Special Feature
Roadbuilding & Heavy Equipment
Below are articles from the latest Roadbuilding and Heavy Equipment Special Feature, published February 2024 by the Journal of Commerce.
Feature Articles - Roadbuilding & Heavy Equipment
![Technology ‘obsessed’ All Roads Construction looking to bridge skills gap](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/02/4-Pavers-in-Echelon-2023-CoquitlamMainWEB-RHE-300x169.png)
Technology ‘obsessed’ All Roads Construction looking to bridge skills gap
All Roads Construction bills itself as a paving company that is obsessed with te...
Infrastructure , Technology
![Next-generation transportation: Making streets and roads ready](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/02/PC-MicromobilityMainWEB-RHE-300x169.png)
Next-generation transportation: Making streets and roads ready
Ready or not, here comes shared micromobility (SM) – shared, publicly available,...
Infrastructure
![Is Winnipeg’s Arlington Bridge doomed?](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/02/ArlingtonBridge2011MainWEB-RHE-300x169.png)
Is Winnipeg’s Arlington Bridge doomed?
The Arlington Bridge, which extends over Winnipeg’s sprawling Canadian Pacific R...
Infrastructure
![Former ORBA president Mario Villeneuve proud to represent Ontario’s north](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/02/PG-3-DO-ROADS-IMG_3236MainWEB-RHE-300x169.png)
Former ORBA president Mario Villeneuve proud to represent Ontario’s north
After passing on the presidency’s baton at the recent Ontario Road Builders’ Ass...
Associations
![Paving pitfalls: Roadway asphalt mixes need to be reviewed to pace climate change](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/02/JS-asphalt-and-climate-changeMainWEB-RHE-300x169.png)
Paving pitfalls: Roadway asphalt mixes need to be reviewed to pace climate change
Governments at all levels engaged in roadbuilding need to review the asphalt mix...
Infrastructure , Resource
![Teston Road expansion more than a simple road widening](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/02/After_Girders-and-side-of-bridge_Purpleville-Creek-2MainWEB-RHE-300x169.png)
Teston Road expansion more than a simple road widening
With a population now well in excess of one million, York Region is experiencing...
Infrastructure
![Recent innovations right up the alley of roadbuilding and heavy equipment conference](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/02/PC-volvo-EC230_ElectricMainWEB-RBF-01-300x169.png)
Recent innovations right up the alley of roadbuilding and heavy equipment conference
The world is moving toward a more environmentally conscious, sustainable future...
Technology
![Modified spider provides steep-slope solution for roadbuilding](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/02/SpiderPhoto-No1MainWEB-RBF-01-300x169.png)
Modified spider provides steep-slope solution for roadbuilding
When the rebuild of Quesnel’s West Fraser Road washout completes in fall 2023, p...
Infrastructure , Technology
![Drone info turning construction civil dirt works to pay dirt](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/02/JS_DroneDirtDataMainWEB-RBF-01-300x169.png)
Drone info turning construction civil dirt works to pay dirt
The use of drone-collected data is evolving deeper into jobsite planning, turnin...
Technology
![Silica control tool strengthened for roadbuilding users](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/02/Dawson-PhotoMainWEB-RBF-01-300x169.png)
Silica control tool strengthened for roadbuilding users
Strides have been made over the past several years to strengthen the BC Construc...
Associations , OH&S
![Roadbuilding Feature: 3D pavement milling gaining traction in Ontario](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/02/DO_3D_PavementMainWeb-300x168.png)
Roadbuilding Feature: 3D pavement milling gaining traction in Ontario
Technology is making an entry into how existing roads are restored, particularly...
Infrastructure
![Roadbuilding Feature: The mystery of the heavy equipment tilting cab](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/02/IH_TiltCabMainWEB-RBF-01-300x169.png)
Roadbuilding Feature: The mystery of the heavy equipment tilting cab
When Waterloo’s Centre of Research Expertise for the Prevention of Musculoskelet...
