News Sener to design Toronto’s Line 2 subway extension The consortium building a 7.8km extension of Toronto’s Line 2 subway – Aecon and FCC Canada – have picked Spanish engineering and technology group Sener to develop its detailed design.…
News AtkinsRéalis wins $450m contract to deliver the G7’s first small reactor AtkinsRéalis company Candu Energy has won a C$450m execution contract from Ontario Power Generation (OPG) to build the first of four planned small modular reactors (SMRs) at the Darlington Nuclear…
News First Nation Peoples in Canada sign nuclear deal with Westinghouse The Westinghouse Electric Company has signed an agreement in principle with the Pabineau and Eel River Bar First Nations in the eastern Canadian province of New Brunswick to build a…
News WSP, Kiewit win role on Canada’s $26bn nuclear waste storage project Five companies have been awarded a design and engineering contract to prepare plans for a depository for spent nuclear fuel in northwestern Ontario, Canada. The Deep Geological Repository (DGR) will…
News Vancouver seeks builder for new port on artificial island The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority is looking for a construction partner to build a 320-acre artificial island and wharf for the Roberts Bank Terminal 2 Project, and will issue a…
News Ontario to get small nuclear power in 2030 The Canadian province of Ontario plans to switch on North America’s first small modular reactor (SMR) by 2030 after the provincial government last week gave the nod for construction to…
News Trump tariff chaos makes Dow pause $8.4bn plant in Canada US chemical producer Dow has pressed pause on its plan to build the world’s first net-zero chemical plant in Canada, broadcaster CBC reports. It was planning to invest US$6.5bn on…
News Stantec buys Irish engineering consultant Canadian designer and engineer Stantec has announced its acquisition of Irish engineering and environmental consultancy Ryan Hanley, hoping to boost its presence in the Irish water sector. Stantec and Ryan…
News Village built for construction workers could end up in landfill, but there’s no room As a brand new hydroelectric dam in remote Northeastern British Columbia, Canada gears up for full generation this autumn, locals are grappling with an unexpected problem: What to do with…
News Ontario and Toronto move to ban US contractors Ontario will ban US firms from bidding for public sector contracts, locking American contractors, engineers and consultants out of some US$139.7bn worth of infrastructure projects in the most populous Canadian province.
News Aluminium alert: US jobs at risk from 25% tariff on critical metal President Donald Trump’s 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminium imported into the US took effect today, with likely cost hikes for construction, and a warning of 100,000 US jobs…
News Canada loosens restrictions for foreign workers to build affordable housing Canada’s immigration minister Marc Miller has announced that foreign registered apprentices will be able to work in the country while completing their studies without having to apply for permits beforehand…
Projects Mammoet to lift new roof at Montreal’s Olympic stadium Heavy-lift specialist Mammoet has won a contract to help replace the dysfunctional roof at Montreal’s 55,000-seat Olympic stadium, built for the 1976 Olympics. It will provide mobile cranes for the…
News International team to build $5bn Canadian hospital expansion A multinational consortium has won a contract to build a US$5.1bn expansion of the Queen Elizabeth II infirmary in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Canada’s PCL Constructors and B+H Architects are teaming…
News Canadians have to ‘increase savings 50%’ to solve housing crisis Canada will need to invest more than US$210bn a year to meet its housebuilding targets, according to a report from policy thinktank, the Fraser Institute. The housing market is suffering…
News Canada to spend $680m on Toronto’s waterfront ‘city within a city’ The Canadian government is joining forces with the Ontario provincial government and the city of Toronto to fund a major housing scheme on Toronto’s waterfront. They’ll contribute a combined US$680m…
News Builders welcome Trump’s 30-day tariff pause US house builders have welcomed Donald Trump’s 30-day pause on his plan to impose 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico, but they urge more dialogue to make the…
News Trump’s tariffs will stoke US housing crisis, builders say Donald Trump’s 25% tariffs on goods imported from Canada and Mexico, announced Saturday, will raise the cost of vital materials used in residential construction and fuel the housing affordability crisis,…