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May 20, 2013
Veterans battle barriers into the trades
Creating a link between military qualifications and provincial apprenticeship requirements is one of the ways Helmets to Hardhats Canada (H2HC) is trying to transition military veterans into civilian construction careers.
May 20, 2013
Keyano College building state of the art training facility
Keyano College's Oilsands Power & Process Engineering Lab is not just another post-secondary institute, but a state-of-the-art cogeneration lab replicating real world industrial technologies in the classroom.
May 13, 2013
Finding new tools for soil remediation
The science of environmental soil sampling and remediation spurred demand for a whole new set of tools.
May 6, 2013
On the Spot
A worker welds the bucket of an excavator as construction work gets underway in downtown Okotoks, Alberta.
May 6, 2013
B.C. hosts launch of NAOSH week
Across B.C., Canada, and North America, workplaces will be marking North American Occupational Safety & Health (NAOSH) Week, May 5-11, with events, competitions, and public awareness campaigns.
April 22, 2013
Routine video inspection turns up sewer main break in Calgary
City of Calgary work crews discovered a break in a sanitary sewer main located at 17 Avenue and 14A Street S.W., after conducting a routine video inspection that revealed a large void.
April 22, 2013
Rail terminal expansion will move more crude
Enbridge Inc. and privately-held Tundra Energy Marketing Ltd. are working together on a project to bring growing light oil production from Saskatchewan, Manitoba and North Dakota to market by rail.
| MOST POPULAR STORIES |
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| TODAY’S TOP CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS |
These projects have been selected from 492 projects with a total value of $2,140,393,241 that Reed Construction Data Building Reports reported on Thursday.
$79,800,000 Kamloops BC Prebid
CONDOMINIUM APARTMENT TOWER & TOWNHOUSES
$45,000,000 Burnaby BC Negotiated
$33,000,000 Edmonton AB Prebid
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- Construction Site Arson
- Industry reacts to surprise B.C. Liberal majority
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- Calgary program aims to get more people into the trades
- Midrise in the City
- Veterans battle barriers into the trades
- Government makes changes to online tendering
- SNC-Lavalin maintains that new bribery allegations have been resolved
- B.C. faces a tough battle for top talent
- Keyano College building state of the art training facility
- Essential skills can play a vital role in an apprentices' success
- Taking a closer look at the risks in green building for contractors
- Colleges conduct construction research in addition to teaching
- Skills Canada BC Competition
- Lower Mainland high school trades program is unique
- Construction Learning Forum aims to educate
- High schools looking for more industry participation
- Industrial construction supervisor program takes off
- Saskatchewan bill passed
- Edmonton garners support for regional cash for arena
- Feds pledge $5 million for Vimy memorial
- VIDEO: Competing in the trades
- Provinces need to loosen up apprenticeship rules
- Way Up on Westwood
- Building Up On Bayview
- Barrie Construction Association rolls with motorcycle ride for cancer
- Vimy Ridge memorial gets new visitor centre
- Minnesota Vikings unveil new multi-use stadium plan
- Proposed Ambassador Bridge twinning draws Windsor mayor’s ire
- Construction on pedestrian tunnel to Billy Bishop Airport continues to make progress
| ALEX’S ECONOMICS BLOG |
Reed Construction Data Canada’s Chief Economist Alex Carrick discusses current developments in the North American economic environment with emphasis on the construction industry.
- An Overview of Prices and Sales in the Diverging U.S. and Canadian Housing Markets (April 25, 2013)
- Canada’s Precarious Dependence on the Commodity Price Super-Cycle (April 22, 2013)
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