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July 17, 2008

H & R reaches the rooftop at Royal York Grand condominium project

Construction has reached the roof of the Royal York Grand Condominiums at Royal York Rd. and Eglinton Avenue West in Etobicoke, Ontario.

July 17, 2008

GreenPix curtainwall showcases digital media art in Beijing

A “zero energy” media wall that applies sustainable and digital media technology to the curtainwall of an entertainment complex near the site of the 2008 Olympics is up and running.

July 15, 2008

Shane B. keeps moving at St. Gabriel Village

A worker gives guidance at St. Gabriel Village condominium and townhouse project in North York, Ont.

July 10, 2008

Miller says Toronto will move ahead with more LEED-H building

Moments after he dug the first ceremonial shovelful on Canada’s “largest green low-rise residential development” Toronto Mayor David Miller took a dig at the province for not moving quickly enough to incorporate LEED standards into the Ontario Building Code.

July 10, 2008

Greenpark’s Rosewood rises

Construction progresses at the Wynford Drive site of The Rosewood condominium project in Toronto.

July 9, 2008

DJ Campbell Construction keeps working at Dunfield Retirement Community

Construction manager DJ Campbell Construction Ltd. began the 17-storey, 179-suite Dunfield Retirement Community project in July 2007. Completion is expected in April 2009.

July 9, 2008

Regent Park Community Energy System features centralized power plant

Phase One of the Toronto Community Housing (TCH) project includes the creation of The Regent Park Community Energy System, an environmentally-conscious plan to provide competitively-priced heating, cooling and hot water to all of the buildings in the community while slashing carbon dioxide emissions.

July 9, 2008

PCL Constructors begins cover-up of Durham Consolidated Courthouse project

PCL Constructors Canada Inc. began the five-storey, design-build Durham Consolidated Courthouse project in May 2007. Completion has been scheduled for late 2009.

July 8, 2008

Remington swings into next construction stage at Downtown Markham project

Owner/general contractor Remington Group Hi Rise Division began the Downtown Markham Phase One residential/retail project in May 2007.

July 7, 2008

Davies-Smith crews pull together at waterfront Rowe condominium project

Construction moves along for The Rowe condominium project in Whitby, Ont.

July 7, 2008

Tucker HiRise crews ready rebar at X condominium project

Workers toil tying rebar at the site of the X condominium project.

July 4, 2008

Korky Koroluk: Rising price of oil affects more than just the price of gas

With skyrocketing gasoline prices increasing the cost of the daily commute, it’s easy to forget that high energy prices are affecting everything, writes Daily Commercial News columnist Korky Koroluk.

July 3, 2008

Nineteen workers die in Tehran building collapse

Nineteen Iranian construction workers have been killed in the collapse of a dilapidated, seven-storey building in Tehran.

July 3, 2008

Aboriginal workforce offers solution to looming Canadian labour crisis

Encouraging aboriginals to enter the trades was a topical and crucial aspect of the Canadian Apprenticeship Forum’s 2008 Conference recently held in Victoria.

July 3, 2008

IFD Library Partners work to establish standards for BIM software

In April 2008, four groups collectively called the “IFD Library Partners” — along with buildingSMART Alliance and International Code Council (ICC)— co-sponsored a North American workshop in Washington, D.C. Construction Specifications Canada (CSC) was among the groups participating in the effort to promote standards that will help to bring BIM into wider use

July 2, 2008

Part of the Pulse of North York

Outside brick work continues at the Pulse Condominium project at Yonge Street and Finch Avenue in North York, Ont. Developer is The Pemberton Group and general contractor is Saddlebrook Construction Inc.

June 30, 2008

Alberta unions mount campaign to halt labour-reform Bill 26

The political battle over the passage of controversial changes to Alberta’s labour laws is heating up.

June 27, 2008

Crews ready rebar at Bird Construction’s Olympic ice rink project

Workers are busy building an Olympic ice rink at Trout Lake in Vancouver.

June 25, 2008

Halliday Homes adapts pre-engineered houses to Iceland’s climate

Halliday is a manufacturer of pre-engineered, wood-frame, energy-efficient, panelized homes. And when someone in Iceland went searching on the Web, Halliday was one of the names that popped up.

June 23, 2008

Context Development plans to break ground on Market Wharf project in fall 2009

Toronto’s Context Development is gearing up to break ground by fall 2009 on Market Wharf, a high-rise condo and retail project designed by architect Peter Clewes of architectsAlliance.