Saturday, June 14, 2025
CCPPP announces winners of 2022 National Awards
A bundle of Alberta high schools and a state-of-the-art national archival facility are among the seven winners of the 2022 National Awards for Innovation and Excellence…
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Federal and provincial infrastructure Ministers meet to discuss collaboration
Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities, Dominic LeBlanc and Jeff Carr, New Brunswick’s Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure, co-chaired a meeting of federal, provincial…
ACEC – Canada hands out annual engineering Awards of Excellence
The Association of Consulting Engineering Companies – Canada (ACEC-Canada) handed out the 54th annual Canadian Consulting Engineering Awards at a celebration in Ottawa, that included…
Natural Resources Canada invests $1.6M in CanREA Electricity Transition Hub
The Canadian Renewable Energy Association (CanREA) announced the launch of the CanREA Electricity Transition Hub, supported by nearly $1.6 million in funding from Natural Resources…
Canada’s construction industry urging governments to rebuild Canada’s workforce
The Canadian Construction Association (CCA) is sounding the alarm about the urgent need for workers in construction through an industry call to action to Rebuild…
RCCAO submits three construction priorities to federal government
The Residential and Civil Construction Alliance of Ontario (RCCAO) is calling on the Federal Government to welcome more construction workers to Canada through immigration reforms,…
Transport Canada announces Ports Modernization Review complete
Transport Canada announced the completion of the Ports Modernization Review, which aims to advance the role of Canada Port Authorities and optimize their current and…
CIB launches $500M Charging and Hydrogen Refuelling Infrastructure Initiative
The Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) announced the launch of its $500 million zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) Charging and Hydrogen Refuelling Infrastructure Initiative (CHRI). The goals of…
Federal government announces appointments for JCCBI and WDBA
Infrastructure Canada announced the re-appointment of Catherine Lavoie as chair of the Board of Directors of Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Incorporated (JCCBI), and the…
Investment in effective and digitized preconstruction can be profitable: report
In partnership with Procore Technologies, Inc. FMI Corp. released the results of The State of Global Preconstruction Report, which discusses the current environment for preconstruction and the…
FCM releases annual report of the Green Municipal Fund
The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) announced the release of the 22nd annual report of the Green Municipal Fund (GMF). GMF’s annual report illustrates how municipalities are…
Canada’s Building Trades Unions to increase opportunities in the skilled trades
Canada’s Building Trades Unions announced the launch of In The Trades, a federally-funded program that will help apprentices get started in the skilled trades. Over…
Graham CEO runs to raise money for mental health awareness
Graham president and CEO, Andy Trewick ran five kilometres in five cities over five days, as Graham’s 5/5/5 Moving for Mental Health raised over $200,000…
FPInnovations releases design guide for tall timber construction
FPInnovations has launched its new Modelling Guide for Timber Structure. This a one-of-a-kind document gathers state-of-the-art information on the structural analysis of timber construction, providing practicing engineers…
Cement Association of Canada joins Net-Zero Challenge initiative
Canada’s cement industry is leading the way in the fight to tackle climate change by joining the Net-Zero Challenge. The Net-Zero Challenge is a voluntary initiative…
New research reveals risk to Canada from droughts, storms could cost $139B
New research, launched by global professional services company GHD titled Aquanomics: The economics of water risk and future resilience reveals that droughts, floods, and storms…
NRCan releases report on public overall charging infrastructure needs
Updated analysis from Natural Resources Canada concluded that, by 2030, Canada will need to have around 200,000 publicly accessible chargers, with a ratio of one…
WSP Global to acquire U.K. environmental consulting company RPS Group
WSP Global Inc. announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire RPS Group plc for £2.06 per share in cash for a total enterprise value…
Canada launches consultations on establishing permanent public transit funding
Infrastructure Canada announced the launch of public consultations on the design and implementation of Permanent Public Transit funding in Canada. Feedback will inform a long-term…
Federal government announces 500 new EV chargers across Canada
Natural Resources Canada announced an investment of over $2.4 million in Indigo Park Canada to install 500 Level 2 EV chargers at 68 sites across…
Canada supports innovative Hybrid Timber Floor System project
Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson announced a combined Government of Canada contribution of over $550,000 to the Hybrid Timber Floor System Project led by EllisDon…
Intelligent City Raises $30M to advance sustainable buildings using mass timber
Housing technology company Intelligent City which applies automation and robotics to the design and manufacturing of prefabricated mass timber buildings, announced it has raised CAD…
More funding for new EV chargers in Quebec, Nova Scotia and Northwest Territories
As part of EV Week in Canada, Natural Resources Canada, announced three investments across the country to support the installation of EV chargers. The investments include:…
New measures to address climate change impacts on rail infrastructure
Transport Canada announced two new rail safety measures. One focuses on railway-related fire prevention, while the other improves the resiliency of Canada’s railway infrastructure against…