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May 22, 2013

Winnipeg Southwest Transitway wins award

The Southwest Transitway Project in Winnipeg has been awarded an Award of Excellence by the Association of Consulting Engineering Companies (ACEC) at a recent ceremony and dinner.

May 20, 2013

Keyano College building state of the art training facility

Keyano College's Oilsands Power & Process Engineering Lab is not just another post-secondary institute, but a state-of-the-art cogeneration lab replicating real world industrial technologies in the classroom.

May 20, 2013

B.C. faces a tough battle for top talent

Despite British Columbia being one of the most picturesque places to live in Canada, there is still a domestic war for top talent.

May 20, 2013

Construction Learning Forum aims to educate

The Vancouver Regional Construction Association (VRCA) is hosting its second annual Construction Learning Forum in Whistler, B.C.

May 20, 2013

SNC-Lavalin maintains that new bribery allegations have been resolved

Embattled engineering company SNC-Lavalin says allegations in published reports that a subsidiary used a code to account for bribes on several projects across Africa and Asia have been resolved and are history.

May 20, 2013

Calgary program aims to get more people into the trades

New Canadians and Aboriginals are launching careers in trades, with help from a training program by Momentum in Calgary, Alberta.

May 20, 2013

Industry reacts to surprise B.C. Liberal majority

Many in B.C.'s construction industry are ecstatic about the election of the provincial Liberal Party, as they foresee stable public capital investment over the next four years, but some are concerned about a shortage of skilled labour on major development projects.

May 20, 2013

Calgary Airport Tunnel

Construction workers are busy building the Airport Trail Tunnel in Calgary, Alberta.

May 20, 2013

Lower Mainland high school trades program is unique

On Vancouver's east side, the Tupper Tech high school program is moving Grade 12 students into the trades in a unique way.

May 20, 2013

Midrise in the City

Kindred Construction Ltd. is the construction manager for South Creek Landing, a new mixed-use midrise taking shape in Vancouver, B.C.

May 20, 2013

Colleges conduct construction research in addition to teaching

Colleges in western Canada offer a great many courses where students can learn enough about the construction industry to enable them to go out and get a good job.

May 15, 2013

Wood looking up in B.C. and Canada

Just as the 12th to 15th contemporary tall wood buildings are nearing completion in Milan, Italy, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) is throwing its support behind this important global initiative here at home.

May 15, 2013

Structural Steel

Construction workers are busy with the structural steel frame for a new Ford Dealership in Okotoks, Alberta.

May 15, 2013

Edmonton invests in road infrastructure

The City of Edmonton is planning to invest $264.8 million investment in bridges, interchanges and road paving during the 2013 construction season, which includes $11 million for road rehabilitation.

May 15, 2013

Walterdale Bridge budget balloons

Edmonton city council has increased the budget for the construction of the new Walterdale Bridge by $19.5 million, which brings the total cost of the structure to $155 million.

May 15, 2013

New partnership to bid on Fort McMurray transmission project

A new strategic partnership is being created between TransAlta Corporation and MidAmerican Transmission, which will participate in the competitive bid process for the construction of the Fort McMurray West Transmission Project.

May 15, 2013

Associations weigh in on closed tendering

The Progressive Contractors Association of Canada (PCA) and the Christian Labour Association of Canada (CLAC) took to Ottawa to provide their views on closed tendering in the construction industry.

May 15, 2013

Scrutiny shifts to Laval police in corruption inquiry

The day after a once-mighty mayor was arrested in his own city and accused of being a gangster, aggressive questioning shifted toward local police.

May 13, 2013

Seasons of Tuxedo

Manshield Construction LP is the general contractor for a new Mr. Lube in the Seasons of Tuxedo development in Southern Winnipeg, Manitoba.

May 13, 2013

Piping trades recruitment

The United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry of the United States and Canada (UA) is launching a national marketing campaign to recruit 25,000 skilled piping trade professionals over the next five years.

May 13, 2013

Worker dies at residential construction site in Vancouver

WorkSafeBC is investigating the death of a worker after a retaining wall collapsed at a residential construction site in Vancouver, B.C.

May 13, 2013

Building infrastructure boosts the economy

The B.C. Road Builders and Heavy Construction Association believes that infrastructure development is the key to growing our economy and for providing a better future for British Columbians.

May 8, 2013

Alberta announces a slew of school construction projects

The Government of Alberta is moving forward with construction of 24 new schools and several modernization projects across the province.

May 8, 2013

Tank expansion

Gibson Energy Inc. has received committed customer support for a new 500,000-barrel crude oil storage tank at the company's Hardisty Terminal.

May 8, 2013

Ban doesn't faze SNC-Lavalin

SNC-Lavalin says Ottawa's decision to ban it from bidding on Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) contracts will have little financial impact on the global engineering company.

May 8, 2013

$120 million grain terminal expansion is underway

Richardson International Limited has started construction on an expansion project at its port terminal facility in North Vancouver, but the new concrete grain storage annex could have a serious impact on nearby residents.

