Saturday, April 26, 2025
Carlin resigns as JCCBI CEO
Glen Carlin has resigned as chief executive officer of Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Incorporated (JCCBI). The JCCBI is the Crown corporation responsible for the…
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RCCAO, GTSWCA release The Real Dirt on Dirt
Ontario’s robust construction market generates almost 26 million cubic metres of excess construction soil every year – enough dirt to fill Toronto’s Rogers Centre 16…
Buchanan joins Norton Rose Fulbright infrastructure group
Norton Rose Fulbright has announced today that Douglas B. Buchanan has joined its New York and Vancouver offices as co-head of Norton Rose Fulbright’s North…
Spark Power Corp. completes merger
Canaccord Genuity Acquisition Corp. has announced it has completed its merger with Spark Power Corp. In conjunction with the closing of the Qualifying Acquisition, CGAC…
Mendicino becomes Infrastructure and Communities Parliamentary Secretary
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced changes to the parliamentary secretaries. The parliamentary secretaries included in the announcement are either newly appointed, taking on new…
SNC-Lavalin, ABB announce new joint venture
SNC-Lavalin and ABB have announced the formation of Linxon, a new joint-venture (JV), for the execution of turnkey electrical AC substation projects. The transaction was…
CPWA names 2018 NPWW award winners
The Canadian Public Works Association (CPWA) has named the winners of its 2018 National Public Works Week (NPWW) awards. The awards were announced at the…
Kingston’s Third Crossing first to be built using IPD model
After a thorough Request for Proposals (RFP) and evaluation phase, the City of Kingston has selected Peter Kiewit Sons ULC (Kiewit), Hatch Ltd. (Hatch), and…
Canada Infrastructure Bank delivers loan for REM project
The Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) and CDPQ Infra, a subsidiary of the Caisse de depot et placement du Québec, have entered into an business agreement.…
Gilmour joins CaGBC as CCO
The Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) has announced the appointment of Brent Gilmour as CaGBC’s Chief Commercial Officer (CCO). As CCO, Gilmour will be responsible…
PCL welcomes new Director of Sustainability
The PCL family of companies has announced the hiring of Scott Beckman as its new director of sustainability. Based in Denver, Beckman will lead the…
Canadian Hydropower Association names new President
The Board of Directors of the Canadian Hydropower Association (CHA) has announced the appointment of Anne-Raphaëlle Audouin as president. She will be joining the CHA…
Provinces, territories receive federal gas tax funding
The Government of Canada has announced the awarding of the first installment of gas tax funding for all ten provinces and all three territories. “Local…
Ontario receives first installment of federal gas tax revenues
The Government of Canada has delivered the first of two $408-million annual installments of the federal Gas Tax Fund (GTF) to Ontario. In total, the…
Green infrastructure projects receive government funding
François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, and Vicki-May Hamm, President of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) have announced almost $37 million for 26…
EXP hires Andrews as Ontario infrastructure sector leader
EXP has announced the appointment of Robert Andrews as sector leader, Ontario infrastructure. Throughout his career, Robert has assembled and led multi-disciplinary teams carrying out…
WSP acquires Louis Berger
WSP Global Inc. has announced that it has entered into an agreement in connection with the acquisition of Berger Group Holdings, Inc., the parent company…
Aecon names Servranckx next President, CEO
Aecon Group Inc. has announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Jean-Louis Servranckx as the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, effective September 4,…
Federal government names new Minister of Infrastructure
The federal government’s decision to shuffle the cabinet ahead of the 2019 election has placed the infrastructure portfolio in new hands. Amarjeet Sohi, who had…
Federal funding granted for clean rail research projects
The Government of Canada has announced an investment of $25,000 for a project at Université du Québec à Rimouski called “Application of new technologies to…
Spark Power acquires Bullfrog Power
Spark Power Corp. has announced the completion of a transaction to acquire Bullfrog Power (Bullfrog), Canada’s leading green energy provider. Bullfrog will become a wholly-owned…
Gilmour announces departure from QUEST
Brent Gilmour, executive director at QUEST (Quality Urban Energy Systems of Tomorrow), has announced that he is stepping down from his position as of July…
FCM launches Phase 2 of MAMP program
The Government of Canada and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) have announced new training opportunities to help local governments across the country optimize asset…
Government of Canada introduces Community Employee Benefits requirement
The Government of Canada announced a new measure aimed at ensuring that when building new infrastructure projects, proponents take into consideration the social and economic…