March 9, 2010
It’s a good idea to keep checking the Statistics Canada web site. You never know what you’ll find. Included among today’s releases by the national statistical agency is a report: Projections of the Diversity of the Canadian Population.
March 9, 2010
SNC-Lavalin has been awarded a contract by Sasol Nitro to provide engineering, procurement and construction management services for a new calcium ammonium nitrate production plant in an existing chemical complex in Secunda, South Africa.
March 8, 2010
Housing starts in Canada have made a remarkable recovery, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. The February starts level was just under 200,000 units, at 196,700 seasonally adjusted and annualized.
March 5, 2010
The U.S. construction unemployment rate jumped to 27.1 per cent and construction employment dropped to a 14-year low as another 64,000 construction workers lost jobs in February, according to new labour numbers.
March 5, 2010
Infrastructure Ontario has issued a request for qualifications to design, build, finance and maintain a new consolidated courthouse in St. Thomas, Ont.
March 5, 2010
U.S. employment declined again in February 2010, but by only 36,000 jobs. In the worst month for employment in the recession, January of last year, the jobs decline was 780,000.
March 4, 2010
SNC-Lavalin has been awarded a contract to provide engineering, procurement and construction services for SaskPower’s Boundary Dam Integrated Carbon Capture and Sequestration Demonstration Project.
March 4, 2010
Today’s initial jobless claims report issued by the U.S. Department of Labor was mildly encouraging. The level for the latest week ending February 27th was 469,000, a decline of 29,000 from the previous Thursday.
March 3, 2010
Seacliff Construction Corp.’s general contracting division, Dominion Construction, has been awarded two institutional construction management contracts in British Columbia worth a combined $61.8 million.
March 3, 2010
The envision Group’s wholly owned subsidiary, Western Construction and Combustion Service Inc., has been awarded a $2.5 million contract with the Buffalo Lake M’etis Settlement in Alberta.
March 3, 2010
Aecon Group Inc. earned $15.4 million in its latest quarter, weighed down by a loss on foreign exchange and a charge related to its South Rock and Lockerbie acquisitions.
March 3, 2010
U.S. construction spending in January fell by $5.5 billion to $884 billion, the lowest level since June 2003, according to an analysis of federal data by the Associated General Contractors of America.
March 3, 2010
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers will be conducting an unreserved public equipment auction at its permanent auction site in Edmonton from March 10 to 12.
March 3, 2010
The seasonally adjusted rate of light vehicle auto sales in the U.S. in February 2010 was 10.38 million units. This compares with 10.78 million units in January 2010 and 9.17 in February 2009.
March 2, 2010
The Bank of Canada has just re-confirmed its commitment to keep interest rates at all-time lows in Canada for at least several more months.
March 2, 2010
The Ontario Power Authority announced Tuesday the launch of a website where service providers and suppliers of five renewable energy technologies (solar air, solar water, geothermal, solar photovoltaic and small wind) can apply to be included on a vendor list.
March 2, 2010
The Niagara Construction Association held its AGM awards gala Feb. 26 in St. Catharines, Ont.
March 2, 2010
Travel to Canada for the Olympic Winter Games will help to reverse many of these numbers early in 2010. Furthermore, the exposure that British Columbia and the rest of the country received on the international stage should result in some positive tourism inflows as the rest of the year unfolds.
March 2, 2010
The City of Toronto is now accepting applications for its Eco-Roof Incentive Program, an initiative designed to promote the use of green and cool roofs on Toronto’s industrial, commercial and institutional buildings, and to help Toronto’s business community take action on climate change.
March 1, 2010
The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada has selected Bing Thom Architects Inc. as the recipient of its 2010 Architectural Firm Award.