Infrastructure Archives - constructconnect.com Canada's construction news Tue, 24 Dec 2024 05:20:43 +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 Infrastructure Archives - constructconnect.com 32 32 Major Manitoba bridge projects complete, province celebrates milestones /joc/news/infrastructure/2024/12/major-manitoba-bridge-projects-complete-province-celebrates-milestones /joc/news/infrastructure/2024/12/major-manitoba-bridge-projects-complete-province-celebrates-milestones#respond Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:10:10 +0000 /?p=418871 WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government is celebrating the completion of several bridge projects across the province. Through $171.9 million in funding repair work was carried out for the Daly Bridge in Brandon, the Trans-Canada Highway interchange in Portage la Prairie and the Burntwood River Bridge in Thompson. The reconstruction work included: Daly Overpass on Provincial […]

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]]> /joc/news/infrastructure/2024/12/major-manitoba-bridge-projects-complete-province-celebrates-milestones/feed 0 Cost of new rapid transit station divided between transit authority, developers /joc/news/infrastructure/2024/12/cost-of-new-rapid-transit-station-divided-between-transit-authority-developers /joc/news/infrastructure/2024/12/cost-of-new-rapid-transit-station-divided-between-transit-authority-developers#respond Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:05:13 +0000 /?p=418797 The cost of the new Capstan Skytrain rapid transit station in the Vancouver suburb of Richmond is being paid in part by residential developers. According to TransLink, Metro Vancouver’s transportation network, the construction of the station cost around $62 million. Of that amount, TransLink paid $30 million, and the rest was raised by the City […]

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]]> /joc/news/infrastructure/2024/12/cost-of-new-rapid-transit-station-divided-between-transit-authority-developers/feed 0 Industry Perspectives Op-Ed: Alberta’s most essential core service is crumbling /joc/news/infrastructure/2024/12/industry-perspectives-op-ed-albertas-most-essential-core-service-is-crumbling /joc/news/infrastructure/2024/12/industry-perspectives-op-ed-albertas-most-essential-core-service-is-crumbling#respond Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:00:54 +0000 /?p=418866 Across Canada, towns and cities desperately need more revenue to keep existing infrastructure running safely and smoothly. In Alberta, where the population expanded by 204,000 people in 2024, local mayors and reeves offer urgent warnings about the quality of life and economic impacts of failing to maintain our essential infrastructure. Without sustainable solutions, the outlook […]

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]]> /joc/news/infrastructure/2024/12/industry-perspectives-op-ed-albertas-most-essential-core-service-is-crumbling/feed 0 EllisDon civil team expands into Atlantic Canada with bridge project /dcn/news/infrastructure/2024/12/ellisdon-civil-team-expands-into-atlantic-canada-with-bridge-project /dcn/news/infrastructure/2024/12/ellisdon-civil-team-expands-into-atlantic-canada-with-bridge-project#respond Tue, 24 Dec 2024 11:05:17 +0000 /?p=418755 HALIFAX — The EllisDon Civil East team has expanded civil construction operations into Atlantic Canada after winning the Musquodoboit Harbour Bridge Replacement Project contract. This is the first major heavy civil project for EllisDon in the region, states a release from the company. “I’m very proud of the Atlantic and Civil East teams whose collaboration […]

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]]> /dcn/news/infrastructure/2024/12/ellisdon-civil-team-expands-into-atlantic-canada-with-bridge-project/feed 0 Chatham-Kent pediatric centre designed for unique local needs /dcn/news/infrastructure/2024/12/chatham-kent-pediatric-centre-designed-for-unique-local-needs /dcn/news/infrastructure/2024/12/chatham-kent-pediatric-centre-designed-for-unique-local-needs#respond Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:09:20 +0000 /?p=418711 The citizens of Chatham-Kent were recently given the opportunity to demonstrate the depth of their compassion for vulnerable young people in their community, when the call went out for input into the design of a new 50,000-square-foot Children’s Treatment Centre. After unusually intense pre-design and user-group sessions, designers Montgomery Sisam Architects (MSA) came to grasp […]

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]]> /dcn/news/infrastructure/2024/12/chatham-kent-pediatric-centre-designed-for-unique-local-needs/feed 0 RFP closed for QEW Garden City Skyway – Bridge Twinning project /dcn/news/infrastructure/2024/12/rfp-closed-for-qew-garden-city-skyway-bridge-twinning-project /dcn/news/infrastructure/2024/12/rfp-closed-for-qew-garden-city-skyway-bridge-twinning-project#respond Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:54:44 +0000 /?p=418670 NIAGARA, ONT. — Infrastructure Ontario has announced the Requests for Proposals (RFP) stage has closed for teams to submit bids for the QEW Garden City Skyway – Bridge Twinning project in the Regional Municipality of Niagara. The project includes a new 2.2-kilometre twin bridge which will be built north of the existing bridge across the […]

