BERMUDA—President and CEO of Bockstael Construction Ltd., John Bockstael, has been picked to head the Canadian Construction Association’s board of directors for 2019. The group made the 12-month appointment at its annual general meeting in balmy Bermuda late last month.…
VANCOUER, B.C.—British Columbia is moving to help revive the provincial forest industry by requiring the use of engineered wood on the new St. Paul’s Hospital and the upgrade to the Royal B.C. Museum. Premier John Horgan told the Council of…
MISSISSAUGA, Ont.—Big iron and big crowds filled the halls of the International Centre just outside Toronto March 28 and 29 as the National Heavy Equipment Show rolled into town. The two-day event attracted 12,668 attendees from across the diverse construction…
OTTAWA—The slump continues for the construction labour force. Statistics Canada released its monthly employment assessment April 5, revealing the construction industry’s fourth-straight month of job losses. On a seasonally-adjusted basis, the sector shed about 2,400 positions in March, with employment…
MONTREAL—SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. has signed a deal to sell the bulk of its stake in Ontario’s 407 toll highway operator for $3.25 billion, some of which will go toward a loan from Quebec’s pension fund. The OMERS pension plan will…
TORONTO—The historic Toronto offices of the once-mighty Canadian publishing house Maclean-Hunter is in for a major overhaul. Real estate and development firm Davpart Inc. said April 4 it plans to redesign what’s currently a nine-storey office tower into a 55-storey…
CALGARY—Chevron Canada has applied to the National Energy Board to nearly double the potential size of the Kitimat LNG facility it hopes to build with Australian partner Woodside Energy. In a filing dated April 1 and posted on the NEB…
WINNIPEG—Sustainability has taken on an increasingly important role in Canadian construction in recent years. The energy-intensive processes required to manufacture concrete and steel have, at least in part, propelled another age-old building material back to the fore. In numerous projects…
The controversial bill will reclassify certain cities as “non-construction” employers, opening the door for non-union contractors to bid on public jobs
SARNIA, Ont.—Imperial Oil says “all workers have been accounted for” after a tower collapsed at its facility in Sarnia, Ont. on the evening of April 2. In a post on its Facebook page, the company says the tower was out…
Pointing to conversations taped without consent and continued attacks of the government’s handling of the SNC-Lavalin file, Trudeau said neither could “remain part of our Liberal team”
OROVILLE, Calif.—An epic winter of rain and snow has refilled California’s reservoirs and pressed into service a spillway at the nation’s tallest dam April 2, a US$1 billion structure that drained excess water for the first time since it crumbled…
MONTREAL—Public relations experts are questioning SNC-Lavalin Group Inc.’s handling of its corporate image over the past two months, faulting a tight-lipped approach and mixed messaging for a tarnished brand. The company has found itself in the hot seat since former…
NANTICOKE, Ont.—What was once the largest coal generating station in North America has exchanged its stacks for solar panels. Ontario Power Generation announced March 29 a new 44-megawatt solar facility has begun producing power at the site of the former…
WASHINGTON—Moving defiantly to kick-start the long-stalled Keystone XL oil pipeline, President Donald Trump on March 29 issued a new presidential permit for the project — two years after he first approved it and more than a decade after it was…
Picturesque section of road in the Rocky Mountain Trench set for four-laning project
Under a “Plan B” scenario, the company would have slashed its Canadian workforce by more than 5,000 jobs and possibly even ended operations in the country
The 2019 edition of On-Site’s Top Contractors report is just around the corner. Make sure you company is a part of the definitive report that tracks Canada’s construction industry — from family-owned and regional builders, to contractors that span…
On-Site unveiled the winning picture and runner-ups for our first-ever Canadian Construction Photo Contest in March — but there are even more submissions that deserve recognition. Given the sheer number of high quality entries, it was a challenge for the…
CALGARY—Stuart Olson Inc. has disclosed well over a hundred million dollars in new contracts to add to its backlog of work. The Calgary-based contractor said March 26 that its Industrial Group has inked fresh deals worth about $80 million, while…
