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UBC Heats Up with Woody Biomass

UBC Heats Up with Woody Biomass

Posted on 19 February 2010

The University of British Columbia (UBC) and Nexterra Systems Corp., a biomass gasification company, announced today that UBC will install and demonstrate an on-site biomass-fuelled combined heat and power [...]

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Conference Board Publishes New Report on P3s

Conference Board Publishes New Report on P3s

Posted on 28 January 2010

The Conference Board of Canada just released a new report on public-private partnerships (P3s). The study, called Dispelling the Myths: A Pan-Canadian Assessment of Public-Private Partnerships for Infrastructure [...]

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Building Bridges

Building Bridges

Posted on 09 December 2009

The Auditor General (AG) of Ontario has released its annual report, which includes recommendations for changes to the bridge inspection process. The Residential and Civil Construction Alliance of Ontario [...]

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Tar Sands Protests in DC

Tar Sands Protests in DC

Posted on 22 June 2009

Last Friday's Canadian American Business Council's Energy and Climate Forum in Washington was a lot more action-packed than most industry conferences. According to a release sent out by ForestEthics [...]

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Armtec Buys Groupe Tremca

Armtec Buys Groupe Tremca

Posted on 28 April 2009

Armtec Infrastructure Income is acquiring the assets of Groupe Tremca Inc. for around $45 million. Based in Saint-Jean-Sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Groupe Tremca is a manufacture of precast concrete and infrastructure [...]

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Construction to Start on $1.5B Highway Expansion

Posted on 22 April 2009

Groupe AGF today said it has been awarded a $100-million contract to provide reinforcing steel for the 42-kilometre extension of Quebec's Autoroute 30 between Vaudreuil-Dorion and Chateauguay. Serge [...]

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EDC Brings Business to Transportation, Infrastructure Sectors

Posted on 22 April 2009

According to Export Development Canada (EDC) President and CEO Eric Siegel, Canada’s export credit agency is working with more companies than ever. EDC today announced its combined financing and insurance [...]

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Stronger Roads Equals Less Maintenance

Stronger Roads Equals Less Maintenance

Posted on 13 March 2009

A new Canadian technology is changing the way roads are built in Nigeria. Cypher Environmental has developed a soil stabilizer called EarthZyme that improves soil characteristics for city streets, secondary [...]

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Toronto’s Union Station under Construction…Maybe

Toronto’s Union Station under Construction…Maybe

Posted on 09 February 2009

Construction boarding is up at Union Station today, finally. Renovations to Union Station, Toronto's transit hub, were on Minister Flaherty's list of Toronto projects to be fast-tracked. Federal Transportation [...]

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Listapalooza!

Listapalooza!

Posted on 22 January 2009

More calls for our government to support infrastructure development in the last few days before budget announcements — this time from the construction industry. Residential and Civil Consruction Alliance [...]

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