Three large B.C. projects with a combined contract value of more than $660 million have earned Vancouver Regional Construction Association (VRCA) Silver Awards of Excellence this year in the over $50 million category. A Gold award winner will be select
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Enbridge Energy, the owner and operator of the Line 3 pipeline project in northern Minnesota, will pay more than $11 million after investigations identified water quality violations and three aquifer breaches related to the pipeline’s co
With Canada facing a severe labour shortage, there is an urgent need for workers in the construction industry and the Canadian Construction Association (CCA) has put out an industry call to action: Rebuild Canada’s workforce NOW. The campaign by
The Ontario government has unveiled plans for a new set of job fairs for young people considering careers in the skilled trades. Branded as Level Up!, the multi-day career fairs will highlight the 144 skilled trades in Ontario. The events will
Ontario’s Building Trades council welcomed a new affiliated trade union at its recent convention as first-year business manager Marc Arsenault outlined a platform that stressed collaboration, unity and healthy workers. Arsenault was elected business mana
Cadillac Fairview (CF) has announced it has been ranked first among similar North American firms in the 2022 Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) Survey of ESG programs. For second consecutive year, CF ranked first in the Norther
French cement company Lafarge pleaded guilty Tuesday to paying millions of dollars to the Islamic State group in exchange for permission to keep open a plant in Syria, a case the Justice Department described as the first of its kind. The compa
Iamgold Corp. has signed a deal to sell its 95 per cent interest in Rosebel Gold Mines N.V. to Chinese company Zijin Mining Group Co. Ltd. for US$360 million in cash. Under the terms of the agreement, Iamgold will also be released from about US
It’s no secret construction is lagging behind when it comes to the adoption of new technologies and processes, but a new survey is looking to find out exactly why that is. “We really want to know why companies are not employing this technology to work sm
The federal and Manitoba governments will contribute more than $33 million for the construction of a Metis National Heritage Centre in Winnipeg. Northern Affairs Minister Dan Vandal, who is a Winnipeg MP, announced $23.1 million in federal fun
GATINEAU, QUE. -Two calls for proposals are now open aimed at helping equity-deserving groups, including women, get the apprenticeship training and support they need to enter the skilled trades workforce. Under Stream 2 (Innovation in Apprenticeship) of
For Plumber Paige, writing children’s books is about teaching how to fix things around the house, but it’s also about advocating for more people, especially young women, to join the trades. Paige Knowles was the special guest during the Skills Ontario In
Funding The Ottawa Hospital expansion has been the subject of debate during this municipal election campaign and for good reason. Ottawa taxpayers deserve to know why they should pay the price for such a glaring lack of project oversight. While it’s not
Canada’s biggest oilsands producers say they will spend $16.5 billion before 2030 on the first stage of a massive proposed carbon capture and storage facility near Cold Lake, Alta. The Pathways Alliance, a consortium of the country’s six larges
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Two large Infrastructure Ontario (IO) hospital projects have only one bidder each as they proceed through the Request for Proposals stage, but that apparent lack of competitive bidding should not be cause for alarm, IO’s CEO says. IO announced Oct. 4 tha
A new survey will focus on better understanding the use of construction technology (CONTECH) and aims to get feedback from owners, general contractors, subcontractors and consultants to make construction easier, more productive and collaborative
The 170 guests gathered to sip champagne and mark the official opening of the LIUNA Local 837 E.H. Mancinelli Training Centre on Hunter Road in Grimsby, Ont. were offered a brief history lesson on how far training has come for labourers in the constructio
Your top DCN headlines this week feature reaction from Infrastructure Ontario’s Michael Lindsay on two hospital projects that only had one bidder; Spaceport Nova Scotia has construction lift-off; TSSA safety inspectors have ratified a deal after long-term
The White House hosted a summit Thursday to help speed up construction projects tied to the roughly $1 trillion infrastructure law - an effort to improve co-ordination with the mayors and governors who directly account for 90 per cent of the