Construction

A new special exhibits gallery under construction at Dynamic Earth has recently been named the MacLean Engineering Gallery, thanks to a $100,000 donation from their firm. The donation, made Mar.

After 10 years and four unsuccessful attempts to build a waterfront tourist attraction, Sault Ste. Marie is taking another crack at getting something built on its Gateway property. The City of Sault Ste.

The construction industry strains against the shortage of apprentices as a strong regional economy bulldozes its way through the northeast.

Government investment in Aboriginal housing is paying early dividends for Milestone Construction, a new Thunder Bay design-build firm. The two-year-old company recently moved into new digs over Christmas from Red River Road to Alloy Place.

Northern Ontario is used to experiencing the volatile shifts of the resource industries as international demand, the Canadian dollar and overhead costs impact the bottom line.

The United States housing market may be slumping, but the up-tick in mineral prices has the home selling and building sectors surging in many major Northern Ontario cities.

It’s no secret everyone wants their own piece of cottage paradise. And many hard-scrabble Northern Ontario communities battling outmigration and loss of industry are warming up to the idea that rocks, trees and isolation has its own hidden rewards.

A Guelph-based company is spending nearly $8 million to convert a former Haileybury convent to the region’s first series of condominiums, located on the shores of Lake Temiskaming. Although Skyline Inc.

Frank Bruni admits today's fast-paced construction industry isn't for everyone. But for those willing to pay their dues and stick it out, "the sky's the limit." "There's opportunity all the time and I'm living it at the moment.

A growing surge of interest is driving a number of expansion projects at the 5th Wheel Training Institute in New Liskeard, Haileybury and possibly beyond.