A real estate development firm with several completed projects under its belt and a couple more in progress is setting its sights higher. Brivia Group announced plans May 30 for a 61-storey tower near Phillips Square in downtown Montreal. If completed today, the 220-metre building would be the tallest residential tower... read more →
May
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May
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North American Palladium keeps finding more fertile ground for base metals. The northwestern Ontario miner announced it’s boosting the exploration and drilling budget by $5.7 million due to the increasing number of underground targets being identified. Last February, the company initially said it was setting aside $16 million for exploration expenses... read more →
May
30
Scheduled to open later this month, a new retail and office building in downtown Des Moines, Iowa, will not only be the first mass timber building in the city but will be the first multi-story office building in the U.S. constructed with dowel-laminated timber, the Des Moines Register reported. The unique, all-wood... read more →
May
30
The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) recently released the 2019 Health and Safety Index which indicates Ontario’s workplaces are 1.9 per cent safer than last year, including construction which had the second highest score and was the only sector that saw a year-over-year increase two years in a row. The... read more →
May
30
1959- After 5 years of construction, the Auckland Harbour Bridge, an 8-lane steel bridge in New Zealand, opens.
May
30
Alamos Gold has been given the go-ahead by the province to expand production at its Island Gold Mine in northwestern Ontario. The Toronto mid-tier miner reported it has been granted an amendment to its operating permits by the Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks to allow underground mining and milling to increase... read more →
May
29
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) has approved plans for Elon Musk’s The Boring Co. to build an underground transit system. According to an article in Curbed, the system would run less than one mile near the north end of The Strip. The project, called the “LVCC Loop,” will... read more →
May
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Twenty young people took the first step towards what could be decades-long employment when they started a pre-apprenticeship trades program recently at Georgian College’s Owen Sound, Ont. campus. “We recognize that there will be a need (for trades) over the next 20 or so years (at Bruce Power’s refurbishment),” says Lise... read more →
May
29
A junior mining company and a northwestern Ontario First Nation community want to explore opportunities in the carbon offset market. AurCrest Gold and Lac Seul First Nation have hooked up with an environmental advisory firm to evaluate the hidden value in the community’s traditional lands and whether the forests can be... read more →
May
28
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has approvedconstruction of a fourth liquefaction train at Freeport LNG's $14 billionLNG export terminal in Freeport, Texas. Freeport LNG filed its FERC application in June 2017. The liquefaction unit, which is expected to become operational in 2023, will be similar to three others in various... read more →