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| TODAY’S TOP CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS |
These projects have been selected from 280 projects with a total value of $1,980,541,414 that Reed Construction Data Building Reports reported on Thursday.
$200,000,000 Taber AB Prebid
$200,000,000 Wood Buffalo AB Prebid
$108,000,000 Edson AB Negotiated
| ALEX’S ECONOMICS BLOG |

Reed Construction Data Canada’s Chief Economist Alex Carrick discusses current developments in the North American economic environment with emphasis on the construction industry.
- Canada’s leading indicator series continued to charge ahead in December (January 23, 2012)
- 2012 holds promise but there’s no denying the uncertainty (part 2) (January 12, 2012)
- 2012 holds promise but there’s no denying the uncertainty (part 1) (January 11, 2012)
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| DAILY COMMERCIAL NEWS |
- Network of steel supports preservation at Five Condos construction site in Toronto
- Thomas Sullivan of Arnprior, Ontario remembered as “industry icon”
- EllisDon works on Waterloo Consolidated Courthouse in Kitchener, Ontario
- Future unclear for price of iron ore, scrap steel, rebar
- Harley Davidson to roar into Quebec, with $15-million franchise headquarters under construction
- Historic Toronto building to get steel delta frame for stabilization
- Factors to consider when purchasing by tender
- Girder-slab system for Edmonton airport hotel designed for cold weather construction
- Toronto Maple Leaf Gardens time capsule included construction details of arena
- Caterpillar dispute a factor in CAW-CEP union merger talks
- Ottawa allocates $18K for participants in Osisko Hammond Reef gold mine environmental assessment
- Mark Lowry fund to help build new Canadian sports facilities
- Canadian makes steel eagle sculpture for Dollywood theme park in Tennessee
- Steel and glass atrium in the works for Toronto Union station makeover
- How to suspend a 13-storey tower over a century-old four-storey structure
- Steel shipping containers used in Burk’s Falls, Ontario housing project
- Steel cantilever a signature element at University of Ottawa Vanier Hall
- Big steel over small timeframe for Potash storage building in Rocanville, Saskatchewan
| INDUSTRY EVENTS |
January 23 - 27
World of Concrete organized by Hanley Wood Exhibitions at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV Tel:1-888-562-4962
January 23 - 27
Estimating Sitework Construction organized by Vancouver Regional Construction Association at the VRCA Class Room, Vancouver, BC Tel:604-870-9293 Email:ron@vrca.bc.ca
January 25 - 27
FENCETECH '12 / DECKTECH '12 organized by American Fence Association at the Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami Beach, FL Tel:407-393-6159
January 27
NCA Annual Ski Day organized by Niagara Construction Association at the Holimont Ski Resort, Ellicottville, NY Tel:905-682-6661
January 28 - February 4
OSWCA 41st Annual Conference and AGM organized by OSWCA at the Iberostar Rose Hall Suites Resort, Montego Bay, Jamaica
January 30
Toronto Board of Trade 124th Annual Dinner organized by Conference Board of Canada at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, North Building, Toronto, ON Tel:416-366-6811









