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Archives for October 2008

2008-10-31—Legend says stone mason’s ghost haunts site of his death
2008-10-31—Prince Edward Island axes proposed West Prince hospital
2008-10-31—2010 Vancouver Olympic Games remain financially strong, organizers say
2008-10-31—SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. announces third-quarter 2008 results
2008-10-31—Suncor cuts 2009 capital spending target to $6 billion
2008-10-31—Owner of Surrey’s Quattro condo determined to rebuild after devastating fire
2008-10-31—Bondfield crews do windows in Richmond Hill
2008-10-31—Deltera heads for the finish line at Grand Triomph project
2008-10-31—MCAC chair reflects on transformation of mechanical contracting industry
2008-10-30—Nexen Inc. and Opti Canada Inc. postpone proposed expansion of Long Lake oilsands project
2008-10-30—Rio Tinto Alcan announces additional $300-million investment in Kitimat smelter
2008-10-30—Nova Scotia association launches pilot Building Futures for Youth project
2008-10-30—Pedre Contractors undertake watermain work in Vancouver
2008-10-30—Pitt River Bridge project marks milestone
2008-10-30—U.S. new home sales rise, but prices decline
2008-10-30—Technology brings changes to world of construction tendering
2008-10-30—Plasco Energy Group drops plan for Port Moody gasification plant
2008-10-30—SaskPower inks deal with Red Lily Wind Power LP
2008-10-30—Keeping an eye on Greenpark Homes’ Richmond condo project
2008-10-30—Toddglen Construction’s Bloor Street Neighbourhood project grows
2008-10-30—Tonbridge Power’s private 230-kilovolt line clears another permit hurdle
2008-10-30—Sand snatchers deplete Caribbean beaches
2008-10-29—Alberta police college call for proposals fails to bring out the bidders
2008-10-29—Enquest Power Corp. changes name to Elementa Group
2008-10-29—Eastern Construction builds Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute
2008-10-29—Aecon Group posts record results for third-quarter 2008
2008-10-29—Chetwynd sees power, opportunity in the wind
2008-10-29—London construction association considers establishing BIM digital construction centre
2008-10-29—Kelowna redevelopment plan draws support at public hearing
2008-10-29—Three consortia short-listed for Waterloo Region Consolidated Courthouse project
2008-10-29—Glass goes in at Daniels’ Arc condo project
2008-10-29—Provincial trades strategy needed to tackle occupational disease, council says
2008-10-29—Twenty-five years later, Warsaw’s subway line finally opens
2008-10-28—Telus plans to build $33-million Internet data centre in Laval
2008-10-28—College of Trades implementation team prepares to hold meetings with stakeholders
2008-10-28—Simple mistakes lead to tendering litigation, construction law expert says
2008-10-28—Norbord Inc. posts $18 million loss in third-quarter 2008
2008-10-28—Tridel builds the Republic
2008-10-28—U.S. has two options to fund its financial-rescue commitments, economist says
2008-10-28—Skilled-trades sector shows steady jobs growth, Statistics Canada finds
2008-10-28—Lakefield College School opens $13.8 million LEED Gold certified facility
2008-10-28—Canam Group in strong position to weather U.S. construction downturn, CEO says
2008-10-27—OFL, trades council share concerns over Ontario’s economic leadership
2008-10-27—Aecon’s infrastructure division wins Enbridge Gas contract in Ontario
2008-10-27—72-year-old worker dies in fall at Saint John jobsite
2008-10-27—Canam Group earnings hold steady in third-quarter 2008
2008-10-27—Daniels Corporation builds One Cole condo project
2008-10-27—Harbridge and Cross builds parking garage at St. Joseph’s Health Centre
2008-10-27—Developers’ grand plan for Ottawa’s Lansdowne Park stirs controversy
2008-10-27—“Investing in Skills” coalition plans to redouble lobbying efforts
2008-10-27—Specialized construction terminology interferes with safety training, report finds
2008-10-27—International Labour Organization predicts rising global unemployment
