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	<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:10:06 EST</pubDate>
	
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		<title>Carpenters' union official Ucal Powell named to Order of Ontario</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Province of Ontario recognizes Ucal Powell, Executive Secretary Treasurer of the Carpenters&rsquo; District Council of Ontario, for building a world-class apprenticeship program and earning a reputation as a giving and compassionate organization, with the Order of Ontario.]]></description>
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		<title>Toronto employer fined over worker using metal pliers in electrical panel</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[An Ontario court has fined the Sheraton Toronto Airport Hotel and Conference Centre $70,000 for violating the Occupational Health and Safety Act over a May, 2010 incident. A maintenance worker attempted to use metal pliers to remove a fuse from an electrical panel, resulting in an explosion and the worker suffered first, second and third-degree burns.]]></description>
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		<title>$196 million in construction work for Churchill Corp.</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Churchill Corporation, a big construction company with a focus on Western Canada, has won about $196 million of new contracts in the last quarter of 2011 and in January. The industrial division of Stuart Olson Dominion Construction Ltd. won the new work on oilsands projects in Alberta, a potash mine in Saskatchewan and a mine in Ontario. The Churchill companies involved are Laird Electric and Fuller Austin. ]]></description>
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		<title>Masonry contractor Limen Group suspends site work  for safety training day</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today masonry contractor Limen Group will simultaneously suspend work at every one of its project sites across the country and the company&rsquo;s clients are on board with the decision. About 50 personnel received Competent Person Training as mandated by the Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) and by the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) standard Z797-09 (Code of Practice For Access Scaffold). ]]></description>
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		<title>London & District Construction Association to study information and communication</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The London & District Construction Association (LDCA) is embarking on a groundbreaking project that will assess the use of information and communication technology (ICT) throughout the entire five phases of a construction project.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Glass installation continues on Paint Box condos in Toronto </title>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>Co-operation planned on codes and standards</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ASHRAE and the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO) have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) specifically detailing ways the two organizations can work together to advance and promote mutual interests in built environment codes and standards. ]]></description>
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		<title>North Vancouver condos are First Place</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Construction work is well underway on The First Place, a new residential development in North Vancouver, B.C. The owner/general contractor is Western Canadian Project Ltd. Rafii Architects Inc. is the architect. ]]></description>
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		<title>$2 billion oilsands expansion gets the green light</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Imperial Oil Ltd. has dusted off some old plans and is moving forward with a $2 billion expansion project at its Cold Lake operation in northeastern Alberta.]]></description>
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		<title>Immigration stream would be welcome</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recent news reports that Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney and the federal government are contemplating creating a "skilled worker" stream for permanent immigration are welcome news for the construction industry. ]]></description>
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		<title>Exploring the Canadian identity</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Migrating Landscapes, a nationwide competition and exhibition series, is exploring the influence of migration and immigration on Canadian architects and designers]]></description>
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		<title>Ontario court finds privilege clause in tender permits bypass of lowest bidder</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a formal binding bidding process, owners are under an implied duty to award to the low bid. However, this duty remains subject to exceptions, particularly where the owner includes reserved rights and privileges in its tender call that permit a bypass of the low bid or the cancellation of the tendering process. ]]></description>
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