Third construction season of the Inuvik Tuktoyaktuk Highway done
YELLOWKNIFE, N.W.T.—The governments of Canada and the Northwest Territories have announced the completion of a successful third construction season of the Inuvik Tuktoyaktuk Highway.
View Article2018 Winter Olympics construction on track
SEOUL, KOREA—Preparations for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang are on track with less than two years to go, despite lingering concerns over venue constructions and sponsorships, the new chief...
View ArticleIf you expect capital spending to boost Canada’s growth in 2016 – think again!
The latest (2016) survey of Capital and Repair Expenditures Survey (CAPEX), conducted by Statistics Canada late in 2015 and early in 2016, sends three key messages.
View ArticleWSIB rate framework reform to land January 2019
Changes coming to Ontario’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) rate framework are substantial with comprehensive revisions to classifications and new terminology, attendees were told at a...
View ArticleCanstruction offers up a "Cup of Collaboration"
Toronto’s design community has once again stepped up to the plate to help bridge the hunger gap in the city with the donation of 63,000 pounds of canned food to the Daily Bread Food Bank.
View ArticleBuilding Trades Unions, ICBA laud Trans Mountain decision
OTTAWA/VANCOUVER—Canada’s Building Trades Unions (CBTU) and the British Columbia-based Independent Contractors and Businesses Association (ICBA) have issued statements supporting the National Energy...
View ArticleEgypt announces plans for nuclear power plant
CAIRO—Egypt has announced a $25 billion loan from Russia for the building of a nuclear power plant.
View ArticleU.S. construction hiring rises in April
ARLINGTON, VA.—Construction employment in the U.S. rose in April by 1,000 for the month and 261,000 for the year as mild winter weather and labour shortages impacted the early spring hiring season for...
View ArticleOHBA supports Ontario's ban on political donations
TORONTO —The Ontario Home Builders’ Association (OHBA) is applauding the provincial government’s action on modernizing Ontario’s electoral financing rules through the introduction of the Election...
View ArticleAnother official sentenced in Brazil’s Petrobras scheme
SAO PAULO —A federal judge in Brazil has sentenced a former presidential chief of staff to more than 20 years in prison for involvement in a massive corruption-kickback scheme at state-owned oil...
View Article‘Bricks and Mortar Retail’ Brawls with the Internet in Canada
Bauer Hockey is bringing one of its Own the Moment sports equipment stores – artificial ice rink included − to Canada, and specifically to Vaughan on the outskirts of Toronto.
View ArticleExpo 2025 bid receives strong support
Ontario construction stakeholders have come out in full support of a proposed Toronto Expo 2025 bid.
View ArticlePHOTO: Core Cover Up
Exterior work is moving up on the Core Condos at 68 Shuter St. in Toronto.
View ArticleSteel integral to the new Edmonton Oilers home
Steel was an integral and crucial building material in the construction of the soon-to-be opened Rogers Place, the new home of the Edmonton Oilers.
View ArticleAcademics call on Liberals to halt Site C
OTTAWA —The Royal Society of Canada is joining some 250 academics in calling on the Liberal government to stop development on British Columbia’s Site C hydroelectric project.
View ArticleAmericans snapping up homes at record pace
NEW YORK —A new report from the U.S. that showed Americans are snapping up homes at a pace not seen since the housing bust-fueled recession pushed the trading of shares of all companies affiliated with...
View ArticleConstruction Corner: 3D-printed excavator the next big thing?
The technology has been used to “print” office buildings and houses, aircraft parts and human body parts.
View ArticleAye robot — Behlen Industries expands its automated welding
Robotic welders have traditionally proven to be an economical choice for high-volume, low-variability steel work. Behlen Industries of Brandon, Man. is proving that properly programmed 3D robotic...
View ArticleAre carbon neutral steel big box stores possible?
Big box retail stores are notoriously leaky and inefficient but a multi-year study at the University of Waterloo has come up with a design for a sustainable Carbon Neutral Steel Building System.
View ArticleSteel design core to proposed Sarnia RiverWalk concept
Sarnia, Ont. was built on a three legged stool — its First Nations, and Chemical Valley workers in both the steel and the chemical industries.
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