Design-Build

The provincial government has reinstated the Connecting Links program to upgrade roads and bridges across Ontario, but in the North, critics say the $15-million annual allotment isn’t nearly enough to cover the work that needs to be done.

Tulloch Engineering is expanding into southern Ontario with the acquisition of Hamilton’s A.J. Clarke and Associates. A.J. Clarke will keep its name but will operate as a division of Tulloch.

A new study being led by Literacy Northwest in Thunder Bay, and funded by the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities, is examining a new trend that shows modern-day skilled labourers must have a high level of familiarity with digital technol

Walk into the reception area of Canadore College’s ICAMP facility and you’ll meet “Baxter.

By summer 2015, Sudbury’s first monolithic dome structure will be complete and operational.

A new coalition of Ontario contractors will be pushing for a revival of prompt payment legislation when Queen’s Park reconvenes this fall.

Greg Oldenburg doesn’t yet have any detailed plans for turning Sudbury’s former Northern Breweries building into a residential complex, but he’s already received commitments for 15 of his 50 planned units.

A silent cheer went up in John Stephenson’s office with the news in late September that six-storey wood-framed buildings will be permitted in Ontario starting in January.

Golder Associates , a global engineering, design and construction firm, has announced it’s reducing its staff by 500 people, or six per cent, globally.

Upcoming to changes to Ontario’s building code next year permitting wood frame construction up to six stories was welcomed with open arms by Montreal-based EACOM Timber.