2008-10-27—U.S. economy will recover more quickly than many think, economist says
2008-10-24—Toddglen Avenue nears completion of newest condo project
2008-10-24—Workers in Rome uncover vast complex of ancient tombs
2008-10-24—Ontario Realty Corporation extends registration deadline for architects and interior designers
2008-10-24—Wallace appointed executive director of Ontario Centre for Engineering and Public Policy
2008-10-24—Caterpillar profits cut by U.S. economic slowdown and higher materials costs
2008-10-24—Cemex SAB sees profit plunge in third-quarter 2008
2008-10-24—Seacliff Construction wins $40-million contract for Talisman Centre roof project
2008-10-24—Windsor Construction Association joins trades to urge immediate action on border crossing
2008-10-24—Two die in New Delhi bridge collapse
2008-10-24—Vancouver Olympic Games offer showcase opportunity for streetcars
2008-10-23—Ministry of Health selects VFA Canada to assess Ontario hospitals
2008-10-23—Windsor Construction Association offers scholarships to students
2008-10-23—Ontario Construction Secretariat report praises unions’ key role in apprenticeship training
2008-10-23—DJ Campbell Construction builds Bohemian Embassy
2008-10-23—Former B.C. premier calls for end to moratorium on offshore oil and gas development
2008-10-23—Construction drove September job gains, Statistics Canada report finds
2008-10-23—Heritage Toronto announces short-list finalists for 34th Annual Heritage Toronto Awards
2008-10-23—Benson Steel puts final Allstream beam in place
2008-10-22—Chinese construction official faces death over corruption charges related to Beijing Olympics
2008-10-22—EcoNova Scotia approves $2.6 million in funds for 21 carbon-reducing projects
2008-10-22—Carillion Canada acquires Vanbots Construction Corp.
2008-10-22—Canada Line Construction in Vancouver
2008-10-22—Report finds interest in small-scale wind farms among New Brunswick communities
2008-10-22—Monarch builds Etobicoke’s Nautilus condominium project
2008-10-22—Two consortia vie for McGill University Health Centre’s Glen Campus project
2008-10-22—Collaborative Structures Limited constructs Canada’s first LEED-CS certified building
2008-10-22—2010 Vancouver Olympics Games remain financially strong, say organizers
2008-10-21—Toddglen Construction digs in on Dallimore Circle
2008-10-21—Canada will avoid recession, says Conference Board economist
2008-10-21—Alpine backs out of 2012 European Championship soccer-stadium project in Ukraine
2008-10-21—Ottawa-based Ideal Roofing Co. reaches wage deal with United Steelworkers Local 8327
2008-10-21—CANS helps Nova Scotia Community College Foundation pass the $1-million mark
2008-10-21—Hydrophobic concrete fails NRC-IRC test in severe conditions
2008-10-21—National Basketball Association forms joint venture to develop 12 stadiums in China
2008-10-21—HOK lands on Macleans magazine’s list of Canada’s Top 100 Employers
2008-10-20—Sunken turbine rotors destined for Point Lepreau nuclear station will rise again
2008-10-20—Proposed Ontario legislation would require WSIB coverage for independent operators
2008-10-20—Poll finds support for NaiKun Wind Energy Group’s offshore project
2008-10-20—Sault Ste. Marie moves ahead with plans to demolish and consolidate older schools
2008-10-20—Construction crews keep Accolade condominium project moving upward
2008-10-20—MSCC looks to establish national certification program for member firms
2008-10-20—Partners launch ‘eco-business zone’ around Pearson airport
2008-10-17—Canada risks losing its edge in building envelope technology, experts fear
2008-10-17—Three Canadian projects among winners of North American Holcim Awards
2008-10-17—Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport opens Sams Lake Bird Sanctuary
2008-10-17—Chinese construction crews begin $12.6-billion Guiyang-Guangzhou railway line
2008-10-17—California Polytechnic provides real-life study conditions for construction-management students
