Infrastructure
Work begins on Eglinton Crosstown West Extension’s elevated guideway
Work begins on Eglinton Crosstown West Extension’s elevated guideway
The elevated guideway project, part of the Eglinton Crosstown West Extension (ECWE), is beginning to take shape. The ECWE will operate underground from Renforth Drive to just west of Scarlett Road and will then transition to a 1.5-kilometre elevated guid...
Infrastructure
Your top DCN headlines: Sept. 2 to 6
Your top DCN headlines this week cover news Kitchener, Ont. is building the gree...
Government , Infrastructure , Projects
Inside Innovation: Low energy cooling solutions for hot buildings
The Middle East has always been a high temperature zone. However, Europe and No...
Infrastructure
Construction gets underway on three Ontario Line stations
TORONTO - Ground has been broken on three future Ontario Line stations: King-Bat...
Government , Infrastructure , Projects
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Work begins on Eglinton Crosstown West Extension’s elevated guideway
The elevated guideway project, part of the Eglinton Crosstown West Extension (EC...
Infrastructure
Your top DCN headlines: Sept. 2 to 6
Your top DCN headlines this week cover news Kitchener, Ont. is building the gree...
Government , Infrastructure , Projects
Inside Innovation: Low energy cooling solutions for hot buildings
The Middle East has always been a high temperature zone. However, Europe and No...
Infrastructure
Construction gets underway on three Ontario Line stations
TORONTO - Ground has been broken on three future Ontario Line stations: King-Bat...
Government , Infrastructure , Projects
Caldwell FN to upgrade dyke
LEAMINGTON, ONT. - Caldwell First Nation of southwestern Ontario will upgrade th...
Government , Infrastructure , Projects
Algoma U receives $2M for Cultural centre build
SAULT STE. MARIE, ONT. - Algoma University is receiving $2 million for the const...
Infrastructure
Chow defends Railpath project, noting extensive scope
The West Toronto Railpath extension is much more than a simple urban pathway pro...
Infrastructure
Kitchener building greenest rec facility in Canada
Shovels are in the ground for a massive new, $144-million, multi-purpose indoor...
Infrastructure
London welcomes $23M under Water Systems Fund
LONDON, ONT. - The Ontario government has announced it is allocating $23 million...
Government , Infrastructure
Durham re-envisions 30-km hydro corridor
A master planning exercise undertaken for a 30-kilometre hydro corridor in Ontar...
Infrastructure
Concrete being poured on Gardiner Expressway project
TORONTO - Crews are working day and night to complete concrete deck pouring and...
Infrastructure
Ottawa, Quebec tout ‘new business model’ to fast-track affordable housing
OTTAWA - The governments of Canada, Quebec and the City of Montreal are creditin...
Government , Infrastructure
Canada ‘walking the talk’ to sustainable infrastructure future: KPMG
Canada is walking the talk when it comes to embracing sustainable technology and...
Government , Infrastructure
Maryland awards contract for Francis Scott Key Bridge rebuild after deadly collapse
BALTIMORE - Maryland transportation leaders on Thursday approved a contract for...
Infrastructure , US News
Muskoka townhouse development aims to be a ‘Nordic zen’
A new waterfront townhouse development in Muskoka, Ont. is looking to bring peop...
Infrastructure
London transportation funding puts the focus on pedestrians and cyclists
The City of London Ontario will be undertaking some major transportation initiat...
Government , Infrastructure
GIP Paving awarded Oshawa overpass job
OSHAWA, ONT. - The Ontario government has announced that GIP Paving Inc. has bee...
Government , Infrastructure , Projects
Ontario accepting applications for municipal core asset repairs, upgrades
OTTAWA — The Ontario government is now accepting applications for funding to bui...
Government , Infrastructure
Your top DCN headlines: Aug. 19 to 23
Your top DCN headlines this week cover news July’s flash floods in Toronto and s...
Infrastructure , Labour , Projects , Resource
Proponents talk up gondolas for Toronto Island access
With the City of Toronto considering a study for a bridge link to the Toronto Is...
Infrastructure
P.E.I. receives funding for infrastructure priorities
CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. — The federal government has transferred $9 million to Pri...
Government , Infrastructure
July flash floods in Toronto, southern Ontario caused over $940M in insured damage
TORONTO — Initial estimates put the total insured damage caused by flash floodin...
Infrastructure
One day partial O-Train Line 1 closure to enable east connections
OTTAWA — The City of Ottawa has announced that O-Train Line 1 service will be sh...
Infrastructure
Montreal watermain showed corrosion in years before break, official says
MONTREAL — Montreal city officials knew the major watermain that burst last week...
Infrastructure
Cleanup underway after Montreal watermain break floods streets and homes
MONTREAL - A Montreal city spokesman warns it will be weeks before repairs can b...
Government , Infrastructure , OH&S
Critics assail ‘outrageous’ $149M Toronto Railpath budget
A City of Toronto project to extend the West Toronto Railpath two kilometres is...
Government , Infrastructure
Rail bridge collapses on U.S.-Canada border
FORT FRANCES, ONT. — A century-old rail lift bridge that crosses the U.S.-Canada...
Infrastructure , OH&S
‘Geyser’ in Montreal after major water main break floods streets and homes
MONTREAL — A break in a major underground water main near Montreal's Jacques Car...
Infrastructure
Relining watermains pilot project slated to start in Chatham-Kent
A project to rehabilitate aging watermains by way of relining them is about to g...
Infrastructure
AtkinsRealis takes on New Brunswick highway O&M job
In today’s fast-growing construction tech sector, “continuous improvement” is mo...
Infrastructure
Your top DCN headlines: Aug. 12 to 16
Your top DCN headlines this week feature news a worker who was trapped in a tren...
Infrastructure , OH&S
Corner Brook hospital achieves LEED Silver
CORNER BROOK, N.L. — PCL has announced the Western Memorial Regional Hospital pr...
Infrastructure
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Canadian construction spared in TFW crackdown
Canada’s construction sector was spared as the federal Liberal government announ...
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Climate and Construction: Natural gas bans hit a legal shut-off valve
Ambitions to ban the new installations of natural gas appliances and mechanical...
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$1.1 billion NextGen mill project making history in Saint John, N.B.
Pre-planning engineering work has started for construction of a new recovery boi...
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Stakeholders spar: What’s to blame for declining homebuilding productivity?
Two recently published articles on homebuilding productivity in Canada, one buil...
Labour
$3.6B South Niagara Hospital celebrates one-year construction milestone
It’s been just over a year since ground was broken on the massive South Niagara...
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Muskoka townhouse development aims to be a ‘Nordic zen’
A new waterfront townhouse development in Muskoka, Ont. is looking to bring peop...
Infrastructure
Canada ‘walking the talk’ to sustainable infrastructure future: KPMG
Canada is walking the talk when it comes to embracing sustainable technology and...
Government , Infrastructure
Trades, supporters pledge to march on Labour Day
TORONTO - Ontario’s workers and their supporters are celebrating Labour Day acro...