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June 14, 2013

Concrete parking building repairs could save costs

Many parking structure owners put off replacing the roof slab membrane. It can be an expensive mistake.

June 14, 2013

New Pickering airport to help move growing population

A new airport will be landing east of Toronto in an area of green space that will also house a national park.

June 19, 2013

Man fined in construction site death of 12 year old Nova Scotia boy

A construction project manager charged in the death of a 12-year-old Cape Breton boy has been fined $5,750 and sentenced to 100 hours of community service.

June 13, 2013

SNC-Lavalin hopes Algeria police raid will help to shed light on wrong

SNC-Lavalin hopes a recent raid of its headquarters in Algeria will shed light on a global corruption scheme that has sullied the Canadian engineering company’s reputation.

June 17, 2013

New venue in St. Catharines to be the city’s first Gold-Seal project

A multi-purpose facility that is currently under construction in downtown St. Catharines, Ont., a project deemed a key ingredient in downtown revitalization plans, will be the city’s first Gold Seal-managed project.

June 18, 2013

MTO unveils new methods for road work

Ontario’s Ministry of Transportation is incorporating several new technologies and systems—and considering others—while still critically analyzing those initiatives through long-term monitoring and trial sections.

June 19, 2013

Ontario’s best steel designs recognized

The Ontario Region of the Canadian Institute of Steel Construction (CISC) has recognized outstanding achievements in steel design with presentation of its 22nd awards of excellence.

June 13, 2013

MTO announces road projects at OHMPA tour

Asphalt manufactured roads in the large and heavily travelled central region of Ontario “are being put to the test and they’re standing up well,” says the Ministry of Transportation (MTO).

June 13, 2013

Plans for CFB Rockcliffe facelift to be finalized

The Canada Lands Company (CLC) is spearheading redevelopment of the former Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Rockcliffe, a 310-acre site located just a few kilometres from Parliament Hill in Ottawa.

June 10, 2013

Flemming remembered for strong leadership

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) First District Canada international vice-president Phil Flemming passed away suddenly on May 25th at the age of 68.

June 18, 2013

Dessau CEO Jean Pierre Sauriol quits in wake of corruption scandal

Montreal-based Dessau Inc. announced Wednesday the resignation of Jean-Pierre Sauriol as CEO and president in the wake of corruption scandals.

June 14, 2013

Canadian lawyer named top practitioner

When Who’s Who Legal released its 2013 edition of The International Who’s Who of Construction Lawyers, it named Canada’s Bruce Reynolds as this year’s top practitioner.

June 19, 2013

Improper bypass of low bidder found

In its September 2008 decision in Force Construction Ltd. v. Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, the Nova Scotia Supreme Court awarded lost profit damages after the purchaser improperly bypassed a low bidder based on undisclosed evaluation criteria.

June 17, 2013

New training centre comes at perfect time

The Carpenters’ Union Training Centre (Local 1946) in London celebrated its grand opening in style recently, with a number of union leaders from around the province and south of the border in attendance.

June 13, 2013

Tolin Enterprises fined after worker death

Tolin Enterprises of King City, Ont., a general construction contracting business which employs workers directly as well as subcontracts with trades, was fined $95,000 after a worker was killed by a falling steel beam.

June 18, 2013

Price combined with criteria, wins bids

The never-ending debate over price combined with the criteria in RFPs continues. You need to have both the correct price and the proper answers to the criteria to win any bid in this market today.

June 14, 2013

Design team wins award for work on Evergreen Brick Works

A design team that included Halsall Associates was honoured for its work at Evergreen Brick Works in Toronto with a 2013 Congress for New Urbanism (CNU) Charter Award. The awards are regarded as the urban design industry’s preeminent global awards for excellence.

June 17, 2013

Tribute Communities works on Royal Canadian Military Institute condos in Toronto

Material gets hoisted up the RCMI Residence Condo and mixed use project on University Ave. in Toronto, Ont.

June 12, 2013

McMaster’s Health Sciences Campus a Gold Seal project

McMaster University’s new Health Sciences Campus is poised to provide world-class healthcare and training to family doctors, nurse practitioners and other vital healthcare workers, but before one stethoscope is used or single patient examined, the project will be under the constant care of Gold Seal-certified construction professionals.

June 17, 2013

CCA pushing for Canada Job Grant

The Canadian Construction Association (CCA) is engaged in discussions with the federal government about the Canada Job Grant in order to help ensure this new program is successful.