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May 22, 2013
Historic church renovation reaches new heights
The $500,000 historic restoration of Morinville, Alberta's St. Jean Baptiste Church will require about 30,000 pounds of scaffolding that will rise 100 feet into the air.
May 20, 2013
B.C. faces a tough battle for top talent
Despite British Columbia being one of the most picturesque places to live in Canada, there is still a domestic war for top talent.
May 20, 2013
Colleges conduct construction research in addition to teaching
Colleges in western Canada offer a great many courses where students can learn enough about the construction industry to enable them to go out and get a good job.
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 8, 2013
Horizon oilsands expansion under budget so far
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. says an expansion to its Horizon oilsands mine is currently tracking 10 per cent under budget as contractors and service providers compete for work in the Fort McMurray, Alta. region.
May 8, 2013
Manitoba mine clean-up spins gold
An environmental company is cleaning up a toxic Manitoba mine site at no cost to taxpayers, but it gets to keep any gold it can extract from a stockpile of arsenopyrite concentrate.
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.
May 1, 2013
Heat from waste is a growing market
There's a fortune in waste heat flowing beneath the streets of the world's cities.
May 1, 2013
Watermain Breach
City of Burnaby crews survey the damage from a broken watermain on Willingdon Avenue after they managed to shut off the water.
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| TODAY’S TOP CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS |
These projects have been selected from 515 projects with a total value of $3,642,725,048 that Reed Construction Data Building Reports reported on Friday.
MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT & COMMERCIAL
$500,000,000 Delta BC Prebid
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ACUTE, LONG TERM CARE FACILITY
$122,700,000 High Prairie AB Negotiated
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| 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)
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