Infrastructure
![Timing is everything: Constructing Ontario’s ice roads](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/02/TH-Photo2_MNDM_winter_roadMainWEB-RB-01-300x169.png)
Timing is everything: Constructing Ontario’s ice roads
Each year in Ontario’s Far North communities construction crews swing into actio...
Infrastructure
![Road building education across Canada is as diverse as the country](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/02/PC_LaurieTherrien2MainWEB-01-300x169.png)
Road building education across Canada is as diverse as the country
The truckers’ blockades have shown that Canada’s network of highways and bridges...
Labour
![Ontario’s first diverging diamond interchange taking shape](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/02/DO_DiamondMainWEB-01-300x169.png)
Ontario’s first diverging diamond interchange taking shape
The $58-million design build of Ontario’s first diverging diamond interchange ha...
Infrastructure , Projects
![Kicking Horse crews buck terrain to widen east lane in $601 million upgrade](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/02/JS_KickingHorseMainWEB-01-300x169.png)
Kicking Horse crews buck terrain to widen east lane in $601 million upgrade
The Kicking Horse Canyon's final phase of 4.8 kilometres of Trans-Canada Highway...
Infrastructure , Projects
![What’s in your blindspot? Public heavy truck awareness campaign rolls out](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/02/DO_BlindspotMainWEB-01-300x169.png)
What’s in your blindspot? Public heavy truck awareness campaign rolls out
As anyone in the construction knows, driving a multi-tonne construction or other...
Associations , Infrastructure , OH&S
![Hwy. 14 upgrades on Vancouver Island hitting benchmarks](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/02/SM_Hwy14MainWEB-01-300x169.png)
Hwy. 14 upgrades on Vancouver Island hitting benchmarks
On time and on budget - how often does one hear this phrase in construction? Wel...
Government , Infrastructure , Projects
![Toronto ‘construction hub’ pilot improves roadbuilding site safety](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/02/DO_ConstructionHUBMainWEB-01-300x169.png)
Toronto ‘construction hub’ pilot improves roadbuilding site safety
A special ‘construction hub’ pilot project designed to increase safety and coord...
Infrastructure , OH&S , Projects
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![Ontario’s first diverging diamond interchange taking shape](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/02/DO_DiamondMainWEB-01-300x169.png)
Ontario’s first diverging diamond interchange taking shape
The $58-million design build of Ontario’s first diverging diamond interchange ha...
Infrastructure , Projects
![What’s in your blindspot? Public heavy truck awareness campaign rolls out](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/02/DO_BlindspotMainWEB-01-300x169.png)
What’s in your blindspot? Public heavy truck awareness campaign rolls out
As anyone in the construction knows, driving a multi-tonne construction or other...
Associations , Infrastructure , OH&S
![Hwy. 14 upgrades on Vancouver Island hitting benchmarks](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/02/SM_Hwy14MainWEB-01-300x169.png)
Hwy. 14 upgrades on Vancouver Island hitting benchmarks
On time and on budget - how often does one hear this phrase in construction? Wel...
Government , Infrastructure , Projects
![Road building education across Canada is as diverse as the country](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/02/PC_LaurieTherrien2MainWEB-01-300x169.png)
Road building education across Canada is as diverse as the country
The truckers’ blockades have shown that Canada’s network of highways and bridges...
Labour
![Kicking Horse crews buck terrain to widen east lane in $601 million upgrade](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/02/JS_KickingHorseMainWEB-01-300x169.png)
Kicking Horse crews buck terrain to widen east lane in $601 million upgrade
The Kicking Horse Canyon's final phase of 4.8 kilometres of Trans-Canada Highway...
Infrastructure , Projects
![Toronto ‘construction hub’ pilot improves roadbuilding site safety](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/02/DO_ConstructionHUBMainWEB-01-300x169.png)
Toronto ‘construction hub’ pilot improves roadbuilding site safety
A special ‘construction hub’ pilot project designed to increase safety and coord...
Infrastructure , OH&S , Projects
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![Skills training programs for youth: There is a cure for the summertime blues](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/06/PC-summer-camps-GETT-Group-RRC-PolytechMainWEB-AST-300x169.png)
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