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July 9, 2008
Armtec Infrastructure acquires A.E. Concrete Precast Products
Armtec Infrastructure Income Fund has acquired a British Columbia-based company in order to expand their presence in the market for precast concrete in Western Canada.
July 9, 2008
Korky Koroluk: Oil conspiracies don’t hold water
Today’s high fuel prices are being felt everywhere. Airlines are levying fuel surcharges, truckers are raising their rates because of fuel prices, farmers are hurting every time they refuel a tractor or plant a crop.
July 9, 2008
Crews ready rebar at Intergulf’s Expressions condominium tower
The 28-storey Expressions tower is the first of two Intergulf high-rise towers to be erected at the Grand Central site in Coquitlam.
July 9, 2008
Supermétal Structures wins structural steel contract for Penny Lane Towers
Structural steel manufacturer Supermétal Structures Inc. of Saint-Romuald, Quebec will manufacture and install the structure of Eight Avenue Place in Calgary, better known as Penny Lane Towers, for EllisDon Construction.
July 7, 2008
Open-pit Ruby Creek mine gets approval from British Columbia government
The development of a $750-million mine at Ruby Creek in British Columbia’s northwestern corner is on track.
June 30, 2008
Ultra high-performance concrete formulation extends material’s limits
When I first wrote about ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC) almost seven years ago, it was a new product that had grown out of a concept that was, itself, little more than a decade old.
June 25, 2008
Crews ready the rebar at Trout Lake ice rink project
Bird Construction Company (construction manager), Walter Francl Architect Inc. (architect) and Phillips Farevaag Smallenberg (landscape architect) are all involved in the Trout Lake Olympic ice rink project.
June 23, 2008
Ferrous metallurgy takes leap forward
As the concept of sustainability has grown in importance in the construction industry, more and more scientists are working in fields that seem pretty esoteric to most of us, writes Daily Commercial News columnist Korky Koroluk.
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