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June 19, 2013
Consulting engineers gathering in Lake Louise, Alberta
Consulting engineers from across Canada are gathering for their annual general meeting in Alberta to network and discuss the most important opportunities and challenges facing their business today and in the future.
June 17, 2013
Federal project apprentices discussed
Improved employer apprenticeship tax credits and a better understanding of the national apprenticeship landscape are essential, say industry stakeholders, if the federal government intends to promote apprentice use on federal projects.
June 17, 2013
Industrial headquarters opens in Nisku, Alta.
PCL has completed construction of a new $10 million industrial headquarters in Nisku, Alberta, which is a manufacturing operation that produces modules for oil and gas, oilsands, mining, and electricity generation projects in western Canada.
June 17, 2013
Sprinkler fitters reach agreement after strike
The union representing sprinkler fitters in Manitoba has reached an agreement with the Canadian Automatic Sprinkler Association (CASA) on a new three-year contract, after a seven day strike over worker retention and higher wages.
June 12, 2013
Showing Their Skills
The Skills Canada National Competition is a multi-trade and technology competition for young students and apprentices from across the country.
June 12, 2013
Journal of Commerce Update for the week of June 17th, 2013
In this week's update, we look at some of the stories we'll be covering in the Journal of Commerce for the week of June 17th, 2013.
June 10, 2013
Apprenticeship report gets mixed reaction
Some provincial leaders of trades governing bodies are calling a recent report, that says restricting the rate of apprentice entry acts as a barrier to entry into the trades, "food for thought."
June 10, 2013
Industry throws support behind Buildforce Canada
A group of construction industry leaders from across the country have rescued the Construction Sector Council (CSC) by forming a new national organization called BuildForce Canada, in response to federal government cutbacks.
June 10, 2013
B.C. on right track with apprentices
Critics of British Columbia's training system for the skilled trades need to take a hard look at a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute.
June 5, 2013
Canada Job Grant details taking shape
The Canadian Construction Association (CCA) is engaged in discussions with the federal government about the Canada Job Grant in order to help ensure this new program is successful.
June 5, 2013
Foreign worker reforms raise concern
The Canadian Construction Association (CCA) is concerned about changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) program, especially in Alberta where the new policy is being implemented without consideration of its unique labour market conditions.
June 5, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Skills Canada National Competition at BC Place
The Skills Canada National Competition is a multi-trade and technology competition for young students and apprentices from across the country. Every year, the event brings together over 500 young people from all regions of Canada, along with their parents and advisors, to compete in over 40 trade and technology areas.
June 5, 2013
Orders and fines could increase safety
For many years, the Council of Construction Associations (COCA) has been lobbying for a balanced system of occupational health & safety (OH&S).
June 3, 2013
New regulations intended to protect Manitoba flaggers
Holding a sign on the side of a highway at a construction site can be a dangerous job. Last August, flagger Ashley Richard was struck and killed by a car near Weyburn, Saskatchewan on her first day on the job.
June 3, 2013
Heavy equipment operator program changes
The Heavy Equipment Operator (HEO) Program, which has been running for a number of years through the B.C. Road Builders and Heavy Construction Association, is undergoing several modifications for the civil construction industry.
May 29, 2013
RBC adopts new code of conduct after foreign worker controversy
The United Steelworkers (USW) and the B.C. Federation of Labour are applauding the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) for implementing a new policy that restricts the use of Temporary Foreign Workers (TFWs).
May 29, 2013
D-Day demo fleet played key role
The Allied invasion of Normandy on D-Day remains one of the signature battles of the Second World War and one in which 14,000 Canadians landing on Juno Beach played a critical role.
May 27, 2013
Dire prediction
The association representing Canada's mortgage industry is warning that new-home construction will drop dramatically within the next two years, resulting in a loss of about 80,000 construction and related jobs by mid-2015.
May 27, 2013
Ruling vindicates company that hired Chinese workers
A Vancouver company has upheld its right to import hundreds of foreign workers for the construction of a proposed coal mine in northeastern B.C., after a legal challenge by two unions to block this process was dismissed by a Federal Court judge.
May 22, 2013
Festival of Architecture hits Halifax
Architects from across Canada are poised to converge in Halifax June 5 to 8 for this year's Festival of Architecture.
May 22, 2013
Hiring of foreign workers for hospital project outrages union
A construction union leader is accusing an Edmonton-based contractor of importing foreign workers to a hospital jobsite in Winnipeg without meeting the federal government's requirements to advertise in the local market and ensuring to Canadians are available to do the work.
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- Foreign worker court case led to reforms
- Shell Canada gets approvals for pipelines and gas well
- B.C. building permits rise, but Alberta declines
- Electronic migration
- Unauthorized water system shut down in Alberta
- Ontario’s best steel designs recognized
- ACEC conference to focus on economic solutions
- Improper bypass of low bidder found
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- Quebec construction workers on strike after failed negotiations
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- Construction industry to increase hiring in 2013, according to outlook
- OCOT review panel proposing a ratio reduction for plumbers and steamfitters
- Man fined in construction site death of 12 year old Nova Scotia boy
| 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)
- Twenty major upcoming residential and transportation terminal construction projects - April 2013 (April 15, 2013)
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