The Highway 91/17 Upgrade Project is a series of road and highway upgrades that are part of a larger upgrade project in Delta, BC. Jody Deane is the Executive Project Director, Highway 91/17 Upgrade Project for the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure. It’s her responsibility to ensure that Pacific Gateway Constructors General [...]
Research Driven, Industry Focused Bringing people together is part of the Ontario Construction Secretariat’s (OCS) nature and one of the core reasons it exists as an organization. Back in the 1970s, there was a great deal of instability in Ontario’s Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional (ICI) construction sector, and the provincial government felt [...]
Reaching New Heights Canada’s newest aviation training facility is preparing students for a smooth take-off. The Mohawk College Centre for Aviation Technology (CAT) opened in Hamilton, Ontario on February 9, 2021. In previous years, students in the Aviation Technician – Maintenance, Aircraft Structure, and Avionics Maintenance programs were trained at four separate [...]
Resurrecting The Past The Faro Mine Remediation Project is one of the most complex abandoned mine cleanup projects in Canada. Opened in 1969, it was the largest open pit lead-zinc mine in the world, at one time. It was abandoned in 1998. The remediation project was established to prevent contamination of the [...]
The Brains of The (Transportation)Operation Willowglen Systems is an Albertan company whose technology is deployed across five continents and, after fifty years of operation, is still making waves in the industrial automation industry! In 1971, when Willowglen Systems was founded in Edmonton, AB, the cutting-edge technology it developed included the first electronic [...]
Bridging The Gap Between Software & Businesses Have you ever wished there was a single software platform that encompassed Customer Relationship Management, Enterprise Resource Planning, and Business Intelligence functionality? Kenneth Bond wants to you know that there is. Kenneth is the CEO & Enterprise Software Solutions Architect of ROOK Connect. They developed [...]
Focused on People and the Triple Bottom Line for over 25 Years By Heather Romito In 2020, Allnorth Consultants Limited, headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, celebrated 25 years since inception and recently celebrated 10 years in one of its many regional offices - Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The privately held, multi-disciplinary company provides civil, [...]
Making it Last By Heather Romito For more than 50 years, the Louis-Hippolyte-La Fontaine bridge-tunnel has been an important part of Montreal’s busy infrastructure. In that time, it has served the geography well but has seen some inevitable wear and tear. The Québec Ministry of Transportation is taking on the daunting task [...]
They Don’t Call Him ‘Mr. Hamilton’ for Nothing By Heather Romito For most people who know Ron Foxcroft, it wouldn’t surprise them to learn that he began his entrepreneurial pursuits in high school. However, it might surprise them to learn that he was expelled for those pursuits. Today, Foxcroft is a globally [...]
Celebrating Amazon and 80 Years By Heather Romito In October 2020, John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport (Hamilton International) celebrated its 80th year of operation. Hamilton International is owned by the City of Hamilton and managed under an agreement by TradePort International Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of industry-leading investor, developer and [...]