Contractors complete 70-metre high foundation for B.C.’s Site C hydro project
VANCOUVER—The foundation for Site C hydroelectric project has been…
Inquiry begins into past SNC offshore activity; conviction could bar firm from federal work for 10 years
MONTREAL—A month-long preliminary inquiry into SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. kicked…
Stringent use of written change orders risking construction delays, cost overruns
The Canadian engineering and construction industries often insist on…
Aecon takes advantage of ‘robust’ infrastructure market to secure record backlog
TORONTO—Canadian construction firm Aecon Group Inc. has a built…
Spending on non-residential construction increases for sixth-straight quarter
OTTAWA—The non-residential segment of the construction industry posted healthy…
Air Canada, Terracap officially break ground on new maintenance facility at Edmonton airport
EDMONTON—Work is well underway on a new 50,000 sq.…
In public infrastructure funding shake-up, Ontario strikes private sector deal for new GO train station
TORONTO—A private developer will foot the bill for major…
Opening of Champlain Bridge delayed up to six months
Despite “significant” progress on construction, the six-kilometre span will not open Dec. 21
Steel relief? U.S. ‘might’ lift tariffs once new trade deal is signed, incoming Mexican minister says
OTTAWA—Mexico’s future foreign minister says he thinks biting U.S.…
Cannabis in the workplace: We need an accurate measure of impairment
This article was originally published on The Conversation, an…
Ontario PCs scrap $300M in provincial funding for construction of three new college campuses
TORONTO—Funding to expand three post-secondary campuses in Markham, Milton…
32 metres beneath Toronto: A look underground at the Eglinton Crosstown’s deepest station
More than 100 feet under busy mid-town Toronto, construction crews are working 24 hours a day on the country’s biggest transit project
China opens massive 55-kilometre bridge linking Hong Kong to mainland
ZHUHAI, China—China opened the world’s longest sea-crossing bridge Oct.…
Four small B.C. airports get a lift as federal government awards $9.5M for upgrades
NANAIMO, B.C.—Runways and taxiways at a pair of small…
Ontario to hold inquest into circumstances behind 2009 Metron scaffolding collapse that killed four in Toronto
TORONTO—A coroner’s inquest has been called into a Toronto…
Five tips for long-term savings on fleet maintenance
Keeping maintenance costs down is imperative to being…
Pomerleau, Alberici start work on new Molson Coors brewery in Longueuil, Que.
LONGUEUIL, Que.—Molson Coors has officially started work on a…
500 workers sent home from Muskrat Falls job site; Nalcor blames pay trouble with contractor Astaldi
ST. JOHN’S, N.L.—Newfoundland and Labrador’s Crown-owned utility says it…
Toronto construction company fined $325K after worker fatally pinned by steel casing
TORONTO—A Toronto-based heavy civil construction company was fined $325,000…
Engineers investigate cause of fallen concrete that struck Toronto woman at Union Station
TORONTO—A woman in her 20s was struck and injured…
