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ACEC-NB hands out Awards of Excellence
The Pinnacle Award, presented to the top-ranked project submission, went to MCW Maricor for the UNB Kinesiology Building at the Fredericton campus.
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BCIT North Campus project wins Envision Gold Award
The Envision Award-winning project includes constructing a new power receiving substation and replacing 11 substations and all related infrastructure and establishing a new BC Hydro connection.
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CRD confirms pump stations contract for wastewater treatment conveyance line
The pump stations will be equipped with state-of-the-art odour control systems that contain and suppress odour so there will be no discernible smell in the community.
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Ottawa closes $2.57B deal for LRT east/west extension
The East West Connectors consortium is led by Kiewit and the VINCI Group, with design engineering services by WSP Canada and Hatch Ltd.
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Protecting migratory birds when building road infrastructure
The presence of migratory birds can delay a project or routine maintenance operation if they have not been accounted for during planning and design.
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UBC Research: cleaning up tailing ponds with bacteria
Searching for bacterial strains that grow in polluted environments, a team led by chemical engineering assistant professor Vikram Yadav has identified one species that “thrived in this type of environment by eating naphthenic acids.”
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CEO hosts 17th annual Awards Gala
The top prize of evening, the Willis Chipman Award, was presented to John G. Cooke and Associates for the Government Conference Centre rehabilitation project in Ottawa.
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Aecon-led consortium closes $639.8M deal on GTA Highway 401 West Expansion
West Corridor Constructors consortium design team includes Parsons (lead designer), Hatch and EXP.
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LRI Engineering expanding into Quebec
The new branch office is located at the Laval headquarters of the company’s partner, forensic engineering specialists, CEP-Sintra.
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Wind Energy leaders convene for Spring Forum in Banff
Canada’s wind energy leaders share a sense of optimism about the growth of wind energy in Canada along with the economic and environmental benefits.
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Pickering man fined $10,000 for illegal use of P.Eng.
Working as a “construction superintendent” the individual used the title “P.Eng.” in 40 emails between May, 2016 and June 2017.
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Engineers Canada names 2019 Award Winners
This year’s Gold Medal winner is Catherine Karakatsanis, P.Eng., of Morrison Hershfield, and the Award for an Engineering Project goes to the Inuvik Tuktoyaktuk Highway.
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Green roofs now required in NYC
New York now joins cities like Toronto, Denver, San Francisco, and Portland, Oregon in making green roofs a requirement.
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ACEC Manitoba celebrates 20th Awards of Excellence
This year’s top Award, the Keystone, was presented to the team of Teshmont Consultants and Stantec for the Manitoba Hydro Bipole III High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) project.
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Latest Infrastructure Resilience Publication focuses on buildings and lifeline standards
The book zeroes in on the enhancements needed in the design and construction of buildings and lifeline systems (communications, electric power, water, transportation) to support a community’s social stability, economic vitality, and environmental sustainability.
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SNC-Lavalin joint-venture entering $1B contract to decommission U.S. nuclear plant
Entergy Corp. has agreed to sell the subsidiaries that own Indian Point Units 1, 2, and 3 sites, located in Buchanan, N.Y., to a subsidiary of SNC’s joint venture partner for decommissioning.
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Smith + Andersen’s recent personnel appointments
The national firm announces eight appointments across offices in Vancouver, Calgary, Ottawa and Toronto.
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Team selected for healthcare P3 project in Newfoundland
The Newfoundland and Labrador Healthcare Partners team was selected to design, build, finance and maintain the Gander and Grand Falls-Windsor Care Homes project.
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Newfoundland shortlists teams for new mental health facility
The successful proponent will be announced in 2020, with construction to start months later.
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ACEC-BC Celebrates 30th Annual Awards
The top prize, the Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Engineering Excellence, was awarded to WSP Canada Group Ltd. for the firm’s New Solutions for Safe Water in Remote Communities project.
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Survey: Your experience in Industry
Researchers from the Lassonde School of Engineering at York University are inviting engineers working in industry to participate in an online survey about their engineering career experiences.
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Stantec appoints Crowe as regional leader for Atlantic Canada
With the firm for over 22 years, Peter Crowe previously served in a leadership position for the geotechnical engineering group in Stantec’s Canada Central and Atlantic regions.
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SNC-Lavalin sells partial stake in Hwy 407 toll road
Based on the terms of the agreement, gross proceeds to SNC-Lavalin from the sale could reach $3.25B in aggregate.
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Saskatchewan helping municipalities fund clean-up of abandoned contaminated sites
First priority will be given to sites that pose the greatest risk to human or ecological health.
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Union Bay, BC, water treatment plant moving forward
Union Bay Improvement District worked with Koers Engineering to develop and design a new treatment plant that meets provincial standards.
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Oxford Properties unveils designs for transformation of Toronto’s Park Hyatt hotel
The heritage-designated South Tower will be retained and restored, making it the first high-rise in Toronto to be totally retained in an adaptive re-use project.
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Nanticoke Solar 44 megawatt project complete
The new solar field consists of 192,431 solar panels spanning 260 acres on the shore of Lake Erie.
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SNC-Lavalin secures $663M deal for Ottawa LRT extension
When factored to include the long-term cost to maintain and rehabilitate both the existing Trillium Line and its new extension, the total project is valued at $1.6 billion.
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Investments announced for Saskatchewan water works
The governments of Canada and Saskatchewan will each provide more than $27.3 million for eight water resource infrastructure projects.
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Feds funding flood protection in Toronto and York Region
Over $150 million in funding announced for four flooding and storm mitigation projects in the T.O. and the neighbouring Regional Municipality of York
