Friday, August 22, 2025
Cumberland, B.C. begins work on wastewater upgrades
The new wastewater upgrades project is getting underway this fall – kicking off an important update that will serve Cumberland for the years to come.…
B.C. launches Elko Overhead Replacement Project website
A new website has been launched to provide people with details of the proposed Elko Overhead Replacement Project on Highway 3 west of Fernie. For…
New group forms to provide a voice for Indigenous-owned construction companies
In response to the growing need for a truly representative voice for Indigenous construction companies, a group of local Indigenous construction businesses have banded together…
Consortium awarded contract for reactivity control units at Bruce Power
Candu Energy Inc., a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group announced that its consortium with BWXT Nuclear Energy Canada Inc. (BWXT) has been awarded an approximately…
Saltair water system receives $3.9M in funding for filtration upgrade project
The community of Saltair is receiving approximately $3.9 million in senior government funding to complete a water filtration project required to meet provincial drinking water…
PCL and EllisDon implement Canadian vaccination verification requirements
Canada’s largest general contractors, PCL Construction and EllisDon, are implementing vaccination verification requirements in the continued effort to provide safe workplaces for their employees. Both companies…
Feasibility study looking at potential northern railway route in Quebec
SNC-Lavalin announced that its consortium with Norda Stelo has been awarded a two-year contract by the Quebec Railway Company Rail SEC (Qc Rail), to undertake…
Quebec construction group awarded more than $12M in contracts
ALI Excavation Group announced the recent awarding of two major contracts by the City of Châteauguay and by the Société Québécoise des Infrastructures, SQI. A…
Canada’s Federal Election and the Infrastructure Impact
By John Allen After a 2019 election that saw Justin Trudeau’s Liberal party form a minority government, the Prime Minister sent Canadians back to the…
Institutional sector drives non-residential construction: StatsCan
Investment in building construction was down 1.7% to $18.1 billion in July, according to StatsCan. Residential construction declined for a third consecutive month following a record peak…
Construction association raises money for cancer research
The Ottawa Construction Association held a cycling event Sept. 12 and raised nearly $50,000 in support of cancer research for the Ottawa Hospital Foundation. A…
Early Adopters
Building risk-reducing processes into construction contracts. Amidst the daunting choice of complex contracting forms and execution models facing project owners in today’s construction environment, one…
Pickering Pedestrian Bridge declared longest enclosed people crossing in world by Guinness
It’s no small feat to jump over 14 lanes of traffic and another six rail tracks. And that boast has earned the Pickering Pedestrian Bridge…
Hamilton city council votes to sign agreement to build LRT line
Hamilton City councillors voted 11-3 to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Metrolinx and the province to build a 14-kilometre light rail transit line…
Ontario launches RFQ for high-speed internet
The Ontario government is taking the next step to help bring high-speed internet access to every community by the end of 2025, with the announcement…
Survey probes construction workforce’s top election priorities
A new survey conducted by Abacus Data took the pulse of Canada’s skilled trades workforce to find out what matters most this election; from traveling…
Merger creates Graham Group of Companies
Graham announced that US-based construction firm, Milender White Inc., has joined the Graham Group of Companies. Milender White is an employee-owned real estate development and…
EllisDon supports Canadian National Paralympic Team in Tokyo
EllisDon Infrastructure Services and Technology (EDIST) announced its new ongoing collaboration with the Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC) in support of the recent Tokyo 2020 Paralympic…
SK fall tender plan includes $157M in highways projects
The Government of Saskatchewan is looking to build and protect more of our provincial highway system with $157.3 million in new highways projects included in…
Online advocacy campaign launched by CCA ahead of federal election
The Canadian Construction Association (CCA) has established the Construction Action Network, a web-based letter-writing campaign designed to communicate industry issues to federal election candidates. “Facing…
Saskatchewan announces carbon capture utilization and storage priorities
At one of the world’s largest enhanced oil recovery (EOR) carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS) projects operated by Whitecap Resources near Weyburn, Saskatchewan, the…
MZOs are necessary to speed approvals process: industry association
The Residential Construction Council of Ontario (RESCON) is disappointed at an Ontario Divisional Court ruling today which indicates that the provincial government erred in failing to consult…
GO Expansion progress along the Barrie Line well on its way
The Barrie GO Line is being prepared to support future two-way, all-day GO service. Over the next 10 years, Metrolinx’s GO Expansion program will transform…
SK pilots automatic flagging device on provincial highways
A new made-in-Saskatchewan device is helping protect some of the highest-risk workers on highway construction sites. The Saskatchewan Ministry of Highways has initiated a new…