JOC Archives - constructconnect.com Canada's construction news Fri, 05 Jul 2024 21:49:30 +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 Vancouver mayor announces Kits Pool reopening /joc/news/government/2024/07/vancouver-mayor-announces-kits-pool-reopening /joc/news/government/2024/07/vancouver-mayor-announces-kits-pool-reopening#respond Fri, 05 Jul 2024 21:47:39 +0000 /?p=369545 VANCOUVER – Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim announced July 5 Kitsilano Pool will reopen on Aug. 7 barring unforeseen challenges. The pool, a popular and long-standing summer destination in Vancouver’s Kitsilano neighbourhood, was renovated in 2018 but was closed last year due to ongoing leaks that posed health and safety risks, a City of Vancouver release […]

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]]> /joc/news/government/2024/07/vancouver-mayor-announces-kits-pool-reopening/feed 0 Concrete strike averted, Teamsters Local 213 says /joc/news/labour/2024/07/concrete-strike-averted-teamsters-local-213-says /joc/news/labour/2024/07/concrete-strike-averted-teamsters-local-213-says#respond Fri, 05 Jul 2024 17:28:36 +0000 /?p=369486 VANCOUVER – A possible concrete strike has been averted for now, according to a Vancouver union. Teamsters Local 213 issued a 72-hour strike notice on July 2 to Heidelberg Materials but posted on its Twitter/X account the morning of July 5 that a tentative agreement between the parties has been reached. “During a late-night bargaining […]

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]]> /joc/news/labour/2024/07/concrete-strike-averted-teamsters-local-213-says/feed 0 B.C. NDP ministers Bains, Ralston and Fleming won’t seek re-election in Oct. 19 vote /joc/news/government/2024/07/b-c-ndp-ministers-bains-ralston-and-fleming-wont-seek-re-election-in-oct-19-vote /joc/news/government/2024/07/b-c-ndp-ministers-bains-ralston-and-fleming-wont-seek-re-election-in-oct-19-vote#respond Fri, 05 Jul 2024 16:57:06 +0000 /?p=369478 VICTORIA, B.C. – Three veteran New Democrat cabinet ministers and community stalwarts in Surrey and Victoria have announced they won’t seek re-election in British Columbia’s fall vote. Harry Bains, Bruce Ralston and Rob Fleming were all first elected in 2005 and have served five terms in the legislature but said Thursday they will not be […]

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]]> /joc/news/government/2024/07/b-c-ndp-ministers-bains-ralston-and-fleming-wont-seek-re-election-in-oct-19-vote/feed 0 Alberta invests in $35 million Siksika recovery community /joc/news/projects/2024/07/alberta-invests-in-35-million-siksika-recovery-community /joc/news/projects/2024/07/alberta-invests-in-35-million-siksika-recovery-community#respond Fri, 05 Jul 2024 11:40:16 +0000 /?p=369294 SIKSIKA NATION, ALTA. – The Government of Alberta is entering the construction phase of a $35 million recovery community at the Siksika Nation in southern Alberta, after previous work on site selection and design. The Siksika recovery community will add 76 long-term treatment beds in the region and in total those beds will support 300 […]

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]]> /joc/news/projects/2024/07/alberta-invests-in-35-million-siksika-recovery-community/feed 0 CentrePort Canada announces leadership changes to board of directors /joc/news/economic/2024/07/centreport-canada-announces-leadership-changes-to-board-of-directors /joc/news/economic/2024/07/centreport-canada-announces-leadership-changes-to-board-of-directors#respond Fri, 05 Jul 2024 11:35:31 +0000 /?p=369292 WINNIPEG – CentrePort Canada Inc. recently announced it has appointed Southport Aerospace Centre Inc. CEO Peggy May as chair of the corporations’ board of directors. May joined the CentrePort board of directors in 2022 as the nominee of the Manitoba Chambers of Commerce and previously held the role of vice-chair and the chair of the […]

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]]> /joc/news/economic/2024/07/centreport-canada-announces-leadership-changes-to-board-of-directors/feed 0 Saskatchewan Breast Health Centre construction begins /joc/news/infrastructure/2024/07/saskatchewan-breast-health-centre-construction-begins /joc/news/infrastructure/2024/07/saskatchewan-breast-health-centre-construction-begins#respond Fri, 05 Jul 2024 11:30:01 +0000 /?p=369290 REGINA – Demolition has begun at the site of the new Breast Health Centre in Regina, marking the start of construction. The Government of Saskatchewan is investing $3.6 million this year for the centre’s renovations, staffing and diagnostic equipment, a release said. The Breast Health Centre is operated by the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) and […]

