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Contract for Finch West LRT project valued at $2.5B
The Mosaic Transit Group will design, build, finance and maintain the 11km LRT that will run in a semi-exclusive lane along Finch Avenue.
Dillon Consulting merges with Ricor Engineering
Located in London, Ont., Ricor is a 10-person firm that serves municipal and land development infrastructure clients.
New wastewater system up and running in north-central Alberta
The new wastewater transmission system connects the communities of Lacombe, Blackfalds and Lacombe County to the wastewater treatment facility in Red Deer with a 28-km pipeline.
Golder acquires Texas consulting firm
Pastor, Behling & Wheeler is an environmental engineering and consulting firm headquartered in Round Rock, Texas.
Ontario makes transit announcements in Toronto and Ottawa
Toronto adding six new GO/SmartTrack stations and Ottawa’s LRT Stage 2 gets $50M boost.
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Fredericton International Airport $30 million expansion moving forward
Project will feature efficiency improvements including higher building envelope insulation, LED lighting and geothermal heating and cooling.
Panel presents a Blueprint for Action on Contaminants in Wastewater
Keeping contaminants out of municipal systems through source control is more effective than trying to remove them from wastewater.
Report card for Ontario’s P3 projects released
For the first time in five years the province’s on-budget and on-time performance for P3 projects both declined slightly.
ACEC Manitoba Celebrates Excellence
KGS Group wins the top Keystone Award for the Peter Sutherland Generating Station Project.
Stantec conducting strategic review of its MWH Constructors business
Acquired through as part of MWH Global in 2016, Constructors is primarily involved in water-related projects in the U.S. and UK.
Jury announced for Smart Cities Challenge
The 12-member jury includes one engineer, Stéphane Roche, who teaches geospatial sciences at Laval University in Québec City.
Stantec acquiring Quebec-based Cegertec
The 250-person engineering firm is based in Chicoutimi, with offices in Quebec City, Montreal and, soon, in Beauce’s St-Georges.
McIntosh Perry adds Luiz Leon & Associates to the fold
National multi-disciplinary engineering firm expands structural engineering capabilities in Western Canada with this latest acquisition.
ASHRAE publishes energy simulation-aided design standard
“Standard 209-2018 requires building energy modeling earlier in the design process, so the information it provides will more effectively inform design decisions and result in higher performing buildings.”
Ausenco leading feasibility study for Kutcho copper-zinc project
Ausenco will be supported by a team of geotechnical, environmental, metallurgical, resource, mining and hydrology/hydrogeological consultants.
16th annual Ontario Consulting Engineering Awards
McIntosh Perry Consulting Engineers Ltd. took home the highest award, the Willis Chipman, for their Industrial & Mine Area Clean-Up, Phase 3: Deloro Mine Site project.
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Canada’s first Zero Carbon Building – Design certification
evolv1, a commercial multi-tenant office building currently under construction in Waterloo, Ont., was designed and engineered by Stantec.
Binnie acquires Omni Engineering
The two Vancouver-area firms combine to provide a broad range of services across Western Canada.
Toronto announces 10 major green-focused projects
The projects will expand high-performance buildings, low-carbon thermal energy networks, electric vehicles and biogas utilization.
Union Station Enhancement Project RFP Released
Two teams, EllisDon with AECOM and Graham Construction with RJC Engineers, will be competing on this design, build and finance project.
RFP issued for Hamilton LRT
The Hamilton LRT will include 14km of new rapid transit from McMaster University through downtown Hamilton to Eastgate Square, from the west end of the city to the east.
Que. and Nfld. partner for Labrador Trough
The collaboration will facilitate the development of mining potential in the 1,200km corridor that holds major deposits of iron and other minerals, including rare earths.
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Preferred proponent selected for Finch West Light Rail transit project
Led by Aecon, the design team includes Arup, Dillon, DPM Energy, DTAH and Perkins+Will.
New Brunswick replacing two bridges
Preliminary design work is underway for the replacement of the Coles Island north and south bridges. An engineering survey has been completed and geotechnical data has been collected.
Personnel appointments at Arup
The firm’s latest Canadian-based Associate Principal and Associate announcements.
Arup and MaRS produce a transportation report on Mobility-as-a-Service
The white paper defines a value proposition for MaaS, with a specific focus on the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area.
Stantec and IHC Robbins selected for front-end engineering on oil sands project
The processing technology is designed to recover bitumen and solvent from froth treatment tailings, preventing hydrocarbons from entering the tailings pond and releasing greenhouse gases into the environment.
Fast + Epp claim top prize at 2018 ACEC-BC Awards Gala
29th Annual Awards for Engineering Excellence, hosted by the ACEC-BC, recognized firms and individuals for their contributions to the industry and society.
Chantal Guay named CEO of the Standards Council of Canada
She takes over the role from John Walter, who has served as SCC’s CEO since September 2009.
George Brown College selects team for tall wood building
The design for The Arbour was awarded to Moriyama & Teshima Architects + Acton Ostry Architects, with Fast+Epp as the structural engineers on the team.
