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January 25, 2010
Victoria’s Johnson Street Bridge has significant heritage value
The Johnson Street Bridge in Victoria has significant heritage value because it has a unique bascule bridge system created by one of the most famous bridge designers in the world.
January 11, 2010
Shifting slab led to worker’s death on bridge in Oakville, Ontario
When the concrete slab a worker was cutting shifted below him, it triggered a quick series of events that led to his death on the Bronte Road bridge in Oakville, Ont., according to the Ontario Ministry of Labour.
December 21, 2009
Demolition of Ontario bridge takes hours, not days
In the brave, new world of highway bridge demolition, projects are scheduled over hours, not days.
December 9, 2009
Demolition of old hospital a tough job in Weyburn, Saskatchewan
It seems improbable that a town with fewer than 10,000 people might host a facility the size of the Souris Valley Hospital, once known as the Weyburn Mental Hospital.
December 9, 2009
ICS Group workers protect concrete slab in Taber, Alberta
ICS Group Inc. employees recently rolled out more than eight kilometres of hose and double tarped a concrete slab in Taber, Alberta to prevent it from cracking.
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 23, 2009
Sinkhole halts construction on Calgary emergency operations centre
A sinkhole next to the active construction site of Calgary’s new emergency operations centre has stopped work on the project.
November 23, 2009
Water scarcity should boost prospects for U.S. mechanical contractors
Anticipated water shortages in the U.S. could result in unprecedented business opportunities for mechanical contractors, according to a study by the U.S. Mechanical Contracting Education & Research Foundation.
November 23, 2009
Construction nears completion on mountaintop wind turbine near Vancouver
The first wind turbine in North America built in an extreme high altitude location is nearing completion on the top of a North Vancouver mountain.
October 13, 2008
Solar asphalt energy technology heats up
We’ve all seen bad old movies in which an obscure scientist, labouring by himself to develop an idea, suddenly sees it unfold before him with astonishing clarity.
October 13, 2008
Pontoon controversy hinders bridge decommissioning
Twelve concrete pontoons that floated the old Okanagan Lake Bridge for the past 50 years have been propping up a public debate on how to best dispose of their tons of concrete and rebar.
October 13, 2008
Inland Aggregates starts up state-of-the-art facility
A Winnipeg aggregate supplier has made a significant investment in a new automated plant that will serve the local construction market and support economic growth.
October 13, 2008
Special Delivery
A worker cleans out the chute of a cement truck delivering it’s load for a new development on Rosser Avenue and Buchanan Street in Burnaby, B.C.
October 13, 2008
National concrete conference takes place December 3-4, 2008
The Concrete Canada conference is being held on Dec. 3-4, 2008 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, South Building.
October 13, 2008
RMCAO launches first North American ‘Eco Certified Concrete Facility’ program
The Ready Mixed Concrete Association of Ontario has launched North America’s first Eco Certified Concrete Facility program.
October 13, 2008
Canadians join massive Angola infrastructure renewal project
Canadian participation in the construction of up to US$1 billion worth of infrastructure projects in Angola is being facilitated by the signing of a new agreement by Export Development Canada (EDC).
October 13, 2008
Concrete soil solidification and stabilization technology helps reclaim industrial sites
In soil solidification and stabilization, the contaminated soil is either removed and mixed with cement or the cement is directly mixed in the soil in-situ, depending on the site and the conditions.
October 13, 2008
Seven Construction Safety Network member companies receive BCRMCA safety awards
The B.C. Ready Mixed Concrete Association (BCRMCA) handed out their first-ever Safety Awards during their recent annual conference.
October 13, 2008
Prefabricated steel-stud panels cut construction time for Solterra Developments
The use of prefabricated steel-stud panels, complete with insulation and finished exterior concrete, is cutting construction time for Solterra Development’s new 134-unit residential complex Summits View in Squamish.
October 13, 2008
New ENX scale weighs in as Alberta’s largest
Not that anyone’s really been keeping track, but a new scale being built and installed by Ancoma Scales for ENX Inc. may be the largest in Alberta.
October 13, 2008
Whitemud Resources opens plant to produce metakaolin concrete additive
It’s not exactly a household name, but metakaolin (pronounced “meta-kay-lin”) could be the next big thing in concrete ingredients.
October 13, 2008
Two Ontario workers injured on Garden City Skyway bridge
The Garden City Skyway bridge is the site of two Ontario labour ministry investigations stemming from a pair of work accidents six days apart.
October 13, 2008
Concrete helps lead the way to green, sustainable construction, Willmer says
Concrete and its major component, cement, have come a long way in the past few years, says Bruce Willmer, vice-president of the B.C. Ready-Mixed Concrete Association and vice-president of Lafarge Canada Inc.’s ready-mix concrete operations in Vancouver.
October 13, 2008
Next Hibernia oil platform will employ concrete gravity base structure (CFBS) technology
The details of the recent $20-billion offshore oil deal signed between Newfoundland and Labrador and an oil consortium including ExxonMobil, Chevron Resources, Petro-Canada and Norsk Hydro have been widely disseminated.
| 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 U.S. stimulus 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)
