Sunday, June 8, 2025
Giovanni Cautillo named new president of OGCA
The Ontario General Contractor’s Association (OGCA) announced on June 1, 2020 that Giovanni Cautillo will be named as the new president. Clive Thurston, who has…
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Feds to fast-track $2.2 billion for municipal infrastructure spending
Today the Government of Canada announced the allocation of $2.2 billion under the Gas Tax Fund. The payment is expected to help accelerate recovery from…
RFEOI issued for Stage 1 of Highway 17 expansion
John Yakabuski, MPP for Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke, announced the Ontario government is moving forward with the first stage of widening Highway 17 from two to four lanes…
Ontario, York Region announce new transit partnership
Following the signing of the “Ontario-York Region Transit Partnership Preliminary Agreement” with the Regional Municipality of York, Caroline Mulroney, Minister of Transportation and Kinga Surma,…
Widening project proceeding for Highway 401 in Cambridge
The governments of Canada and Ontario announced the widening of Highway 401 from six to ten lanes in the Cambridge area. This major highway expansion…
Ontario invests $30 million in Connecting Links program
The Government of Ontario is providing $30 million to support 24 municipalities across the province to help them build, repair, or replace municipal roads, and…
Halton Region Consolidated Courthouse project cancelled
The Government of Ontario has announced the cancellation of the procurement of the Halton Region Consolidated Courthouse project. According to the Winter 2020 P3 Market…
Sidewalk Labs no longer pursuing Quayside project
Waterfront Toronto has received notification from Sidewalk Labs that they will no longer be pursuing the Quayside project, a 12-acre project along the city’s waterfront.…
OCS releases Coronavirus Contractors Survey
The Coronavirus Contractors Survey: Impacts and Actions is released as an independent study conducted by the Ontario Construction Secretariat (OCS). Between April 22 and April…
York Region investing $404 million in transit, transportation infrastructure
York Regional Council approved $404 million to continue building road and transit system improvements in 2020, contributing to an overall $3.1 billion investment over the…
OPG subsidiary purchases natural gas assets
Ontario Power Generation Inc. (OPG), under a new subsidiary that will be doing business as Atura Power, has finalized the acquisition of a portfolio of…
Report suggests debate needed to understand escalating subway construction costs
The Residential and Civil Construction Alliance of Ontario (RCCAO) has released a report calling for a closer look at the rising costs of building subway…
Mulroney comments on Hamilton transportation report
Ontario Minister of Transportation Caroline Mulroney issued the following statement regarding the Hamilton Transportation Task Force Report: “I am pleased that we are one step…
Ontario allowing some construction to run 24 hours
In response to the outbreak of COVID-19, Ontario is extending construction hours for essential construction projects, like critical projects in the health care sector, to…
OPG revises timeline for Unit 3 refurbishment
As OPG and its project partners work toward restarting the Unit 2 reactor at the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station, preparations have also been underway for…
Infrastructure builds continue in Ontario
Industry stakeholders from across the province are reacting to the decision by the Ontario government to shut down some types of construction work in the…
Skills Ontario releases online student challenge
Skills Ontario is promoting the pursuit of careers in skilled trades and technologies to youth while at home with the release of a social media…
McNaughton issues statement on construction site safety
Monte McNaughton, Minister of Labour, Training and Skills Development, issued the following statement regarding health and safety on construction sites: “The health and safety of…
OPG completes Unit 2 reactor construction
Ontario Power Generation (OPG), along with its project partners and vendors, have now completed construction on Darlington Nuclear Generating Station’s Unit 2 reactor. The unit…
Industry stakeholders concerned about worker safety
Construction industry and associations are expressing heightened concerns over the health and safety of crews still at work on sites across Ontario. “Safety has and…
RESCON releases COVID-19 health and safety guide
The Residential Construction Council of Ontario (RESCON) has released a health and safety guide for contractors working at active jobsites during the coronavirus pandemic. “Health…
IO, Metrolinx issue RFQs for two subway tunnelling projects
Infrastructure Ontario (IO) and Metrolinx have issued two Requests for Qualifications (RFQs) for advance tunnelling work on the Scarborough Subway Extension and the Eglinton Crosstown…
Ontario asks federal government for billions for subway projects
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is asking the federal government to provide, at minimum, 40 per cent of the funding needed to construct the province’s four…
Ontario extending natural gas to Scugog Island
Ontario is expanding access to natural gas throughout rural, northern Ontario and Indigenous communities with the launch of the next phase of the Natural Gas…