Roadbuilding

May 22, 2013

RFQ issued for Kamloops hospital project

A Request for Qualifications (RFQ) has been issued for the Royal Inland Hospital Clinical Services Building in Kamloops, B.C.

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 20, 2013

Calgary Airport Tunnel

Construction workers are busy building the Airport Trail Tunnel in Calgary, Alberta.

May 15, 2013

Walterdale Bridge budget balloons

Edmonton city council has increased the budget for the construction of the new Walterdale Bridge by $19.5 million, which brings the total cost of the structure to $155 million.

May 15, 2013

Edmonton invests in road infrastructure

The City of Edmonton is planning to invest $264.8 million investment in bridges, interchanges and road paving during the 2013 construction season, which includes $11 million for road rehabilitation.

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

Alberta's best contractors recognized at gala

The Contractor of the Year Award winners were recently announced at a gala in Edmonton, Alberta.

May 1, 2013

Canadian demolition contractors need to be prepared

A future earthquake will inflict significant damage on a major Canadian city and demolition contractors will almost certainly play an important role during disaster recovery.

May 1, 2013

Possible project labour agreements a concern to open shop

The open shop contractors association in B.C. is concerned an New Democratic Party (NDP) government will use project labour agreements to allow trade unions to dominate major public sector construction projects, but others argue this view is nonsense.

May 1, 2013

Journal of Commerce Update for the week of May 6th, 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 May 6th, 2013.

April 29, 2013

Saskatchewan highway patrol able to issue tickets

Saskatchewan's highway patrol officers now have the power to issue speeding tickets.

April 29, 2013

Grand Prairie dinosaur museum back on track

The construction of the Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum in the County of Grande Prairie is moving forward with the help of the local council, after the project's tendering process was delayed due to a budget shortfall.

April 24, 2013

Gearing up

The Alberta government has announced that Highway 63 in the Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo region will see increased construction activity in summer 2013, as 250 pieces of equipment and more than 400 workers complete tree clearing, grading, bridge construction, paving and utility moves.

April 24, 2013

SNC-Lavalin faces 10 year penalty from World Bank

Alleged corrupt business practices by SNC-Lavalin in Bangladesh have resulted in the cancellation of a critical development project and the company being prohibited from bidding on World Bank construction contracts.