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]]> /joc/news/infrastructure/2024/07/saskatchewan-breast-health-centre-construction-begins/feed 0 Competition Act environmental amendments evoke strong responses /joc/news/government/2024/07/competition-act-environmental-amendments-evoke-strong-responses /joc/news/government/2024/07/competition-act-environmental-amendments-evoke-strong-responses#respond Fri, 05 Jul 2024 11:10:23 +0000 /?p=369332 OTTAWA — New amendments to the federal Competition Act have been met with a mixed response from industry, government and policy think-tanks. Changes were made to the Competition Act last month which the Competition Bureau said will reinforce the bureau’s “ability to protect competition and prevent anti-competitive mergers and conduct,” a release said. Among the […]

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]]> /joc/news/government/2024/07/competition-act-environmental-amendments-evoke-strong-responses/feed 0 Winnipeg looks to the future of its downtown core with CentrePlan 2050 /joc/news/projects/2024/07/winnipeg-looks-to-the-future-of-its-downtown-core-with-centreplan-2050 /joc/news/projects/2024/07/winnipeg-looks-to-the-future-of-its-downtown-core-with-centreplan-2050#respond Fri, 05 Jul 2024 11:05:59 +0000 /?p=369326 The geographical centre of Canada is looking to densify and revitalize itself. The City of Winnipeg is looking to change its downtown with CentrePlan 2050, a comprehensive rethink of the residential, transit and retail landscape. “Downtown (Winnipeg) hasn’t had a long-range plan since the early 2000s, so it’s been almost a generation since we’ve had […]

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]]> /joc/news/projects/2024/07/winnipeg-looks-to-the-future-of-its-downtown-core-with-centreplan-2050/feed 0 Trade perception shifting as SkilledTradesBC sees record numbers /joc/news/labour/2024/07/trade-perception-shifting-as-skilledtradesbc-sees-record-numbers /joc/news/labour/2024/07/trade-perception-shifting-as-skilledtradesbc-sees-record-numbers#respond Fri, 05 Jul 2024 11:00:14 +0000 /?p=369318 The perception of the trades as a career is shifting as record numbers of both first-year apprentices and overall apprentices in B.C. have increased, said Shelley Gray, CEO for SkilledTradesBC and the first woman to head up the organization. “The process has been one of breaking down the stigma of trade jobs and showing they […]

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]]> /joc/news/labour/2024/07/trade-perception-shifting-as-skilledtradesbc-sees-record-numbers/feed 0 Your top JOC headlines: July 1 to 5 /joc/news/economic/2024/07/your-top-joc-headlines-july-1-to-5 /joc/news/economic/2024/07/your-top-joc-headlines-july-1-to-5#respond Fri, 05 Jul 2024 10:55:58 +0000 /?p=369312 Your top JOC headlines this week feature news Aecon has settled a dispute with Coastal GasLink over pipeline construction; a survey reveals U.S. markets are the most expensive in the world to build in; an old Winnipeg inner city neighbourhood may be getting a new lease on life; and B.C. has issued an RFP for […]

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]]> /joc/news/economic/2024/07/your-top-joc-headlines-july-1-to-5/feed 0 Repeatability at scale the key to success for modular construction /joc/news/technology/2024/07/repeatability-at-scale-the-key-to-success-for-modular-construction /joc/news/technology/2024/07/repeatability-at-scale-the-key-to-success-for-modular-construction#respond Fri, 05 Jul 2024 08:05:53 +0000 /?p=369360 So many factors suggest a promising future for modular home construction in North America. There’s an urgent need for affordable housing, a shortage of skilled labour and the potential to optimize building process efficiencies in order to achieve higher profits. Yet modular solutions in North America lag far behind many other countries. Over 80 per […]

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]]> /joc/news/technology/2024/07/repeatability-at-scale-the-key-to-success-for-modular-construction/feed 0 The Construction Record Podcast™ – Episode 353: immigration and the labour shortage /joc/podcasts/the-construction-record-podcast-episode-353-immigration-and-the-labour-shortage Fri, 05 Jul 2024 05:00:48 +0000 /?post_type=podcast&p=369153 On this episode of The Construction Record Podcast™, digital media editor Warren Frey speaks with both BC Building Trades executive director Brynn Bourke and British Columbia Construction Association president Chris Atchison about Canada’s immigration system and how it intersects with an ongoing labour shortage in the construction industry. Bourke addressed what she said is an […]

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