Construction

Something is rotten in the state of Denmark. Or, if you live in Lively, something smells rotten.

The Ministry of Northern Development and Mines released a year-end statement on Nov. 29 of the $2.2 billion pumped into highway projects and the 20,000 construction jobs created across Ontario.

Construction of mid-rise wood frame buildings in Ontario could soon become reality.

The Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce is calling on the Government of Ontario to undertake serious reform to improve the College of Trades , Ontario’s new regulatory body for the skilled trades.

A private member’s bill is proposing changes to the tendering process for the construction of publicly funded infrastructure, which currently requires municipalities to tender the work out to unionized contractors.

The City of Thunder Bay expects the coming mining boom to fill up a largely vacant but high-profile light industrial park. Finding occupants for the municipally-owned Innova Business Park has been a source of frustration since its inception in 1997.

A 134,000-square-foot retail development in the north end of North Bay will bring some new retailers to the city. McKeown Commons, a $60 to $70-million project, is expected to open in the fall of 2014.

Canadore College in North Bay has wheeled out a new mobile recruiting tool for some of its skilled trades programs. A 47-foot transport trailer, complete with interactive displays, is on the road to attend some summer events in the area.

Contractors and homebuilders say NIMBYism is getting to be a problem in Sudbury .

The construction division of the National Research Council is launching four new research initiatives to respond to industry needs.