Thursday, May 1, 2025
Royal Inland Hospital: Just On Time
Despite numerous obstacles, Royal Inland Hospital’s new patient care tower was delivered on time When it comes to dealing with a pandemic, hospitals play a vital…
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Infrastructure Ontario awards contract for $3.6B South Niagara Hospital project
Infrastructure Ontario (IO) and Niagara Health announced that they have awarded a fixed price contract to EllisDon Infrastructure Healthcare (EDIH) to design, build, finance and…
EllisDon launches women and gender-nonconforming safety vest campaign
EllisDon has launched the Fit Your Frame campaign, aimed at providing construction safety vests to women and gender-nonconforming persons whose frame and body type are not…
Planning a Path to Zero Carbon
By Chirstian Cianfrone In June 2022, Canada released its first-ever Emissions Reduction Plan, indicating a building sector-specific GHG emissions reduction target of 37 per cent relative…
RFPs for Trillium Health Partners Peter Gilgan Mississauga Hospital project closed
The Request for Proposals (RFP) stage has closed for the Trillium Health Partners (THP) long-term redevelopment project, which includes the Peter Gilgan Mississauga Hospital. The…
CMLC selects construction manager for the Arts Commons Transformation project
The Calgary Municipal Land Corporation (CMLC) announced the selection of EllisDon as the construction manager for the Arts Commons Transformation (ACT)—a major city-building initiative that…
EllisDon partners for the first Housing Now Indigenous-led site in Toronto
EllisDon Community Builders has partnered with the Missanabie Cree First Nation for the first Housing Now Indigenous-led site for Indigenous seniors. Located at 140 Merton…
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…
PSPC awards construction contract for Burlington Canal Lift Bridge deck replacement
Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) announced a contract worth over $21 million (including taxes) to EllisDon Civil Ltd. and Chant Limited, in joint venture, located in Mississauga, Ontario,…
Construction firms partner to create workplace environments free of sexual harassment
WomanACT and The Society for Canadian Women in Science & Technology (SCWIST) announced partnerships with three employers who are dedicated to creating workplaces free from…
City of London and EllisDon deliver affordable housing development
EllisDon, together with the City of London, celebrated the opening of a new 61-unit affordable housing development located at 122 Baseline Road West. The apartment…
Ontario’s first net zero mass timber academic building tops off
Designed in less than a year, manufactured in 12 weeks, and erected in 100 days, Ontario’s first mass timber academic building has officially topped off…
Crosslinx makes a big impact with a smaller carbon footprint
By Stacia Van Zetten and Jolene McLaughlin The Eglinton Crosstown LRT (ECLRT) is part of Metrolinx’s regional transportation plan, The Big Move, and is one…
EllisDon wins CCA’s Environmental Achievement Award
EllisDon has been named the winner of the Canadian Construction Association’s (CCA) Environmental Achievement Award, acknowledging the company’s climate commitment. As a member company of…
Contract awarded for Lakeshore West Infrastructure Improvements project
Infrastructure Ontario and Metrolinx have awarded a fixed-price contract of $443 million to EllisDon Infrastructure Transit (EDIT) to design, build and finance the GO Expansion…
Toronto Construction Association honour 2021 project achievements
The Toronto Construction Association (TCA) held its 154th annual general meeting and Best of Best awards presentation virtually. The awards recognize members for their project…
EllisDon formalizes partnership with Canadian Paralympic Committee
The Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC) and EllisDon announced their official partnership through 2024. Last summer, the global Canadian Construction Services company provided operational services to…
EllisDon awarded Halifax’s IWK Emergency Expansion project
EllisDon has been awarded, by the Government of Nova Scotia, the construction manager contract for the IWK Emergency Expansion project. The IWK Emergency Expansion project…
EllisDon and DIALOG file patent for hybrid timber floor system
EllisDon, in partnership with DIALOG, has officially filed global patents for the Hybrid Timber Floor System (HTFS), a 105-storey Hybrid Timber Tower design concept awarded…
Centennial College’s A Block Expansion Project achieves zero carbon certification.
The Centennial College A Block Expansion Project is looking to be one of the first mass timber, net-zero carbon post secondary education facilities, and was…
‘Ontario leading the way in mass timber’
Ontario is on its way to becoming a world leader in mass timber construction, according to the comments made during an information session hosted by…
Closing the Diversity Gap
How the infrastructure sector is cultivating a more diverse workforce. It is imperative that the leading decision makers in the industry are representative of the…
CCPPP names 2021 Champion award-winners
Jim King, founder of EllisDon Capital, and David Podmore, founder and chair of Concert Infrastructure were named as winners of the 2021 Champion Award by…
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…