2008-10-17—DJ Campbell Construction makes progress on Dunfield Retirement Community
2008-10-17—PCL Construction builds Keynote in Calgary
2008-10-16—Bluescape Construction builds affordability into Adelaide Street housing project
2008-10-16—Tucker Hi-Rise Construction builds Russell Hill Retirement Residence
2008-10-16—British Columbia government offers emergency funds to Golden Ears Bridge workers
2008-10-16—Reco Decoration Group fined for using pirated software
2008-10-16—Debate continues to swirl around journeyman-to-apprentice ratios
2008-10-16—Three Victorian houses fail to find new Halifax homes
2008-10-16—Sterling Construction named to annual Forbes’ list of “America’s 200 Best Small Companies”
2008-10-15—Toddglen Construction crews get tied up at iLoft
2008-10-15—Thomas Cavanagh Construction buys arena naming rights for West Carleton Community Complex
2008-10-15—Mohawk College opens Institute for Skilled Trades & Apprenticeship Research, Resources and Training
2008-10-15—Bloor Street retailers get day in court for lost revenues caused by construction
2008-10-15—Charles Olfert: Sustainable design moves beyond Canada’s urban centres
2008-10-15—Crane collapse in China kills five children
2008-10-15—Utah workers uncover old mining explosives
2008-10-15—Professor asks engineers to consider impact of infrastructure on climate change
2008-10-15—Monarch crews feel the Vibe at Liberty Village
2008-10-15—Innovative engineering solutions must be found for Canada’s aging infrastructure, expert says
2008-10-15—KBR buys Canadian general contractor Wabi Development Corp.
2008-10-14—Inquest called into death of Andre Vale
2008-10-14—Quebec-New Brunswick labour mobility agreement benefits unionized workers
2008-10-14—Fleming College educator receives CMHC sustainable-building award
2008-10-14—Stuart Olson Constructors wins $169-million contract to expand Bow Valley College
2008-10-14—McGillivray brings ‘pipe bursting’ technology to Ontario
2008-10-14—Vanbots drives ahead at UOIT Automotive Centre of Excellence
2008-10-14—Construction workers wear flip-flops, cloth hats on Cambodian jobsites
2008-10-10—Foreign carpenters displaced local tradesmen at Winnipeg airport project, MP charges
2008-10-10—EllisDon reaches for the top at Bay Adelaide Centre
2008-10-10—‘Request for proposal’ wording could expose owners to tender law obligations, lawyer warns
2008-10-10—Aecon Buildings nears completion of Bell Creekbank project
2008-10-10—National Trade Contractors Coalition of Canada plans to publish guide to CCA’s stipulated price subcontract document
2008-10-10—Rockway Building Supplies pleads guilty in electrical-shock incident
2008-10-10—Oklahoma Transportation Commission approves $4-billion infrastructure improvement program
2008-10-09—Massive ‘medical city’ being built in Shanghai
2008-10-09—Kingston, Ontario fined $60,000 for asbestos exposure
2008-10-09—SNC-Lavalin set to build Mexican plant
2008-10-09—Quay West Crew in Toronto
2008-10-09—Aecon, PCL named as Top 100 employers
2008-10-09—Pumping up the Garden in Mississauga, Ontario
2008-10-08—Dubai plans to top its own record with new tower
2008-10-08—Service technicians key to growing mechanical service contracting business, consultant says
2008-10-08—Built Green aims to compete with LEED in British Columbia and Alberta markets
2008-10-08—Total value of Canadian building permits down in August 2008
2008-10-08—Intertech’s Espana condo project rises
2008-10-08—Credit crunch halts Liverpool soccer stadium project
2008-10-08—Small-business sector outperformed overall economy in past year, CIBC report finds
2008-10-08—Vicwest Income Fund acquires RCA Metal
2008-10-08—World currency market activity benefits Canada and its construction industry, economist says
2008-10-08—Buttcon does double duty at Element and Aloft hotel project
2008-10-08—Hoare takes chair at Mechanical Contractors Association of Canada
2008-10-08—Aecon Atlantic Group expands Halifax’s Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre
