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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.
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