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Ottawa Hospital, local building trades sign project-labour agreement for campus construction
The agreement eliminates risk for work delays and disruptions caused by strikes or lockouts during construction of the hospital’s new 2.5-million square-foot campus.
Tunnelling begins on Scarborough Subway Extension
Tunnel boring machine Diggy Scardust was deployed on January 18, and will dig nearly seven kilometres of the 7.8-kilometre tunnel.
EllisDon’s Fit Your Frame campaign aims to close safety vest gap
The initiative will provide construction safety vests to women and gender-nonconforming persons whose frame and body type are not best served by traditional vest offerings.
Modern Niagara retrofit in Kingston achieves IREE certification
At 220,000 square feet, the building at 945 Princess Street becomes one of the largest projects in Canada to receive IREE certification.
Ottawa receives $350 million for electric buses and support infrastructure
An investment from the federal government will allow the city to buy hundreds of new zero-emission busses, and to construct supporting infrastructure.