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April 28, 2008

Rebar fall won’t delay Pitt River bridge job

Workers building the new Pitt River Bridge are assessing the damage and developing a plan for repairing the structure after a rebar column toppled.

April 23, 2008

Vanbots dominates field at McMaster University’s Joyce stadium

Vanbots Construction Corp. plans to complete the $25-million Ronald V. Joyce Stadium in time for McMaster University’s opening football game, to be held May 10, 2008.

April 17, 2008

Modular design speeds London Aviation Centre hangar project

Scott DesignBuild Ltd is building the new London Aviation Centre at YVR South Terminal for London Air Services. The hangar’s unique modular steel system comes from Garco Building Systems in Spokane, Washington.

April 7, 2008

Pacific Coast Steel acquires Century Steel

Gerdau Ameristeel Corp. has announced that one of its majority-owned joint ventures, Pacific Coast Steel (PCS), has acquired all the assets of Century Steel, Inc. (CSI), a reinforcing and structural steel contractor specializing in the fabrication and installation of structural steel and reinforcing steel products, for approximately US$152 million.

March 25, 2008

National Transportation Safety Board releases update on Interstate 35W bridge-collapse investigation

More than half the weight on the main river span of the Interstate 35W bridge was concentrated on a narrow, 115-foot stretch of roadway that straddled the point where the Aug. 1 collapse began, according to documents released by federal investigators.

March 18, 2008

Russian steelmaker Evraz announces purchase of Canada’s IPSCO Inc.

The purchase is the latest move in Evraz’s strategy to consolidate a strong base in North America for downstream steel products, such as steel plates and tubes, the Russian firm said in a statement.

March 11, 2008

Boston crews reinforce Longfellow Bridge’s deteriorating beams

The Red Line thunders overhead as construction workers perched on a platform repair the gritty underbelly of the Longfellow Bridge, using bolts and clamps, cutting torches, and steel to patch the worn bridge piece by piece.

February 29, 2008

Steel for Freedom Tower’s columns travels thousands of miles to New York

Jumbo steel columns are forming the skeleton of the 1,776-foot Freedom Tower, designed just after the 2001 attacks to replace the destroyed World Trade Center. Each column makes a 4,700-mile journey, taking weeks or even months to arrive at Ground Zero.

February 22, 2008

Structal scores with soccer stadium steel deal in New Jersey

Structal-Heavy Steel Construction of Point of Rocks, Md., a business unit of Canam Group Inc., has secured a contract from Hunter Roberts Construction Group, LLC for the design-assist, fabrication and erection of Red Bull Park, the new home of the New York Red Bulls of Major League Soccer.

February 20, 2008

EllisDon stays sharp at Maple Leaf Culinary Centre

Design-build contractor EllisDon Corp. started work on the Maple Leaf Culinary Centre in Mississauga, Ontario in September 2007.

January 25, 2008

New material technology restores a historic look at Brantford church.

St. Andrew’s United Church in Brantford, Ontario used light gauge steel construction to salvage historic period detail while adapting the building’s interior for the 21st century.

January 25, 2008

Building to resist the risks of a seismic event in Canada

The latest seismic information from the Geological Survey of Canada formed the basis for earthquake-resistance standards in the most recent National Building Code update.

January 25, 2008

Steel answers needs of green roof project at Toronto youth shelter

Covenant House, Canada’s largest shelter for homeless youth, is developing a plan to realize its dream of constructing a roof-top garden or green roof at its McGill Street site in downtown Toronto.

January 25, 2008

Employees key to growth at Spencer Steel

A 45-year-old steel company offering miscellaneous products transformed itself into a structural steel provider to compete for larger construction jobs.