News
-
Bruce out as SNC-Lavalin CEO, Edwards in
Ian Edwards steps in to become interim president and CEO succeeding Neil Bruce who has announced that he is retiring to return to his family in the UK.
-
Short list announced for Edmonton’s Valley Line West LRT
The three teams include SNC-Lavalin-led WestLINK Group and Urban Mobility Partners that includes Parsons.
-
Crossey Engineering growing in Ottawa
Greg Gebert, senior associate for mechanical, has moved to the firm’s Ottawa office.
-
Governments investing in Montreal’s underwater highway tunnel
Together the Canadian and Quebec governments will invest over half a billion dollars to rehabilitate the Louis-Hippolyte-La Fontaine Tunnel.
-
City of Toronto releases Resilience Strategy
The strategy supports the City’s efforts to enhance equity and adapt to climate change.
-
LRI Engineering expands into Alberta
The new branch office in Calgary for the fire protection engineering firm follows an expansion into Montreal earlier this year.
-
Canada invests in Port of Halifax infrastructure
The Port will add rail tracks within its existing footprint and acquire four new rail-mounted cranes to load and unload containers faster and more efficiently, and roadways will be upgraded to improve traffic flow.
-
RJC’s Leadership Grows in 2019
Earlier this year RJC Engineers announced the appointment of four new principals and seven new associates to its leadership teams across the country.
-
Ecora acquires Omega in B.C.
Omega & Associates Engineering, a civil and structural firm with offices in Chilliwack and Surrey, is now part of Kelowna-based Ecora Engineering & Resource Group.
-
Four teams to bid for GO Rail Expansion project
The pre-qualified teams will be bidding to design, build, finance, operate and maintain the infrastructure for the largest capital project in the GO Expansion program.
-
Feds invest in George Brown College’s ‘The Arbour’ project
The Government of Canada has committed to invest $4.1 million to construct The Arbour, the 10-storey, $134-million, mass-timber building project at George Brown College’s Waterfront Campus in Toronto. The funding is part of the Green Construction through Wood Program (GCWood) launched by Natural Resources Canada. It’s the first project funded through…
-
Canada Infrastructure Bank commits up to $2B to GO Train expansion
This marks CIB’s second investment, with the only previous commitment being its $1.28 billion backing of Montreal’s Réseau express métropolitain (REM) project.
-
2019 Green Building Excellence Awards Results
Roland Charneux from Pageau Morel, Lisa Westerhoff of the Integral Group, and Afaf Azzouz from Stantec were among those honoured with 2019 CaGBC Leadership Awards.
-
Video: REM team in Montreal shares emphasis on accessibility
In the second episode of the project team’s “Destination REM”, an informative video provides a behind-the-scenes look at steps being taken to design universal accessibility into the project.
-
SNC-Lavalin heading to trial
SNC-Lavalin Group Inc., SNC-Lavalin International Inc. and SNC-Lavalin Construction Inc. have been charged with one count of fraud under section 380 of the Criminal Code of Canada and one count of corruption under Section 3(1)(b) of the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act. The firm will plead not guilty.
-
Ontario launching search for Ontario Place developer
The province’s vision for the site is a destination that could include sport and entertainment landmarks, public spaces and parks, recreational facilities, as well as retail.
-
HH Angus names new president
Paul Keenan becomes first non-Angus family president in the firm’s 100-year history.
-
CarbonCure’s Sean Monkman named Canada’s Mission Innovation Champion
Mission Innovation is a global initiative involving 22 countries and the European Commission.
-
Canada seeking Clean Energy Innovators
The federal government has announced an investment of up to $30 million and a partnership with Bill Gates-backed Breakthrough Energy for a new initiative designed to encourage companies to come up with and deliver clean energy innovations to the market.
-
Grands Prix of consulting engineering in Quebec
The Visionary Award was presented to Tetra Tech for a protection and rehabilitation project on the South Cove of Percé.
-
New promotions at TMP in Toronto
The Mitchell Partnership (TMP) has announced the company’s newest senior associate along with three new associates with the firm.
-
RFQ Issued for Vancouver’s new St. Paul’s Hospital
The new St. Paul’s – to be constructed at a new site at 1002 Station Street in Vancouver’s False Creek Flats, 3km from the current hospital site on Burrard Street – will have capacity for up to 548 beds, which includes 115 net new beds.
-
Engineers Shine in Toronto’s 2019 ‘CANstruction’ Competition
The Best Original Design this year was awarded to the team of WSP and Architecture49 for their MÖBIUS structure.
-
ASHRAE Signs MoU Agreement with New Buildings Institute
The NBI is an organization driving better energy performance in commercial buildings.
-
Wood introduces renewable energy ROI forecasting service
The firm has launched its power price forecasting (PPF) service to provide customers with greater certainty around the financial return they can expect from investment in renewable energy projects.
-
Smart Cities Challenge Winners
Celebrating victory are: Town of Bridgewater, Nova Scotia; Nunavut Communities, Nunavut; City of Guelph and Wellington County, Ont.; and
the City of Montréal. -
Construction consortium including SNC-Lavalin wins 5-year Montreal Airport management contract
PSK Construction joint venture, composed of Pomerleau, SNC-Lavalin and Construction Kiewit Cie, has signed a contractual agreement for the City-Side Development Program of the Aéroports de Montréal.
-
Federal investment of $345.4M in Montreal-area roadways
Three road projects in the Montreal metropolitan area received the funding.
-
Feds announce water treatment plant investment for Nibinamik First Nation
This project will eliminate the drinking water advisory that has affected the community since 2013.
-
Bentley Systems acquires Keynetix
Bentley Systems, a global provider of software and digital twins services for the design, construction, and operations of infrastructure, has acquired UK-based Keynetix, a provider of cloud-based software for capturing, visualizing, modeling, and sharing of geotechnical data. The addition of Keynetix…
