Marsha Smoke is coming north with a unique business proposition. The president of Moccasin Trails Engineered Road Access Matting Solutions has a keen interest in First Nation communities benefitting from development... read more →
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A long-awaited bill that sets out strict payment timelines for general contractors and subcontractors working on federal construction projects has been signed into law. Late last week, Governor General Julie Payette... read more →
While fully autonomous vehicles have been tested at oilsands operations and mining sites, they’re not yet commonplace on roadbuilding projects. Birch says autonomous vehicles will eventually be used on roadbuilding... read more →
First Mining Gold has commenced a third consecutive year of exploration drilling at its Goldlund Gold Project, 60 kilometres northeast of Dryden. The Vancouver junior miner is setting the stage for... read more →
Mammoet has announced the introduction of a crane concept that is derived from its successful fleet of Ring Cranes (MSG80 and range of PTC cranes): the MSG1000. The concept of... read more →
Just a few months after the federal government committed $2.9 million to construct a living memorial along Ontario’s Highway of Heroes, the project has received financial backing from the Volvo... read more →
GO Transit and Ontario Northland will partner for a second year to offer combined train-bus service north from the GTA, to Gravenhurst, Bracebridge, Huntsville and North Bay on Friday afternoons,... read more →
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is covering $170 million of the cost, and the state will pick up the balance. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo officially unveiled the design last month for the new... read more →
Senators passed Bill C-69, which overhauls the federal environmental assessment process for major construction projects, by a vote of 57-37. They also approved — just barely — Bill C-48, legislation barring... read more →
The Centre for Excellence in Mining Innovation (CEMI) has a new home. Formerly located in the Willet Green Miller Centre on the Sudbury campus of Laurentian University, the mining research... read more →