A project by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) to overhaul two mental health facilitates in downtown Toronto has received a leg up from the province. Premier Doug Ford confirmed $633 million in funding Jan. 30 towards the redevelopment of the facilities located at Queen Street West and Ossington... read more →
Feb
09
Feb
08
One of the two candidates to replace the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter has started ground tests. The SB-1 Defiant (styled as SB>1) uses unique rotor layout rather than conventional helicopters, giving it the speed to deliver troops and equipment more quickly on the battlefield READ HERE
Feb
08
BuildForce Canada projects that Ontario’s construction employment will thrive in the years ahead and it will be challenging to replace retiring workers. The organization says in its 2019–2028 Construction and Maintenance Looking Forward national report that Ontario, “led by the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), is expected to remain one of the hottest... read more →
Feb
08
The plant is 44 metres high. That is equivalent to a 14-storey building. The facility in Sackville, a town of 6,000 residents, is unusual for more than its height. It sets “a number of firsts” for a cold storage plant, including its design and automation features, says David Ernst, of... read more →
Feb
07
In the U.S., there are 51 metropolitan statistics areas with populations of 1 million or more each. The 2017 and 2018 values of construction ‘starts’ in those 51 cities are set out in accompanying READ HERE
Feb
07
Manuel Vasquez Flores won the 2019 Wacker Neuson Trowel Challenge held during World of Concrete. Over 100 operators from around the world competed for the fastest time as they manoeuvred through turns of a 1,750-square-foot course. Vasquez, from ACE Avant in Archdale, North Carolina, won a Wacker Neuson 8-foot CRT48-37V... read more →
Feb
07
2004- the Tiger Sky Tower, the highest observation tower in Singapore, opens.
Feb
07
Fortune Minerals recently announced it has signed a community benefits agreement (CBA) with the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) in relation to the development of the proposed NICO Cobalt-Gold-Bismuth-Copper Project READ HERE
Feb
06
Export Development Canada’s (EDC) new climate-change policy means the agency that helps Canadian companies with capital to expand their businesses internationally will no longer provide any funding for anything to do with thermal coal, such as supplying equipment to coal-fired power plants or coal mines READ HERE
Feb
06
The Ontario government is taking submissions from individuals and companies worldwide who want to redevelop Ontario Place, once a hub of family fun and activity on the city’s lake shore. Infrastructure Ontario (IO) is working with the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport (MTCS) on the future redevelopment of Ontario... read more →