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AECON ATLANTIC GROUP
Work continues on the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre Emergency expansion project in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Aecon Atlantic’s crews expand Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre
The two-storey Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre project was designed by WHW Architects Inc. Construction manager Aecon Atlantic Group began the project in August 2007 and completion is scheduled for March 2009.
Labour Market
Labour Market Information program gets bulk of $5.5 million in federal funding
Funding boost validates CSC’s research efforts
A $5.5 million funding boost to the Construction Sector Council is not just extra cash in its coffers but also a pat on a back, says the council’s executive director.
Manasc appointed to National Capital Commission (NCC) advisory committee
EDMONTON
Alberta architect Vivian Manasc of Manasc Isaac Architects has been appointed to the National Capital Commission’s (NCC) advisory committee on planning, design and realty.
ROGER BOTTING
The winner of the Roy A. Phinnemore Award, Drew Allman, Manager of Regional Construction Safety for General Motors of Canada Limited (left) accepts his award from from Roy O’Rourke, Executive Vice-President and General Manager of CSAO.
Construction Safety Association of Ontario salutes award winners
The Construction Safety Association of Ontario recently saluted winners of three major awards at its annual general meeting.
Today’s cutting-edge construction technology will become tomorrow’s essential technology
Construction Corner
Korky Koroluk
When you have 3,200 precast structural elements to be manufactured, transported and installed, and no lay-down yard in which to store them until needed, you’d better be able to keep track of them.
VINCE VERSACE
In an attempt to bring attention to issues such as excess loading and rising fuel costs, about 150 dump truck drivers took to Toronto’s main highways in a slow-rolling protest.
Rolling dump truck protest takes to the highway
A convoy of 150 dump trucks recently roared its way from a muddy Brampton parking lot and on to Toronto’s main highways to protest excess loading and skyrocketing fuel costs.
Alberta budget offers more than $8 billion for education, employment programs
Edmonton
The Alberta government has announced that it will be investing more than $8 billion in education and employment programs in this year’s budget to help build a skilled workforce and improve the long-term sustainability of the province.
Aecon reports first-quarter profit of $276,000
TORONTO
Aecon Group Inc. has reported a first-quarter profit of $276,000 compared with a loss of $3 million in the same quarter a year ago.
Los Angeles, San Francisco compete for unofficial title of “greenest” city
Both cities focus on LEED and reducing impact of buildings
Los Angeles
Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the greenest of them all?
BUSBY PERKINS+WILL
Workers carefully put a modular roof panel into place at the Aberdeen SkyTrain station in Richmond.
Richmond’s SkyTrain Station takes shape
The Aberdeen SkyTrain station will become part of the Canada Line rapid transit expansion project in Metro Vancouver.
Maintaining growth during U.S. economic slowdown poses biggest challenge for Finning, new CEO says
VANCOUVER
The new boss at Finning International Inc., the world’s largest Caterpillar heavy equipment dealer, believes maintaining growth in this “time of uncertainty” will be his first challenge.
Construction of Winnipeg’s Canadian Museum for Human Rights could start later this year
WINNIPEG
A new report offers a blueprint for Winnipeg’s Canadian Museum for Human Rights to keep politics from interfering in its historical content and ensure it reaches its economic potential for the city.
AMEC strikes deal to acquire Bower Damberger Rolseth Engineering
CALGARY
AMEC plc, an international engineering and project management company, says it has struck a deal to acquire Bower Damberger Rolseth Engineering Ltd., a specialist in-situ oilsands operations, from its owner-managers for $45 million in cash.
Economic Snapshot - May 9, 2008
"Green" solutions can have hidden costs
It seems that Canada is not alone in introducing taxes with the stated purpose of reducing carbon-dioxide emissions. In the United Kingdom (UK), the Chancellor (Finance Minister) Allen Darling has just introduced a “green levy” that will double the tax on motor vehicles yet reduce total vehicle emissions by less than 1%.
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May 9
BCRBHCA Annual Ivan Hanchard Charity Golf Tournament organized by B.C. Road Builders & Heavy Construction Association at the Northview Golf & Country Club, Surrey, BC Tel:604-436-0220
May 9
CDBI Design-Build FundamentalsTutorial organized by Canadian Design-Build Institute at the Hilton Hotel, St. John, NB Tel:902-494-6079
May 13
ACI Ontario Chapter AGM/Golf Tournament organized by American Concrete Institute Ontario Chapter at the Glen Eagle Golf Course, Bolton, ON Tel:416-245-4720
May 15
18th Annual Spring Reception & Steel Design Awards organized by Canadian Institute of Steel Construction Ontario Regional Committee at the Toronto Congress Centre, Toronto, ON Tel:416-491-4552
May 15
2008 BC Awards for Excellence in Concrete Construction (the CONNIEs) organized by BC Ready-Mixed Concrete Association at the Marriott Pinnacle Hotel, Vancouver, BC Tel:604-626-4141
May 18 - 21
World Congress of Industrial Biotechnology 2008, China organized by BITlifesciences, Inc at the Hangzhou, China, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Tel:0086-411-84799609
May 21
CEA 30th AGM and Luncheon organized by Consulting Engineers of Alberta at the Sutton Place Hotel, Edmonton, AB Tel:780-421-1852
May 21
"I'll Google That", Editing and Diluting Trade-Mark Rights organized by Canadian Society for Marketing Professional Services at the Metropolitan Hotel, Vancouver, BC Tel:604 818 6614 Email:csmps@shaw.ca
May 25 - 28
37th Annual WEAO Technical Symposium & OPCEA Exhibition organized by Water Environment Association of Ontario at the Blue Mountain Resorts, Collingwood, ON Tel:416-410-6933 Email:weao@weao.org
May 28 - 31
CSC Conference 2008 - Designing for Disaster organized by Construction Specifications Canada at the Marriott Halifax Harbourfront Hotel, Halifax, NS Tel:1-888-494-9350
June 4 - 8
CISC Annual Convention organized by Canadian Institute of Steel Construction at the St. Andrews By The Sea, Saint Andrews, NB Tel:416-491-4552
June 4 - 5
A.O.R.S. Municipal Trade Show organized by Association of Ontario Road Supervisors at the Walkerton Community Centre, Walkerton, ON Tel:519-461-1271
June 4 - 6
IABSE Conference organized by International Association for Bridge & Structural Engineering Helsinki, Finland Tel:+41-44-633-3150
June 4
Multimodal 2008 Conference:The Gateway to Opportunity organized by Feltmate Delibato Heagle LLP at the Liuna Station, Hamilton, ON Tel:905-513-7300 Email:cneufeld@fdhlawyers.com
