Projects

Industry unites to help Toronto’s homeless with affordable apartment project

Twenty-two homeless people are now moving into brand new affordable apartments n...

Projects July 10, 2020

Rough road built to Old Fort, B.C., after slide ripped out only access route

OLD FORT, B.C.—A temporary access road has been built to the northeastern Britis...

Infrastructure , Projects July 10, 2020

Four children die when semi slams into car in construction zone on Indiana highway

CAMBRIDGE CITY, IND. — Four young siblings were killed when a semitrailer slamme...

Others July 10, 2020

Economy adds 953,000 jobs in June, unemployment rate falls

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says the economy added nearly one million jobs in Jun...

Economic July 10, 2020

Manitoba shutting down Selkirk Generating Station

SELKIRK, MAN. — Manitoba Hydro is shutting down its Selkirk Generating Station a...

Infrastructure , Resource July 10, 2020

Adoption rates will ‘make or break’ COVID Alert app: experts

Ontario will soon be launching the COVID Alert exposure notification app and exp...

Government , Technology July 10, 2020

DIRTT launches campaign promoting prefabricated construction

CALGARY, ALTA. — DIRTT Environmental Solutions recently announced it is launchin...

Projects July 10, 2020

SkillSource explores apprenticeship co-operative training model

A new project in B.C. aims to explore alternative options for improving historic...

Labour July 10, 2020

Your top JOC headlines: July 6 to 10

This week’s top JOC headlines cover an Alberta government announcement that prop...

Economic , Government , Infrastructure , Labour July 10, 2020

Skills Ontario adds new board members

TORONTO — Seven new members have been appointed to the Skills Ontario board of d...

Associations July 10, 2020

PHOTO: Towers and Townhomes

Work is moving up at the Kingsway By The River Community in Etobicoke, Ont. Urb...

Projects July 10, 2020

Ontario lawyers take refresher in handling delays

Ontario construction lawyers revisited first principles of the law on project de...

Projects July 10, 2020

Your top DCN headlines: July 6 to 10

This week’s top DCN headlines cover another noose incident being reported, this...

Economic , Government , Labour , Others , Projects July 10, 2020

Cordelio Power to develop two Illinois wind projects

TORONTO — Toronto-based Cordelio Power has announced the acquisition of two wind...

Infrastructure , Resource July 10, 2020

Group raising funds for replica of Abraham Lincoln cottage

SPRINGFIELD, ILL. — Visitors have been able to tour Abraham Lincoln's two-storey...

Projects July 10, 2020

U.S. Industry Snapshot – 2020’s H1 Nonresidential Construction Starts Down by Nearly a Quarter

ConstructConnect announced today that the latest month’s volume of construction...

Economic July 9, 2020

Lafarge fires employee after noose allegedly found near parking spot of Black worker

MONTREAL — Construction materials giant Lafarge Canada says it fired an employee...

Others July 9, 2020

Dakota pipeline still moving oil despite shutdown order

BISMARCK, N.D. — The owner of the Dakota Access Pipeline continued to fill it wi...

Infrastructure , Resource July 9, 2020

Climate activists protest from Notre Dame Cathedral crane

PARIS — Greenpeace activists hung banners from a huge construction crane atop No...

Projects July 9, 2020

Alberta bill proposes major changes to union strike rules and funding

EDMONTON — The Alberta government is proposing major changes to rules governing...

Government , Labour July 9, 2020

Funding announced for new Delta track facility

DELTA, B.C. — Athletes in Delta will soon have new facilities to run, jump and t...

Projects July 9, 2020

Alberta won’t require full environmental assessments for sandpits

EDMONTON — Alberta is moving to change the legal definition of minerals to spare...

Government , Resource July 9, 2020

Quebec students win first place in CCOHS video contest

HAMILTON, ONT. — The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS)...

Others July 9, 2020

Road improvements slated for eastern Ontario

PETERBOROUGH COUNTY, ONT. — The governments of Canada and Ontario are providing...

Infrastructure July 9, 2020

PHOTO: Hospital Overview

A drone shot shows work is progressing on the new eight-storey Ken and Marilyn T...

Projects July 9, 2020

Skills Ontario CEO emphasizes role skilled trades play in recovery efforts

If the COVID-19 pandemic has shown anything, it’s how essential skilled trades a...

Labour July 9, 2020

CDCO study examines LTC home conditions, structures amid COVID-19

The troubling spread of COVID-19 through long-term care facilities in Ontario ov...

Associations , Projects July 9, 2020

New Florida laws address sea level, algae, pythons, iguanas

TALLAHASSEE, FLA. — Florida Republican Ron DeSantis signed a slew of environment...

Government July 9, 2020

Insurer Centene plans 3,200 jobs at new N.C. regional hub

RALEIGH, N.C. — Government health insurance provider Centene Corp. said recently...

Projects July 9, 2020

Liberals foresee high unemployment, $343-billion deficit due to COVID-19

OTTAWA — Nearly two million Canadians could be without jobs this year under fore...

Economic , Government July 8, 2020

Ontario plan would exempt projects from Hearings of Necessity

TORONTO — The Ontario government has announced a plan to exempt some provincial...

Government July 8, 2020

Ontario approves Building Transit Faster Act

TORONTO — The Ontario legislature has passed Bill 171, the Building Transit Fast...

Government July 8, 2020

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