Demolition/Environmental Engineering

August 13, 2008

Canadian Demolition Safety Manual ready for distribution

The Canadian demolition industry’s first-ever safety manual has been published and industry representatives continue to make further inroads with the National Demolition Association (NDA) in the United States.

August 12, 2008

Development group reveals plans for former Domtar site in Cornwall

Cornwall residents who attended an information session August 6, 2008 got a first-hand look at how private retail developer North American Development Group plans to remediate a large brownfield site near the city’s core.

August 6, 2008

Ontario labour ministry inspectors conduct health and safety blitz at work sites

Ontario inspectors are now blitzing work sites and locations across the province in order to make an immediate impact on improving health and safety, says Ontario’s labour minister.

July 31, 2008

Work continues at Tucker Hi-Rise’s Russell Hill Retirement Residence project

Work moves along at the Russell Hill Retirement Residence at 262 St. Clair Avenue West in Toronto.

July 29, 2008

Aecon and MHPM prepare for late fall occupancy at Bell Creekbank project

Construction manager Aecon Buildings and MHPM Project Managers Inc. began the five-storey Bell Creekbank office building in spring 2007. Completion is scheduled for late fall 2008.

July 24, 2008

Environmental assessment of plan to raze eastern section of Gardiner Expressway begins

The City of Toronto will spend an anticipated $11 million on an environmental assessment of the proposed removal of the eastern section of the Gardiner Expressway.

July 24, 2008

Dykon Blasting reduces stands at Ottawa’s Frank Clair Stadium to rubble

A quick succession of explosions on a quiet Sunday morning was all it took to reduce an entire section of stands in a football stadium to about 5,000 tonnes of broken concrete rubble.