Design-Build

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.

The wood industry is celebrating changes to Ontario Building Code to boost the height of wood frame buildings from four storeys to six. Also known as mid-rises, the code changes go into effect on Jan. 1.

The Cement Association of Canada (CAC) says Ontario legislators are putting people’s lives at risk by permitting taller wood-framed buildings.

When it comes to the visibility of Northern Ontario’s five major cities, Glenn Miller wants to retire the tired, old emblems. Loosen the grip on Sudbury’s Big Nickel, he advises; see past the McIntyre headframe in Timmins.

Sudbury ’s city council has imposed a two-year freeze on the fees it charges developers to help pay for infrastructure upgrades. The freeze will leave a $2.

A spinoff from a Sudbury -based company plans to take expertise in rubber-lined piping systems for the mining sector, and expand it to a leak prevention technology for other sectors, such as oil and gas.