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Request for qualifications issued for new South Niagara Hospital
Infrastructure Ontario and Niagara Health expect to shortlist three teams to deliver the project. A request for proposals will follow in the fall, with contract close expected in 2022.
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.
Ontario asks federal government for $1.5 billion in funding for Hamilton LRT project
The province called on Ottawa to provide the funding on Tuesday, over a year after it cancelled the project because its costs had escalated to $5.5 billion.