Infrastructure
Central Vancouver Island to get cancer centre at Nanaimo hospital, says B.C. premier

Central Vancouver Island to get cancer centre at Nanaimo hospital, says B.C. premier
NANAIMO, B.C. - The city of Nanaimo on central Vancouver Island is the latest British Columbia community to receive government approval for a cancer care centre, Premier David Eby said Friday. The centre will be located at Nanaimo Regional General Hospit...
Government , Infrastructure

Plans for Portage and Main in Winnipeg up in the air
Winnipeg is unique in many good ways, but also in another way that most Winnipeg...
Infrastructure

Industry has a ‘complete void of basic knowledge’ on carbon footprints
Owners, contractors and subs are eager to take meaningful steps to decarbonize t...
Infrastructure

Bird Construction to redevelop BC Ferries maintenance facility
RICHMOND, B.C. – Bird Construction has been awarded a contract for the BC Ferrie...
Infrastructure
Latest News

Central Vancouver Island to get cancer centre at Nanaimo hospital, says B.C. premier
NANAIMO, B.C. - The city of Nanaimo on central Vancouver Island is the latest Br...
Government , Infrastructure

Plans for Portage and Main in Winnipeg up in the air
Winnipeg is unique in many good ways, but also in another way that most Winnipeg...
Infrastructure

Industry has a ‘complete void of basic knowledge’ on carbon footprints
Owners, contractors and subs are eager to take meaningful steps to decarbonize t...
Infrastructure

Bird Construction to redevelop BC Ferries maintenance facility
RICHMOND, B.C. – Bird Construction has been awarded a contract for the BC Ferrie...
Infrastructure

Pieces of Prince of Wales Park shoreline puzzle coming together
Climate change and extreme flooding have been catalysts for a series of Toronto...
Infrastructure

$13.1M in HVAC upgrades slated for Manitoba schools and health care facilities
WINNIPEG – The governments of Manitoba and Canada have announced a joint investm...
Government , Infrastructure

Manitoba invests $220 million in parks infrastructure
WINNIPEG — The Government of Manitoba is putting $220 million into a multi-year...
Government , Infrastructure

Feds and B.C. invest in District of Taylor wastewater infrastructure
DISTRICT OF TAYLOR, B.C. – The governments of Canada and British Columbia are pu...
Infrastructure , Resource

B.C. invests $51.8 million in new Langley elementary school
LANGLEY, B.C. — A new 555-seat elementary school is coming to the Willoughby are...
Infrastructure

City of Edmonton marks start of 2023 construction season
EDMONTON – The City of Edmonton has begun building for 2023 with more than 200 p...
Government , Infrastructure

$10.4 million contract awarded to Kingston Construction for Chemainus bridges
VICTORIA — Kingston Construction Limited has been awarded a $10.4 million contra...
Infrastructure

Regina urgent care centre project employs several Ukrainians fleeing war
A new urgent care centre in Regina that will be open 24 hours a day, seven days...
Infrastructure , Labour

RFQ issued for $221M child and youth care centre in B.C.
VICTORIA, B.C. — A request for qualifications has been issued by the Government...
Infrastructure

Your top JOC headlines: May 15 to 19
Your top JOC headlines this week cover a Cowichan contractor’s claim Community B...
Associations , Infrastructure , Labour , OH&S , Projects

$120 million resurfacing of 485 kilometres of roads in B.C.’s southern interior begins
KAMLOOPS, B.C. — The resurfacing of 485 kilometres of highways and sideroads in...
Infrastructure

New Dewdney Bridge design unveiled
DEWDNEY, B.C. — This is not the Dewdney Bridge you grew up with. The Ministry o...
Infrastructure

Your top JOC headlines: May 8 to 12
Your top JOC headlines this week cover a VRCA Construction Leadership Forum pane...
Associations , Infrastructure , Resource

Eveline Street reconstruction wins ‘Oscars’ of Manitoba engineering
SELKIRK, MAN. - The Eveline Street Reconstruction project in the City of Selkirk...
Infrastructure , Projects

NDP Leader Rachel Notley promises $1.2B for Calgary schools, hospitals, transit lines
CALGARY, ALTA. - The Alberta NDP is promising to build more hospitals, schools a...
Government , Infrastructure

Construction begins on new $7.8 million Strathcona pump station
VANCOUVER, B.C. — The City of Vancouver is set to begin construction on the new...
Infrastructure

Alberta Election 2023: ‘We need a government with a plan,’ states Alberta Municipalities
Municipalities in Alberta are increasingly going into debt due to a $1 billion i...
Government , Infrastructure

‘Some places are sacred’: Opposition to highway twinning affecting Frank Slide site
FRANK, ALTA. — Some residents of Crowsnest Pass say a planned twinning of Highwa...
Infrastructure

MINO-AYA-WIN Centre receives $4.9M for construction; will use geothermal energy
WINNIPEG — Little Saskatchewan First Nation’s new MINO-AYA-WIN Centre in Manitob...
Infrastructure

Manitoba providing $33.5 million for Highway 1 upgrades in Headingley
WINNIPEG — The Government of Manitoba is investing roughly $33.5 million in upgr...
Infrastructure

Contracts for $110M Manitoba wastewater facility to go out in 2024
It has been nearly two decades in the making but when the $110 million Red-Seine...
Infrastructure

$243 million highway contract goes out to tender in B.C.
VICTORIA — A $243 million contract for improvements to a 4.3-kilometre section o...
Government , Infrastructure

Your top JOC headlines: May 1 to 5
Your top JOC headlines this week cover news the industry is challenging Alberta...
Government , Infrastructure , OH&S , Resource

B.C. flooding, mudslides prompt evacuation orders, highway closures in the Interior
CACHE CREEK, B.C. - The first spell of summer-like weather in British Columbia h...
Government , Infrastructure

Too few campsites for demand: Manitoba government promises to build more sites
WINNIPEG, MAN. - Megan Maxwell, like many Manitobans, fires up her computer ever...
Government , Infrastructure

Flood risk prompts sandbagging in B.C.’s Interior, at least one home inundated
The potential for flooding has prompted several evacuation alerts and orders and...
Government , Infrastructure

No serious injuries after semi-truck carrying crane collides with Winnipeg overpass
WINNIPEG - That’s going to leave a mark. At 3 p.m. on May 2, a semi-truck carry...
Infrastructure , OH&S

B.C. signs partnership to improve flood prevention in Abbotsford region
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. — The Government of British Columbia is working with local gove...
Government , Infrastructure
Most Read News

Plans for Portage and Main in Winnipeg up in the air
Winnipeg is unique in many good ways, but also in another way that most Winnipeg...
Infrastructure

Mississauga building a next level net-zero fire station
In the west end of Mississauga, Ont., near the border with Oakville, general con...
Labour

Top 10 largest construction project starts in Canada and Trend Graph – April 2023
There are several reasons for highlighting upcoming large projects. Such jobs ha...
Economic

UPDATE: Site C ready to evacuate as wildfire looms
FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. – The Site C Clean Energy Project in northeastern B.C. suspe...
OH&S , Projects

Cowichan contractor says CBAs overstep Indigenous community’s rights
Senior contractor with the Khowutzun Development Corporation (KDC) Jon Coleman s...
Government

Top 10 major upcoming Atlantic and Manitoba, Saskatchewan construction projects – Canada – May 2023
The accompanying tables show the top 10 largest upcoming Atlantic and Manitoba,...
Economic

Passive House Canada and U.S. Passive House Network announce new partnership
An important North American building standards collaboration was announced last...
Resource

13-storey tower in Vancouver built by women for women
An all-female leadership team from the non-profit and design and development ind...