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February 8, 2010
Art Gallery of Alberta addition showcases steel
The addition to the Art Gallery of Alberta (AGA) was designed to be a showpiece, anchoring the arts firmly in downtown Edmonton’s Sir Winston Churchill Square.
February 8, 2010
Saskatchewan gets new natural gas trades training centre
A new natural gas trades training centre has been established through a unique partnership between the Mechanical Contractors Association of Saskatchewan (MCAS) and SaskEnergy.
December 7, 2009
Curtainwalls best suited for high-rise condominiums
Most condo highrises in Toronto are clad in window-walls, but a few developers are going with more expensive unitized curtainwall systems normally associated with office buildings.
November 30, 2009
Pre-cast concrete panels add LEED points, cut costs
Halifax’s Armour Group was faced with a challenge. Five of its developments in Dartmouth — The Park Place Hotel and office towers Park Place I through IV—shared similar aesthetics, due to their brick exteriors.
November 25, 2009
Construction continues on new building at Royal Roads University in Victoria
Work continues at the four-storey Learning and Innovation Centre being built at Royal Roads University in Victoria.
November 23, 2009
Greening heritage buildings a trade-off
Gair Williamson Architects is a Vancouver firm that specializes in refurbishing and adapting older heritage properties, so they can continue to function as thriving urban elements.
November 18, 2009
Building envelope commissioning lagging in Ontario
Building envelope commissioning has been around for decades in Canada, but ask any two builders what it is and you are likely to hear two very different answers.
November 18, 2009
Green roof exam puts building professionals’ skills to the test
Building professionals put their green roof skills to the test recently during a new exam run as part of the recent Cities Alive! conference in Toronto.
November 18, 2009
Creating Vancouver Convention Centre’s green roof no simple task
Working atop a structure built on piles and at sometimes extreme angles made life interesting for the crews working on the Vancouver Convention Centre’s green roof.
| MOST POPULAR STORIES |
- Olympic construction goes down to the wire
- Two more Fort McMurray projects moving forward
- Nexen, OPTI Canada get approval for cogeneration power plant near Fort McMurray
- 5,000-room modular lodging project taking shape near Fort McMurray, Alberta
- Public-private partnerships working as intended, new report finds
- 20 Most Popular Stories
| TODAY’S TOP CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS |
These projects have been selected from 350 projects with a total value of $6,260,468,758 that Reed Construction Data Building Reports reported on yesterday.
$1,000,000,000 Peace River RD BC Prebid
$500,000,000 Saanich BC Prebid
$500,000,000 Victoria BC Prebid
| CURRENT STORIES |
- New deal allows Canadian construction firms to bid on U.S. stimulus projects
- Construction continues on Canadian Natural Resource office in St. Albert, Alberta
- Canadian Construction Association summit zeroes in on industry concerns
- Art Gallery of Alberta addition showcases steel
- 5,000-room modular lodging project taking shape near Fort McMurray, Alberta
- Five-year forecast looking up for British Columbia construction industry
- Saskatchewan gets new natural gas trades training centre
- B.C. permit numbers rise while Alberta’s fall
- Trades lack LEED understanding
- Nexen, OPTI Canada get approval for cogeneration power plant near Fort McMurray
- Aecon wins $22 million in contracts for steam generators
- SNC-Lavalin partners with Russian bank to form engineering company
- Work continues on Pearl Condos in Toronto
- ‘A good first step forward,’ Canadian construction industry says of agreement
- Government should be more flexible with stimulus project deadline, outgoing ORBA president says
- Steel provides structure for historic hotel revival in Port Hope, Ontario
- Ontario businesses scramble to ready for arrival of HST
- Construction continues on Atira Women’s Resource Society housing project in Vancouver
- Five still unaccounted for after Connecticut power plant explosion
- U.S. manufacturing employment up, but construction losses continue
- Peterborough Utilities unveils plan for 10-megawatt wind farm
- China orders local governments to pay workers on private sites
| 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.
- A review of some global economic and policy expectations for 2010 (February 3, 2010)
- Synopsis of RCD’s webinar on the economic and construction outlooks (January 28, 2010)
- Increasing signs of world and U.S. economies getting back on track (January 28, 2010)
- More
| PROJECT NEWS BRIEFS |
Updates on Canadian construction projects from Reed Construction Data’s research team. More
- Rounthwaite Dick & Hadley Architects begin work on arena plans for Flamborough, Ontario (Aug 17, 2009)
- Orillia Market Square aims for LEED Silver certification (Jun 25, 2009)
- Designs for new York Region District School Board building features energy efficiency (Jun 23, 2009)
- IPC Energy considers Milford location for future wind farm (May 22, 2009)
- Waterloo partnership seeks LEED Silver for West Side Family YMCA and District Library (May 22, 2009)
