LATEST NEWS 
March 17, 2008
Parkside Victoria Resort and Spa
BRADLEY FEHR
Two construction workers focus on rebar during the construction of the Parkside Victoria Resort and Spa on Humboldt Street in downtown Victoria. The development will include two eight-storey towers.
Farmer Construction is the construction manager and the Hulbert Group is the architect.
The resort is expected to be completed by early 2009. A number of consulting engineers are involved in the project, including Read Jones Christoffersen (structural) and Stantec (mechanical). The Aviawest Group and Pearson family is the developer. The resort hotel is being built to meet LEED platinum standards.
| MOST POPULAR STORIES |
- Options being considered for new Pattullo Bridge in Metro Vancouver
- High-tech oil sands project near Fort McMurray, Alberta could change industry
- Car plows into Vancouver construction site
- City of Regina project turns up all sorts of surprises
- New Port Mann Bridge rises over Fraser River
- 20 Most Popular Stories
| TODAY’S TOP CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS |
These projects have been selected from 338 projects with a total value of $1,555,870,391 that Reed Construction Data Building Reports reported on yesterday.
$100,000,000 Grande Prairie AB Prebid
CONDOMINIUM APARTMENT TOWER COMPLEX
$75,000,000 Surrey BC Prebid
$75,000,000 Mount Waddington RD BC Negotiated
| CURRENT STORIES |
- Options being considered for new Pattullo Bridge in Metro Vancouver
- Car plows into Vancouver construction site
- Traffic control workers form B.C. Flagging Association
- British Columbia’s first six-storey wood structure takes shape
- Bird Construction begins work on new ice rink in Vancouver
- Northern infrastructure vulnerable to climate change effects: report
- ECO:LOGIC Engineering designs iPad construction software
- WorkSafeBC sets new assessment rates
- Cement ‘sniffing’ technology could help find Jimmy Hoffa
- Contractors race to meet infrastructure stimulus deadline
- Tridel continues construction on Reve King West condos in Toronto
- Sustainability, heritage buildings hard to combine
- EllisDon continues work on 18 York Street office building in Toronto
- Stantec to provide engeineering services for Samsung Grand renewable energy park
- Industry jobs promised by campaigning New Brunswick premier
- July sees drop in U.S. construction spending
- Nabucco gas pipeline gains support in Europe
| ALEX’S ECONOMICS BLOG |
Reed Construction Data Chief Economist Alex Carrick discusses current developments in the North American economic environment with emphasis on the construction industry.
- For Canada, the longer-term outlook is largely about commodities (September 2, 2010)
- Canada’s construction starts in a transition phase (August 27, 2010)
- U.S. initial jobless claims rise to half a million again (August 19, 2010)
- More
