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Infrastructure
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SNC-Lavalin plans digital collaboration platform for project delivery
SNC-Lavalin has formed a strategic alliance with several key technology partners in an effort to transform the way it collaborates with clients to deliver infrastructure projects. Through a new agreement with Creative ITC, VMWare and Nvidia, the consulting engineering firm…
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OPG starts to rebuild Calabogie Generating Station
This month, Ontario Power Generation (OPG) is starting to rebuild the Calabogie Generating Station (GS). The original 5-MW GS, constructed on the province’s Madawaska River in 1917, was already nearing the end of its operational life when it was extensively…
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Manitoba Restart Program to fund infrastructure projects
Manitoba’s government is spending nearly $600 million to improve provincial infrastructure, including road, water and waste projects, to help support the economy after the COVID-19 pandemic. “As Manitoba is now in a position to slowly and carefully restart our economy,…
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CanBIM seeks entries for 2020 Innovation Spotlight Awards
CanBIM, which supports the Canadian building and infrastructure community’s efforts to improve construction with building information modelling (BIM) technologies, is seeking submissions for the sixth year of its Innovation Spotlight Awards. The awards are intended to benchmark trends and the…
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McIntosh Perry brand expands in Calgary
Consulting engineering firm McIntosh Perry has completed the rebranding of two of its recent acquisitions in Calgary. OEL Projects, which provides facility design engineering consulting services to the oil and gas sector (example pictured), has been restructured since its 2017…
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Arup promotes Canadian associates
The Americas region board for Arup has announced the promotions of its newest associate principals and associates. They include 10 associates working with the consulting engineering firm’s Canadian offices, in Toronto and Montreal, as follow (in alphabetical order by surname).…
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Saskatchewan adds stimulus package for highway infrastructure
The government of Saskatchewan is releasing a stimulus package of $300 million for new highway projects in an effort to improve the province’s economy during the COVID-19 pandemic, along with road safety and traffic capacity. The projects are part of…
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Essential construction projects reopen in Ontario
As of today, Ontario’s government is allowing certain workplaces and businesses—including construction projects—to reopen, as long as they comply with strict public health measures and operate safely during the COVID-19 crisis. The additional construction projects that may now proceed include…
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RINA completes reconstruction of Genoa’s Ponte Morandi
RINA has completed main construction of the replacement bridge for the Polcevera Viaduct—also known as Ponte Morandi, named for the engineer who originally designed it—in Genoa, Italy, approximately 18 months after its predecessor tragically collapsed during a rainstorm, killing 43…
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Infrastructure Ontario CEO’s tenure extended
While he originally planned to return to the private sector later this month, Infrastructure Ontario (IO) president and CEO Ehren Cory will instead stay on to head the provincial agency for another six months. Laurie Scott, Ontario’s minister of infrastructure,…
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Fredericton defers, replaces infrastructure projects during pandemic
Fredericton’s city council has chosen to postpone two infrastructure renewal projects that were scheduled for this spring and summer, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The planned projects on Regent Street (between Queen and King Streets) and on Union Street have…
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Autodesk and Aurigo to combine software for buildings and infrastructure
Construction management software developer Autodesk is acquiring a minority stake in and forming a strategic alliance with Aurigo Software, with plans to integrate their products. By combining Aurigo’s MasterWorks capital planning and project management technology—which addresses roads, bridges, airports and…
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Stantec named lead technical advisor for Hurontario LRT
Crown agency Metrolinx and provincial ministry Infrastructure Ontario (IO) have selected Stantec to serve as lead technical advisor for the Hurontario light rail transit (LRT) project, a north-south line that will connect Mississauga and Brampton, Ont. The transit line will…
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Where does your province stand? Construction slows, but jurisdictions take different approaches
(Editor’s note: the following story was originally published by our sister publication, On-Site, and we thank them for allowing us to share it with our readers.) Little more than a month into the crisis already guaranteed to define the early…
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CCA supports keeping health-compliant federal construction sites open
The Canadian Construction Association (CCA) supports the federal government’s decision to keep construction sites open during the COVID-19 pandemic for projects that involve defence, security, infrastructure and the administration of justice and government, so long as compliance with public health…
