Alberta construction plan wildfire relief
The entire city of Fort McMurray, Alta. has been forced to evacuate and a state of emergency has been declared due to massive wildfires sweeping through the region and regional construction...
View ArticleCNRL says wildfire could cut production by nearly half due to power grid...
CALGARY - Oilsands executives fear the wildfire that has burned swaths of the Fort McMurray, Alta., region could create gaps in the northern Alberta power grid, leading to more shutdowns of crude...
View ArticleShell shuts down oilsands project due to wildfire
CALGARY —The wildfire raging through the heart of Canada's oilsands capital dealt a blow on May 4 to crude operations, with Shell Canada closing a major mining facility north of Fort McMurray, Alta.
View ArticleSuncor mobilizes in Fort McMurray fire emergency
FORT MCMURRAY, ALTA.—Suncor reports that it has conducted an orderly shutdown of its base plant operations and is making room in its camps for employees, their families and displaced Fort McMurray...
View ArticleSTORIFY: Fort McMurray construction responds to widlfires
The oilsands and construction industry is responding to the Fort McMurray wildfires, and is using social media to reach out to those threatened by the situation.
View ArticleFMCA details Wood Buffalo fire assistance
Members of the Fort McMurray Construction Association (FMCA) are working in partnership with the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo (RMWB) to help fight a huge wildfire in the city, which could be...
View ArticleCourts slam workplace safety breaches: lawyer
Ontario’s courts show little tolerance for lax workplace safety practices leading to injuries or deaths, says a veteran lawyer with extensive experience analyzing the applicable case law.
View ArticleActon Ontario’s first quarry certified by Cornerstone
Not only is it one of the oldest quarries in Canada — with roots going back to the 1900s — the Acton quarry has become Ontario’s first quarry to be certified by the Cornerstone Standards Council.
View ArticleConstruction Corner: Coastal construction and climate change
When a new study of the effects of climate change on Canada’s marine coasts was released in mid-April it caused scarcely a ripple in the mainstream press.
View ArticleAre Rio’s Olympic projects tarnished by corruption?
RIO DE JANEIRO —Rio de Janeiro’s city council set up a commission on Tuesday, May 3 to investigate whether the city’s Olympic projects were tarnished by corruption.
View ArticleRAIC names 41 new Fellows in honour of achievements
OTTAWA—A Vancouver leader in condominium rehabilitation, a Montreal heritage expert involved in restoration on Parliament Hill, a Toronto architect reshaping his city, and the designer of some 150...
View ArticleDevelopers in Phoenix think inside the box with ‘cargotecture’
PHOENIX —A stack of shipping containers sitting in a lot in an industrial section of Phoenix has some developers thinking inside the box.
View ArticleCEO honours 14 firms for engineering excellence
TORONTO—Consulting Engineers of Ontario (CEO) recently held its annual Ontario Consulting Engineering Awards Gala at the International Centre late last month.
View ArticleAlberta providing $100 million to evacuees
FORT MCMURRAY, ALTA. —The Alberta government is providing cash to 80,000 evacuees from the Fort McMurray fire to help them with their immediate needs.
View ArticleRAIC president ponders temporary housing at Fort McMurray
Architects can play an important role in assisting in the recovery from the Fort McMurray wildfires, says the president of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC), but Alan Teramura’s...
View ArticleFires, floods and structural damage — the costs to Canadians
TORONTO—Whenever there are natural disasters that result in damage to the built environment, construction expertise is called for to examine whether the structures that survived are habitable.
View ArticleConnacher brings production back to normal SW of Fort McMurray
CALGARY—Connacher Oil and Gas Limited, which has bitumen operations southwest of Fort McMurray, Alta., announced Thursday afternoon (May 5) that access to its Great Divide site has improved and it is...
View ArticleBy No Means is it the Same Old World (Part 1)
Sure, there have been other times in world history, during war or plague, when turmoil has been so intense as to test, to the limits and beyond, the fortitude of mankind and womankind.
View ArticleBy No Means is it the Same Old World (Part 2)
Part 1 of this Economy at a Glance introduced the topic of a dozen major ways in which the structure of society and the framework of the global economy are changing beyond what humankind has ever...
View ArticleBy No Means is it the Same Old World (Part 3)
Parts 1 and 2 of this Economy at a Glance carried us past the halfway point of our extended jaunt through the major changes underway in society today.
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