JOC Archives - constructconnect.com Canada's construction news Thu, 12 Dec 2024 18:34:52 +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 JOC Archives - constructconnect.com 32 32 Built Green Canada awards third community certification with Canmore’s Spring Creek /joc/news/projects/2024/12/built-green-canada-awards-third-community-certification-with-canmores-spring-creek /joc/news/projects/2024/12/built-green-canada-awards-third-community-certification-with-canmores-spring-creek#respond Fri, 13 Dec 2024 12:10:45 +0000 /?p=416512 CANMORE, ALTA. — The Spring Creek community in Canmore, Alta. has earned Phase 2 BUILT GREEN® Community certification at the Platinum level. This is building upon its 2022 Phase 1 certification, which was also the first certification to come out of Built Green Canada’s Community pilot program, explains a release. The program targets performance on a […]

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]]> /joc/news/projects/2024/12/built-green-canada-awards-third-community-certification-with-canmores-spring-creek/feed 0 New North Vancouver elementary school taking shape in Cloverley /joc/news/infrastructure/2024/12/new-north-vancouver-elementary-school-taking-shape-in-cloverley /joc/news/infrastructure/2024/12/new-north-vancouver-elementary-school-taking-shape-in-cloverley#respond Fri, 13 Dec 2024 12:05:23 +0000 /?p=416501 NORTH VANCOUVER – Construction has started on a new elementary school in the Cloverley neighbourhood of North Vancouver. The Province of B.C. has provided $61 million for the 585-seat kindergarten to Grade 7 school, with the North Vancouver School District contributing $3 million and $3.5 million from the City of North Vancouver. The new school […]

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]]> /joc/news/infrastructure/2024/12/new-north-vancouver-elementary-school-taking-shape-in-cloverley/feed 0 Phase one of Marine Landing development complete /joc/news/projects/2024/12/phase-one-of-marine-landing-development-complete /joc/news/projects/2024/12/phase-one-of-marine-landing-development-complete#respond Fri, 13 Dec 2024 12:00:38 +0000 /?p=416487 VANCOUVER — Developers Wesbild and KingSett Capital have announced the completion of phase one of Marine Landing, which is being coined as Canada’s largest twin stacked industrial strata at Marine Drive and Manitoba in South Vancouver. The first of two, six-storey buildings is now complete, and 102 businesses will be taking possession starting this month, […]

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]]> /joc/news/projects/2024/12/phase-one-of-marine-landing-development-complete/feed 0 Making a $1B investment in the US? Trump pledges expedited permits /joc/news/usa/2024/12/making-a-1b-investment-in-the-us-trump-pledges-expedited-permits /joc/news/usa/2024/12/making-a-1b-investment-in-the-us-trump-pledges-expedited-permits#respond Fri, 13 Dec 2024 11:00:57 +0000 /?p=416467 WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump is promising expedited federal permits for energy projects and other construction worth more than $1 billion. But like other Trump plans, the idea is likely to run into regulatory and legislative hurdles, including a landmark law that requires federal agencies to consider the environmental impact before deciding on major projects. […]

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]]> /joc/news/usa/2024/12/making-a-1b-investment-in-the-us-trump-pledges-expedited-permits/feed 0 Canada preparing retaliatory tariffs, as Ford threatens to cut off energy to U.S. /joc/news/government/2024/12/canada-preparing-retaliatory-tariffs-as-ford-threatens-to-cut-off-energy-to-u-s /joc/news/government/2024/12/canada-preparing-retaliatory-tariffs-as-ford-threatens-to-cut-off-energy-to-u-s#respond Thu, 12 Dec 2024 14:10:43 +0000 /?p=416453 OTTAWA — Canada is preparing retaliatory tariffs in response to U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s threat to levy a 25 per cent import tax on all Canadian goods, and Ontario Premier Doug Ford threatened to withhold the province’s energy, which it exports to five states. “We’ll use every tool in our toolbox, including cutting them off,” […]

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]]> /joc/news/government/2024/12/canada-preparing-retaliatory-tariffs-as-ford-threatens-to-cut-off-energy-to-u-s/feed 0 Roadway infrastructure upgrades complete at iconic Lake Louise /joc/news/infrastructure/2024/12/roadway-infrastructure-upgrades-complete-at-iconic-lake-louise /joc/news/infrastructure/2024/12/roadway-infrastructure-upgrades-complete-at-iconic-lake-louise#respond Thu, 12 Dec 2024 12:05:35 +0000 /?p=416394 LAKE LOUISE, ALTA. — A $12 million road infrastructure project in the Lake Louise area is now complete, the federal government has announced. As a popular tourism destination, vehicle traffic has risen by roughly 70 per cent over the past 10 years, necessitating improvements to the roadway infrastructure. The project included roadway repairs and upgrades […]

