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MCS group awarded program delivery partner contract for two GTA subway projects
The members of the group are already working as an integrated team with Metrolinx to support the delivery of the GO Expansion. They will now also work as a unit on the Scarborough Subway Extension and Yonge North Subway Extension projects.
Canada needs 300,000 new rental units to avoid gap quadrupling by 2026: report
Canada's vacancy rate fell to 1.9 per cent in 2022, its lowest point in 21 years, from 3.4 per cent in 2020 and 2021.
StatsCan data looks at value, replacement costs of core public infrastructure
The total value of core public infrastructure across the country at the end of 2020 was $2.1 trillion, with roads, bridges and tunnels accounting for more than half of that figure.
Feds announce plans to spend $1.4B on JTF2 site in Ottawa
The project calls for upgrades to the Joint Task Force 2 special operations forces’ facilities at the Dwyer Hill Training Centre, including on 89 aging and temporary structures. EllisDon was awarded the construction management contract.
Brantford roofing company fined $110K for 2021 fatality
Jackson Roofing & Son Contracting was found to have violated the Occupational Health and Safety Act in connection with a 2021 fall that led to a worker’s death.