The 10-year project to refurbish the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station achieved another significant milestone in early September when work started on defueling Unit 3.

One project by MennoHomes will transform the old St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church on Bridgeport Road East into a five-storey mixed-use building with 48 rental units; the other will see 13 new units created at a facility on Guelph Street.

Buildings of 855,000 square feet and one million square feet are planned for construction in Hamilton and Ajax respectively.

The document commits both parties to a number of obligations, including no work stoppages, and a directive to replace the 20 percent of the project’s workforce that is expected to retire in the next 10 years with people from traditionally disadvantaged populations.

The national jobs market continued its march toward a pre-pandemic recovery in August. Construction hiring was nearly flat, but the industry is already within 92 percent of its February employment level.