News
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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.
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Fengate PCL wins $1.5B P3 Restoration Project in Ontario
The five-year Macdonald Block reconstruction project near Queen’s Park in Toronto will update all core building systems which have reached the end of their useful life along with extensive remediation work.
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Groundbreaking of new Archives Canada preservation facility
Once complete in 2022 it will be the first Net Zero Carbon archival centre in the Americas.
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Consulting Engineers and Architects pen letter to Quebec government promoting quality based assessments for public contracts
“We need to put aside formulas that favour the lowest bidder to ensure the quality and sustainability of our infrastructure for current and future generations,” AFG president and CEO, André Rainville.
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Feds commit $2M to Toronto and Region Conservation Authority timber office building construction
The CaGBC Zero Carbon pilot program project is designed to achieve zero carbon, Toronto Green Standard Tier 2 or higher, LEED v.4 Platinum and WELL Silver building certifications.
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Enhancing Rail Service in Saskatchewan
Feds investing some $12.4M to relieve congestion along transport routes in the province.
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Latest quarterly results from SNC-Lavalin and AECOM
Both firms continuing to take action to restructure their operations.
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EllisDon awarded $59.7M contract for Orleans Health Hub project
The Ottawa-area project involves the construction of a new 96,000 sq. ft. facility that will bring together health and community service partner organizations.
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Reliable Controls partners with sensor maker
Taiwan-based IR-TEC develops and manufactures a wide range of occupancy/vacancy sensors, daylight sensors and more for energy efficient lighting control, HVAC control and building energy management.
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Gatineau receiving flood protection investment
The project to build and rehabilitate four structural assets and three natural assets calls for an investment of $56.2 million including $22.5 million from the federal Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund.
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Infrastructre Bank investing in BC district energy plant
A memorandum of understanding has been signed with Lulu Island Energy Company to develop a new district energy project in Richmond, B.C.
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Associations combine to form Fenestration and Glazing Industry Alliance
AAMA and IGMA announced unification discussions a year ago, with the goal of creating a new organization that can better serve the North American fenestration industry.
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Carleton University professor receives funding for building envelope research
The director of Carleton University’s Centre for Advanced Building Envelope Research has secured $5.1 million in funding which will go towards the construction of large-scale building envelope test equipment.
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SNC-Lavalin joint venture company closes deal to decommission U.S. nuclear power plant
The company, Comprehensive Decommissioning International, will decommission, demolish and clean up the New Jersey site.
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RAIC releases new fee guide
The 2019 Royal Architectural Institute of Canada fee guide explores the scope of both basic and additional architectural services, the value of architectural services, different approaches to determining a fee structure, and how architectural services fees can be calculated.
