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Update on the Investing in Canada infrastructure plan

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Infrastructure investments play a key role in growing a strong and sustainable economy, making our communities more inclusive, and creating opportunities and jobs for the middle class. Read more.

Sohi to infrastructure agency: deliver early wins and avoid riskiest financing options

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Leadership at a new federal infrastructure financing agency has been told to largely avoid the riskiest of investment options to help private companies make projects a reality and deliver early wins to show its value. Read more.

CCA asks federal government to restore business confidence

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The Canadian Construction Association (CCA) is asking the federal government to work with the provinces and stakeholders involved in the Trans Mountain Expansion Project to mediate a solution and restore business confidence. Read more.

Canada and Ontario to make significant infrastructure investments that will improve the lives of Canadians

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The governments of Canada and Ontario are working together to make long-term infrastructure investments that will create economic growth, sustain well-paying jobs, build inclusive communities and support a low carbon, green economy–leading to a higher quality of life for all Canadians. Read more.

Six disruptive examples show how manufacturing and construction are converging

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The lines between manufacturing and construction continue to blur, disrupting everything from the materials used to the labor market, which hasn’t fully recovered from the 2008 economic downturn. Read more.

Metro Vancouver sewage could heat hundreds of buildings

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Metro Vancouver hopes to significantly reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by using the region’s sewage to heat everything from hospitals to massive housing developments.  Read more

Conventional expansion joints could be a thing of the past in bridge construction

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Expansion joints are a fact of life whether you’re building a rail line, a building facade or a bridge. Building materials expand in hot weather and contract when it turns cold. Highway bridges of any great length have expansion joints at each end. Drivers are usually aware of them because there’s often a small bump as you cross them. Read more.

Community benefits may not be beneficial to construction procurement

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The social value of infrastructure is the infrastructure. Ken Gibson, executive director of the Alberta Construction Association, made that statement during an animated discussion pertaining to community benefits at the Industry Advocacy and Regulatory Affairs Committee meeting held recently during the Canadian Construction Association’s (CCA) 100th annual conference in Banff, Alta. Read more.

Watchdog calls out Liberals for lack of details in federal budget plans

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The Trudeau Liberals are facing pressure from Parliament’s spending watchdog to come clean on billions in spending outlined in last month’s budget that have little or no explanation – be it on infrastructure, programs for Canadians, or the military. Read more.