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January 30, 2012

Toronto Maple Leaf Gardens time capsule included construction details of arena

A time capsule was found by a masonry company during the renovations of the Maple Leaf Gardens into a Loblaw grocery store and an athletic centre for Ryerson University, behind the 1931 cornerstone at the corner of Church and Carlton streets in Toronto. It includes including a letter describing the design and construction details of the new arena.

January 30, 2012

Caterpillar dispute a factor in CAW-CEP union merger talks

The lockout of workers at a London, Ontario plant owned by Caterpillar Inc. is one factor in merger talks between the executive boards of the Canadian Auto Workers and the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers unions.

January 30, 2012

Harley Davidson to roar into Quebec, with $15-million franchise headquarters under construction

A 23,000-square-metre structure will house the new Premont Harley Davidson franchise headquarters on Pierre-Bertrand Boulevard in Quebec City. The design team includes DMG Architects, Axys Consultants for structural/civil engineering and Genecor Experts-Conseils for mechanical/electrical engineering. Les constructions Y. Gagnon & fils inc. are the acting project managers.

February 3, 2012

Steel hurdles for Aga Khan Museum build

Fabricating and erecting 740 tons or so of structural steel required for the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto posed a series of unusual hurdles. Benson Steel is the supplier and erector for the job. Aga Khan Museum specializes in artifacts from Muslim communities.

January 31, 2012

Toronto to open recycling plant for construction, demolition materials

Toronto’s most technologically advanced recycling plant will process an estimated 87,000 tonnes of construction and demolition (C&D) material in its first full year.

February 2, 2012

Copper wire worth $800K, forklift stolen in Markham, Ontario

York Regional Police are seeking help in apprehending thieves after $800,000 worth of copper wire was stolen north of Toronto in Markham. Investigators say unknown suspects stole an orange pump-action forklift and approximately 200,000 lbs of copper wire near Warden Avenue and Highway 407.

January 26, 2012

Questions swirl over Ontario offshore wind power generation projects

In February 2011, the province announced a moratorium on offshore wind projects but Windstream Wolfe Island Shoals Inc., which holds a feed-in-tariff contract with Ontario Power Authority, says it signed a turbine supply agreement with Siemens Canada. Ontario Conservative energy critic Vic Fedeli is asking Chris Bentley, Ontario’s energy minister, for clarification.

February 3, 2012

Burlington, Ontario announces preferred hospital redevelopment site

The City of Burlington, Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital, McMaster University and the Regional Municipality of Halton announced that Brant hospital is the preferred site for the Halton McMaster Family Health Centre. The hospital will begin the redevelopment phase with request for proposals and tender on Phase 1 in 2012 and construction in 2013.

February 1, 2012

New Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance Board law will level the playing field: OCS

Under new Ontario legislation, Workplace Safety Insurance Board (WSIB) coverage is mandatory for independent operators and some other individuals carrying on business in the construction industry, beginning in 2013. The Ontario Construction Secretariat, Council of Ontario Construction Associations and Merit OpenShop Contractors Association of Ontario weigh in.

January 31, 2012

Former Stantec consultant to head environmental review for Kincardine, Ontario radioactive waste site

Environment Canada and the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission announced a joint panel will examine the environmental effects of an underground facility for radioactive waste storage and management that Ontario Power Generation wants to build near Kincardine, Ontario. The panel chair is Stella Swanson, owner of Calgary-based Swanson Environmental Strategies Ltd. and a former consultant for Stantec. The other members are Queen’s University mining engineering professor James F. Archibald and Gunter Muecke, a retired Dalhousie University geology professor who worked for Shell Canada as a field geologist in the early 1960s.

February 3, 2012

MOD Developments 60-storey Massey Tower to include restoration of 1905 Toronto bank

MOD Developments Inc. expects to break ground in 2013 on a a 60-storey mixed-use development in Toronto that includes restoration of a portion of a Canadian Bank of Commerce Building (CIBC) building designed by Darling & Pearson Architects in 1905. Massey Tower will be constructed by Tucker Hi-Rise Construction Ltd.