Resource Archives - constructconnect.com Canada's construction news Thu, 12 Dec 2024 14:02:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.3 https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2021/10/cropped-favicon-32x32-1-32x32.png Resource Archives - constructconnect.com 32 32 History made: Ontario expands procurement target for electricity needs /dcn/news/resource/2024/12/history-made-ontario-expands-procurement-target-for-electricity-needs /dcn/news/resource/2024/12/history-made-ontario-expands-procurement-target-for-electricity-needs#respond Thu, 12 Dec 2024 13:58:39 +0000 /?p=416445 TORONTO – The Ontario government has made the decision to expand the largest competitive energy procurement in the province’s history by 50 per cent to meet soaring energy demand. The procurement has increased from 5,000 megawatts (MW) to up to 7,500 MW to ensure Ontario has the reliable and affordable electricity, a release reads. Since […]

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]]> /dcn/news/resource/2024/12/history-made-ontario-expands-procurement-target-for-electricity-needs/feed 0 Reducing urban heating and lifetime GHGs with concrete roads /dcn/news/resource/2024/12/reducing-urban-heating-and-lifetime-ghgs-with-concrete-roads /dcn/news/resource/2024/12/reducing-urban-heating-and-lifetime-ghgs-with-concrete-roads#respond Wed, 11 Dec 2024 09:15:54 +0000 /?p=416302 “By mid-century, two out of every three persons on the planet will be living in urban areas. These growing urban populations face two simultaneous climate challenges; extreme heat events attributed to Urban Heat Island (UHI) effects, and Global Climate Change (GCC).” These projections come from a 2021 study co-authored by MIT researchers Hessam AzariJafari, Randolph […]

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]]> /dcn/news/resource/2024/12/reducing-urban-heating-and-lifetime-ghgs-with-concrete-roads/feed 0 First Nations want Impact Assessment Act review for Pathways Alliance project /joc/news/resource/2024/12/first-nations-want-impact-assessment-act-review-for-pathways-alliance-project /joc/news/resource/2024/12/first-nations-want-impact-assessment-act-review-for-pathways-alliance-project#respond Thu, 05 Dec 2024 14:53:24 +0000 /?p=415822 CALGARY — Eight First Nations in Alberta are asking that the $16.5-billion carbon capture and storage project proposed by a consortium of oilsands companies be reviewed under the federal Impact Assessment Act. The Beaver Lake Cree Nation, Cold Lake First Nations, Frog Lake First Nations, Heart Lake First Nation, Kehewin Cree Nation, Onion Lake Cree […]

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]]> /joc/news/resource/2024/12/first-nations-want-impact-assessment-act-review-for-pathways-alliance-project/feed 0 N.S. regulator greenlights 2.4% power rate hike; would be higher without bailout /dcn/news/resource/2024/12/n-s-regulator-greenlights-2-4-power-rate-hike-would-be-higher-without-bailout /dcn/news/resource/2024/12/n-s-regulator-greenlights-2-4-power-rate-hike-would-be-higher-without-bailout#respond Wed, 04 Dec 2024 11:00:21 +0000 /?p=415630 HALIFAX — A Nova Scotia regulator has approved a 2.4 per cent power rate hike for 2025 to help the province’s utility compensate for delays in Muskrat Falls electricity. But that figure for residential customers would have been far higher without a federal bailout. Because of the delays, Nova Scotia Power had to purchase fuel […]

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]]> /dcn/news/resource/2024/12/n-s-regulator-greenlights-2-4-power-rate-hike-would-be-higher-without-bailout/feed 0 As N.L. firm pivots, scientists say Canada’s green hydrogen dreams are far-fetched /dcn/news/resource/2024/12/as-n-l-firm-pivots-scientists-say-canadas-green-hydrogen-dreams-are-far-fetched /dcn/news/resource/2024/12/as-n-l-firm-pivots-scientists-say-canadas-green-hydrogen-dreams-are-far-fetched#respond Tue, 03 Dec 2024 11:00:28 +0000 /?p=415495 ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — A Newfoundland energy company’s embrace of data centres is raising doubts about eastern Canadian hopes of harnessing the region’s howling winds to supply Germany with power from green hydrogen. Chemical engineer Paul Martin said the notion that “rich Germans” will pay for hydrogen energy made from Atlantic Canadian wind farms and […]

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]]> /dcn/news/resource/2024/12/as-n-l-firm-pivots-scientists-say-canadas-green-hydrogen-dreams-are-far-fetched/feed 0 Northern Ontario site selected for nuclear waste underground repository /dcn/news/resource/2024/11/northern-ontario-site-selected-for-nuclear-waste-underground-repository /dcn/news/resource/2024/11/northern-ontario-site-selected-for-nuclear-waste-underground-repository#respond Fri, 29 Nov 2024 11:05:26 +0000 /?p=415304 TORONTO — A region in northern Ontario was chosen Thursday as the site to hold Canada’s nuclear waste in a deep geological repository, a critical milestone in a $26-billion, decades-long project to bury millions of used fuel bundles underground. The Nuclear Waste Management Organization, a non-profit body funded by the corporations that generate nuclear power […]

