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Your top JOC headlines: July 16 to 20

It was a week of announcements, panel discussions and project profiles for the J...

Infrastructure , Projects , Technology July 20, 2018

Your top DCN headlines: July 16 to 20

This week featured a number of developments in the DCN newsroom. There was movem...

Associations , Government , Infrastructure , Labour , Projects , Resource July 20, 2018

Moe, Ford join together to oppose federal carbon pricing at N.B. meeting

ST. ANDREWS, N.B. — Ontario Premier Doug Ford says his province will intervene i...

Economic , Government July 20, 2018

Site work begins for opposed oil refinery near national park

BISMARCK, N.D. — A company has begun site work for an oil refinery about five ki...

Projects , Resource July 20, 2018

911 caller warns of gas leak before fatal Wisconsin blast

SUN PRAIRIE, WIS. — Recordings show a construction worker called 911 to warn he...

OH&S July 20, 2018

Vancouver gives Greenway the green light

VANCOUVER — Vancouver City Council has endorsed the design vision and implementa...

Projects July 20, 2018

$150-million Abbotsford courthouse construction officially breaks ground

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. — An official groundbreaking ceremony recently kicked off the s...

Infrastructure , Projects July 20, 2018

Stanley Milner Library turns page on new look

An Edmonton institution is leaping into the 21st century. The Stanley A. Milner...

Projects July 20, 2018

Aecon Group joint venture wins $282M Enbridge Line 3 replacement contract

TORONTO — Aecon Group Inc. says its joint venture with Robert B. Somerville Co....

Infrastructure July 20, 2018

SNC-Lavalin, Holtec join to decommission nuclear plants

MONTREAL — SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. and Holtec International have announced a join...

Economic , Infrastructure July 20, 2018

New Brunswick water infrastructure projects complete

BATHURST, N.B. — Three water and wastewater projects in New Brunswick funded und...

Infrastructure July 20, 2018

Canada faces ‘collateral damage’ as U.S., China trade war escalates

OTTAWA — Grim scenarios of collateral damage for Canadian consumers and business...

Economic , Government July 20, 2018

Report highlights lack of new commercial builds

MISSISSAUGA, ONT. — A lack of new commercial spaces available for purchase has b...

Economic July 20, 2018

MacKay-Lyons turns up intensity for Halifax’s Queen’s Marque

During his 40 years as an architect, Nova Scotian Brian MacKay-Lyons has worked...

Projects July 20, 2018

QBS milestone reached through PSPC pilot

As part of a recently launched pilot project, Public Services and Procurement Ca...

Associations , Government , Projects July 20, 2018

De Beers Canada signs deal for Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. for $107 million

VANCOUVER - De Beers Canada Inc. has signed a deal to acquire Peregrine Diamonds...

Economic , Resource July 20, 2018

Greenpeace members climbing Olympic Stadium tower in Montreal

MONTREAL — At least three Greenpeace members climbed the outside of the Olympic...

Infrastructure , Resource July 19, 2018

Top 10 largest construction project starts in Canada and Trend Graph – June 2018

The accompanying table records the 10 largest construction project starts in Can...

Economic July 19, 2018

Hydrogen sulfide leak at Suncor refinery sends workers to hospital

EDMONTON - A number of people at Suncor's refinery in Edmonton were sent to hosp...

OH&S , Resource July 19, 2018

Road rage: Alberta and roadbuilders feud over $500M deal involving B.C. firm

EDMONTON - A battle is revving up between the Alberta government and its roadbui...

Associations , Government July 19, 2018

Rescuers find six bodies after two building collapse in India

NEW DELHI — Rescuers found six bodies and were digging through a mound of rubble...

OH&S July 19, 2018

Storied Route 66 hotel in Albuquerque set to reopen

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A seminal Albuquerque motel along the historic Route 66 is s...

Projects July 19, 2018

Kim rebukes local North Koreans for unfinished power plant

SEOUL, KOREA, REPUBLIC OF — State media say that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un...

Government , Infrastructure , Resource July 19, 2018

Alberta launches Indigenous affordable housing program

EDMONTON — The Government of Alberta recently announced a $120-million Indigenou...

Government , Projects July 19, 2018

Second phase of Calgary Airport Trail expansion moving ahead

CALGARY, ALTA. — As part of its ongoing investment in transportation and infrast...

Infrastructure July 19, 2018

Experts see mix of soft skills and new tech as future for industry

A panel of industry experts sees the future of construction as a mix of new tech...

Technology July 19, 2018

Governments invest in Quebec sports complex

MAGDALEN ISLANDS, QUE. — The governments of Canada and Quebec will each invest o...

Government , Infrastructure July 19, 2018

U.S. construction costs continue climb in June

ARLINGTON, VA. — Construction costs in the U.S. rose again in June, with steep i...

Economic July 19, 2018

Traffic ‘nightmare’ for New York bound motorists, but when?

WEEHAWKEN, N.J. — With a lengthy highway construction project looming that could...

Infrastructure July 19, 2018

Industry Perspectives: Community well-being, the new frontier

No matter where you look, health is the new frontier. It is the new status symb...

Associations , Projects July 19, 2018

Noront narrows Ring of Fire smelter locations

TORONTO — Noront Resources Ltd. has announced it has narrowed the choice of pros...

Projects , Resource July 19, 2018

George Brown construction management students win global CIOB competition

The odds were long for a team from Toronto’s George Brown College competing in t...

Associations , Labour July 19, 2018

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