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BP and Concrete Supply celebrate 100 years
BP and Concrete Supply celebrate 100 years
One hundred years ago, post-First World War Winnipeg was rocked by the great General Strike of 1919, an event that is being commemorated with many articles, documentaries and even a new musical – based on an earlier stage play - that premiered in Winnipeg...
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Oilsands firms considering diluent recovery units to boost crude by rail volumes
CALGARY - Ongoing pipeline project delays and growth in crude-by-rail capacity f...
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Your JOC Top Headlines: August 12 to 16
This week’s top JOC headlines include teens learning core welding skills, the fe...
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Jim Pattison makes offer to take Canfor Corp. private at $16 per share
VANCOUVER - Shares of Canfor Corp. surged more than 70 per cent in mid-morning t...
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Greenland as a Real Estate Play Because it’s summertime, you take a few...
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Progress made in Saskatoon construction fraud case
Saskatoon, Sask. - Most of the funds the City of Saskatoon lost to scammer posin...
Government , Technology
Scheer repeats call on RCMP to investigate Trudeau’s actions in SNC affair
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says the federal ethics commissioner'...
Government
Worker dies installing Marathon steel bridge
MARATHON, ONT. — A worker has been killed while installing a temporary steel bri...
OH&S
PHOTO: Ribbon Wrapped
Facade work continues to cover up the condominium project 1 Yorkville in Toronto...
Projects
RAIC overhauls fee guide
Heightened project complexity coupled with procurement innovations and other fac...
Associations
Feds unveil out-of-status worker plan
A new Temporary Public Policy for Out-of-Status Construction Workers in the Grea...
Government , Labour
BP and Concrete Supply celebrate 100 years
One hundred years ago, post-First World War Winnipeg was rocked by the great Gen...
Projects , Resource
B.C. government issues $2.5 million in refunds for Building Code purchases
BURNABY, B.C. - The B.C. Building Code is now available online free of charge an...
Government
Oilsands firms considering diluent recovery units to boost crude by rail volumes
CALGARY - Ongoing pipeline project delays and growth in crude-by-rail capacity f...
Economic , Resource
Fort Saskatchewan condo building evacuated
The City of Fort Saskatchewan is investigating how a four-floor condo building t...
OH&S , Projects
Prime Minister announces advisory committee aimed at promoting skilled trades
HALIFAX - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced the creation of a new advi...
Government , Labour
New advisory committee to promote skilled trades
DARTMOUTH, N.S. — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced the creation of a...
Government , Labour
U.S. Industry Snapshot – Bolstered by Mega Projects, July’s Nonresidential Starts almost Matched June
ConstructConnect announced today that the latest month’s volume of constr...
Economic
Top 10 major upcoming industrial and water treatment construction projects – Canada – August 2019
The accompanying tables show the top 10 major upcoming industrial and water tre...
Economic
Top 10 major upcoming medical and educational construction projects – U.S. – August 2019
The accompanying tables show the top 10 major upcoming medical and educational c...
Economic
Your JOC Top Headlines: August 12 to 16
This week’s top JOC headlines include teens learning core welding skills, the fe...
Associations , Government , Labour , Resource
Pure Gold gives construction go-ahead to Ontario mine
VANCOUVER — Pure Gold Mining Inc. has announced a decision to move on constructi...
Resource
Eve & Co completes construction of Strathroy cannabis greenhouse
TORONTO — Eve & Co has announced it has completed construction of its 780,00...
Projects
Feds support Habitat for Humanity Canada
PETERBOROUGH, ONT. — The Government of Canada and the Canada Mortgage and Housin...
Government
Casino project named Pickering Casino Resort
TORONTO — Great Canadian Gaming Corporation has given a name to its casino proje...
Projects
Pumphouse completed at world’s largest underground pumping station
HYDERABAD, INDIA — Megha Engineering and Infrastructures Limited (MEIL) recently...
Infrastructure
Plattner announced as new keynote for RAIC Festival of Architecture
OTTAWA — A new keynote speaker has been announced for the upcoming Royal Archite...
Associations
Inside Innovation: Tesla loses its residential solar rooftop shine
Elon Musk turned the residential solar power industry on its ear three years ago...
Technology
PHOTO: Rising of Kingsway
Floors are on the rise at the Kingsway By The River Community in Etobicoke, Ont....
Projects
Ontario’s More Homes, More Choice Act not perfect but a ‘sensible change’: Lyall
Ontario’s More Homes, More Choice Act is under fire from a Toronto city councill...
Associations , Government
B.C. to improve Balmoral intersection
Balmoral, B.C. - After input from residents in and around Balmoral, B.C., the pr...
Infrastructure
MHCA set to mobilize with Manitoba election looming
WINNIPEG, MAN. - With an election looming, the Manitoba Heavy Construction Assoc...
Associations , Government
BentallGreenOak tower set to rise in Vancouver’s business district
A large excavator claws at a pile of grey rubble on a muddy parcel of land at 10...
Projects
City of Edmonton fined $325K for 2016 tunnel incident
EDMONTON, ALTA. – The City of Edmonton has been sentenced to a penalty of $325,0...
OH&S
B.C. employers halt participation in workers’ compensation review
Dozens of employer groups have ceased participation in a review of B.C.’s worker...
Associations , Government , Labour
City of Saskatoon hit by $1m internet fraud from ‘construction executive’
SASKATOON - The City of Saskatoon says it has lost $1 million in an online scam....
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VRCA showcases Silver Award of Excellence winners
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Enbridge CEO ‘deeply saddened’ by death in Kentucky gas pipeline explosion
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Government , Labour
Greater Vancouver industrial property demand strong, supply limited: Colliers
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