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May 12, 2008

Construction team ready to raise cranes at Toronto site of Trump International Hotel & Tower

Construction is well under way on Toronto’s $500-million Trump International Hotel & Tower, located at 325 Bay Street, in the heart of the city’s financial and business district.

May 12, 2008

Canada Green Building Council plans first-ever national summit

The Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) will put the focus on cutting building-source emissions of green house gases at its first-ever national summit this summer.

May 12, 2008

Concrete-pump simulator offers state-of-the-art training for operating engineers

A state-of-the-art concrete-pump simulator has been installed at the Operating Engineers Training Institute of Ontario (OETIO) campus in Oakville.

May 12, 2008

Shane B. oversees work on St. Gabriel Village’s dome roof

Owner/developer/general contractor/project/construction manager Shane B. Inc. began work on the St. Gabriel Village condominium and townhouse project in August 2006. Completion is scheduled for December 2008.

May 12, 2008

Wal-Mart Canada announces construction plans for 2008

Wal-Mart Canada today announced that the company’s annual expansion plans include building, renovating or relocating a number of stores. Through these projects, the retailer says it will create more than 5,000 trades jobs.

May 12, 2008

Construction alliance cautions against plans to expand Ontario’s greenbelt

Ontario should not consider expanding its Greenbelt until it has lived and learned from it for a decade, says the Residential and Civil Construction Alliance of Ontario.

May 13, 2008

Ministry of Labour investigates death of worker at Murano South West job site

Ontario’s Ministry of Labour is investigating the death of a construction worker hit by falling debris at the Murano Condominiums work site on Monday, May 12, 2008.

May 12, 2008

Gas leak forces evacuation of 600 construction workers at Colorado job site

More than 600 workers were evacuated recently because of a gas leak at the same construction site in Colorado where a worker was killed in a crane accident the previous week, reports the Denver Examiner.

May 12, 2008

University of Toronto’s multi-faith centre wins Ontario Association of Architects’ (OAA) inaugural People’s Choice Award

A multi-faith centre for spiritual study and practice at the University of Toronto won the Ontario Association of Architects’ (OAA) inaugural People’s Choice Award.

May 12, 2008

Community cans proposal for clam-shell roof over Robson Square

British Columbia is looking for some fresh ideas. A public-consultation process will now be held to decide what to do with Robson Square, which means plans to build a wooden “clam-shell” roof are baked.

May 12, 2008

Hydro-Quebec accepts 15 bids for wind-power projects

Hydro-Quebec has announced that it has accepted 15 bids for a total of 2,004 megawatts of wind power projects to be up and running in stages between 2011 and 2015. The provincial utility’s plan includes $1.1 billion for transmission infrastructure.

May 14, 2008

ZAS Architects and Dubai affiliate design $1.2 billion residential, retail development

Toronto’s ZAS Architects and its affiliate office in Dubai are designing a $1.2 billion CDN project on a prominent site on the Dubai waterfront.

May 13, 2008

New Orleans’ post-Katrina rebuilding efforts remain in neutral

In March 2007, city officials finally unveiled their plan to redevelop New Orleans and begin to move out of the post-Hurricane Katrina morass.

May 14, 2008

Verdant Power tests free-flow turbines in St. Lawrence River

Burlington, Ont.-based Verdant Power will install its Free Flow Turbine technology at the bottom of the St. Lawrence River near Cornwall to test the feasibility of using the turbines to generate power on a larger scale.

May 13, 2008

Miller Paving wins contract to upgrade portion of Highway 35

Construction work is planned on Highway 35 in the Townships of Algonquin Highlands and Minden Hills this summer to improve road safety and driving conditions.

May 14, 2008

Transit needs “leadership with teeth,” ex-TTC chief says

Directed and efficient construction of new transportation solutions for the Greater Toronto Area requires “leadership with teeth,” says former Toronto Transit Commission chief David Gunn.

May 14, 2008

Crews aim for the top at EllisDon’s Bay Adelaide Centre project

Glass work is progressing on the 52-storey, Bay Adelaide Centre office tower at 333 Bay Street in Toronto, Ont.

May 13, 2008

Burst pipes prove need for infrastructure investment, OSWCA says

Two watermain pipe failures in two days in downtown Ottawa are just another example of aging infrastructure meeting a lack of maintenance, says the Ontario Sewer and Watermain Construction Association (OSWCA).

May 13, 2008

Construction association urges federal funding for proposed Environmental Demonstration Centre at Algonquin College

As the demand for skilled trades continues to rise, the Canadian Construction Association (CCA) has called for government funding for a proposed $69 million Environmental Demonstration Centre for Construction Trades and Building Sciences at Ottawa’s Algonquin College.

May 13, 2008

Resolve truckers’ problems at the negotiating table, AEMO says

Solutions to the Ontario Dump Truck Association’ concerns about rising fuel costs and overloading are more likely to be found while sitting at the negotiating table, rather than rolling along the highway in protest, says the Associated Earth Movers of Ontario (AEMO).