By Anna Guy The largest project in Enbridge history, the L3RP will maintain the highest safety and environmental standards, reduce future maintenance activities and ensure the reliable supply of western Canadian crude oil to the Chicago, U.S. Gulf Coast, eastern U.S. and Canadian refinery markets. In early August of this year, Alberta Premier Rachel [...]
The Sky Is The Limit LGT is an incubator for experience, knowledge, and success—just one of the many ways LGT is impacting the Quebec Engineering community. Soon, it sets it sights on the rest of the country. LGT is an award-winning consulting engineering firm specialized and dedicated to the building industry whose influence [...]
A Collective Voice For Ontario's Construction Workers Health and Safety, Infrastructure Investments, Apprenticeship and Training, Fair Wages, Diversity in the Industry. On issues that affect their livelihoods, the Building and Construction Trades Council of Ontario is the collective voice for the 150,000 construction workers in the province. History of the Building Trades in [...]
Positive, Proactive and Progressive By Anna Guy The Labourers' International Union of North America (LiUNA) claims it is the most progressive, aggressive and fastest growing union of construction workers, representing workers in the industrial, health care, and services sectors of the economy—and they are putting their money where their mouth is. If you aren’t [...]
Joint Partnership Provides Exemplary Utilities-related services By Anna Guy In 2015, Aecon Group and the Six Nations of the Grand River Development Corporation formed a joint venture agreement. In three short years, the partnership has evolved into an industry-leading example of corporate Canada and First Nations partnership. “A partnership of this nature, with [...]
Building For Tomorrow By Anna Guy Thomas Benjoe understands how youngsters are influenced by leaders in their communities. When Benjoe was a high school student himself, he saw an article on Dave Tuccaro that changed the course of his life. A self-made man, Tuccaro is the richest First Nations businessman in Canada, and [...]
Defining the Places We Live, Work, and Play By Anna Guy In April of 2016, Cornelia Hahn Oberlander became the recipient of the inaugural Governor General’s Medal in Landscape Architecture, an award that raises the profile of Landscape Architecture in this country to new heights. If you’ve ever felt welcomed to the National [...]
Get the Job Done By Anna Guy When Canadian giants set out on large construction projects, the smallest deviation in budget or schedule means losing tens of millions of dollars, if not more. That’s why for almost 25 years, clients have trusted L. Nardella Associates Ltd to ensure that every aspect of the project—from [...]
The new era in structural engineering By Anna Guy In the fast-paced construction industry, time is money. Project coordination is critical because any delay can amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars in loses a day for an owner. Successful builds require all parties—from architects to subcontractors and everyone in between—to be on the [...]
On the Forefront of Innovation Within the last couple decades, the construction industry has seen a tremendous change, in not only technology used for construction practices but also in policies, regulations and standards which members in the industry work towards. The practice of sustainable building, or green building, has encouraged the P3 (private [...]