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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.
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| TODAY’S TOP CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS |
These projects have been selected from 263 projects with a total value of $8,919,878,049 that Reed Construction Data Building Reports reported on yesterday.
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| CURRENT STORIES |
- Crane operator certification deadline looms in British Columbia
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- Canadian Institute of Steel Construction launches Steel Day
- Saskatchewan bridge collapses, causing crane to topple
- Crane tips over, killing worker and injuring two
- Saskatoon man pulled from hole at construction site
- Churchill airport gets government cash for infrastructure upgrades
- Stantec acquires health care architectural firm
- Ground broken on Halifax RCMP headquarters
- Fanshawe College’s new Centre for Applied Transportation Technologies goes green
- Vanbots continues work on York University Life Sciences Building in Toronto
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- Heavy rains wash away bridges to Nova Scotia fishing village
- South Korea calls for financial safety net
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| 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.
- 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)
- It’s been 35 years since institutional construction starts as strong (August 6, 2010)
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