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Canada Infrastructure Bank CEO and board chair step down
Marking a significant change in leadership, the Canada Infrastructure Bank’s (CIB’s) founding CEO, Pierre Lavallée, and board chair, Janice Fukakusa, are both stepping down. Lavallée is stepping down from the crown corporation immediately as part of a transition announced by…
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Dillon Consulting names new president
On Apr. 2, engineering firm Dillon Consulting appointed Shayne Giles, P.Eng., president. Giles has more than 17 years’ experience as a geological engineer. He has taken on increasing levels of leadership responsibility at Dillon since becoming a partner in 2015.…
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Engineers Canada transfers PIEVC Program to ICLR
Today, Engineers Canada announced an agreement to transfer ownership of its Public Infrastructure Engineering Vulnerability Committee (PIEVC) Program—including the protocol for infrastructure climate risk and vulnerability assessment—to the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR). ICLR has partnered with the Climate…
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ACEC-Canada asks federal government for industry support
The Association of Consulting Engineering Companies – Canada (ACEC-Canada) has written to the prime minister and several cabinet ministers with specific recommendations for how the consulting engineering community can retain its capacity to help the federal government mitigate the COVID-19…
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CCA recommends keeping construction operational
The Canadian Construction Association (CCA), which represents more than 20,000 member firms across the country, is recommending construction and related manufacturing activities remain operational, for the time being, during the global COVID-19 pandemic. The association points out, as part of…
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As Ontario closes non-essential workplaces, essential construction continues
To further contain the spread of COVID-19, the government of Ontario has ordered the mandatory closure of all non-essential workplaces effective today at 11:59 p.m. ET. The closure will be in effect for 14 days, with the possibility of further…
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Quebec outlines 10-year infrastructure plan
Yesterday, Quebec’s provincial government presented its second Quebec Infrastructure Plan (QIP), representing a record $130.5-billion investment over the next 10 years, up $15.1 billion over the first QIP. Looking ahead from 2020 through 2030, the government outlined four key priorities:…
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CAWIC plans tour of Con Cast Pipe plant
The Canadian Association of Women in Construction (CAWIC) is organizing industry tours of Con Cast Pipe’s plant in Oakville, Ont., on Mar. 11. The plant, comprising 80,000 sf of manufacturing space and 9,000 sf of auxiliary space, serves the municipal…
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Concordia’s CICIEM works with engineering firms to modernize construction
The Centre for Innovation in Construction and Infrastructure Engineering and Management (CICIEM), launched at Montreal’s Concordia University in June 2019, is looking for collaboration opportunities with Canada’s engineering firms to help automate and digitize the construction industry. “Here at Concordia,…
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Waterloo and McMaster civil engineering students earn DFI scholarships
The Deep Foundations Institute’s (DFI’s) educational trust has awarded two Manuel Fine scholarships, each worth US$2,500, to civil engineering students in Ontario. The first is Michelle Liu, a graduate student at the University of Waterloo. During her undergraduate studies, she…
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Stantec names Susan Walter EVP of infrastructure
Stantec has promoted Susan Walter, P.Eng., to executive vice-president (EVP) of infrastructure on a global basis. She succeeds Stuart Lerner, who was recently named chief operating officer (COO) for North America. Walter brings 35 years’ industry experience to the role.…
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B.C. consulting engineering awards honour transportation projects
On Jan. 28, British Columbia’s ministry of transportation and infrastructure handed out the 2020 B.C. Highways Consulting Engineers Awards in Vancouver. The program is designed to recognize technical excellence and innovation. The winner in the ‘design and contract preparation –…
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SNC-Lavalin aligns leadership team to new strategy
Montreal-headquartered SNC-Lavalin has made three appointments to its senior leadership team to support the new strategic direction it announced last July. This strategy prioritizes engineering, design and project management (EDPM), infrastructure services and nuclear power and will reorganize the firm…
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Hamilton’s mayor addresses LRT cancellation
Yesterday, the mayor of Hamilton, Fred Eisenberger, issued an open letter to Ontario’s premier, Doug Ford, expressing disappointment over the provincial government’s cancellation of his city’s light rail transit (LRT) project and requesting information about the project’s estimated costs. “Millions…
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B.C. awards contract for Hwy 91/17 upgrade
British Columbia’s ministry of transportation and infrastructure announces the provincial government has awarded a fixed-price contract to design and build its Highway 91/17 upgrade project. Specifically, the contract has been awarded to Pacific Gateway Constructors General Partnership, a team that…
