JOC ARCHIVES
Archives for March 2008
- 2008-03-31—Caulked and ready at the Aria
- 2008-03-31—Alberta doubles number of temporary foreign workers
- 2008-03-31—Spring maintenance on Hastings Street
- 2008-03-31—International crude oil pipeline gets permits
- 2008-03-31—National Trade Contractors Coalition of Canada adopts Vancouver Regional Construction Association’s best-practices guide
- 2008-03-31—Committee report recommends new arena facility for Edmonton Oilers
- 2008-03-31—B.C. Transmission Corp.’s plan for Tsawwassen overhead power transmission line wins approval
- 2008-03-31—Metro Vancouver bans tires from landfills
- 2008-03-26—Ontario companies found responsible for workplace fatalities won’t get safety rebate
- 2008-03-26—Polygon Homes’ Branches condo project takes root in Lynn Valley
- 2008-03-26—Oil and gas, construction trades lead Canadian employment growth
- 2008-03-26—ITC Construction Group and Metrocan Construction Ltd. employ Canada's first anti-collision safety system for tower cranes
- 2008-03-26—Energy supplants manufacturing as dominant Canadian business sector
- 2008-03-26—U.S. academy studies ‘grand challenges for engineering’
- 2008-03-26—Canadian National Railway plans $430-million in capital investment spending in 2008
- 2008-03-26—Enbridge Inc. puts plans for Gateway Pipeline back on table
- 2008-03-26—Fort McMurray Airport expansion plans underway
- 2008-03-26—British Columbia government presents Camosun College with $6.1 million for Pacific Sport Institute
- 2008-03-24—Union calls SLCP-SELI Joint Venture’s Canada Line foreign-worker lay-offs “a set up”
- 2008-03-24—Laser Projects takes on notable Falls condominium project
- 2008-03-24—Statistics Canada releases new infrastructure asset study: “Infrastructure Capital, 1960 to 2003”
- 2008-03-24—City of New Westminster, architect Eric Pattison pick up 2008 Green Building award
- 2008-03-24—GreenWorks supplies contractors, architects and designers with green building materials
- 2008-03-24—New York crane collapse claims seven lives
- 2008-03-24—Manitoba’s economy forecast to expand by 3.7% again in 2008
- 2008-03-19—Statistics Canada report finds that Canadian capital investment will remain robust in 2008
- 2008-03-19—Vancouver’s Little Mountain housing complex slated for redevelopment
- 2008-03-19—Scotland’s Production Services Network acquires Calgary’s Tartan Engineering Ltd.
- 2008-03-19—British Columbia recruiters attract 2,500 Ontario job-seekers
- 2008-03-19—SLCP-SELI Joint Venture laid off foreign workers within minutes of final Canada Line breakthrough, union claims
- 2008-03-19—Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) pulls together people, practices and more
- 2008-03-19—Canada’s employment rate hits record high in February 2008
- 2008-03-17—Parkside Victoria Resort and Spa
- 2008-03-17—Value of major British Columbia construction projects shoots up in fourth-quarter 2007
- 2008-03-17—Lake City Centre
- 2008-03-17—Morrow Environmental completes New Westminster Gas Works’ brownfield assessment
- 2008-03-17—British Columbia Construction Association casts net overseas in bid for skilled workers
- 2008-03-17—Construction industries around the world face similar issues
- 2008-03-17—Federal government commits $1.35 million to Kelowna International Airport expansion
- 2008-03-17—Waywell Development’s Radius project incorporates sustainable technology
- 2008-03-17—Southern Alberta Institute of Technology plans construction management program
- 2008-03-12—Value of Canadian building permits falls below $6-billion in January 2008
- 2008-03-12—Teamsters accuse independent contractors of jeopardizing labour peace in gravel-trucking industry
- 2008-03-12—Pacific ‘Can’ivore
- 2008-03-12—Viper Concrete suffers millions in damages after cement-truck fire
- 2008-03-12—Harjim Industrial Services on the job at Pacific Sport Institute
- 2008-03-12—Churchill Corporation reports record fourth-quarter and year-end results
- 2008-03-10—Correction re March 3 article on Sophia condominium project
- 2008-03-10—Stelmach leads Alberta Conservatives to another majority
- 2008-03-10—Genivar acquires EXH Engineering and RFA Consulting
- 2008-03-10—Langley man suffers severe burns in Alberta job-site explosion
- 2008-03-10—PCL Constructors Westcoast approach completion of construction at BC Spirit Place
- 2008-03-05—Spectra Energy Income Fund proposes to expand Grizzly Valley gas-gathering facility
- 2008-03-05—New LDCA president eager to boost group’s profile
- 2008-03-05—Flag person killed in Langley
- 2008-03-05—Up On the Roof
- 2008-03-05—Two more Vancouver-area condominium projects go into receivership
- 2008-03-05—Athena Sustainable Materials Institute offers life-cycle assessments for buildings
- 2008-03-05—British Columbia Industrial Training Authority approves plan to offer Red Seal program in Jamaica
- 2008-03-05—SaskPower proceeds with major carbon-capture demonstration project
- 2008-03-05—Federal government awards $3 million to Construction Sector Council for Labour Market Information program
- 2008-03-04—BIM offers benefits to all participants in construction process
- 2008-03-04—Bank of Canada lowers overnight rate target by 50 basis points
- 2008-03-03—BIM offers benefits to all participants in construction process
- 2008-03-03—Workers celebrate Canada Line’s bored-tunnel breakthrough
- 2008-03-03—Federal government establishes temporary foreign worker units in Toronto and Moncton
- 2008-03-03—Developer Eden Group of Companies pulls out of Sophia condominium project
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