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March 10, 2010
Niagara Construction Association award winner honoured for decades-long contributions
On the eve of his 79th birthday, industry veteran Jack Bell of Bell Contracting and Equipment shows little sign of slowing down.
February 25, 2010
B.C. Industry Training Authority retains roadbuilding veteran
Over the past four years, Kent Orrock has made a name for himself in the roadbuilding industry by creating, managing and overseeing the development of training programs for the B.C. Road Builders and Heavy Construction Association.
February 11, 2010
Soaring Colorado River bridge a magnet for skilled workers
Less than a kilometre downstream from one of America’s best-known engineering marvels, the Hoover Dam, a second is taking shape.
February 4, 2010
Mine tower largest steel project ever undertaken by Gorf Contracting
It looked like an Apollo rocket ship heading down Highway 101 from the Gorf Contracting Ltd. manufacturing facility in East Porcupine, Ont. What it actually represented was delivery of the largest steel project the company had ever undertaken.
February 4, 2010
Long-distance aggregate trucking a major issue in British Columbia
All levels of government need to work together to ensure that aggregate operations remain as close to population bases as possible if sustainability issues such as LEED standards in buildings and green house gas (GHG) reductions are to occur, construction industry associations say.
February 2, 2010
Fort McMurray college experiences apprenticeship boom
Trades and heavy industrial apprenticeships at Keyano College in Fort McMurray, Alta. have doubled in the last eight years, driven by rapid growth in the construction and operation of oilsands facilities.
January 29, 2010
Newmarket Operations Centre joins two structures
The 7,000-square-metre Newmarket Operations Centre will consolidate three municipal departments (public works, parks and maintenance) into one complex when it is completed later this year.
January 7, 2010
Gradall website offers excavator specification literature dating back to 1940s
Gradall Industries Inc. has launched a new website feature that makes specification and operating range literature available for the company's excavator models dating back over 60 years.
December 15, 2009
Send us your Christmas crane photos
A recent story in Daily Commercial News, 'Fewer cranes will light Santa’s path through Vancouver,' prompted us to invite you to send in shots of your festive-looking cranes.
December 15, 2009
Fewer cranes will light Santa’s path through Vancouver
The downtown Vancouver skyline won’t be as festive this year, as fewer cranes will be decked out with Christmas cheer.
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| TODAY’S TOP CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS |
These projects have been selected from 342 projects with a total value of $2,911,425,288 that Reed Construction Data Building Reports reported on yesterday.
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| CURRENT STORIES |
- Fraud charges laid against former head of Quebec labour union
- Alberta team wins silver at U.S. bricklaying championship
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- McGuinty dismisses NDP land deal allegations
- Historic Kingston Dry Dock restored, enhanced
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- Scott Construction continues work on research centre at Vancouver General Hospital
- Independent contractors association criticizes Burnaby’s fair wage policy
- Eastern, central focus of federal budget a concern to industry
- Industry welcomes federal government’s commitment to labour-market tracking
- International Living Building Institute launches new challenge
- International snowplow championship packs ‘em in
- Study supports domed stadium for Saskatchewan Roughriders in Regina
- U.S. construction spending drops by $5.5 billion
- Canada BIM Council nears information exchange agreement with U.S. counterpart
- SNC Lavalin awarded Saskatchewan carbon capture project
- Dominion Construction gets two B.C. contracts
| ALEX’S ECONOMICS BLOG |
Reed Construction Data Chief Economist Alex Carrick discusses current developments in the North American economic environment with emphasis on the construction industry.
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