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Leaders 2007
A Message from the V.P. and General Manager of Reed Construction Data, Canada
Welcome to the inaugural national issue of The Leaders.
National Leaders - Top 50
The national leaders in total project value.
Western Leaders - Top 100
The western leaders in total project value.
Eastern Leaders - Top 100
The eastern leaders in total project value.
EllisDon’s strength comes through innovation
Keeping a construction empire at the top of the heap is no small feat. Strong, progressive leadership is one of the markers of success.
PCL maintains TEAM focus
The source of PCL Constructors Inc success on the Canadian landscape hasn’t changed from the day in 1906 Ernest Poole started business under his own name in Stoughton, Saskatchewan — E.E. Poole General Contractor.
Extended working relationships benefit McKay-Cocker longevity
When Hugh McKay and Herb Cocker formed McKay-Cocker Construction company in London, Ontario 62 years ago, it was based on the simple premise that they enjoyed working together. That’s the same concept that energizes Herb’s son, Paul Cocker, current chairman and CEO.
Canada's Construction Outlook from CanaData
A survey of key economic indicators.
| MOST POPULAR STORIES |
- Government should be more flexible with stimulus project deadline, outgoing ORBA president says
- Prime site moves from contamination to condo in Cambridge, Ontario
- Mine tower largest steel project ever undertaken by Gorf Contracting
- Concrete from Giants Stadium demolition to be buried on site
- McGuinty: We can’t take our foot off ‘public dollar gas pedal’ too quickly
- 20 Most Popular Stories
| TODAY’S TOP CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS |
These projects have been selected from 350 projects with a total value of $6,260,468,758 that Reed Construction Data Building Reports reported on yesterday.
$98,000,000 Toronto ON Negotiated
CONDOMINIUM APARTMENT BUILDING
$89,000,000 Toronto ON Negotiated
$50,000,000 Toronto ON Negotiated
| CURRENT STORIES |
- Work continues on Pearl Condos in Toronto
- ‘A good first step forward,’ Canadian construction industry says of U.S. stimulus agreement
- Government should be more flexible with stimulus project deadline, outgoing ORBA president says
- Steel provides structure for historic hotel revival in Port Hope, Ontario
- Ontario businesses scramble to ready for arrival of HST
- Construction continues on Atira Women’s Resource Society housing project in Vancouver
- Five still unaccounted for after Connecticut power plant explosion
- U.S. manufacturing employment up, but construction losses continue
- Peterborough Utilities unveils plan for 10-megawatt wind farm
- China orders local governments to pay workers on private sites
- New deal allows Canadian construction firms to bid on U.S. stimulus projects
- Construction continues on Canadian Natural Resource office in St. Albert, Alberta
- Canadian Construction Association summit zeroes in on industry concerns
- Art Gallery of Alberta addition showcases steel
- 5,000-room modular lodging project taking shape near Fort McMurray, Alberta
- Five-year forecast looking up for British Columbia construction industry
- Saskatchewan gets new natural gas trades training centre
- B.C. permit numbers rise while Alberta’s fall
- Trades lack LEED understanding
- Nexen, OPTI Canada get approval for cogeneration power plant near Fort McMurray
- Aecon wins $22 million in contracts for steam generators
- SNC-Lavalin partners with Russian bank to form engineering company
| ALEX’S ECONOMICS BLOG |

Reed Construction Data Chief Economist Alex Carrick discusses current developments in the North American economic environment with emphasis on the construction industry.
- A review of some global economic and policy expectations for 2010 (February 3, 2010)
- Synopsis of RCD’s webinar on the economic and construction outlooks (January 28, 2010)
- Increasing signs of world and U.S. economies getting back on track (January 28, 2010)
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