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May 16, 2012

Victoria bridge inches closer to construction

Three teams have been selected to compete in the Request for Proposal (RFP) to replace the Johnson Street Bridge in Victoria, B.C., which was recently dismantled using the largest barge and crane in Western Canada.

May 14, 2012

Run of river projects set to augment B.C.'s power grid

About seventy nine run of river (ROR) power projects are either planned, under construction or built in British Columbia.

May 7, 2012

Simultaneous but separate incidents in Alberta kill one and injure two workers

The construction industry in Alberta had two workplace incidents on separate jobsites over the weekend, which resulted in one person being killed while relocating electrical wiring and two people getting injured in a trench collapse.

April 25, 2012

Students show off operator skills

Fifteen high school students got to show off their heavy equipment operating skills at a recent demonstration in Mission, B.C.

April 9, 2012

Machine control systems can save contractors both time and money

Rising fuel costs and a search for competitive advantage are leading an increasing number of earth moving contractors to purchase heavy equipment that has been fitted out with high-tech machine control guidance systems or retrofit the equipment they already own with the technology.

April 4, 2012

Foreman gets jail time for hitting flagger with truck

A construction foreman was sentenced in B.C. Provincial Court to seven days in jail for assault with a weapon, after hitting a traffic control person (TCP) with his truck on a New Westminster jobsite in 2010.

March 21, 2012

Contractor guilty of assault for hitting flagger with his truck

A construction foreman was found guilty of assault with a weapon in B.C. Provincial Court last week, for hitting a traffic control person (TCP) with his truck on a New Westminster jobsite in 2010.

March 14, 2012

Contractor accused of hitting flagger hears evidence at trial

A construction foreman accused of assault for allegedly hitting a traffic control person (TCP) with his truck in New Westminster, B.C. will have a chance to defend himself later this week.

March 5, 2012

Bridge work boosts access to booming Fort McMurray

Over the next two years, two parallel bridges spanning the Athabasca River in Fort McMurray will be rebuilt to beef up vehicle capacity in and out of the Alberta oilsands' major centre.

February 29, 2012

B.C. government helps fund carbon offset program

The Government of British Columbia has announced it will spend $2 million in funding for the Prince George-based Carbon Offset Aggregation Cooperative (COAC).

May 31, 2010

FPInnovations launches renewable biodiesel study

A $1.7-million field study on the potential use of biodiesel for off-road machinery in highway construction and forest operations is being conducted by FPInnovations, in partnership with Natural Resources, Canada’s National Renewable Diesel Demonstration Initiative.

May 31, 2010

Metro Vancouver proposes heavy equipment emission standards

Metro Vancouver is proposing an air-quality emissions standard by 2012 for non-road, diesel-powered heavy equipment.

May 31, 2010

Development company World SkyCat advocates using airships instead of pipelines

A British company is developing a giant airship to transport natural gas, which could replace pipeline construction in remote northern regions and free up scarce skilled labour for other major projects.

May 31, 2010

Work continues on Port Mann/Highway 1 Project

An excavator does some work on a slope under an overpass on Highway 1 and Boundary Road in Burnaby.

May 31, 2010

Canadian construction industry slow to embrace hybrids

Even as the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster highlights our reliance on a disappearing commodity, when it comes to the Canadian heavy construction industry, hybrid heavy equipment has yet to make inroads.

May 31, 2010

European volcanic eruption clouds equipment conference travel

An e-mail arrived last Saturday, informing me that the sun was shining in Munich, and the Bauma showground was packed with people.

May 31, 2010

Discovering where old heavy equipment goes to die

Where do old machines go to die? The answer reads like a bumper sticker slogan: Old Machines Don’t Die – They Just Depart.

May 31, 2010

Highway twinning underway near Wandering River, Alberta

Construction underway on the next section of Highway 63 twinning north of Wandering River will increase safety for motorists on one of Alberta’s busiest highways. The project includes 18 kilometres of grading work at a cost of $17.8 milion and is scheduled to be completed by fall 2011.