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Health & Safety
Construction health and safety advisory group named for Ontario
May 28, 2015 STAFF REPORTOntario Ministry of Labour has established a Construction Health and Safety Advisory Group to work with the Minister of Labour’s Parliamentary Assistant Mike Colle and the province’s Chief Prevention Officer George Gritziotis to provide strategic advice on how to best…
Contractors need to be prepared for a visit from Ontario College of Trades
May 3, 2015 STAFF REPORTBriefing note prepares for enforcement officer visit
Construction firms qualify for Canada Job Grant program
March 9, 2015 by On-Site MagazineFederal funding for job training is just an application away for construction sector companies in Canada. The Canada Job Grant program provides funding for training programs offered by eligible third-party trainers, such as community or career colleges, trade union centres…
Ministry issues 6500 orders during fall prevention blitz
March 2, 2015 STAFF REPORTMissing guardrails, no PPE biggest violations
New safety manual for aggregates sector
February 26, 2015 STAFF REPORTThe Infrastructure Health and Safety Association has created a new a new Safe Work Practices for the Aggregates Industry. This manual, based on resources from the former Mines and Aggregates Safety and Health Association, provides workers in the aggregates industry…
Ontario approves new working-at-heights training requirements for construction projects
February 4, 2015 STAFF REPORTNew rules as of April 1, with two years to comply
Work-related injury rates on the decline in Ontario, study shows
February 2, 2015 STAFF REPORTEmployer investment, awareness credited for improvement
‘Transient’ construction labour force slows growth potential: Study
January 6, 2015 STAFF REPORTWorkers chasing ‘short-term’ contracts creating long-term shortage
Crane crashes into Thunder Bay courthouse
May 22, 2013 STAFF REPORTNo one was injured after a 90-ton crane toppled into the new Thunder Bay courthouse early Monday morning. According to a report from the CBC, workers were sent home and construction was shut down by 10 a.m. as the Ontario…
Pure Technologies awarded $1.2M contract
January 2, 2013 On-Site staffPure Technologies Ltd. has been awarded a contract by the Regional Municipality of York in Ontario for condition assessment and project management services for a water main that provides drinking water to the region. The contract is worth approimxately $1.2…
Chilliwack East Dike to receive more than $2M in upgrades
December 28, 2012 On-Site staffThe Chilliwack East Dike in Chilliwack, B.C. will be receiving $2.34 million worth of upgrades, courtesy of the provincial and federal governments. The upgrades are designed to increase flood protection for more than 40,000 residents living in the flood plain,…
College of Trades accepting ratio review submissions for Group D
December 18, 2012 On-Site staffThe Ontario College of Trades is accepting written submissions regarding appropriate journeyperson-to-apprenticeship ratios for the following trades: Group D-17: Drywall, acoustic & lathing operator; Drywall finisher and plasterer (Deadline: February 1, 2013 at 2 p.m.) Group D-18: Electrician: construction and…
U.K. Ladder Association names biggest “ladder idiot”
December 12, 2012 On-Site staffThe Ladder Association, the U.K.-based trade body responsible for advancing safety and best practice in the ladder industry, started a competition on Sept. 1, 2012, to raise awareness of unsafe ladder practices. The association asked the public to submit photos…
Aecon receives Certificate of Recognition in Ontario from IHSA
December 4, 2012 On-Site staffThe Infrastructure Health and Safety Association (IHSA) recently presented Aecon with the Certificate of Recognition (COR) in Ontario. According to the IHSA website, companies that obtain the COR certification have the ability to “demonstrate to buyers of construction that their…
WSIB premiums to increase in 2013
October 31, 2012 Andrew SnookThe Workplace Safety and Insurance Board will increase premiums by 2.5 per cent across the board in 2013 to help the organization manage $14.2 billion in unfunded liability. According to the WSIB website, the 2013 premium rate increase will assist…
RFQ issued for Toronto public health laboratory
October 12, 2012 On-Site staffInfrastructure Ontario (IO) has issued a request for qualifications for the construction of Public Health Ontario’s (PHO) Toronto public health laboratory at MaRS Centre Phase 2, located in the city’s Discovery District. The facility will be designed as a flexible…
Bridge over icy waters
October 1, 2012 Andrew SnookCrews battle Great White North to build permanent crossing over Mackenzie River
Making the cut in Canada’s demolition industry
October 1, 2012 David GodkinIt’s a moment Ryan Priestly dreads every time he does a job like this. Peering down through the windshield of his high reach excavator, carefully leaning into the controls and inching the collapsed concrete slab below him upward—the sight of…
Mierau Contractors Ltd. to build new firefighting centre in B.C.
August 30, 2012 On-Site staffFirefighters in the Village of Valemount, B.C. will be better equipped to battle blazes in the 2013 fire season. Starting this week, Mierau Contractors will begin construction on a $1.2-million firefighting centre, which will replace the Wildfire Management Branch’s current…
Crash-prone B.C. intersection gets $3 million worth of safety upgrades
August 15, 2012 On-Site staffMembers of the Saanich, B.C. community wanted its province government to improve safety at the Highway 17/Sayward Road intersection in Saanich, B.C., and today they got their wish. The intersection will be receiving $3-million worth of upgrades for improving safety,…