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February 13, 2012

Steel truss system helps reduce construction cost of Toronto apartment building

A staggered truss system was used on a non-profit housing building, owned by Toronto Christian Resource Centre, built by Buttcon Construction and designed by Hilditch Architect. The building allows the TCRC to greatly expand its community services in Toronto’s Regent Park community

February 8, 2012

Glass installation continues on Paint Box condos in Toronto

Construction is moving up on the Paint Box condominiums, part of the Regent Park revitalization project in Toronto. Daniels Corporation has completion of the 26-storey, building scheduled for early 2013. The owner is Toronto Community Housing Corp. and the project was designed by Diamond Schmitt Architects Inc.

February 7, 2012

Steel key for CF-5 fighter jet monument at Toronto defence facility

In 2009, Western Mechanical Electrical Millwright Services Ltd. of Barrie, Ontario was contracted to mount a Canadian Forces CF-5 Freedom Fighter, formerly in service with the Royal Canadian Air Force and made by Canadair, outside of the Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) building near former Canadian Forces Base Downsview in Toronto. Western was called in on the contract after a previous contractor had failed to successfully mount the aircraft.

February 7, 2012

Boulanger joins St. Romuald, Quebec steel constructor Supermétal

Structural steel construction company Supermetal has hired Sylvie Boulanger as vice-president, technical marketing. Boulanger has been Quebec Regional Manager of the Canadian Institute of Steel Construction (CISC) for the past 10 years.

February 7, 2012

New Ryerson University building in Toronto will showcase steel and glass

Designed by Diamond Schmitt Architects, the soon-to-be-completed Ryerson Image Centre at Ryerson University in Toronto is intended to be centre of excellence for photography and related media. General contractor PCL Constructors used a combination of steel and glass to transform the former School of Image Arts.

February 7, 2012

York Region, Ontario approves subway construction expenditures

The Regional Municipality of York, which is the upper level of municipal government for cities and towns immediately north of Toronto, recently approved a capital budget that includes $332.2 million for rapid transit construction projects.

February 6, 2012

Benson Steel faces transport challenge on Toronto Yorkdale Mall construction project

At Yorkdale Shopping Centre, Benson Steel faced a challenge: how to transport nearly 30 tonnes of steel girder over a 300-foot stretch atop the roof of one of Toronto’s busiest shopping malls. The general contractor is Carillion.

February 6, 2012

Carillion Canada progresses on Ontario Coroner’s building in Toronto

Work is ongoing for the Forensic Services and Coroner’s Complex at 1201 Wilson Avenue in Toronto. Project manager Carillion Canada began the six-storey, design/build project with basement and mezzanine in August 2010. The project was designed by Stantec Architecture Ltd. and McLaren, Wilson & Lawrie is lab architect

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.

February 2, 2012

Lamb Developments works on Flat Iron Lofts in Toronto

59 Project Management Inc. began the 10-storey Flat Iron Lofts in June 2010. Designed by Core Architects Inc., the owner is Lamb Developments Corp.

February 1, 2012

Structal-Bridges inks $12-million agreement with Archer Western for lift bridge

Canam Group Inc. of Quebec City announced its Structal-Bridges division has been awarded a contract by Archer Western Contractors of truss spans and towers for the Memorial Bridge over the Piscataqua River between Kittery, Maine, and Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The structure is a lift bridge on U.S. Highway 1.

February 1, 2012

Construction continues on Tridel mixed-use 49-storey tower in Toronto

Work is progressing for Three Hundred Front Street West on the mixed use building in Toronto, Ontario. Deltera Inc. has scheduled completion of the 49-storey, 676-unit project for the end of 2012.

January 26, 2012

Steel on target in Milton, Ontario warehouse construction

Minneapolis-based retail chain Target will open numerous stores across Canada by 2013. K.C. Welding Ltd., an Angus, Ontario-based steel erector, is putting up a 1.3 million-square-foot steel joist, truss and girder box frame for the distribution centre in Milton, west of Toronto.

January 26, 2012

Construction continues on Queenston Lewiston Bridge plaza near Niagara Falls

Work on the third phase of the Queenston Lewiston Bridge plaza redevelopment project continues in Niagara-on-the-Lake, north of Niagara Falls, Ontario. Scott Builders Inc. is the general contractor.

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.

January 25, 2012

How British Columbia Supreme Court decided when low bidders sued over construction contracts

In its decision in Tercon Contractors Ltd. v. the province of British Columbia involving a highway construction project on Vancouver Island, the B.C. Supreme Court held that preferences for factors other than price were acceptable as long as those preferences were disclosed in the tender call. But in its decision in W.I.B. Co. Construction versus Central Okanagan School District No. 23, the court found that the owner was entitled to bypass the low bidder due to concerns with that bidder’s proposed site supervisor.

January 24, 2012

Pond Biofuels to pilot cement absorption system

Pond Biofuels is piloting a new carbon dioxide (CO2) absorption system at St. Marys Cement.

