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Canada’s premiers forced to confront escalating climate change-related disasters
HALIFAX — As Canada’s premiers reckoned with housing, health care and their cont...
Government , Resource
M. Sullivan & Son awarded contract for PEC hospital redevelopment
TORONTO — Infrastructure Ontario (IO) and Quinte Health have awarded a contract...
Infrastructure
Nova Scotia harbours receive $74 million for repair work
GLACE BAY, N.S. — The Government of Canada is making a $74-million investment ov...
Infrastructure
Associated Builders and Contractors endorses Trump for president
WASHINGTON – The Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) has announced it is e...
US News
U.S. home sales fell in June to slowest pace since December
LOS ANGELES — The nation's housing slump deepened in June as sales of previously...
US News
MOD completes Indigenous residence on Toronto’s Carlton Street
TORONTO — An Indigenous not-for-profit agency has officially commissioned a new...
Projects
‘Paying for the sins of our past’: GTHA survey says construction a key reason for congestion crisis
A new poll finds a majority of Greater Toronto and Hamilton-Area (GTHA) resident...
Infrastructure
Your top DCN headlines: July 22 to 26
Your top DCN headlines this week feature news the province is bolstering funding...
Infrastructure , Projects , Technology
Clashes arise over the economic effects of Louisiana’s $3 billion-dollar coastal restoration project
NEW ORLEANS - Proponents of a nearly $3 billion project to restore part of south...
Economic , Government , US News
The Construction Record Podcast™ – Episode 356: Site safety trends with Terry Dussault
On this episode of The Construction Record Podcast™, digital media editor Warren...
Three tornadoes hit Quebec Wednesday, uprooting trees, damaging infrastructure
MONTREAL - Three tornadoes touched down on Quebec territory Wednesday, Environm...
Infrastructure , OH&S
Top 10 largest construction project starts in Canada – June 2024
The accompanying table records the 10 largest construction project starts in Can...
Economic , Projects
Aecon reports $123.9 million loss in second quarter, revenue down
TORONTO — Aecon Group Inc. says it lost $123.9 million in the second quarter, do...
Economic
Faster progress needed on removing interprovincial trade barriers: CFIB report
TORONTO — Doing business across provincial lines is starting to get easier but p...
Economic , Government
Ottawa electrician and company fined $32,500 for operating unlicensed
MISSISSAUGA, ONT. — Serge Yasmine and his company, BMX Renovations Inc., pleaded...
OH&S
Bray named EVP at Clark Construction
TORONTO — Marlon Bray has been appointed as the new executive vice-president of...
Economic
A look at one year of strong mayor powers in Ontario
TORONTO — In the year since so-called strong mayor powers were granted to the he...
Government
Court faced with a ‘binary’ choice in complex delay claim case
Complex construction projects often spawn complex disputes. The Ontario Superio...
Government
Bloor & Dufferin site to deliver 2,000 units within three years
One of Toronto’s busiest construction sites marked a new milestone recently with...
Projects
Surfers, staff and locals make final preparations in Tahiti before the Paris Olympics begin
TEAHUPO’O, TAHITI - From wiping out on waves to building homemade speed bumps on...
Infrastructure , Projects
Sections of DVP, Lakeshore flooded again after Toronto rainfall, thunderstorm watch
TORONTO - Sections of Toronto roadways, previously inundated by a major storm la...
Infrastructure , OH&S
Province gives $73M towards Gardiner reconstruction project, shaves a year off construction
Rehabilitation work on the Gardiner Expressway in Toronto is being accelerated b...
Infrastructure
Newfoundland refinery operator charged for flash explosion that killed worker
ST. JOHN'S — The owner of a refinery in Newfoundland has been charged with healt...
OH&S
Shipping container modules adapted for under-cover work
With more inclement weather events occurring, shipping containers are being adap...
Projects
New Vancouver community centre makes creative use of mass timber
Marpole Community Centre, located in a residential neighbourhood in southwest Va...
Projects , Resource
Strickland offers tribute to departing O’Regan
OTTAWA — Canada’s Building Trades Unions executive director Sean Strickland has...
Government
Applications for Skills Development Fund Training Stream open next week
KITCHENER, ONT. — Premier Doug Ford made skilled trades training investment anno...
Government , Labour
Bird mourns loss of former audit committee chair Karyn Brooks
MISSISSAUGA — Bird Construction has announced the death of Karyn Brooks, who ser...
Economic
Inside Innovation: From Kosovo to Texas, modular houses built in eight hours
An innovative modular homebuilder based in the tiny eastern European country of...
Government
Toronto playing catch-up on office-conversion policy: panel
Panellists addressing the need for office conversions to boost housing supply du...
Projects
Toronto’s tallest condo tower taking shape
Work is proceeding at a quick pace on Toronto’s SkyTower condo project, which wi...
Projects
Site chosen for new hospital in Waterloo
WATERLOO, ONT. — The Ontario government has invested $5 million to support the e...