Construction

After killing it off two years ago, Queen’s Park has resurrected the Connecting Links Program to provide municipalities with much-needed funding for main arterial roads that double as provincial highways.

The City of Hamilton is the first municipality in Ontario to issue a building permit for a mid-rise wood-frame building.

One afternoon last spring, the world of Roy Dittman and his 80 employees at Three H Furniture Systems came crashing down. A winter’s worth of snow caused a collapse of a section of roof at the 40,000-square-foot manufacturing plant in New Liskeard.

The province announced funding for 78 projects to build and repair infrastructure across the province, including 26 projects in Northern Ontario.

Ontario Power Generation (OPG) announced it has completed its $2.6-billion Lower Mattagami Hydroelectric Project, the largest of its kind in 50 years.

The province is making new training for those who work at heights mandatory as of April 1, 2015.

The Ontario Energy Board (OEB) will hold consultation sessions on the construction of TransCanada 's proposed Energy East Pipeline in January, including several at locations in Northern Ontario.

Winter road construction to reach remote First Nations was announced with $5 million in capital spending by the Ontario government.

Even before Justice Paul Bélanger released his report on the Elliot Lake Inquiry, which outlines recommendations for improving policies and standards related to the engineering profession, Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO) was already reviewing it

The coroner’s office for the north region will conduct an inquest into the death of a North Bay construction worker. Perry Brooks, 50, died on Oct. 9, 2012 from injuries he received while working on a construction site in North Bay.