Three H Furniture Systems is embarking on a $1.2-million project to add new machinery while it shifting equipment to expand capacity in its production space. “Our business is booming and we want to start a second shift,” said Three H Furniture president Roy Dittman. The company is looking to add five to... read more →
May
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May
03
Operating Engineers 324 (OE324) in Michigan announced this week that it has ratified a new five-year highway, bridge and airport agreement with the Michigan Union Contractors Group, a new association of Michigan road contractors that has taken over as negotiating partner with OE324. This new accord will bring an end... read more →
May
03
The provincial government priced the Prince Edward Home contract at $3 million. Kildare bid $ $2,388,818 and was awarded the contract at the end of March. Work has already started on the job, says P.E.I. director of public works and planning Alan Maynard, with the fencing being erected around the site... read more →
May
03
Some of the high-grade intersections include 118.8 grams per tonne (g/t) over a 2.0 metre core length at SMC, and 4,772 g/t over a 2.0-metre length from an identified zone, west of the current resource. A 1.8-metre section from another hole yielded 2,458.6 g/t in the lower complex and to... read more →
May
02
Genie has shared new resources that raise awareness about the safe use of MEWPs, in support of OSHA’s upcoming National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction (May 6-10). The new Genie “Safe Use Plan Guidance” whitepaper provides tips for creating a safe use plan when operating MEWPs. In the new... read more →
May
02
A coalition of construction associations led by the Toronto and Area Road Builders Association (TARBA) is taking phase two of its campaign on asphalt and aggregates recycling directly to Ontario municipal councillors this spring. Following on the heels of its Leader and Laggards initiative of last fall, that ranked municipalities based... read more →
May
02
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 →
May
01
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 →
May
01
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 →
May
01
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 →