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Your top JOC headlines: May 16 to 20
Your top JOC headlines: May 16 to 20
Your top JOC headlines this week feature a mini LNG project with a big goal; a $24 million concert hall project at the University of Manitoba; a VICA harm reduction co-ordinator’s story of sobriety; and plans to build a $50 million snack facility in Alber...
Associations , OH&S , Projects , Resource
Vancouver takes action to promote zero-emission buildings
VANCOUVER—The City of Vancouver took new steps towards advancing zero-emission b...
Government , Resource
Alberta premier visits U.S. capital to talk North American energy security
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Alberta government's all-out effort to become America's p...
Government , Resource , US News
Alberta seeks carbon capture and storage projects to claim funding
EDMONTON—Emissions Reduction Alberta (ERA) has announced it will spend nearly $3...
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Your top JOC headlines: May 16 to 20
Your top JOC headlines this week feature a mini LNG project with a big goal; a $...
Associations , OH&S , Projects , Resource
Vancouver takes action to promote zero-emission buildings
VANCOUVER—The City of Vancouver took new steps towards advancing zero-emission b...
Government , Resource
Alberta premier visits U.S. capital to talk North American energy security
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Alberta government's all-out effort to become America's p...
Government , Resource , US News
Alberta seeks carbon capture and storage projects to claim funding
EDMONTON—Emissions Reduction Alberta (ERA) has announced it will spend nearly $3...
Projects , Resource , Technology
Small-scale B.C. LNG project aims for summer start
Bigger isn’t always better. A liquified natural gas project that is roughly one...
Resource
Proposed ATCO fine over padded rate requests insufficient, consumers group argues
EDMONTON, ALTA - A consumers group is arguing that a $31-million fine proposed f...
Associations , Government , Resource
UN committee criticizes Canada over handling of Indigenous pipeline opposition
A United Nations human rights committee focused on combating racism has reiterat...
Government , Resource
ConocoPhillips Alaska issues details on natural gas release
JUNEAU, ALASKA - ConocoPhillips Alaska has attributed the release of natural gas...
Resource , US News
Ottawa approves new $10B loan guarantee for the Trans Mountain pipeline project
CALGARY, ALTA - The federal government has approved a new, approximately $10-bil...
Government , Resource
Climate and Construction: Carbon, carbon everywhere and construction’s role reducing it
The 2018 report concerning buildings issued by the Intergovernmental Panel on Cl...
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Pipeline builder fined thousands over erosion and sediment control on B.C. project
VICTORIA, B.C. - Coastal GasLink Pipeline Ltd. has been fined more than $170,000...
Government , Resource
Canada’s first ‘wet process’ facility for contaminated soil to open in Calgary
By mid-summer, Calgary's construction and demolition industry, looking to dispos...
Resource , US News
Your top JOC headlines: May 2 to 6
Your top JOC headlines this week feature news that sections of the Coastal GasLi...
Economic , Infrastructure , Projects , Resource
Strong lumber prices boost Canfor Q1 profits 25 per cent despite pulp losses
VANCOUVER - Canfor Corp. is reporting a 25 per cent increase in net profits in i...
Economic , Resource
Sections of B.C. LNG line complete, partnership on disputed portion: Coastal GasLink
VANCOUVER - The company behind the Coastal GasLink liquefied natural gas pipelin...
Projects , Resource
Risk expert assesses B.C. forestry sector
Rapidly changing situations around COVID-19, the war in Ukraine, corporate cultu...
Economic , Resource
Designed for disassembly: Projects built with their demise in mind
BC Housing, a Crown corporation that develops subsidized living quarters, has cr...
Projects , Resource
Calfrac Well Services reports Q1 loss, revenue up 38 per cent from year ago
CALGARY, ALTA. - Calfrac Well Services Ltd. reported a first-quarter loss of $21...
Economic , Resource
Some in Nunavut community question where money from mining company has gone
IQALUIT — A company that runs the largest mining operation in Nunavut says it ha...
Resource
B.C. announces $19 million in funding to Forests Ministry to fight climate change
VANCOUVER - Both sides on the issue of old-growth logging in British Columbia ar...
Government , Resource
Audit shows Site C can improve fraud risk management
FORT ST. JOHN, B.C.—A recent audit of the Site C Dam project in B.C. shows room...
Infrastructure , Resource
Federal tax credit not enough to get carbon capture projects built: Cenovus CEO
CALGARY, ALTA. - The investment tax credit unveiled by the federal government ea...
Government , Resource
Climate and Construction: Cities large and small struggle with density and sprawl
For decades, urban growth of major metropolitan cities has been based on ever-in...
Resource
Your top JOC headlines: April 18 to 22
Your top JOC headlines this week cover news construction is slated to begin on t...
Infrastructure , Resource
This Earth Day, Biden faces ‘headwinds’ on climate agenda
WASHINGTON - One year ago, Joe Biden marked his first Earth Day as president by...
Economic , Government , Resource , US News
Ottawa feared repeat of 2020 rail blockades before B.C. pipeline arrests last fall
Federal officials feared a repeat of the 2020 rail blockades one month before RC...
Economic , Government , Resource
Miner signs deal with Alberta on turning coal proposal to renewable energy project
EDMONTON—One of the companies that had planned to build an open-pit coal mine in...
Projects , Resource
Your top JOC headlines: April 11 to 15
Your top JOC headlines this week cover western Canadian reaction to the federal...
Economic , Government , Infrastructure , Projects , Resource
LNG Canada joint venture names Jason Klein as new chief executive
VANCOUVER - The joint-venture building a major liquefied natural gas terminal at...
Economic , Resource
Environmental and sustainable development conference coming to Vancouver
VANCOUVER — Global experts on environmental assessment and sustainable developme...
Government , Resource
Freeland outlines move towards cleaner energy
Canada's latest budget aims to boost spending in clean energy and begin phasing...
Economic , Government , Infrastructure , Resource
Budget 2022 offers major support for housing, green transition
In her second budget as federal Finance Minister, Chrystia Freeland announced a...
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Global upheaval prompts revamp of 2022 U.S. construction forecasts
The construction sector in the United States has had a good first quarter but co...
Economic , US News
Small-scale B.C. LNG project aims for summer start
Bigger isn’t always better. A liquified natural gas project that is roughly one...
Resource
Canada’s first ‘wet process’ facility for contaminated soil to open in Calgary
By mid-summer, Calgary's construction and demolition industry, looking to dispos...
Resource , US News
CURV tower assembles team of Passive House experts
Brivia Group is looking to take Vancouver’s skyline to new heights with the cons...
Projects
Graham model aims to fill municipal infrastructure funding gap
Graham Construction has a new approach that could give municipalities a better o...
Economic , Infrastructure
Insurance Essentials: Does your policy reflect the rising costs of building materials and expenses?
Inflation is forcing builders and contractors to re-evaluate their budgets to ac...
Economic
Aecon report highlights major moves towards net-zero construction
A new report outlines how Aecon is building sustainable practices throughout its...
Economic
Manitoba builders on high material costs: ‘This is not over’
Leaders in Manitoba’s construction sector discussed issues they are seeing with...