Project News Briefs

• Is U.S. headed for a double-dip recession?
• WSIB report a clear response to ideas we submitted, Ontario General Contractors Association chief says
• Ontario architects, general contractor associations issue joint HST bulletin
• Work continues on Dufferin Street underpass project in Toronto
• Large concrete pour creates tunnel roof in Australia
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• Alberta team wins silver at U.S. bricklaying championship
• New technology allows concrete to come clean
• Ontario Masonry Contractors’ Association launches design awards
• Ontario architects, general contractor associations issue joint HST bulletin
• WSIB report a clear response to ideas we submitted, Ontario General Contractors Association chief says
• ‘You don’t create job opportunities by cutting off business:’ Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters CEO
• McGuinty dismisses NDP land deal allegations
• Scott Construction continues work on research centre at Vancouver General Hospital
• Independent contractors association criticizes Burnaby’s fair wage policy
• Eastern, central focus of federal budget a concern to industry
• Industry welcomes federal government’s commitment to labour-market tracking
• International Living Building Institute launches new challenge
• International snowplow championship packs ‘em in
• Study supports domed stadium for Saskatchewan Roughriders in Regina
• U.S. construction spending drops by $5.5 billion
• Canada BIM Council nears information exchange agreement with U.S. counterpart
• SNC Lavalin awarded Saskatchewan carbon capture project
• Dominion Construction gets two B.C. contracts

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

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