Thursday, May 8, 2025
Toronto announces development partner for $250M Basin Media Hub
Toronto Mayor John Tory announced that Hackman Capital Partners (HCP) and its affiliate The MBS Group (MBS) will develop and operate the Basin Media Hub;…
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Canadian Construction Technology Survey
AECO Innovation Lab has launched the Canadian Construction Technology Survey 2021 in collaboration with buildingSMART Canada and researchers from L’École de technologie supérieure Montréal, University of British Columbia, and University of…
CNL completes safe long-term storage of waste at Port Granby site
Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) announced the capping and closure of the engineered aboveground mound at the Port Granby Project Long-Term Waste Management Facility. The Port…
Victoria wastewater treatment plant receives LEED certification
AECOM announced that it has received LEED Gold certification from the Canada Green Building Council for the Capital Regional District’s (CRD) McLoughlin Point Wastewater Treatment…
CCPPP names news president and CEO
The Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships (CCPPP) announced that Lisa Mitchell has been named as President and Chief Executive Officer. She will assume her role…
Thunder Bay’s Boulevard Lake Dam officially opens
The City of Thunder Bay celebrated the official grand opening of the newly rehabilitated Boulevard Lake Dam on-site with a ribbon cutting ceremony. “The opening…
Exceeding Program Goals with Integrated Project Delivery
Construction projects and the key parties who carry them out are usually focused on the central challenges of budget and schedule, as well as crucial…
Oakville hospital receives BOMA National Earth Award
After achieving the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) Toronto Best Gold Standard earlier this year, EllisDon Facilities Services at Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital and…
Final designs of west shore connections off the Third Crossing bridge revealed
The final designs for connections to the Third Crossing bridge from the west shore of the Cataraqui River are now available. They include new and…
New Grande Prairie Regional Hospital set to open
The new 243-bed Grande Prairie Regional Hospital (GPRH) is scheduled to open to the public Dec. 4, Alberta Health and Alberta Health Services (AHS) announced.…
Setting the standard for measuring embodied carbon in timber construction
Timber Development UK is bringing clarity to how to account for embodied carbon in timber construction with a newly released technical paper. ‘Assessing the carbon-related…
OPG awards contract for complex parts for nuclear refurbishment
Ontario Power Generation (OPG) and BWX Technologies, Inc. announced a contract for Fuelling Machine (FM) head engineering and component supply as part of refurbishment of…
Groundbreaking held for MURC in Georgina, Ontario
The Town of Georgina held a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Multi-use Recreation Complex (MURC) – the largest project in its history. Mayor Margaret Quirk,…
Ontario government reiterates support for plans to build Highway 413
The Ontario government announced it is moving forward with building Highway 413, a new 400-series highway and transit corridor across Halton, Peel and York regions.…
Volvo and Holcim jointly work in a project to use autonomous electric haulers
Volvo Autonomous Solutions and Holcim Switzerland have partnered to jointly test and further develop the use of autonomous electric haulers in a limestone quarry. The…
Pilot program to enhance power resiliency using EV chargers
Hydro One and Peak Power launched a new pilot program to study the benefits of using electric vehicle (EV) charging technology to improve power resiliency…
Chandos Construction Commits to Net Zero by 2040
Commercial builder Chandos Construction announced a commitment to be net-zero by 2040, a pledge its president made on the sidelines of the United Nations’ COP…
Ontario invests in training for Indigenous people for highway project
The Ontario government is investing more than $3.7 million to train 110 members of Treaty #3 First Nations communities for rewarding careers in construction. Through…
Alberta ‘building green’ with emerging technology
Alberta Innovates is announcing a new funding opportunity to advance emerging technologies that utilize Alberta’s plentiful forest and agricultural biomass and encourage their use in…
Construction underway on new $47M elementary school in Regina
Construction continues on the new joint facility that will replace Argyle Elementary School and École St. Pius X in Regina. Residents who pass the site…
Province of Ontario plans to fully fund Bradford Bypass highway project
The Ontario government announced advancing planning for the Bradford Bypass, a new four-lane freeway connecting Highway 400 and Highway 404 in Simcoe County and York…
Construction phase of Connected Coast project officially begins
Joint venture partners Strathcona Regional District and CityWest, on behalf of their partners in the federal and provincial governments, announced that the construction phase of…
CanBIM presents 2021 Innovation Spotlight Awards
CanBIM announced the winners for the 2021 Innovation Spotlight Awards as part of its second virtual awards presentation. CanBIM multi-casted the awards presentation on all…
Indigenous Infrastructure
Advocating for an inclusive and secure future with AFN Director of Infrastructure, Irving LeBlanc. By Connie Vitello What are the unique challenges facing Indigenous infrastructure…