Hamilton asks Queen’s Park for over $1 billion to address city’s transit...
HAMILTON—Hamilton city council has geared up its request to the province for transit funding by asking for $302 million to upgrade the city’s existing transit system.
View ArticleToronto approves TTC plan for Spadina subway build reset
Toronto city council has approved the Toronto Transit Commission’s (TTC) plan to reset construction on the Spadina subway extension by hiring a new third-party project manager, but the expedited tender...
View ArticleFascinating Statistics Comparing Canadian Put-in-place Investment to Trend
CanaData’s latest put-in-place construction industry investment forecasts – 14 tables in all, with seven in ‘current’ and seven in ‘constant’ (i.e., adjusted for inflation) dollars appear below.
View ArticleA Lukewarm U.S. Labor Market Report for March
March’s Employment Situation report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) served up mainly lukewarm data. The total number of jobs in the nation rose by 126,000, but that was less than half the...
View ArticleNASDAQ’s 18% Growth Rate and the Acronym THINKBAD
As set out in Graphs 1 through 4, this Economy at a Glance will key on the trend growth curves of North America’s four major stock market indices.
View ArticleWorking at heights training capacity exists: CPO
Ontario’s chief prevention officer (CPO) says there is adequate capacity to meet construction industry demand for working at heights training, but there is a lack of data on how many workers require...
View ArticlePHOTO: Curb Crew
Sidewalks and curb work continues outside the Imperial Plaza Condominiums on St. Clair Avenue West in Toronto, Ont.
View ArticleRibbon campaign raises awareness about issues women face entering the trades
Jamie McMillan and Pat Williams say there is an iconic symbol behind the red and white polka dot ribbon used in the Workplace Equality (W.E.) Awareness campaign: Rosie the Riveter.
View ArticleCONSTRUCTION CORNER: Crazy and sane high-speed rail ideas
Every once in a while, a proposal comes along that leads one to wonder: Why? What’s the need?
View ArticleBurlington council approves 2015 budget
The City of Burlington has approved its 2015 operating budget, promising a continued focus on ensuring cost effective service delivery, strategic investment in infrastructure and additional funding to...
View ArticleINDUSTRY PERSPECTIVES: Dawson report on trade apprenticeship has...
As Ontario Building Trades business manager, I would like to respond to the report entitled Modernizing Ontario’s Skilled Trades Apprenticeship and Training System.
View ArticleConstruction technology gets federal funding
OTTAWA—The federal government has announced funding for hundreds of students and dozens of faculty at Algonquin College and La Cite collegiale to develop new cutting-edge construction technology.
View ArticleMetro area job growth – still positive in Alberta, much stronger in Ontario
The impact of the precipitous drop in oil prices over the past eight months has caused a significant slowdown in home sales in Alberta’s two largest metro areas, Calgary and Edmonton.
View ArticleThe Pricing Ups (and Downs) of the ‘Big 5’ Commodities
As the construction cycle in the U.S. is gradually improving, worries are cropping up about costs. Is there evidence yet that they are starting to rise rapidly?
View ArticleCanada’s Okay March Labour Report Reflects a Making-do Economy
After a weak February during which total employment stayed essentially flat (-1,000), the Canadian economy recorded a nice net gain of 29,000 jobs in March, according to Statistics Canada.
View ArticleTransport Futures conference to focus on P3s
This year’s Transport Futures conference is taking a slightly different turn, states its founder Martin Collier, delving into the realm of public-private partnerships (P3s).
View ArticlePHOTO: Casa II Rises
Work is moving up on the Casa II condominium project at 42 Charles St. E. in Toronto, Ont.
View ArticleMulti-million dollar facelift for Chatham
Downtown Chatham will receive a multi-million dollar facelift but the details on how the project will unfold are still being worked out.
View ArticleUniversity engineering students tackle building challenge in Ottawa
OTTAWA—Engineers Canada recently hosted a building competition on Parliament Hill that paired Carleton University and University of Ottawa engineering students to see who could build the tallest and...
View ArticleHighway 407 to enter its final build phase
TORONTO—The Highway 407 East project is expected to enter its final phase later this fall and be completed by December 2017.
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