

TC Energy to go ahead with construction of US$8B Keystone XL pipeline project
CALGARY—A final investment decision March 31, clearing the way…

Ontario gives workers extra year to renew working-at-heights training due to COVID-19 closures
More than 100,000 Ontario workers whose working-at-heights training would…

Coronavirus crisis brings construction industry’s long-standing issues with job site sanitation to forefront
Hygiene and social distancing rocket to top of priority lists as job sites adjust to coronavirus protocols

CCA lays out standardized set of health and safety protocols to help job sites contend with coronavirus
Safety-compliant jobs sites should remain open, but violators shut down, the industry group says

Construction crews complete refurbishment of first of four units at Ontario’s Darlington nuclear plant
Refurbishment work has wrapped up the first of four…

Updated version of Zero Carbon Building Standard takes aim at embodied carbon
A new version of the Canada Green Building Council’s…

Podcast: The job site ‘isn’t what it used to be’
Women are making up a larger percentage of the…
Construction on Woodfibre LNG project in B.C. delayed a year as virus slows component deliveries
CALGARY—Construction on the Woodfibre LNG project southwest of Squamish,…
Construction industry answers call from hospitals to donate in-demand protective gear
The construction industry is stepping up to donate much-needed…
Alberta commits $50M to improvements along Hwy. 881
Alberta has set aside $50 million for a road…

Construction labour groups raise concerns over job site safety amid outbreak
TORONTO—Construction labour groups are raising concerns about working conditions…

‘No time for half measures’: Ontario, Quebec order shutdown of non-essential businesses
While both provinces vowed to shut down all but “essential” businesses, exemptions create far different situations for construction in Ontario and Quebec

Not so subtle words — Women in construction
I’ve been a construction finance consultant (quantity surveyor) for…
Husky Energy pauses construction on West White Rose Project in Newfoundland in response to coronavirus
Husky Energy is suspending construction on a new offshore…
PCL to partner with Eddy Solutions on water damage detection software
PCL Construction is stepping up its water damage prevention…

Job sites stay open across country, though pair of Quebec unions call for halt to construction
A flood of ordinary workers and industry groups have committed to carrying on, others have broken ranks and called for construction to stop

No precedents put construction in ‘uncharted waters’ on force majeure clauses, coronavirus
The Canadian construction industry is entering “uncharted waters” as…

Contractors, governments formulate coronavirus response, but construction sites remain open, for now
Construction companies have begun implementing crisis response plans focused on keeping staff safe. Some sites have closed or are reducing staff

Ontario looking for build teams to dig tunnels for two new Toronto transit projects
Infrastructure Ontario and Metrolinx took a first step toward…
Kitchener, Ont.-based contractor fined for pair of fall-related injuries on industrial job site
An Ontario contractor taking on a renovation project at…