Concrete and Masonry

September 6, 2010

Crane falls into Saskatchewan lake, forcing bridge closure

A bridge in southwest Saskatchewan has been repaired and re-opened to traffic, after it partially collapsed under the weight of a construction crane that is being used to rebuild the structure.

August 23, 2010

Ontario rolls out GreenPave system for pilot projects

A points-based rating system called GreenPave for environmentally-friendly elements of road paving design is being developed by Ontario’s Ministry of Transportation (MTO).

August 4, 2010

Port Mann Bridge project is one-third complete

The pre-cast bridge sections that were recently installed on the new Port Mann Bridge were also used by the government to recognize the whole bridge and Highway 1 improvement project is one-third complete.

August 2, 2010

Lack of local workers on Wuskwatim Dam project riles Manitoba union

A carpenter’s union in Manitoba is upset that workers from outside the province are being given preference on the $1.3-billion Wuskwatim Dam project.

July 19, 2010

Saskatchewan Construction Association honours province’s best projects

For his efforts in spearheading the Saskatchewan Youth Apprenticeship Industry Scholarship program, longtime industry “heavyweight” Paul McLellan was honoured with the Saskatchewan Construction Association (SCA) Person-of-the-Year Award.

July 19, 2010

Manitoba worker rescued after slab falls

A construction worker was pinned under a slab of concrete at the bottom of a narrow trench in Winnipeg last week and was freed by firefighters with the help of bystanders.

July 12, 2010

Sinkhole forms after watermain breaks in North Vancouver

An aging water main burst on Lynn Valley Road in North Vancouver on July 5, creating a sinkhole which flooded some local basements and disrupted vehicle traffic in a residential area.

July 12, 2010

Armtec Infrastructure Income Fund secures Calgary contracts

Armtec Infrastructure Income Fund has been awarded two contracts worth $19.8 million for projects in Calgary.

July 5, 2010

Architect calls for defensive building design

Building green is a moral and philosophical imperative, not something that should be based on fleeting theories of global warming or global cooling, says Paul Sandori, an architect with Toronto-based Revay and Associates Ltd.

June 9, 2010

Maple Leaf Gardens gets a steel makeover

When Thomson Brothers Construction of Port Credit, Ont. built Toronto’s Maple Leaf Gardens in 1931, the project was worth $990,000—not including the steel work, which added $100,000 to the contract.

May 22, 2010

Pure Technologies monitors Great Man Made River Project in Libya

With 500,000 pre-stressed concrete cylinder pipes (PCCP) running some 4,000 kilometres through the Sahara Desert, the Great Man Made River Project is the largest PCCP project in the world.

May 22, 2010

More requests for concrete waterproofing agents in British Columbia

B.C. concrete companies are finding more customers are asking for waterproofing agents in their product, in part because of comments made by U.S. President Barack Obama last year

May 22, 2010

Change to British Columbia building gives tilt-up concrete construction a green facelift

On the Lower Mainland concrete tilt-up construction has been used since the late 1960s, progressively becoming the building of choice for industrial structures on the West Coast.

May 22, 2010

Lafarge Canada’s Whitefish River Terminal in Ontario wins safety award

Lafarge Canada Whitefish River Terminal in Ontario recently won the Canadian 2009 terminal safety award.