Heavy spring runoff dumped 700,000 cubic metres of excess water into its tailings pond, prompting a temporary halt to mill operations. Additional pumping power has been brought in to transfer the water over to a water management pond. The company said it’s working with government regulators to expedite the process. The open-pit... read more →

Along with Aecon, the build team includes Parsons Inc. and Amico Design Build Inc. Under the design-build-finance (DBF) contract, Parsons, Hatch and EXP are responsible for design, while National Bank will take on the financing. Construction on the 18-kilometre widening project is scheduled to begin toward the end of this year.... read more →

David Ho, executive vice-president of procurement and program management at IO and IO’s president and CEO Ehren Cory discussed the changes at a talk billed Innovating the Infrastructure Ontario P3 Model. The event was hosted by the Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships (CCPPP) in Toronto on April 25. The new measures... read more →

Winter and spring drilling on a northwestern Ontario base metals property has produced some high-grade results for an area mining company. In an April 29 news release, North American Palladium (NAP) said the outcome of its exploration program shows “extensive” platinum group metals (PGM) mineralization on the Sunday Lake property, 25... read more →

Bergkamp has upgraded the hose system on its FP5 pothole patcher in a move it says keeps the hose cleaner and the job site safer. The Pivot Tack/Air Hose System has a pivoting arm that holds the tack hose off of the ground, parallel to the hopper. It is locked in... read more →

Prior to the amendments, the city’s noise bylaw included a blanket exemption for continuous concrete pouring and large crane work. However, the amendments considered at the April 16 meeting proposed to remove that exemption and restrict builders from performing that work before 7 a.m. and after 7 p.m. on weekdays. The... read more →

A highway widening project in Metro Vancouver will soon get off the ground with $235.5 million in joint funding from Ottawa, British Columbia and the Township of Langley. François-Philippe Champagne the federal minister of Infrastructure and Communities, B.C.’s Premier John Horgan and Langley Mayor Jack Froese were in the West Coast... read more →

Undertaken by Brampton-based Metric Contracting Services, the $1.45-million project encompasses the excavation/construction of two rain gardens comprised of shallow above-grade dry ponds, each with large below-grade stormwater storage basins. The larger pond is equipped with a 4,300-square-metre (46,284 square-feet) basin and the second basin is 1,200 square metres (12,916 square... read more →