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]]> /dcn/news/resource/2024/11/northern-ontario-site-selected-for-nuclear-waste-underground-repository/feed 0 First Nation goes to court, accusing B.C. of not consulting over major gold mine /joc/news/resource/2024/11/first-nation-goes-to-court-accusing-b-c-of-not-consulting-over-major-gold-mine /joc/news/resource/2024/11/first-nation-goes-to-court-accusing-b-c-of-not-consulting-over-major-gold-mine#respond Wed, 27 Nov 2024 12:10:25 +0000 /?p=415034 VICTORIA — A First Nation says it wasn’t meaningfully consulted before the British Columbia government “effectively greenlit” what has been called the world’s largest undeveloped gold mining project. But Seabridge Gold, the company behind the KSM Mine Project in Northwestern B.C., says the Tsetsaut Skii km Lax Ha Nation declined repeated invitations to participate in […]

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]]> /joc/news/resource/2024/11/first-nation-goes-to-court-accusing-b-c-of-not-consulting-over-major-gold-mine/feed 0 Alberta aiming to create test site to support new drilling technologies /joc/news/resource/2024/11/alberta-aiming-to-create-test-site-to-support-new-drilling-technologies /joc/news/resource/2024/11/alberta-aiming-to-create-test-site-to-support-new-drilling-technologies#respond Wed, 27 Nov 2024 12:05:21 +0000 /?p=415031 LEDUC COUNTY, ALTA. — Alberta’s government says it will invest up to $50 million to support the creation of a first-in-Canada drilling test site to support technology development in the oil, gas, geothermal and lithium industries. The Alberta Drilling Accelerator is intended to be an open-access, industry-led site where companies can test drilling technologies at […]

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]]> /joc/news/resource/2024/11/alberta-aiming-to-create-test-site-to-support-new-drilling-technologies/feed 0 TC Energy CEO sees opportunity in Trump win with refocus on natural gas /dcn/news/resource/2024/11/tc-energy-ceo-sees-opportunity-in-trump-win-with-refocus-on-natural-gas /dcn/news/resource/2024/11/tc-energy-ceo-sees-opportunity-in-trump-win-with-refocus-on-natural-gas#respond Mon, 25 Nov 2024 09:10:34 +0000 /?p=414806 CALGARY — Donald Trump’s return to the White House is good news for Canada’s energy sector and an opportunity for TC Energy Corp., the CEO of the Calgary-based pipeline company said recently. François Poirier made the comments in a phone interview following TC Energy’s investor day presentation in Toronto. He said the former U.S. president’s […]

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]]> /dcn/news/resource/2024/11/tc-energy-ceo-sees-opportunity-in-trump-win-with-refocus-on-natural-gas/feed 0 Cariboo Gold Mine in Wells, B.C., gets approval, but a First Nation is opposed /joc/news/resource/2024/11/cariboo-gold-mine-in-wells-b-c-gets-approval-but-a-first-nation-is-opposed /joc/news/resource/2024/11/cariboo-gold-mine-in-wells-b-c-gets-approval-but-a-first-nation-is-opposed#respond Fri, 22 Nov 2024 12:05:14 +0000 /?p=414662 VICTORIA — An operating permit has been granted for the Cariboo Gold Mine in central British Columbia, a project that’s expected to process 1.1 million tonnes of gold-bearing ore a year but is still opposed by a First Nation.  The B.C. government says in a news release that Barkerville Gold Mines, owned by Osisko Development […]

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]]> /joc/news/resource/2024/11/cariboo-gold-mine-in-wells-b-c-gets-approval-but-a-first-nation-is-opposed/feed 0 AtkinsRéalis wins contract to build two new Candu reactors in Romania /dcn/news/economic/2024/11/atkinsrealis-wins-contract-to-build-two-new-candu-reactors-in-romania /dcn/news/economic/2024/11/atkinsrealis-wins-contract-to-build-two-new-candu-reactors-in-romania#respond Thu, 21 Nov 2024 11:00:49 +0000 /?p=414408 MONTREAL — AtkinsRéalis Group Inc. has announced a deal to build two new Candu nuclear reactors in Romania. The company says the new reactors will be the first new Candu reactors to be built since 2007. They will be constructed at the Cernavoda nuclear generating station, which is already home to two Candu reactors. Candu […]

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]]> /dcn/news/economic/2024/11/atkinsrealis-wins-contract-to-build-two-new-candu-reactors-in-romania/feed 0 Sizzling concrete roads buckling in heat waves /dcn/news/infrastructure/2024/11/sizzling-concrete-roads-buckling-in-heat-waves /dcn/news/infrastructure/2024/11/sizzling-concrete-roads-buckling-in-heat-waves#respond Wed, 20 Nov 2024 12:00:24 +0000 /?p=414311 Concrete roads and sidewalks are buckling across Canada in heat waves creating yet another climate change challenge for infrastructure design.  It is a challenge the U.S. and other hot climates have tackled for years as temperatures spike. “It is not just roads,” said Stephen Muench, professor of civil engineering at the University of Washington in […]

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