May 8, 2013

Infrastructure spending may be best way to ensure training

Some industry leaders believe the most effective boost the federal government budget initiatives can give Canada's apprentice training system is ensuring there is work and finding new means of helping apprentices complete their journey person status.

May 8, 2013

Alberta's Heartland pipeline moving forward

TransCanada Corporation has signed binding long-term shipping agreements to build, own and operate the proposed Heartland Pipeline connecting Edmonton to Hardisty Alberta, as well as a terminal facility.

May 8, 2013

Vancouver Tower

A pair of construction workers are busy building the MNP Tower in downtown Vancouver, B.C.

May 8, 2013

Work Gets Underway

Early site work is underway for two 14-storey residential towers in Richmond, B.C. across the street from the Olympic Oval.

May 8, 2013

Journal of Commerce Update for the week of May 13th, 2013

In this week's update, we look at some of the stories we'll be covering in the Journal of Commerce for the week of May 13th, 2013.

May 6, 2013

Merit Canada launches new website

In support of its lobbying for open tendering on public projects, Merit Canada has introduced www.opportunitytowork.ca. It is a website that advocates for open shop construction workers to be able to work on public infrastructure projects.

May 6, 2013

NDP victory would bring risks for industry

What's at risk when British Columbians head to the polls May 14 is the progress the construction industry and open shop have built over the past 12 years.

May 6, 2013

Richmond Residential

The construction is nearly complete for the first phase of the massive River Green development near the Olympic Oval in Richmond, B.C.

May 6, 2013

On the Spot

A worker welds the bucket of an excavator as construction work gets underway in downtown Okotoks, Alberta.

May 6, 2013

Merit Canada seeks open tendering on federal projects

The national open shop association in Canada is calling for open tendering on all federal projects.

May 6, 2013

Industry reacts to foreign worker program changes

Canadian union leaders say reforms to the Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) Program highlight the need for full involvement of all stakeholders in the consultation process, but some are concerned the changes will harm the construction industry.

May 1, 2013

Possible project labour agreements a concern to open shop

The open shop contractors association in B.C. is concerned an New Democratic Party (NDP) government will use project labour agreements to allow trade unions to dominate major public sector construction projects, but others argue this view is nonsense.

May 1, 2013

Heat from waste is a growing market

There's a fortune in waste heat flowing beneath the streets of the world's cities.

May 1, 2013

Kitsilano Project

A new mixed-use lowrise is taking shape in the trendy Kitsilano neighbourhood of Vancouver, B.C.

May 1, 2013

Canadian demolition contractors need to be prepared

A future earthquake will inflict significant damage on a major Canadian city and demolition contractors will almost certainly play an important role during disaster recovery.

May 1, 2013

Journal of Commerce Update for the week of May 6th, 2013

In this week's update, we look at some of the stories we'll be covering in the Journal of Commerce for the week of May 6th, 2013.

April 29, 2013

Montreal official says gifts are not a conflict of interest

The City of Montreal's former No. 2 admits he accepted gifts from businessmen and says there's nothing wrong with that as long as no rules are broken.

April 24, 2013

Government can reject bids due to a conflict of interest

In its December 2007 determination in Serco Facilities Management Inc. v. Defence Construction Canada, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal found that the government breached the Agreement on Internal Trade by failing to properly disclose its conflict of interest rules.

April 24, 2013

Interim federal budget watchdog looks at the cost of infrastructure

The interim parliamentary budget officer (PBO) says spending commitments made by the government are more than enough to cover the costs of federal infrastructure for the next decade.

April 24, 2013

Highrise in the City

A new tower is taking shape in Mount Pleasant. ITC Construction Group is the general contractor for the highrise in Vancouver, B.C.

April 24, 2013

Feds unveil eligible occupations for new immigration stream

Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) has released a list of priority occupations that are eligible to immigrate to Canada under the Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP). This list includes several new construction occupations.

April 24, 2013

SNC-Lavalin faces 10 year penalty from World Bank

Alleged corrupt business practices by SNC-Lavalin in Bangladesh have resulted in the cancellation of a critical development project and the company being prohibited from bidding on World Bank construction contracts.

April 24, 2013

Morning Tilt Up

A massive concrete tilt up panel is lifted into place for a new distribution centre in Richmond, B.C.

April 22, 2013

PPP Canada accepting P3 proposals

PPP Canada is accepting proposals for Round Five for its P3 (public-private partnership) Canada Fund.

April 22, 2013

Highrise Rental

Granville and 70th is a new mixed use development in south Vancouver, B.C. Icon Pacific is the construction manager for the project, which includes a 19-storey highrise with rental apartments, a stepped 14-storey condo tower and a seven-storey condo midrise.

April 22, 2013

Manitoba budget slightly increases capital spending

The Manitoba Budget 2013 will change balanced budget legislation to increase the provincial sales tax (PST), in order to boost spending on critical infrastructure including flood prevention measures.