Project News Briefs

• Four companies short-listed to renovate London, Ontario hospital
• Delcan to provide enegineering services for Highway 407 extension
• Hamilton water treatment plant stays in service during rebuilding operation
• Plenty of work ahead as Ontario construction-site safety blitz ends
• Construction, engineering companies mergers increased in Q2: Report
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• Ground broken on Halifax RCMP headquarters
• Fanshawe College’s new Centre for Applied Transportation Technologies goes green
• Vanbots continues work on York University Life Sciences Building in Toronto
• Manitoba introduces new farm building code
• Heavy rains wash away bridges to Nova Scotia fishing village
• South Korea calls for financial safety net
• Jobsite safety a shared duty: Mechanical Contractors Association
• New technology could help find Jimmy Hoffa: Study
• Crane operator certification deadline looms in British Columbia
• High-tech oil sands project near Fort McMurray, Alberta could change industry
• Saskatoon bridge closed indefinitely over structural concerns
• City of Regina project turns up all sorts of surprises
• Awareness about qualifications-based selection lacking: Survey
• Canadian Institute of Steel Construction launches Steel Day
• Saskatchewan bridge collapses, causing crane to topple
• Crane tips over, killing worker and injuring two
• Saskatoon man pulled from hole at construction site
• Churchill airport gets government cash for infrastructure upgrades
• Stantec acquires health care architectural firm

Reed Construction Data Chief Economist Alex Carrick discusses current developments in the North American economic environment with emphasis on the construction industry.

• Canada’s construction starts in a transition phase (August 27, 2010)
• U.S. initial jobless claims rise to half a million again (August 19, 2010)
• It’s been 35 years since institutional construction starts as strong (August 6, 2010)
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