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]]> /joc/news/infrastructure/2024/12/roadway-infrastructure-upgrades-complete-at-iconic-lake-louise/feed 0 Business Council report states B.C. faces ‘economic plateau’ as megaprojects wrap up /joc/news/economic/2024/12/business-council-report-states-b-c-faces-economic-plateau-as-megaprojects-wrap-up /joc/news/economic/2024/12/business-council-report-states-b-c-faces-economic-plateau-as-megaprojects-wrap-up#respond Thu, 12 Dec 2024 12:00:39 +0000 /?p=416392 VANCOUVER — The Business Council of British Columbia (BCBC) has released its last B.C. Economic Review and Outlook of the year, with the wrap up of several megaprojects taking centre stage. According to the report, while B.C.’s economy is “weak” by historical standards, it is still better then the rest of Canada in recent years, […]

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]]> /joc/news/economic/2024/12/business-council-report-states-b-c-faces-economic-plateau-as-megaprojects-wrap-up/feed 0 Trudeau says dealing with Trump will be ‘a little more challenging’ than last time /joc/news/government/2024/12/trudeau-says-dealing-with-trump-will-be-a-little-more-challenging-than-last-time /joc/news/government/2024/12/trudeau-says-dealing-with-trump-will-be-a-little-more-challenging-than-last-time#respond Thu, 12 Dec 2024 11:05:25 +0000 /?p=416382 OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said dealing with incoming president Donald Trump and his thundering on trade will be “a little more challenging” than the last time he was in the White House. Speaking at an event put on by the Halifax Chamber of Commerce, Trudeau said that’s because Trump’s team is coming in […]

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]]> /joc/news/government/2024/12/trudeau-says-dealing-with-trump-will-be-a-little-more-challenging-than-last-time/feed 0 Two contracts, one improvement, two acts, one single lien stream /joc/news/government/2024/12/two-contracts-one-improvement-two-acts-one-single-lien-stream /joc/news/government/2024/12/two-contracts-one-improvement-two-acts-one-single-lien-stream#respond Thu, 12 Dec 2024 09:10:19 +0000 /?p=416412 Five-and-a-half years after the Construction Act (OCA) passed into law and replaced the Ontario Construction Lien Act (CLA) there are still instances where contracts can overlap the two. A case in point is the dispute between Prasher Steel Ltd. and Pre-Eng Contracting Ltd. Back in 2011, Pre-Eng signed a contract with the York Region District […]

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]]> /joc/news/government/2024/12/two-contracts-one-improvement-two-acts-one-single-lien-stream/feed 0 ‘Are they going to walk away?’: Charges 10 years after B.C.’s Mount Polley disaster /joc/news/ohs/2024/12/are-they-going-to-walk-away-charges-10-years-after-b-c-s-mount-polley-disaster /joc/news/ohs/2024/12/are-they-going-to-walk-away-charges-10-years-after-b-c-s-mount-polley-disaster#respond Wed, 11 Dec 2024 13:47:48 +0000 /?p=416322 VICTORIA — Doug Watt won’t forget the sound of a tailings pond collapsing at the Mount Polley Mine more than 10 years ago, sending millions of cubic metres of waste into waterways in the British Columbia Interior. “I went outside, and you could hear the roar. It was like standing close to Niagara Falls,” the […]

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]]> /joc/news/ohs/2024/12/are-they-going-to-walk-away-charges-10-years-after-b-c-s-mount-polley-disaster/feed 0 Union in B.C. port dispute seeks judicial review of federal back-to-work order /joc/news/labour/2024/12/union-in-b-c-port-dispute-seeks-judicial-review-of-federal-back-to-work-order /joc/news/labour/2024/12/union-in-b-c-port-dispute-seeks-judicial-review-of-federal-back-to-work-order#respond Wed, 11 Dec 2024 13:41:01 +0000 /?p=416319 VANCOUVER — The union representing British Columbia port supervisors in a dispute with their employers has applied for a judicial review of federal Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon’s decision last month to order them back to work. In an application dated Dec. 3, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 514 says it is seeking to […]

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]]> /joc/news/labour/2024/12/union-in-b-c-port-dispute-seeks-judicial-review-of-federal-back-to-work-order/feed 0 One last chance: Calgarians can retrieve inscribed Olympic Plaza bricks before demo starts /joc/news/projects/2024/12/one-last-chance-calgarians-can-retrieve-inscribed-olympic-plaza-bricks-before-demo-starts /joc/news/projects/2024/12/one-last-chance-calgarians-can-retrieve-inscribed-olympic-plaza-bricks-before-demo-starts#respond Wed, 11 Dec 2024 12:10:50 +0000 /?p=416245 CALGARY – The City of Calgary, Calgary Municipal Land Corporation (CMLC) and Arts Commons are offering a final opportunity to commemorate the bricks in Olympic Plaza prior to construction and demolition starting in January 2025. Calgarians can register their interest in retrieving their brick at Calgary.ca/OlympicPlaza. It should be noted, this opportunity is only for original […]

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