Canada’s Currency Drop Encourages Cocooning
My favorite meal when traveling on business or pleasure used to be breakfast in the hotel where I was staying. In the ‘old days’, a morning repast was almost invariably cheap, plentiful and delicious.
View ArticleGarneau to announce Lac-Megantic reconstruction funds
LAC-MEGANTIC, QUE. — Federal Minister of Transport Marc Garneau will make a funding announcement during a news conference marking the grand opening of the Reconstruction Office in the downtown area of...
View Article2015 the ‘year of heritage’ for architect Rutledge
John Rutledge won't soon forget 2015 — and not just because it was the Huron County architect's 25th year in business. For Rutledge, 2015 will go down as the year of heritage.
View ArticleRaising safety bar among new TCA chair’s goals
Serving as chair of the Toronto Construction Association for the next year or two might be challenge enough for most people, but new chief Craig Lesurf also has two other self-imposed mandates as he...
View ArticleThree finalists selected for Windsor-Detroit bridge RFP
WINDSOR, Ont.—The Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority (WDBA) has announced the respondent teams that will move forward in the RFP (request for proposals) stage of the procurement process to select a...
View ArticleSt. Louis stadium failure leaves taxpayers on hook for $16 million
ST. LOUIS—An effort to persuade the owner of the St. Louis Rams to keep his team in Missouri by building a new riverfront football stadium not only failed but also left the public on the hook for $16.2...
View ArticleIkea to build store in Halifax area
HALIFAX—Ikea has announced plans to build a full-size store in the Halifax area, the first of 12 new stores the Scandinavian furniture chain will roll out across Canada over the next decade.
View ArticleAlberta job losses worst since 1982 recession
CALGARY—Alberta lost more jobs last year than in any year since the 1982 recession, revised numbers from Statistics Canada show.
View ArticleProvince encourages fire safety for barns
TORONTO—In the wake of several barn fires across the province that killed livestock last month, the province is encouraging fire safety for owners by reiterating some best practices from construction...
View ArticleLEED Silver targeted for new Kingston school
The Limestone District School Board in Kingston, Ont. is moving ahead with plans to construct a three-storey intermediate and secondary school at a site at Kirkpatrick and Lyons streets.
View ArticleSurvey examines private-sector safety practices
Ontario’s Institute for Work & Health (IWH) aims to introduce a new tool to help Ontario’s construction sites become safer workplaces, launching a new survey and benchmarking initiative that will...
View ArticlePROCUREMENT PERSPECTIVES: Defined rules integral in a tender
The fact that every municipality will not have the same format related to the tender process does not preclude them from following the same basic rules. Since a tender is a contract competition...
View ArticleToronto’s whimsical winter stations are back
TORONTO—Lifeguard stations along Toronto’s beaches will once again be transformed into whimsical winter art installations for year two of the Winter Stations Design Competition.
View ArticleCalgary, Toronto top Canada’s commercial construction
TORONTO—Despite the drop in oil prices in 2015, Calgary was the fifth most active commercial development market in North America last year, reports a new study released by Toronto-based commercial real...
View ArticleMOL investigating after man killed at industrial site
WATERDOWN, ONT.—Ontario’s Ministry of Labour (MOL) is investigating after a man was killed in an industrial accident at the Service Steel Manufacturing Inc. facility near Waterdown, Ont.
View ArticleThe Greenback and Yuan are Ships Passing in the Night
The steep descent in the global price of oil began in early July 2014. It was rapidly accompanied by moderate to severe pullbacks in the posted charges for many other commodities.
View ArticleHistoric steel records assist heritage building engineers
One corner of the website of the Canadian Institute of Steel Construction (CISC) is devoted to "Obsolete Steel Shapes" and hosts digitized versions of steel construction handbooks dating back to 1940.
View Article2019 a labour-market turning point: BuildForce
The days of sustained growth in the Canadian construction industry enabled by a plentiful supply of labour will soon be over, reports BuildForce Canada in its 2016-2025 Construction and Maintenance...
View ArticleGFL acquires Anchor Shoring Group
TORONTO—Vaughan, Ont.-based GFL Environmental Inc. has announced that its subsidiary GFL Excavating Corp. has completed the acquisition the Anchor Shoring Group of Toronto effective Jan. 16.
View ArticleNew Brunswick federal parks get upgrade funding
SAINT JOHN, N.B.—The federal government has announced spending amounting to more than $21 million on rehabilitation and upgrades to several Parks Canada sites in New Brunswick.
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