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YVR

Schneider Electric and YVR to reduce emissions

Schneider Electric and YVR have signed a five-year partnership agreement to modernize the airport’s energy management system.
McElhanney

Elisa Brandts promoted to regional leader

Elisa Brandts has been promoted to Stantec regional business leader for Canada West region of its buildings practice.
CAWIC

B.C. college launches Trades Ambassador program

The College of the BC Building Trades has launched a Trade Ambassador program aimed at attracting more high school students.
Alberta

Alberta delivers key transportation projects in 2023

The Government of Alberta announced that during the 2023 construction season, it invested $1.13 billion in 250 road and bridge projects.
director

PCL welcomes new director of sustainability

PCL Construction announced that Anton Pojasok has joined the company as director of sustainability.
LRT

Construction optimism high for 2024 in B.C.

Despite economic uncertainty both domestic and international, there is optimism in B.C.'s construction sector.
Morrison Hershfield

Stantec to acquire Morrison Hershfield

Stantec is set to acquire Morrison Hershfield, a 1,150-person engineering and management firm headquartered in Markham, Ontario.
embodied carbon

Burnaby implements new emissions standards

Burnaby's new standards for emissions reductions will meet the city’s long-term climate action goals.
proponent

Cedar LNG awards EPC contract

Samsung Heavy Industries and Black & Veatch have been selected for the Cedar LNG project in Kitimat.
yukon

Yukon introduces new climate change goals

The government recently added 42 new actions to its climate change plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and become more adaptive.
Bird

Bird signs five new contracts worth $530M

Bird Construction has signed five new contracts with a total value of more than $530 million. Projects include a 13-storey modular tower in B.C.
PCL

Surrey streamlines development timelines

Surrey has approved exemptions for apartment buildings up to six stories and commercial/office buildings up to three stories from requiring Advisory Design Panel (ADP) review.
Construction and design innovators honoured

Construction and design innovators honoured

Richard Kroeker, emeritus professor of architecture at Dalhousie University, and Osama Moselhi, professor of engineering at Concordia University, have been named to the Order of Canada.
Surrey childcare centre

Teams shortlisted for 264th St interchange

Three teams have been shortlisted by the Province of B.C. to submit a request for proposals to design and build a new 264th Street Interchange.
opening

Richmond cancer care clinic opens

The Government of British Columbia announced that the newly refurbished and relocated cancer care clinic has opened at Richmond Hospital.
COWI

B.C. approves research centre construction

The B.C. government is moving forward with the construction of a state-of-the-art Clinical Support and Research Centre in Vancouver.
calgary ring road

Calgary Ring Road opens ahead of schedule

The Calgary Ring Road, one of the city’s largest infrastructure undertakings, has opened 10 months ahead of schedule.