2008-10-08—Canadian Institute of Plumbing and Heating signs memorandum of understanding with Mechanical Contractors Association of Canada
2008-10-07—Economist warns U.S. economy on ‘slippery slope of recession’
2008-10-07—Ontario Realty Corporation registers general contractors, design firms online
2008-10-07—Facility and service managers must be full partners on P3 projects, expert says
2008-10-07—DCN election poll puts Stephen Harper’s Conservatives out in front
2008-10-07—Onni Group makes progress on Carlyle at Victoria Hill project
2008-10-07—Stantec joins Infusion Health consortium on P3 hospital project
2008-10-07—PCL Constructors team expands Air Canada Centre
2008-10-07—Chinook Pipelines returns to court later this month in Pincher Creek case
2008-10-07—Daniels Corp. brings a taste of Chicago to Toronto condo project
2008-10-06—Crews dig deep at Tucker Hi-Rise’s X condominium project
2008-10-06—Genivar fund raises $50 million
2008-10-06—Two workers injured in separate accidents on Ontario’s Skyway Bridge
2008-10-06—PCR Contractors expands University of Windsor Human Kinetics Building
2008-10-06—Export Development Canada provides financing for infrastructure projects in Angola
2008-10-06—Alberta continues to drive Canadian economy
2008-10-06—MCAA ready to launch Institute for Project Acquisition program
2008-10-06—World Plumbing Review survey finds licensing, climate change among top concerns of worldwide plumbing industry
2008-10-06—Turkish firms award two more steam-generator contracts to Aecon Group subsidiary
2008-10-06—P3 procurement model unfair to smaller contracting firms, committee hears
2008-10-03—Civil Construction Careers Institute broadens focus to meet CCA grant criteria
2008-10-03—Commercial banks stand to profit from Black Monday, economist says
2008-10-03—Saskatchewan brings construction recruiting pitch to Toronto
2008-10-03—B.C. construction managers, architects join Wenchuan Earthquake Reconstruction Project
2008-10-03—Vancouver construction crews dig up some antiques
2008-10-03—Ledcor donates $5 million to BC Children’s Hospital
2008-10-03—Tridel’s Renaissance of Richmond Hill
2008-10-03—Cancelled Vancouver Olympic projects leave some communities frustrated
2008-10-03—Anthony Henday Drive ring road garners Canadian Design-Build Institute award
2008-10-03—SkyCat hopes equipment transporter takes flight
2008-10-03—Firms reach settlement with family of Big Dig casualty
2008-10-03—Waste Management plans more North American landfill-gas-to-energy projects
2008-10-02—Federal parties’ proposed tax plans won’t threaten oilsands output: economist
2008-10-02—Rising borrowing costs could hike cost of Alberta’s P3 school projects
2008-10-02—B.C. forest industry aims to regain Japanese market share with earthquake test
2008-10-02—Vancouver’s SkyTrain line nears completion
2008-10-02—World Plumbing Council, WHO join together to advance global standards
2008-10-02—Energy sector contributes almost half of Canadian economic growth in July 2008
2008-10-02—Japanese and Korean carmakers drive auto-related construction activity
2008-10-02—Bird’s Eye View at the Boutique
2008-10-02—Times Group’s rebar crew gets tied up at 500 on Sherbourne
2008-10-02—Volvo Construction Equipment cuts 500 jobs in Goderich
2008-10-01—New England and eastern Canada consider collaboration on power projects
2008-10-01—Wage dispute prompts Golden Ears bridge project workers to walk off the job
2008-10-01—IAPA launches Young Worker Safety Awareness Campaign
2008-10-01—Canadian Construction Association seeks input on “Starting Building Projects,” a new guide for owners
2008-10-01—St. Marys CBM paints ready-mix truck pink
2008-10-01—Subsurface Utility Engineering boosts efficiency, roads seminar hears
2008-10-01—Imperial Oil plans to invest $100 million on Sarnia refinery upgrade
2008-10-01—British Columbia puts up $10 million for assessment of Highway 37 power line
2008-10-01—Shane B. makes progress on St. Gabriel Village project
2008-10-01—Crews work to stabilize Sea-to-Sky route after rock slide