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Hotel construction ends ’20 on a high note
Analysts Lodging Econometrics show that the hotel construction pipeline in Canada ended 2020 with 270 projects—just 35 fewer than the record high reached at the end of 2019.
Feds promise billions in new funds to build, expand public-transit systems
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made the $14.9−billion announcement on Wednesday as he prepared for a virtual meeting with mayors from Canada’s largest cities, many of them struggling to make ends meet due to the COVID−19 pandemic.
Bolton general contractor fined $50K for OHSA violation
The company was found to have failed to properly brace a structure so that it could not fail or collapse. The incident saw a steel structure assembly collapse, and a worker injured.
Windsor permits off to slow start in ‘21
Building permit values reached just $25.1 million for the month. That’s down from the $45.3 million recorded in December 2020 and the $37.8 million recorded in January 2020.
Ottawa library building targets net-zero carbon
A funding boost of $34.5 million from the federal government should help the soon-to-be-constructed Ottawa Public Library–Library and Archives Canada joint facility reach net-zero carbon.
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