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June 24, 2009

$10 million steel dragon makes a grand entrance in Chilliwack, British Columbia

After almost two years of extensive work, British Columbia's Kevin Stone has unveiled one of his most ambitious projects, a stainless steel rendering of the Chinese Imperial Water Dragon. The 10-metre long sculpture took Stone 12,000 hours to make and is valued at $10 million.

June 10, 2009

U.S. stimulus helping ease construction unemployment

The rate of job losses in the U.S. construction industry is slowing as stimulus spending on highways and paving is helping create and save jobs.

May 20, 2009

Crews go deep to repair Hamilton’s Western Sanitary Sewer Interceptor

The typical Canadian sewer line runs no deeper than about four metres below the surface. A 270-metre length of sewer line in Hamilton Ontario lies more than 25 metres below the surface and it needed repair.

May 18, 2009

Life returns to Howe Sound after Britannia Mine remediation

Algae isn’t always a welcome sight. However, when you’re working to clean up acid mine drainage left over from the British Empire’s biggest copper mine, a little slime is an honoured guest.

May 4, 2009

Day of Mourning Ceremony at the Millennium Water worksite

Employees observed a moment of silence on April 28, during a Day of Mourning ceremony at the Millennium Water worksite, which will become the 2010 Winter Olympics Athlete's Village. ITC and MetroCan Construction hosted the event and are the two general contractors on the development. About 1,400 workers gathered for the ceremony.

April 29, 2009

Alberta steel projects take centre stage at gala

Alberta’s best steel projects stole the spotlight at the 2009 Alberta Steel Design Awards of Excellence.

April 27, 2009

Metro Vancouver awaits response to two planned water infrastructure projects

Metro Vancouver has yet to get a response from the federal government about two shovel ready projects to improve the quality of drinking water in the region with financing from the stimulus program.

April 27, 2009

Annacis Island wastewater plant switches to chemical treatment system

Metro Vancouver is in the process of replacing the aging wastewater gaseous treatment system at the Annacis Island Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) with a more modern chemical alternative.

April 27, 2009

District of Tofino attacks leaking sewer manholes with foam grout

Development pressure in the District of Tofino, British Columbia is building.

April 27, 2009

Kamloops and Tla-o-qui-aht reserves now in line for water and sewer upgrades

The water and sewer systems in Canada’s First Nations community have been a national embarrassment for many years.

April 27, 2009

Sewage system for Greater Victoria communities a 20-year project, official says

Building a sewage system to serve Greater Victoria will be a 20-year project, said the chair of the municipal committee leading the proposed venture.

April 27, 2009

Vancouver digs deep to reduce earthquake risks

Metro Vancouver is planning on building water tunnels beneath the Fraser River and Burrard Inlet to ensure the region’s key water supply infrastructure can withstand a major earthquake.

April 27, 2009

Responder robotic platform goes far to find faults

The robotic equipment that discovered faults recently in Toronto area Trunk Sewer pipe is a piece of ingenious engineering, said its users.

April 27, 2009

New development at former Oak Bay Beach Hotel site takes green building to heart

More than two years ago the 80-year-old Oak Bay Beach Hotel was taken down, but plans are in the works to replace it with a green development.

April 27, 2009

Thermal system at 2010 Olympic Village will recover heat from spent sewage

Vancouver’s 2010 Olympic Village will feature a unique heat recovery system from spent sewage through the use of a neighborhood energy utility (NEU), built under the south end of the Cambie Street bridge.

April 27, 2009

Betty Lake Water Treatment Plant upgrade benefits CFB Wainwright

An upgrade to the Betty Lake Water Treatment Plant at CFB Wainwright, 200 kilometres south-east of Edmonton, will improve the quality of drinking water for both the military base and the neighbouring town.

April 15, 2009

Metro Vancouver awards twin-tunnel contract to Seymour-Cap Partnership

Metro Vancouver has finalized negotiations and awarded a contract for completion of the twin tunnels component of the Seymour Capilano Filtration Project.

April 13, 2009

Cheese factory recognized as Canada’s first LEED Platinum industrial facility

The Fifth Town Artisan Cheese Co. factory and retail outlet in Picton, Ont. has achieved LEED Platinum, the only industrial facility in Canada to do so.