With high-capacity gantry cranes overhead, 65,000 sq. ft. of well-lit floor space and products at various stages of completion strung out along a tidy assembly line, PCL Constructors Inc.’s Agile operation in the Toronto suburbs looks more like it’s run by a manufacturer than by one of the country’s largest... read more →

Everybody needs a machinist vise, and there are plenty of shiny new ones you could buy. Fortunately, there are lots of good, American-made vises available at flea markets, on eBay, and at garage sales just waiting to be bought and restored READ HERE

A recent report from Statistics Canada confirms that 43 per cent of Alberta’s highways are in fair, poor or very poor condition. This means right now in our province there are more than 13,500 kilometers of roads requiring some rehabilitation or reconstruction READ HERE

Detour Gold has appointed Bill Williams as its interim CEO. Williams was appointed to the board of directors during the company’s special shareholder meeting on Dec. 13 when former interim CEO, Michael Kenyon, and more than half of its directors were ousted and replaced with new directors READ HERE

Last year you hopefully got a lot of use out of your workshop, but maybe you also developed a few bad habits. Here's a few things to keep in mind for the new year ahead and things that'll make your tool bench a more enjoyable place to work READ HERE

Scaled Robotics, a Barcelona, Spain-based startup, has developed robotic technology to track onsite progress and check for health and safety standards. According to Bim+, the four-wheeled robot is able to maneuver autonomously around a building site, and capture 3D survey scans and panoramic photos of ongoing construction READ HERE

Skyjack has introduced its Secondary Guarding Enable (SGLE) as an option for use on vertical mast, electric scissor, and rough-terrain scissor lifts. The company designed the system to reduce the risk of entrapment caused by inadvertent machine operation READ HERE

The US$6-billion merger of Barrick Gold and Randgold Resources is complete with trading starting on the new company’s shares in New York and Toronto Stock Exchanges. Executive Chairman John Thornton and president-CEO Mark Bristow participated in the opening bell at the NYSE on Jan.2. The new mining company will still operate... read more →

Construction of the largest gold mine in Yukon history has passed the halfway mark and, if all goes as planned as crews push through the cold northern winter, production of the first dore is expected in the second half of 2019 READ HERE