Sunday, May 4, 2025
RFQ issued for Highway 91/17 Upgrade Project
B.C.’s Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure has issued a request for qualifications (RFQ) for the Highway 91/17 Upgrade Project. The project is designed to improve…
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PUB to examine options to mitigate Muskrat Falls
Dwight Ball, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, has released the terms of reference for the Board of Commissioners of Public Utilities (PUB) to examine options…
B.C. improving safety at crash-prone intersections
The B.C. Government is moving forward with an initiative to make some of its intersections safer for motorists. A high-friction surface treatment will be applied…
Engineering contract awarded for Niagara Region GO expansion
Metrolinx has hired the design consultant to support the expansion of GO Transit rail service into Niagara Region. Wood Canada Ltd. will provide engineering services…
Five Days in October
It’s rare to see three important elections fall within such a short timespan, but that’s exactly what we will see when the second half of…
BC Hydro selects new alignment for Highway 29 redesign
BC Hydro has selected a new realignment for Highway 29 at Cache Creek/Bear Flat, following an extensive consultation process with Indigenous groups and local property…
$3 billion pledged for B.C. transit projects
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and British Columbia John Horgan have announced more than $3 billion in federal and provincial funding for two major rapid transit…
Spark Power Corp. completes merger
Canaccord Genuity Acquisition Corp. has announced it has completed its merger with Spark Power Corp. In conjunction with the closing of the Qualifying Acquisition, CGAC…
Hudson Bay Railway, Port of Churchill sold
Omnitrax has sold the Hudson Bay Railway and Port of Churchill facilities to a Canadian-based ownership group, allowing repairs to begin immediately on the broken…
Construction begins on North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant
Federal and municipal officials gathered in North Vancouver to celebrate the start of construction of the $700-million North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant. The plant is…
Lindsay to advise Ontario on subway upload
Ontario Minister of Transportation John Yakabuski has announced the appointment of Michael Lindsay as special advisor on the upload of the Toronto subway system. He…
Preferred proponent selected for Royal Inland Hospital project
EllisDon Infrastructure has been named the preferred proponent on the Royal Inland Hospital Patient Care Tower project following an extensive evaluation of proposals from three…
Mendicino becomes Infrastructure and Communities Parliamentary Secretary
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced changes to the parliamentary secretaries. The parliamentary secretaries included in the announcement are either newly appointed, taking on new…
SNC-Lavalin, ABB announce new joint venture
SNC-Lavalin and ABB have announced the formation of Linxon, a new joint-venture (JV), for the execution of turnkey electrical AC substation projects. The transaction was…
The Vulnerable Future
The future of Canada’s public works industry has some difficult challenges ahead, but by recognizing those challenges now and integrating them into long-term planning, the…
CPWA names 2018 NPWW award winners
The Canadian Public Works Association (CPWA) has named the winners of its 2018 National Public Works Week (NPWW) awards. The awards were announced at the…
The Quebec Moment
There was a time when elections meant the knives were drawn as commitments of incumbent government were not so much dissected, but hacked up and…
Chinook Power Station reaches construction milestones
Work on Saskatchewan’s next natural gas-fired power station continues to be on time and on budget. The 350-megawatt Chinook Power Station near Swift Current is…
B+H to design SickKids’ new Patient Support Centre
B+H has been selected by The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) as the Design Architect and Prime Consultant for the hospital’s new Patient Support Centre…
Kingston’s Third Crossing first to be built using IPD model
After a thorough Request for Proposals (RFP) and evaluation phase, the City of Kingston has selected Peter Kiewit Sons ULC (Kiewit), Hatch Ltd. (Hatch), and…
Canada Infrastructure Bank delivers loan for REM project
The Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) and CDPQ Infra, a subsidiary of the Caisse de depot et placement du Québec, have entered into an business agreement.…
Gilmour joins CaGBC as CCO
The Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) has announced the appointment of Brent Gilmour as CaGBC’s Chief Commercial Officer (CCO). As CCO, Gilmour will be responsible…
Nunavut announces changes to its executive council
Nunavut Premier Joe Savikataaq has announced changes to the territory’s executive council. “After two months as Premier, I have a clear sense of the strengths…
Infrastructure funding delays could hurt Ontario’s economic prosperity
The Residential and Civil Construction Alliance of Ontario (RCCAO) says that the federal government has dragged its feet on what it has pledged for infrastructure…