Sunday, September 22, 2024 
Broadway condo tower gets warm reception at Saskatoon city hall
People could be getting tired of mounting opposition to big infill projects, since one of the largest proposed developments seems to be getting a warmer reception. A 17-storey condominium tower with office space on the bottom two floors got the stamp…
1,200 pounds of sheet metal goes missing from Charlottetown construction site
The owner of a local construction company is hoping someone can help locate material he said was stolen from a work site over the weekend. Shane Smith, owner of Friends Renovations, said he and his crew started a job on the…
Canadian Construction Association introduces mentorship pilot program
Ottawa (January 30, 2019) – In an industry first, the Canadian Construction Association (CCA), with support from the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research and Program (NRC IRAP) and Canadian Construction Innovations (CCI), is introducing a mentorship pilot program. This…
Beumer-PCL Awarded GTAA Baggage 2025 Master Agreement
Toronto, Ontario (January 30, 2019) – PCL Construction, one of the largest contracting organizations in North America has, in joint venture with BEUMER Group, a global leader in baggage-handling systems, signed a master agreement with the Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) for Toronto Pearson International Airport’s Baggage…
City of Mississauga recognized for its leadership on energy conservation and innovation
Today at General Committee, the City of Mississauga was recognized with multiple energy awards for 2018 for its energy conservation and innovative efforts. These are distinct provincial awards for programs that were implemented by the City’s Energy Management team. “This is…
Fiera Infrastructure and EllisDon Capital announce the establishment of a long-term partnership for Public-Private Partnerships
MONTREAL, Jan. 29, 2019 /CNW Telbec/ – Fiera Infrastructure Inc. (“Fiera Infrastructure”), a leading global mid-market direct infrastructure investor and an affiliate of Fiera Capital Corporation (the “Firm”) (TSX: FSZ), announced today that it has entered into a long-term partnership (the “Partnership”) with…
Technology – “Metallic wood” makes nickel as strong as titanium, but five times lighter
A new technique has been used to turn ordinary metals into “metallic wood” with a greatly improved strength-to-weight ratio. By manipulating materials at the atomic scale, scientists from the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Engineering and Applied Science, the University of…
90,000-square-foot MILA AI institute opens in Montreal
The transformation of an old garment district in Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie into Montreal’s artificial intelligence hub took another step forward on Monday with the inauguration of the Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms’ new headquarters. The organization, a partnership between the Université de Montréal and McGill university,…
Just 9.1% of America’s construction workers are women—here’s what it’s like to be one of them
Sinade Caroll was on her way home from nursing school one evening six years ago when she saw an ad on the New York City subway for Nontraditional Employment for Women (NEW), an organization that trains women for careers in construction, utility and…
PCM Corp showcases new credit management services & lien collection programs at Canadian Concrete Expo
January 28, 2019—Edmonton, Alberta—Priority Credit Management Corporation (PCM) formerly known as Priority Credit Recovery (PCR) will be showcasing their new dynamic suite of credit management services, which encompasses all of their separate affiliate services under one entity and their lien collections…
Contractor banned from City of Hamilton projects for one year
The contractor for the ongoing J.L. Grightmire Arena addition — and previously delayed Dundas library branch renovation — has been banned from working on new projects for the City of Hamilton for a year. City councillors passed three recommendations from the…
Canada Green Building Council issues action plan to close zero carbon skills gap in Ontario’s construction industry
Ottawa, ON – January 29, 2019 – A new report by the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) provides an action plan to close the low-carbon building skills gap in the Ontario construction industry. With buildings accounting for 30% of all greenhouse gas emissions,…
Premier Ford wants to build Ontario out of its housing crisis
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is pushing to eliminate housing shortages in Canada’s largest province, as policy makers seek to deflate pricey markets in places like Toronto without triggering a correction. Ford’s housing minister, Steve Clark, began consultations this month on proposed…
City of London praised for bird-friendly building proposals
An environmental group is praising London city hall for trying to make future buildings more bird-friendly. Backed by city council’s planning committee this week, a staff report that could pave the way for features to help prevent birds from colliding into…
Bankrupt Ottawa snow removal company operators face criminal charges
OTTAWA, Jan. 28, 2019 /CNW/ – The Integrated Bankruptcy Enforcement Unit, comprised of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and the Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy (OSB), have charged two (2) Ottawa area business operators with offences related to their 2015 bankruptcies.…
