Infrastructure
Your top JOC headlines: May 13 to 17
Your top JOC headlines: May 13 to 17
Your top JOC headlines this week feature news prompt payment may not be a benefit to all in B.C.; Manitoba stakeholders are divided on new union certification legislation; highway upgrades are coming this summer for northern B.C.; and we take a high-level...
Government , Infrastructure , Labour , Projects , Resource
Highway upgrades begin in B.C.’s southern interior
KAMLOOPS, B.C. – The Province of British Columbia has begun work to upgrade 482...
Infrastructure
New classrooms coming to Coquitlam
COQUITLAM, B.C. – The Government of British Columbia is investing $18 million in...
Infrastructure
Federal and B.C. governments shore up Richmond flood protection
RICHMOND, B.C. – A combined investment of $13 million from the federal governmen...
Government , Infrastructure
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Your top JOC headlines: May 13 to 17
Your top JOC headlines this week feature news prompt payment may not be a benefi...
Government , Infrastructure , Labour , Projects , Resource
Highway upgrades begin in B.C.’s southern interior
KAMLOOPS, B.C. – The Province of British Columbia has begun work to upgrade 482...
Infrastructure
New classrooms coming to Coquitlam
COQUITLAM, B.C. – The Government of British Columbia is investing $18 million in...
Infrastructure
Federal and B.C. governments shore up Richmond flood protection
RICHMOND, B.C. – A combined investment of $13 million from the federal governmen...
Government , Infrastructure
Highway upgrades coming this summer for northern B.C.
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. – Crews will pave and resurface 260 kilometres of highways a...
Infrastructure
Regina’s $189M aquatics facility rides the wave of sustainability features
Planning and design work have begun for a new, $189-million indoor aquatics faci...
Infrastructure , Projects
Your top JOC headlines: May 6 to 10
Your top JOC headlines this week feature news a contract has been awarded for a...
Infrastructure , Labour , Projects , Resource
Yukon gets $45M to prevent Whitehorse-area landslides, more money for flood recovery
WHITEHORSE — The federal government is contributing $45 million to help prevent...
Infrastructure , Resource
AECON-EBC Ladore General Partnership named as Campbell River seismic upgrade contractor
VANCOUVER ISLAND — BC Hydro has announced AECON-EBC Ladore General Partnership h...
Infrastructure
New guidebook developed to address nature infrastructure
VICTORIA, BC — A new guidebook released by the Natural Assets Initiative (NAI) a...
Infrastructure
Taza reservoir near Calgary honours Tsuut’ina culture
Water reservoirs are usually pieces of infrastructure hidden out of sight, espec...
Infrastructure
PCA celebrates Trans Mountain pipeline completion
EDMONTON – The Progressive Contractors Association of Canada (PCA) is praising t...
Associations , Infrastructure
Alberta invests $19 million to update irrigation infrastructure
EDMONTON – The Alberta government is investing $19 million through the 2024 budg...
Government , Infrastructure
Saskatchewan’s Boundary dam carbon capture project underperforms, report says
REGINA — A signature carbon capture and storage project in Saskatchewan continue...
Infrastructure , Resource
Your top JOC headlines: April 29 to May 3
Your top JOC headlines this week feature news on opening day of the $34-billion...
Government , Infrastructure , Labour , Resource
Cenovus teams with First Nations to build northern Alberta homes amid housing crisis
FORT MCMURRAY, ALTA. - Raoul Montgrand, president of the Chard Métis Nation in n...
Infrastructure , Resource
Alberta developing passenger rail master plan
EDMONTON – The Government of Alberta is developing a Passenger Rail Master Plan...
Infrastructure
Preferred proponent named for Surrey Langley Skytrain systems and trackwork
SURREY, B.C. – The Government of British Columbia has selected a preferred propo...
Government , Infrastructure , Projects
Alberta adds $50 million to water management infrastructure funding
EDMONTON – The Government of Alberta’s 2024 budget is adding $50 million over th...
Government , Infrastructure
Manitoba to restore Victoria Hospital with new ER in the works
WINNIPEG – Initial work is underway to restore the Victoria Hospital in Winnipeg...
Infrastructure
Infrastructure BC releases major projects brochure
VANCOUVER – Infrastructure BC has released its Spring 2024 Major Infrastructure...
Infrastructure
Hajdu highlights Lytton First Nation housing and disaster recovery investments
LYTTON FIRST NATION, B.C. – Federal Minister of Indigenous Services Canada Patty...
Government , Infrastructure
Your top JOC headlines: April 22 to 26
Your top JOC headlines this week feature our North American housing crisis cover...
Associations , Economic , Infrastructure , OH&S , Resource
B.C. to improve flood preparation in Township of Langley
LANGLEY, B.C. – The Government of British Columbia is working to improve pump ca...
Infrastructure
Fire destroys Second World War hangar at former Edmonton airport
An aircraft hangar built during the Second World War at Edmonton's former munici...
Infrastructure , OH&S
Manitoba invests $3.8 million in Dauphin main street reconstruction
DAUPHIN, MAN. – The Government of Manitoba is putting $3.8 million towards recon...
Infrastructure
B.C.’s Colquitz River bridges undergoing $35.5M retrofits
Extensive construction work will be starting this summer on a $35.5-million proj...
Infrastructure
Your top JOC headlines: April 15 to 19
Your top JOC headlines this week feature coverage of the 2024 federal budget in...
Economic , Government , Infrastructure , Resource
Saskatchewan water agency invests in key infrastructure projects
REGINA – Saskatchewan’s Water Security Agency (WSA) is working on more than 60 w...
Government , Infrastructure
Feds conduct environmental assessment for Manitoba flood control project
OTTAWA – The federal government is conducting an environmental assessment of the...
Government , Infrastructure
Middlesboro Bridge in Merritt, B.C. undergoes $14M overhaul after flood damage
°µÍø½ûÇøion crews have completed demolition work at the flood-damaged Middlesbo...
Infrastructure
Done: Expanded Trans Mountain pipeline launches May 1
Four-and-a-half years after construction began, one of Canada’s most controversi...
Infrastructure , Projects , Resource
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Top 10 major upcoming Atlantic and Manitoba, Saskatchewan construction projects – Canada – May 2024
The accompanying tables show the top 10 largest upcoming Atlantic and Manitoba,...
Economic , Projects
Highway upgrades coming this summer for northern B.C.
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. – Crews will pave and resurface 260 kilometres of highways a...
Infrastructure
Oversight critical on construction sites when temperatures spike
Jim Noon, president of the Vancouver Island Building and °µÍø½ûÇøion Trades Cou...
OH&S
Manitoba stakeholders clash over union certification legislation
Manitoba’s labour stakeholders are once again battling about provincial legislat...
Labour
Bill Gates paves a new road for carbon reduction in construction
Bill Gates is at it again. The billionaire philanthropist, investor and co-found...
Resource , Technology , US News
Fire officials learn from past in responding to this year’s Fort McMurray wildfire
FORT MCMURRAY, ALTA. — Bright red hoses thicker than a thigh snake along the hig...
Resource
°µÍø½ûÇøion companies need a strategy as ESG reporting requirements increase
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) monitoring, measuring and reporting a...
Resource
Saskatchewan’s Boundary dam carbon capture project underperforms, report says
REGINA — A signature carbon capture and storage project in Saskatchewan continue...