Saturday, May 3, 2025
Construction set to begin on new energy centre in Gatineau
The Government of Canada announced it has broken ground on the construction of the Modernized Gatineau Energy Centre. The Centre is part of the Energy…
GTAA names AECOM to lead development of new Environmental Master Plan
The Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) announced it is teaming up with AECOM to lead the development of a new Environmental Master Plan for the…
Canada Infrastructure Bank to invest in Durham Region’s battery electric buses
The Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) and the Regional Municipality of Durham (Durham Region or the Region) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding, that could see the CIB…
Government of Canada begins restoration of Québec City’s Place George-V
Public Services and Procurement Canada broke ground for the restoration of Place George-V, located in front of the Voltigeurs de Québec Armoury, to better accommodate…
City of Ottawa gearing up for another busy construction season
The City Ottawa announced it will invest approximately $702 million in city infrastructure in order to continue to provide vital services to residents, businesses and visitors…
CAGBC Awards celebrate Canadian green building innovators
The Canada Green Building Council (CAGBC) unveiled this year’s winners of the CAGBC Awards during the 2022 Building Lasting Change conference’s Gala event. The annual awards celebrate innovative…
Calgary’s new Jaipur Bridge opens to public in time for summer
Jaipur Bridge, a major pathway connection from Eau Claire to Prince’s Island Park, opened to the public on June 6. The original bridge closed in…
2022 Governor General’s Medals in Architecture honour exceptional building across Canada
The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) and the Canada Council for the Arts (CCA) announced the recipients of the 2022 Governor General’s Medals in…
NWMO completes successful engineering demonstration for deep geological repository
The Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) announced it has successfully completed a full-scale demonstration of the engineered barriers that will safely contain and isolate Canada’s…
Vision Bridge-Bonaventure maps out plan for re-urbanization of Montreal neighbourhood
A group of developers, architects and planners have joined forces to map out an inclusive and environmentally responsible vision to address the needs of the…
Work to begin on overpasses, bridges in Corner Brook
The Newfoundland and Labrador Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure announced that work will begin this month on repairs for three overpasses and two bridges in…
New active transportation approaches are needed
By Ankush Karwal When Statistics Canada began unveiling the results of the 2021 Census earlier this year, one of the areas that anyone in city…
Construction begins on new federal building in Shawinigan
Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) announced it has broken ground to mark the start of construction of the new federal building in Shawinigan. To…
B.C. announces new bridges completed in Cariboo region
The B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure announced that residents, emergency services and commercial vehicles have more reliable crossings now that the Cave Road and…
New FCM president acclaimed at annual conference
Municipal leaders from across Canada gathered for FCM’s 2022 Annual Conference and Trade Show in Regina, Saskatchewan, in a hybrid model that brought the best of previous…
Doug Ford and Ontario PCs given second mandate with election victory
Doug Ford and the Progressive Conservatives won a second majority by winning 83 of 124 seats in the Ontario Provincial election. The NDP formed official…
Canada’s road networks remained relatively unchanged: CCPI survey
Statistics Canada released the data on the status of Canada’s roads, bridges and tunnels through Canada’s Core Public Infrastructure (CCPI) survey, for reference year 2020.…
Agreement aims to coordinate building accessibility codes in North America
Accessibility Standards Canada and the International Code Council signed an agreement that will facilitate the sharing of best practices and information related to building accessibility.…
Indigenous-led redevelopment project approved by Vancouver City Council
The Heather Lands project became the largest Indigenous-led redevelopment to advance in Vancouver after City Council approved the rezoning of the site at a public…
CIB commits $80M towards new Atlin Hydroelectricity Expansion project
The Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB), in partnership with Tlingit Homeland Energy Limited Partnership, has committed $80 million towards the Atlin Hydroelectricity Expansion project. The Tlingit Homeland…
WSP acquiring environmental and infrastructure business of John Wood Group
WSP Global Inc. announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Environment & Infrastructure business of John Wood Group plc for…
$7.85M contract awarded for bridge rehabilitation work in northwestern B.C.
The Government of British Columbia announced that a contract for the rehabilitation work on Bell Irving River Bridge No. 1 has been awarded. “The Bell…
Construction begins on redeveloped Burnaby Hospital
The B.C. government announced that construction has begun on the redevelopment of Burnaby Hospital. “Everybody deserves access to quality public health care that’s delivered close…
Broadway subway project progresses with arrival of final tunnel-boring machine parts
All the component parts for the tunnel-boring machines that will dig the twin tunnels for the Broadway subway project have arrived in British Columbia. The…