News Stantec buys Irish engineering consultant Canadian designer and engineer Stantec has announced its acquisition of Irish engineering and environmental consultancy Ryan Hanley, hoping to boost its presence in the Irish water sector. Stantec and Ryan…
News Village built for construction workers could end up in landfill, but there’s no room As a brand new hydroelectric dam in remote Northeastern British Columbia, Canada gears up for full generation this autumn, locals are grappling with an unexpected problem: What to do with…
News Ontario and Toronto move to ban US contractors Ontario will ban US firms from bidding for public sector contracts, locking American contractors, engineers and consultants out of some US$139.7bn worth of infrastructure projects in the most populous Canadian province.
News Aluminium alert: US jobs at risk from 25% tariff on critical metal President Donald Trump’s 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminium imported into the US took effect today, with likely cost hikes for construction, and a warning of 100,000 US jobs…
News Canada loosens restrictions for foreign workers to build affordable housing Canada’s immigration minister Marc Miller has announced that foreign registered apprentices will be able to work in the country while completing their studies without having to apply for permits beforehand…
Projects Mammoet to lift new roof at Montreal’s Olympic stadium Heavy-lift specialist Mammoet has won a contract to help replace the dysfunctional roof at Montreal’s 55,000-seat Olympic stadium, built for the 1976 Olympics. It will provide mobile cranes for the…
News International team to build $5bn Canadian hospital expansion A multinational consortium has won a contract to build a US$5.1bn expansion of the Queen Elizabeth II infirmary in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Canada’s PCL Constructors and B+H Architects are teaming…
News Canadians have to ‘increase savings 50%’ to solve housing crisis Canada will need to invest more than US$210bn a year to meet its housebuilding targets, according to a report from policy thinktank, the Fraser Institute. The housing market is suffering…
News Canada to spend $680m on Toronto’s waterfront ‘city within a city’ The Canadian government is joining forces with the Ontario provincial government and the city of Toronto to fund a major housing scheme on Toronto’s waterfront. They’ll contribute a combined US$680m…
News Builders welcome Trump’s 30-day tariff pause US house builders have welcomed Donald Trump’s 30-day pause on his plan to impose 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico, but they urge more dialogue to make the…
News Trump’s tariffs will stoke US housing crisis, builders say Donald Trump’s 25% tariffs on goods imported from Canada and Mexico, announced Saturday, will raise the cost of vital materials used in residential construction and fuel the housing affordability crisis,…
News Consultants picked to lead Ottawa-Gatineau tram project A joint venture led by Systra has won a US$79m technical services contract to prepare a tram system linking the Canadian capital Ottawa in the province of Ontario to the…
News Remote Ontario hospital to be based on Cree medicine wheel A US$1.3bn healthcare campus has broken ground on the shores of Hudson Bay in Canada. The Weeneebayko Area Health Authority redevelopment will provide remote and isolated communities in northern Ontario…
News Aecom, Jacobs hired for $7bn upgrade of Vancouver’s water system Municipal authority Metro Vancouver has picked a joint venture of Aecom and Jacobs to provide preliminary engineering services for the $7.05bn (C$9.9bn) upgrade of Vancouver’s Iona Island Wastewater Treatment Plant.…
News Aecom lands water role as Ontario courts housing boom Aecom has won a contract to provide programme management for new water infrastructure in the Peel Region municipality west of Toronto as it prepares for a surge of new housing…
News Northvolt may postpone $5bn Quebec battery plant by up to 18 months The construction of a US$5.2bn EV battery plant in Montreal could take up to a year-and-a-half longer than planned, Canadian broadcaster CBC reports. The factory was being developed on the…
News Jasper residents allowed to return as images show fire damage Residents of the town of Jasper, Alberta are being allowed to return to their homes today to assess damage after out-of-control wildfires ripped through the town forcing an evacuation nearly…
News Wildfires destroy ‘up to 50%’ of Jasper, Alberta Up to 50% of the buildings in the town of Jasper in the Canadian province of Alberta were destroyed this week as wildfires covering 36,000 hectares in Jasper National Park…