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]]> /dcn/news/infrastructure/2024/12/rfp-closed-for-qew-garden-city-skyway-bridge-twinning-project/feed 0 Panel chair selected for Bearspaw feeder main break review /joc/news/infrastructure/2024/12/panel-chair-selected-for-bearspaw-feeder-main-break-review /joc/news/infrastructure/2024/12/panel-chair-selected-for-bearspaw-feeder-main-break-review#respond Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:05:15 +0000 /?p=418059 CALGARY — The City of Calgary has announced the selection of Siegfried Kiefer as chair of the independent review panel for the Bearspaw South feeder main break. The massive feeder main break occurred in June, leading to months of water restrictions and other onerous measures. News of this appointment followed the Dec. 11 release of […]

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]]> /joc/news/infrastructure/2024/12/panel-chair-selected-for-bearspaw-feeder-main-break-review/feed 0 Six contractors to bid on Saskatoon City Centre School Project /joc/news/infrastructure/2024/12/six-contractors-to-bid-on-saskatoon-city-centre-school-project /joc/news/infrastructure/2024/12/six-contractors-to-bid-on-saskatoon-city-centre-school-project#respond Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:00:18 +0000 /?p=418052 SASKATOON, SASK. — Six construction contractors have been shortlisted to submit bids for the construction of a new Saskatoon City Centre School. They are as follows: Graham Construction PCL Construction Quorex Construction VCM Construction Westridge Construction Wright Construction The new school, which is being funded by the Government of Saskatchewan, will bring together students from […]

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]]> /joc/news/infrastructure/2024/12/six-contractors-to-bid-on-saskatoon-city-centre-school-project/feed 0 St. Lawrence Seaway announces massive supply chain infrastructure investment /dcn/news/infrastructure/2024/12/st-lawrence-seaway-announces-massive-supply-chain-infrastructure-investment /dcn/news/infrastructure/2024/12/st-lawrence-seaway-announces-massive-supply-chain-infrastructure-investment#respond Mon, 23 Dec 2024 09:00:50 +0000 /?p=418095 Over the next three years, the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLSMC) will invest over $350 million in infrastructure upgrades between Montreal and Niagara. Spanning from April 1 to March 31, 2027, the investments, which are part of the SLSMC’s annual maintenance and renewal plan, include more than $170 million in the Montreal to Lake […]

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]]> /dcn/news/infrastructure/2024/12/st-lawrence-seaway-announces-massive-supply-chain-infrastructure-investment/feed 0 Alberta government’s Green Line report raises feasibility questions: Gondek /joc/news/infrastructure/2024/12/alberta-governments-green-line-report-raises-feasibility-questions-gondek /joc/news/infrastructure/2024/12/alberta-governments-green-line-report-raises-feasibility-questions-gondek#respond Fri, 20 Dec 2024 14:23:01 +0000 /?p=417955 CALGARY — A report on the Alberta government’s proposed alignment for Calgary’s Green Line light-rail transit project raises questions about the feasibility of an above-ground track, says Mayor Jyoti Gondek. The government-commissioned report, partially released Wednesday after initially being kept confidential by Transportation Minister Devin Dreeshen over concerns about bidding integrity, says noise concerns, ease […]

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]]> /joc/news/infrastructure/2024/12/alberta-governments-green-line-report-raises-feasibility-questions-gondek/feed 0 Hydro One given the greenlight for new Timmins transmission line /dcn/news/infrastructure/2024/12/hydro-one-given-the-greenlight-for-new-timmins-transmission-line /dcn/news/infrastructure/2024/12/hydro-one-given-the-greenlight-for-new-timmins-transmission-line#respond Fri, 20 Dec 2024 11:05:43 +0000 /?p=417760 TIMMINS, ONT. — The Ontario government has given the go-ahead to Hydro One to seek all necessary approvals and build a new transmission line in the City of Timmins. Scheduled to come into service in 2023, the new 500-kilovolt line will run approximately 260 kilometres from the Wawa Transformer Station to the Porcupine Transformer Station, […]

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]]> /dcn/news/infrastructure/2024/12/hydro-one-given-the-greenlight-for-new-timmins-transmission-line/feed 0 Dams across Ontario slated for rehabilitation thanks to $75M in funding /dcn/news/infrastructure/2024/12/dams-across-ontario-slated-for-rehabilitation-thanks-to-75m-in-funding /dcn/news/infrastructure/2024/12/dams-across-ontario-slated-for-rehabilitation-thanks-to-75m-in-funding#respond Fri, 20 Dec 2024 11:00:27 +0000 /?p=417757 BAYSVILLE, ONT. — The Ontario government is investing over $75 million to rehabilitate 10 dams across the province. The construction projects will take place over the next four years and are intended to extend the life of each dam to ensure they continue to meet provincial standards for decades to come.  According to the province, rehabilitation could extend […]

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