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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).
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