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March 12, 2010

New technology allows concrete to come clean

A recently completed major renovation of the Sun Life Financial Centre in Waterloo is one of a small, but growing number of projects where special cement has been incorporated so that buildings can harness the sun to self clean and de-pollute themselves.

March 10, 2010

Ontario architects, general contractor associations issue joint HST bulletin

The Ontario Architects Association and the Ontario General Contractors Association have released a joint bulletin for the design and building communities on the implementation of the harmonized sales tax (HST) in Ontario.

March 11, 2010

Ground broken on the Cathedral Centre in Toronto

After a decade of planning, ground has been broken on a project that includes restoration and expansion of the St. James parish house in downtown Toronto.

March 10, 2010

Highway construction crew uncovers ancient B.C. glacier

When a driller was boring down into hard rock preparing for a new highway interchange near Kelowna, B.C., he had no idea he would uncover evidence of an ancient glacier.

March 11, 2010

Shoddy home construction blamed for Turkey earthquake toll

Homes in eastern areas of Turkey prone to earthquakes must be better built to withstand jolts like the magnitude 6 quake that toppled village houses and killed 51 people, the Turkish government acknowledges.

March 9, 2010

Center for Architecture Science looks at turning windows into solar power generators

Cityscapes of glass-clad buildings gleaming in the sun make Anna Dyson think about wasted energy.

March 9, 2010

Construction continues on Village Gate West III condo project in Toronto

Construction is moving along on the Village Gate West III condominium/rental project in Toronto. Owner/developer Concert Properties Ltd. - OMERS Sun Life Financial is also an owner - and general contractor Deltera Inc. began the two-tower, 501-unit project in spring 2009.

March 10, 2010

EllisDon continues construction on 18 York Street office building in Toronto

Construction is moving up on a new office building at 18 York Street in Toronto, Ont. EllisDon Corp. is construction manager for the 26-storey office, which includes three levels below-grade parking and ground floor retail space.

March 11, 2010

Show us the infrastructure money, Sewer and Watermain Contractors Association says

Premier Dalton McGuinty’s promise in the Throne Speech to export Ontario’s expertise in water-treatment technology is a wonderful plan, says Joe Accardi, executive director of the Ontario Sewer and Watermain Contractors Association.

March 10, 2010

Collapsed Montreal parking garage was poorly built: coroner

A coroner says a Montreal parking garage that collapsed and killed a man was poorly built and badly maintained.

March 10, 2010

Tip Top condos get glass in Toronto

Glass installation continues on the Quay West at Tip Top condominiums in Toronto. Monarch Corp. is owner/general contractor of the 24-storey, 365-unit project; the architect/consultant is architectsAlliance.

March 12, 2010

Fraud charges laid against former head of Quebec labour union

Criminal charges against a former high-ranking union official and allegations of intimidation of workers vaulted Quebec’s much-maligned construction industry back into the spotlight Thursday.

March 10, 2010

Niagara Construction Association award winner honoured for decades-long contributions

On the eve of his 79th birthday, industry veteran Jack Bell of Bell Contracting and Equipment shows little sign of slowing down.

March 9, 2010

SNC-Lavalin posts $359-million profit for 2009

SNC-Lavalin Inc. is boosting its dividend on the basis that the construction and engineering giant’s plentiful cash and strong results in 2009 foretell even higher profits in 2010.

March 10, 2010

Ottawa spending $6.3 million on new VIA Rail station for Windsor, Ontario

The federal government is investing $6.3 million in a new Via Rail station in Windsor, Ont.

March 11, 2010

Medieval shipwrecks discovered during Baltic Sea pipeline construction

A dozen centuries-old shipwrecks — some of them unusually well-preserved — have been found in the Baltic Sea by a gas company building an underwater pipeline between Russia and Germany.