September 5, 2012
Journal of Commerce update for the week of September 10th, 2012
In this week's update, we look at some of the stories we'll be covering in the Journal of Commerce for the week of September 10th, 2012.
A war of words has erupted between organized labour in British Columbia and the Independent Contractors and Businesses Association. Tom Sigurdson of the B.C. Building Trades has called a recent ICBA campaign “disingenuous” for claiming the NDP will get rid of secret ballots for union membership, should they take power at the provincial level in British Columbia.
A huge thermal coal mine has been proposed for construction near Hinton, Alberta. Australia-based Coalspur Mines wants to build in three phases, with the first phase costing $879 million and covering 10,000 hectares.
The Southern Alberta Institute of Technology is opening a $400 million trades training facility in Calgary. The project took more than two years to build and will house the school of construction as well as schools for manufacturing, automation and energy.
Stephen Bauld has a column in this week's paper about defining construction, and make sure to check out our latest feature video about a new vertical greenhouse being built on the top level of a parking lot in downtown Vancouver.
JOC DIGITAL MEDIA
| MOST POPULAR STORIES |
| TODAY’S TOP CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS |
These projects have been selected from 316 projects with a total value of $2,787,806,637 that Reed Construction Data Building Reports reported on Friday.
$1,000,000,000 Edmonton AB Prebid
$220,000,000 Medicine Hat AB Negotiated
AGRICULTURAL EXHIBITION EXPANSION
$50,000,000 Calgary AB Prebid
| CURRENT STORIES |
- Construction Site Arson
- Industry reacts to surprise B.C. Liberal majority
- Journal of Commerce Update for the week of May 20th, 2013
- Calgary Airport Tunnel
- Worker at centre of union sign up allegations speaks out
- Calgary program aims to get more people into the trades
- Midrise in the City
- Veterans battle barriers into the trades
- Government makes changes to online tendering
- SNC-Lavalin maintains that new bribery allegations have been resolved
- B.C. faces a tough battle for top talent
- Keyano College building state of the art training facility
- Essential skills can play a vital role in an apprentices' success
- Taking a closer look at the risks in green building for contractors
- Colleges conduct construction research in addition to teaching
- Skills Canada BC Competition
- Lower Mainland high school trades program is unique
- Construction Learning Forum aims to educate
- High schools looking for more industry participation
- Industrial construction supervisor program takes off
- Saskatchewan bill passed
- Edmonton garners support for regional cash for arena
- Feds pledge $5 million for Vimy memorial
- VIDEO: Competing in the trades
- Provinces need to loosen up apprenticeship rules
- Way Up on Westwood
- Building Up On Bayview
- Barrie Construction Association rolls with motorcycle ride for cancer
- Vimy Ridge memorial gets new visitor centre
- Minnesota Vikings unveil new multi-use stadium plan
- Proposed Ambassador Bridge twinning draws Windsor mayor’s ire
- Construction on pedestrian tunnel to Billy Bishop Airport continues to make progress
| 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.
- An Overview of Prices and Sales in the Diverging U.S. and Canadian Housing Markets (April 25, 2013)
- Canada’s Precarious Dependence on the Commodity Price Super-Cycle (April 22, 2013)
- Twenty major upcoming residential and transportation terminal construction projects - April 2013 (April 15, 2013)
- More
