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Industry Voices Op-Ed: Asbestos – the hidden health risk during home renovations
Industry Voices Op-Ed: Asbestos – the hidden health risk during home renovations
A survey conducted earlier this year by a Canadian bank found that nearly 40 per cent of B.C. homeowners were planning on renovating their homes. While that’s great news for the construction industry, it’s important to be aware of the health dangers tha...
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BCCSA explains programs, tools through animation in new video
VANCOUVER - The BC Construction Safety Alliance (BCCSA) has released a new anim...
Associations , OH&S
Construction begins on youth detox building in Red Deer
RED DEER, ALTA. - Crews have begun work on a new Alberta Health Services (AHS)...
OH&S , Projects
Industry Voices Op-Ed: Impairment in the workplace — What you need to know
As a worker or employer, you may be wondering about the changes that will occur...
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Alaska Marine Highway System takes step to replace old ferry
KODIAK, ALASKA — The Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS) has taken the first ste...
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Survey: U.S. businesses added a solid 179,000 jobs last month
WASHINGTON — U.S. businesses hired new workers at a solid pace in November, addi...
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Team on its way, arena construction now begins in Seattle
SEATTLE — The celebration outside the building Seattle's NHL team will eventuall...
Projects
Canada will feel oilpatch pain, but likely won’t be as bad as 2015: Poloz
OTTAWA — The negative impacts of low oil prices that have struck Western Canada...
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Highway 97 widening project complete
KELOWNA, B.C. — The six-lane widening project along Highway 97 is complete. App...
Infrastructure
Teck moves forward on major Chile copper project with US$1.2B deal
VANCOUVER — Teck Resources Ltd. has sold a 30 per cent stake in its Quebrada Bla...
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Restricted space, changing attitudes bring new cemetery design trends
All Souls, which runs every year from late October until early November, is one...
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PHOTO: Windows of Massey
Window installation continues at the Massey Tower mixed-use project in Toronto....
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Michigan Senate OKs bill to enable pipeline deal
LANSING, MICH. — The Michigan Senate voted Dec. 5 to facilitate a deal to replac...
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Transport audience hears lessons from London, Stockholm managers
Transportation policy need not be a quagmire where ideas are raised and quickly...
Associations
The Construction Record among best construction podcasts
MARKHAM, ONT. — The Construction Record (TCR) podcast has been recognized as one...
Others
November Jobs Creation: U.S. +155,000; Canada +94,000
There was a dramatic reversal in fortune on the jobs front between the U.S. and...
Economic
Ford government unveils proposed legislation to allow open tendering
TORONTO — The Restoring Ontario’s Competitiveness Act, introduced Dec. 6 by the...
Government
Ontario government fires three directors after Google deal
TORONTO — The chairwoman of a government organization that signed a partnership...
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Your top JOC headlines: Dec. 3 to 7
Your top JOC headlines for this week are a mix of industry backlash, differing o...
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Your top DCN headlines: Dec. 3 to 7
This week’s top headlines centre around industry backlash and the ever-changing...
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U.S. construction spending down 0.1% in October
WASHINGTON — Spending on U.S. construction projections fell 0.1% in October, the...
Economic
N.J. approves rental apartments at former Showboat casino
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Part of Atlantic City's former Showboat casino hotel is be...
Projects
PHOTO: Cambie Street Cribs
Larwill Place, a complex of two modular housing buildings containing 98 studio h...
Projects
Westside Road safety improvements complete
KELOWNA, B.C. — Safety improvements to Westside Road, located along Okanagan Lak...
Infrastructure
Cold comfort: New cutting-edge wood lab an ‘engineering marvel,’ says UNBC professor
Standing strong against the bone-chilling northern climates, the first-ever indu...
Projects
Feds increase support for Nunavut worker training
IQALUIT, NUNAVUT — The federal government and the Government of Nunavut have ann...
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Report on 3-D printing of northern homes identifies cost efficiencies
OTTAWA — The Conference Board of Canada has released a report that lays out how...
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Burlington mall celebrates 50 years with $60-million renovation project
Burlington, Ont.’s largest mall is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a new n...
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Colorado company gets the lead out of gun ranges
You might say Metals Treatment Technologies’ (MT2) business took off with a bang...
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Comprehensive repairs drive parking garage restorations
The repair, renewal and restoration of two challenging parking garage rehabilita...
Projects
B.C. climate change plan aims to build economy around renewable energy
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government has introduced a strategy to shift a...
Economic , Government , Resource
Underway and Upcoming Rail and Rapid Transit Projects, U.S. and Canada
At different moments in time, checking through ConstructConnect’s extensi...
Economic
Highlights of Ontario’s auditor general’s report
TORONTO — Some highlights from the Ontario auditor general Bonnie Lysyk's annual...
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Brazil prosecutors probe international trading companies
SAO PAULO — Brazilian prosecutors say they've launched an investigation into int...
Government
Utility aims for zero carbon emission from electric power
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Developer gets prison in ‘Buffalo Billion’ bid rigging case
NEW YORK — A federal judge recently sentenced a Buffalo developer to 28 months b...
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Federal economic statement indicates government is ‘listening to industry’
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The best performing provinces in 2017 and why
At first glance, the recently released 2017 Provincial and Territorial Economic...
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SkyTrain extension planned for Surrey, LRT scrapped
Surrey, B.C. has scrapped plans for light rail transit (LRT) to Guildford and Ne...
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Report: Vancouver smashes property investment record
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CCA 100th anniversary pays homage to the past, embraces the future
With a poignant nod to its past and the unveiling of a focused, driven plan for...
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SNC-Lavalin and BC Hydro win award for John Hart project
CAMPBELL RIVER, B.C. - SNC-Lavalin and BC Hydro have won the Outstanding Projec...
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$248-million contract means new schools in remote Manitoba First Nations
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