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Metro Vancouver terminates Acciona $1B contract

Metro Vancouver Regional District has terminated Acciona's $1 billion contract to build the North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant.
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EllisDon fined for disturbing migratory bird nests

EllisDon has been ordered to pay a mandatory minimum fine of $100,000 for disturbing migratory bird nests without a permit.
Ontario to subsidize industrial site approval costs

Subsidy to ease industrial site approval costs

Industrial land owners in Ontario could qualify for up to $25,000 to reimburse 50 per cent of the costs of municipal and provincial planning and environmental studies.
flu shot

B.C. construction group launches flu shot campaign

The B.C. construction industry wants to ensure construction sites continue to remain safe by protecting workers with a flu shot campaign.
Canyon Kicking Horse

Kicking Horse Canyon reaches milestone

The Kicking Horse Canyon project has reached an important milestone as the first parts of the Sheep Bridge on Highway 1 have been installed.
centennial expansion

Centennial College expansion achieves zero carbon

The Centennial College Block A Expansion Project has been certified Zero Carbon under the Canada Green Building standard.
groundbreaker

Bird and ETRO win Groundbreaker Awards

Bird Design-Build Construction Inc. and ETRO Construction have won Groundbreaker Awards from Procore Technologies.
auditorium

Royal Roads University opens new auditorium

A new multi-purpose 500-seat auditorium and academic space has opened at Royal Roads University (RRU). The Dogwood Auditorium is the largest conference space on the Westshore
legionella

Vancouver’s Legionella program earns award

The City of Vancouver has received the 2021 Innovation Award for Legionella prevention from the Environmental Operators Certification Program.
CleanBC

Climate advocates call for CleanBC reboot

A large group of multi-sector signatories are calling on the B.C. government to overhaul its CleanBC climate action plan, calling it inadequate and out-of-step with recent climate data.
CRA

Bird gets three integrated project delivery contracts

Bird Construction will provide construction services for three integrated project delivery contracts worth in excess of $150 million.
infrastructure

Construction completed on Southwest Calgary Ring Road

After five years of construction, the 31 km Southwest Calgary Ring Road is complete and open to traffic.
TBM tunnel

First slurry TBM completes work under Burrard Inlet

Tunnel excavation is now complete at the Second Narrows Water Supply Tunnel, using the first slurry tunnel boring machine (TBM) in Canada.
community centre

PoCo Community Centre officially opens

The $132 million Port Coquitlam Community Centre, the city's second largest construction project to date, has officially opened. 
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Construction and maintenance work among the most dangerous jobs

Various jobs in these industries were found to suffer fatality rates of several times the average of 3.4 per 100,000 workers.
LRT

Calgary construction booming during pandemic

During the first eight months of 2021, the city saw $4.2 billion worth of construction compared to $2.2 billion the same time last year.
bentall

Mass timber office revealed for Bentall Centre

Hudson Pacific Properties has unveiled plans for the addition of a 16-storey hybrid mass timber office and retail development to Bentall Centre in downtown Vancouver.