News Roundup: Construction booming in Moncton

Let’s take a look at some recent news in the Canadian construction industry.

(Image by RL)

The Walmart distribution centre in Moncton that broke ground in August is just one of several major projects planned during a major current spike in the city’s construction activity.

Similarly, the Municipality of Centre Hastings, Ont. is also experiencing a building boom, thanks mostly to new housing.

Surrey, B.C. is among the nation’s fastest growing communities, but are infrastructure and public amenities keeping pace with construction?

Still in B.C., completion of the $54 Kennedy Lake improvement project — originally projected to be finished in the summer of 2020 — has now been pushed back until next Fall.

The Kennedy Lake project has been delayed again. (Susan Quinn/Alberni Valley News)

The new Capstan Canada Line station in Richmond, B.C. is scheduled to open in March 2023. Check out the video below to see what it will look like.

The Alberta government introduced a new bill this week designed to improve accountability and the equality regarding the funding of provincial infrastructure projects.

Speaking of infrastructure spending, Saskatoon poured around $65 million into road, water main and sidewalk projects during the 2021 construction season.

Bird Construction, seeking to take advantage of more opportunities in the wastewater energy transfer (WET) sector, has formed an alliance with Noventa Energy Partners, the exclusive distributor of the Huber ThermWin System in Canada and the U.S.

Noventa also made news last week when a job it’s working at Toronto Western Hospital — the world’s largest raw WET project — received a $19.3-million investment from the Canada Infrastructure Bank.

Meanwhile, here’s a few construction-related items that caught our eye on social media…

Clark Builders is making diversity and inclusion a priority in its business…

This morning, Steve Lenarduzzi, Sr. VP, spoke on CTV news regarding our partnership with Inclusion Alberta and how critical diversity and inclusion is to our company. Check out the short news segment below. https://t.co/tnDFB7pcz5#diversityandinclusion #clarkbuilders

— Clark Builders (@ClarkBuilders) October 27, 2021

Condrain Construction has reached into its archives to honour its rich history…

Today’s throwback is a photo from the early days of Condrain. Pictured here is a young Alfredo De Gasperis on one of our job sites. #condrain #condraingroup #tbt #earlydays #construction #canada pic.twitter.com/EjqKftbbO6

— Condrain Construction (@CondrainGroup) October 28, 2021

Finally, kudos to Aecon for winning an award for safety…

We’re #AeconProud to have won the @ECAOntario R.H. Carroll Safety award for the diligent work that our Aecon Industrial East team completes. Safety is at the heart of everything we do – congratulations! pic.twitter.com/M2SMhF7Lvk

— Aecon Group Inc. (@AeconGroup) October 28, 2021