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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 14, 2012
Aboriginal-owned engineering firm launches in B.C.
A new Aboriginal company called Embark Engineering was formed recently in Prince Rupert, B.C. by the Lax Kw'alaams Band and Kerr Wood Leidal Associates Ltd. (KWL) consulting engineers.
April 23, 2012
Manitoba budget eases up on infrastructure spending
Manitoba Budget 2012 slightly decreases the investment in the construction of basic infrastructure, but will continue to repair flood damage.
April 23, 2012
Kemano water tunnel to be completed 20 years later
Rio Tinto Alcan's $500 million completion of a second tunnel as a back-up for the Kemano power station is expected to get final approvals this month.
April 11, 2012
Engineers like planned investment
Planned investments in new infrastructure programs and maintenance of the Building Canada Fund until 2014 are among the highlights of the federal government’s 2012 budget from the perspective of Canada's consulting engineering industry.
April 4, 2012
CCA likes what it sees in the latest federal budget
Maintaining infrastructure commitments and the addition of new smaller investment programs made the recent national budget positive in the eyes of the Canadian Construction Association (CCA).
March 28, 2012
Canadian Construction Association praises 2012 federal budget
Overall the Canadian Construction Association (CCA) is happy with the federal budget since it stayed the course on long-term infrastructure funding.
March 21, 2012
Industry and municipalities working together
Canadian construction and municipalities will continue to work together to help inform the framework for the federal government's new infrastructure funding program.
March 19, 2012
CCA Conference blog: Global Economic Forecast Construction Outlook
Mark Casaletto, the vice president and general manager of Reed Construction Data Canada and Peter Hall, the vice president and chief economist for Export Development Canada were on hand at the "Global Economic Forecast Construction Outlook" panel held on March 15 at the 94th annual Canadian Construction Association conference in Savannah, Georgia.
February 22, 2012
How to suspend a tower over a four-storey structure
How to suspend a 13-storey office building over a four-storey historic masonry building on a tight site was the puzzle facing the engineering team for Allied Properties REIT's Queen Richmond Centre West development poised for construction in downtown Toronto.
February 13, 2010
Cache Creek landfill expansion is a multi-layered project
When the 40-hectare Cache Creek landfill doubles in size over the next few years, a sophisticated nine-layer system will protect the surrounding soil and water.
February 13, 2010
Heat pump industry gets direction expansion technology
The Canadian geothermal industry got a boost recently with the announcement that heat pumps employing a technology called direct expansion now qualify for grant money under the federal EcoEnergy program.
February 13, 2010
Swiss lawsuit repercussions not likely to be felt in Canada
A Swiss geologist was recently acquitted of criminal charges after a geothermal power generation project he was working on set off a series of earthquakes causing $9 million in damages, but it’s unlikely to happen in B.C.
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Reed Construction Data Canada’s Chief Economist Alex Carrick discusses current developments in the North American economic environment with emphasis on the construction industry.
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