News
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Infrastructure Ontario releases Market Update
The total estimated capital costs of the projects on the pipeline, including projects in pre-transaction and the transaction phase, is over $65 billion.
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Convergent deploys electricity storage systems at Shell facilities in Ontario
The first two projects are in Sarnia and Brockville.
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Sun Life Building in Montreal awarded LEED Platinum
It becomes the first century-old building in North America to obtain triple Platinum certification having already earned BOMA BEST Platinum certification and WIRED Platinum certification.
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New book highlights BIM for Airports
The book details how Building Information Modelling is being deployed in the planning, design, construction and future operation of the Istanbul New Airport
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City of Ottawa tunneling for combined sewage storage tunnels complete
The tunnels are 4.4km and 1.6km long respectively and 3m in diameter each, adding 43,600 cubic-metres of storage.
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CEO announces new slate of Directors
Consulting Engineers of Ontario held its annual general meeting on September 13th, and Christine Hill of Cole Engineering Group will serve as Board Chair for a second year running.
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Hatch acquires Upside Engineering
Operating since 1989, Calgary-based Upside is an intermediate-sized firm offering engineering, design, procurement and project management services to the energy sector.
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Canadian firms honoured at International Consulting Engineering Gala
The FIDIC (International Federation of Consulting Engineers) 2019 Awards Ceremony & Gala in Mexico City honoured two Canadian projects and ACEC-Canada for its annual post-Awards advocacy campaign.
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Funding announced for rural and northern Ontario bridge projects
The projects include the rehabilitation of a bridge in Mississaugas of New Credit First Nation community and a replacement for the collapsed Port Bruce Bridge in Elgin County.
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Feds invest in Winnipeg Airport’s Cargo Capacity
The construction of a 13,000 square-metre cargo logistics facility will include space for cold storage and perishable commodities, live animal handling and more.
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Suncor Energy building power cogeneration at its Oil Sands Base Plant
The $1.4 billion natural gas powered cogeneration project will provide steam generation required for Suncor’s extraction and upgrading operations and generate 800 megawatts (MW) of power.
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IoT is a Hot Topic in Cybercriminal Underground
A new report from Trend Micro Research finds cybercriminals around the world are actively discussing how to compromise connected devices.
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Water resources investments in Saskatchewan
Funding announced for two water and wastewater projects serving nine communities in Northern Saskatchewan, along with 11 other projects which in total will benefit some 20 communities.
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ASHRAE announces 2019-20 Society Scholarship Recipients
Two Canadians were named among the 33 scholarship recipients—congratulations to Issac Golumbia, University of Victoria, and Matthew Woods, Carleton University.
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Second State in Australia approves registration requirement for engineers
The state of Victoria becomes the second of six national states in Australia to make engineering registration the law.
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ACEC-Canada launches pre-election advocacy campaign
The Association of Consulting Engineering Companies-Canada created an election website, InvestInfrastructure.ca, to educate candidates, political parties, and the public on the importance of accelerating and sustaining infrastructure investments and the creation of a national infrastructure corridor.
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Construction begins on new NWT all-season highway
The Tłı̨chǫ All-Season Road is a new 97km gravel road that is expected to take up to three years to complete.
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Infrastructure Bank advising on NWT Hydro project
Once operational, the new 60 MW Taltson generating station has the potential to eliminate an estimated 240,000 tonnes of green house gas emissions annually.
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Northwestern Alberta building country’s first commercial-scale geothermal facility
The project is being led by Edmonton-based Terrapin Geothermics in partnership with the municipal district of Greenview and PCL Construction.
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Feds spending over $45M for Gaspésie railway rehab
The project involves repairing 10 parts of the railway over 127km between Port-Daniel–Gascons and Gaspé as well as reinforcement work.
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Ontario’s Hurontario LRT project Awarded
The winning team, Mobilinx, includes IBI Group, Morrison Hershfield, Arcadis and Exp on the design team.
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Arup strengthens rail systems engineering focus
Zvonko Trajkovic, P.Eng., has joined the firm’s Toronto office to spearhead the growth of the rail systems engineering practice in the Americas.
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Montreal receives federal funding for flood control project
The infrastructure project will strengthen wetlands to improve local flood resilience and help create the largest urban park in Canadian history, the Grand parc de l’Ouest.
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New book studies structure failures
The publication is designed to promote learning from failures by disseminating published findings from eight documented investigations.
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Feds commit $30M for environmental planning for NWT trade corridor
Construction of all-season infrastructure to the Slave Geological Province Corridor has the potential to bring major economic development opportunities by reducing the costs of operating existing mines.
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SNC-Lavalin completes sale of 10.01 percent of Hwy 407 toll road
The firm received $3 billion, with up to an additional $250 million contingently payable over a period of 10 years.
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Funding confirmed for Quebec City transit plan
Once complete, Quebec City’s public transit network will include two trambus lines over a total of 15km, as well as a 23km-long tramway line.
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New guidelines published for pipe bursting with HDPE pipe.
The new MAB guideline is for static pipe bursting to replace potable water mains using HDPE piping systems that conform to AWWA standards.
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Walter P Moore opens Toronto office
The new office officially opened on August 15, and it’s being led by Maziyar Bolour, P.Eng., who has joined the firm as a senior associate and has been appointed as a senior project manager to lead the firm’s Diagnostics Group.
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Shortlist announced for Ontario’s QEW/Credit River Improvement project
The project involves bridge construction and rehabilitation along a 2.6 km-long stretch of roadway located in the City of Mississauga.