January 24, 2012

Dominus continues construction of Pier 27 Condominiums in Toronto

Work is moving along for the Pier 27 Condominiums phase one and two in Toronto. Dominus Construction Group Ltd. is construction manager of the two towers, owned by Fernbrook/Cityzen Development Corp. and designed by architectsAlliance.

January 24, 2012

PCL works on Bridgepoint Hospital in Toronto

Exterior work is progressing on the Bridgepoint Health Campus of Care at the Bridgepoint Hospital in Toronto, formerly known as Riverdale Hospital. PCL Constructors Canada Inc. have completion of the 10-storey, design-build project with over 500 beds scheduled for March 2013. It was designed by HDR Architecture Associates Inc./Diamond Schmitt Architects Inc.

January 23, 2012

Niagara Region completes preliminary design, environmental study for bridge construction

The Regional Municipality of Niagara has completed an environmental assessment and preliminary design study for the Burgoyne Bridge in St. Catharines, Ontario. The region has decided to replace the existing Burgoyne Bridge, built in 1915 and carries traffic on St. Paul Street, also known as Regional Road 81, over Twelve Mile Creek and Highway 406, with a single steel truss-arch span supporting two steel box girders from inclined hangers on a hybrid alignment of the existing central and eastern alignments.

January 23, 2012

Deltera works on Ventus at Metrogate in Toronto

Glass work moves upwards at Tridel Corp.’s Ventus at Metrogate condominium towers in Toronto. General contractor for the two 30-storey towers, located near Kennedy Road and Highway 401 in the former City of Scarborough, is Deltera Inc.

January 20, 2012

Bolton, Ontario Sneath Road Bridge rehabilitation project required careful work

When compared to the numerous multi-million dollar construction projects currently underway in Ontario the $230,000-restoration of the historic Sneath Road Bridge in Bolton might be considered somewhat minor.

January 20, 2012

Hamilton, Ontario bridge funded by gas tax

Construction was recently completed on a new bridge on Parkdale Avenue over Lawrence Road, thanks to the Gas Tax Fund, in Hamilton, Ontario.

January 19, 2012

Darcon works on Liberty Development World on Yonge project in Thornhill, Ontario

Concrete work progresses at the World on Yonge residential and commercial development at Yonge Street and Steeles Avenue north of Toronto in Thornhill. The owner is Liberty Development Corp. and general contractor is Darcon Inc.

January 19, 2012

EllisDon works on exterior of Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute in Toronto

Work is moving along on the exterior of the Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute in Toronto. EllisDon Corp. is general contractor of the 21-storey facility and the architects are Diamond Schmitt Architects Inc. and HDR Architecture.

January 18, 2012

Aecon plant in Cambridge, Ontario gets nuclear accreditation from American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Aecon Group Inc.’s (TSX:ARE) fabrication facility in Cambridge, Ontario has been awarded nuclear accreditation. Known as the N-Stamp, from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the accreditation confirms Aecon.’s capability to produce nuclear-grade components in accordance with the applicable codes and standards. The N-Stamp is an internationally recognized U.S. industry standard in quality assurance for the construction, inspection and maintenance of nuclear facilities.

January 17, 2012

Brook Restoration safety training includes swing stage, hazardous materials

Brook Restoration recently opened its own safety centre. In addition to regular safety training like WHMIS (Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System), Brook offers training in aspects such as swing stage, boom and elevated work platform, asbestos, lead, Bobcats and confined spaces.

January 16, 2012

Ottawa reaches naval ship construction deal with Irving

The federal government and the Irving shipyard in Halifax have reached an agreement in principle to build the Royal Canadian Navy’s next fleet of warships.

January 13, 2012

TMG Builders works on King West condos in Toronto

Work is moving upwards at the King West condominium project in Toronto. Construction manager TMG Builders along with Plazacorp Properties Ltd. began the three- tower project, designed by Quadrangle Architects Ltd./Gabriel Bodor Architect Inc., in 2010.

January 12, 2012

Tucker Hi-Rise Construction continues work on Clear Spirit condos in Toronto

Work continues to move upwards on the Clear Spirit Condominiums on Mill Street in the Distillery District of Toronto. Tucker Hi-Rise Construction Ltd. is construction manager of the 44-storey, 364-unit project and the owner is Cityscape Development Corp.

January 12, 2012

The voyage to building North America’s first concrete ship in Montreal in 1917

In his book Captains of Concrete, Ottawa author Sonny Moran takes readers through memorable moments of the Canadian Government Ship (CGS) Concretia’s experiences as a government marine and fisheries ship and then refit as a recreational vessel. Concretia was completed in 1917 in Montreal. It was built out of concrete, technically known as ferrocement, as a World War One experimental vessel due to a shortage of wood and steel in Canada.

January 12, 2012

Glass work continues on California condos in Toronto

A heavy hoist takes place at the California Condominium project in Toronto. Toddglen Construction is the general contractor for the 30-storey, 368-unit project. The owner is Camrost-Felcorp and the project was designed by OneSpace Unlimited Architects.