Resource
Drilling forecast goes from bad to worse after slow start to summer deployments
Drilling forecast goes from bad to worse after slow start to summer deployments
CALGARY - The Canadian oilfield services sector is expected to continue to suffer as it enters the summer drilling season despite recent developments such as the approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion and the election of a conservative governme...
Economic , Resource
NEB re-validates Trans Mountain permits
BURNABY, B.C. - The National Energy (NEB) board has re-validated permits for the...
Government , Resource
Your Top JOC Headlines: July 15 to July 19
This week’s top JOC headlines include the B.C. government trying to keep low-gra...
Government , Labour , Projects , Resource
Canadian steel association ‘discouraged’ with move to increase use of U.S. steel in federal projects
U.S. president Donald Trump has signed an executive order, part of which require...
Government , Resource
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TransLink estimates $3.12B to build Langley SkyTrain
SURREY, B.C. - Preliminary investigation by TransLink has revealed the cost of e...
Government , Infrastructure
Drilling forecast goes from bad to worse after slow start to summer deployments
CALGARY - The Canadian oilfield services sector is expected to continue to suffe...
Economic , Resource
Industry Perspectives Op-Ed: The time is now to seize the mass timber opportunity
Over the past few years, Canada has seen a rise in the use of timber as a constr...
Resource
Top 10 largest construction project starts in Canada and Trend Graph – June 2019
The accompanying table records the 10 largest construction project starts in Can...
Economic
NEB re-validates Trans Mountain permits
BURNABY, B.C. - The National Energy (NEB) board has re-validated permits for the...
Government , Resource
Vancouver approves city-wide plan
VANCOUVER – Vancouver city council has approved a new city-wide planning and eng...
Government , Infrastructure
WorkSafeBC enforces $8,000 fine after Saanich worker fatality
VANCOUVER – WorkSafeBC has penalized the Saanich, B.C. location of Cedar Grove F...
OH&S
Apartments caused housing starts to blossom in Q2 after a chilly winter
The fact that housing starts jumped by 25% from 197,000 units (SAAR) in May to a...
Economic
Concrete company fined $2,000 for violation of Environmental Protection Act
TORONTO — M & M Concrete Pumping Inc. and its director Martin Meloche have b...
Government
Hawaii protesters vow ‘prolonged struggle’ against telescope
MAUNA KEA, HAWAII — Protesters vowed to continue demonstrating against the const...
Projects
PHOTO: Via Bloor Below-Grade
Below-grade work is moving along on the Via Bloor condos at 575 Bloor St. E. in...
Projects
Procurement Perspectives: Consistent selection criteria critical in RFP evaluation
One of the most hotly contested issues I deal with on a weekly basis is how RFP’...
Government
Montreal Port Authority prepared to start Grand Quay observation tower
The Montreal Port Authority (MPA) is poised to embark on the final stage in its...
Infrastructure , Projects
Construction begins on KSquare Condos project in Scarborough
TORONTO — Kingdom Developments Inc. has broken ground on its Canadian flagship,...
Projects
Stakeholders weigh in on ANA
TORONTO — Construction stakeholders commented on the July 18 announcement of ADR...
Associations , Government
Ontario’s AG and Authorized Nominating Authority confident in launch by Oct. 1
Ontario Attorney General Doug Downey says he is confident newly appointed Constr...
Associations , Government
Letter To The Editor: Toronto’s Bill 66-related decisions far from ‘clearheaded’ or ‘courageous,’ says CLAC
To the Editor; In a recent industry perspective piece titled “Toronto’s...
Associations , Labour
Green Municipal Fund adds new energy retrofit grants
TORONTO — The Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ (FCM) Green Municipal Fund...
Government , Projects
BMR Group aquires stake in firm Lefebvre & Benoit
BOUCHIERVILLE, QUE. — Retail home renovation firm BMR Group and commercial const...
Economic
PHOTO: Windows for Yonge + Rich
Window installation is underway on the Yonge + Rich Condos at 25 Richmond St. E....
Projects
Scott Construction uses Procore for Milton medical office
Scott Construction Group is entering the Ontario market with a new build in Milt...
Projects , Technology
CLAC sues Toronto over LIUNA resolution
The Christian Labour Association of Canada (CLAC) has filed suit in Ontario Supe...
Associations , Government
Calgary recycled gravel pilot delivers savings
A pioneering pilot project has been launched in Calgary that enables city worker...
Infrastructure , Projects
Seaspan secures long-term navy maintenance contract in Victoria
VICTORIA, B.C. - Long-term work has been secured for shipyards trades workers in...
Economic , Government
Your Top JOC Headlines: July 15 to July 19
This week’s top JOC headlines include the B.C. government trying to keep low-gra...
Government , Labour , Projects , Resource
New community space for Kwanlin Dun First Nation
WHITEHORSE — The federal government is providing funding for a new community hub...
Projects
Trump signs American goods executive order
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an executive order on July 15 that wi...
Government
Gardiner off-ramp closes for extensive repair work
TORONTO — The Gardiner Expressway westbound Yonge-Bay-York off-ramp will be clos...
Infrastructure
PHOTO: Wonder What They’re Building
Work is underway on the Wonder Condos that will rise on the site of the former W...
Projects
$30-million Fredericton International Airport expansion project underway
The Fredericton International Airport is getting a $30-million expansion to almo...
Infrastructure
Calgary Green Line LRT project needs a pause, say some locals
A group of citizens and prominent business leaders in Calgary want the city to p...
Government , Infrastructure
INDUSTRY VOICES OP-ED: Great progress for B.C. workers’ rights and protections
This is an exciting time for British Columbians. Every day, our government focus...
Government , Labour , OH&S
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Kenney tells premiers national unity threatened by resource and equalization payment policies
SASKATOON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he still believes national unity i...
Government , Resource
Saskatchewan’s outlook hobbled by weak trade and soft capital spending
After posting GDP gains of 2.2% in 2017 and 1.5% in 2018, midway through 2019, w...
Economic
B.C. puts $3.3 million into forestry training
The province of British Columbia will fund $3.3 million towards training and wor...
Labour
Cenovus produces one billionth barrel from thermal oilsands operations
CALGARY - Cenovus Energy Inc. says its thermal oilsands operations in northern A...
Economic , Resource
The ‘who’ and ‘why’ factors of the Winnipeg General Strike
This story is the last in a two-part retrospective series on the Winnip...
Labour
Chilliwack toasts brewery waste facility commissioning
CHILLIWACK, B.C. - When Molson Coors decided to relocate its brewing facility to...
Infrastructure , Projects
ENGINEERING SPOTLIGHT: A2A Rail aims to carve out railway corridor between Alberta, Alaska
As Alberta faces challenges to move oil by pipeline to Canada’s west coast, the...
Infrastructure , Projects
U.S. Industry Snapshot – Nonresidential Construction Starts Land Softly in June after Soaring in May
ConstructConnect announced today that the latest month’s volume of constr...