek Hospital
VICTORIA — The Government of British Columbia and Northern Health are moving for...
Infrastructure
Feds investing $1.7 m in BC island’s recreational infrastructure
OTTAWA - The Government of Canada has announced a $1.7 million investment in nin...
Government , Infrastructure
Manitoba seeking public input on water action plan
WINNIPEG, MAN. -The Government of Manitoba has launched public engagement on its...
Government , Infrastructure
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Prince George files civil action against HDR over faulty steel beams
The City of Prince George has filed a civil claim in B.C. Supreme Court against...
Government , Projects
Modular construction just what the doctor ordered for health care
Like other sectors of the Canadian economy, the health care industry wants to sp...
Infrastructure , OH&S , Technology
PCL transforms Calgary office building into affordable housing
An old office building has created new housing for Calgarians in need with high-...
Projects
London, Ont. building collapse survivor dedicates career to changing site safety
It’s been a long and hard road for construction worker Jacob Hurl, who was trapp...
Labour , OH&S
Tallest building in Surrey history gets closer to final approval
SURREY, B.C. — What could be the tallest building in the City of Surrey’s histor...
Projects
Untrained disassembly and poor communication linked to fatal B.C. ammonia release
VANCOUVER - The independent body that oversees the safety of technical systems a...
OH&S
$80M hotel could be on the rise at entrance to Stampede Park
Plans are in the works for an $80-million, 220-room hotel to be built at the nor...
Projects
Forecast panellists optimistic about prospects for construction growth
Panellists at a recent construction forecast event expressed both short-term and...