Infrastructure Archives - constructconnect.com Canada's construction news Fri, 02 May 2025 18:25:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.3 https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2021/10/cropped-favicon-32x32-1-32x32.png Infrastructure Archives - constructconnect.com 32 32 Contractor selection for $211M Cambie Street Bridge rehab will happen by year’s end /joc/news/infrastructure/2025/05/contractor-selection-for-211m-cambie-street-bridge-rehab-will-happen-by-years-end /joc/news/infrastructure/2025/05/contractor-selection-for-211m-cambie-street-bridge-rehab-will-happen-by-years-end#respond Mon, 05 May 2025 11:00:06 +0000 /?p=457433 A contractor will be selected by the end of this year for major rehabilitation and seismic resiliency work on the busy, 40-year-old Cambie Street Bridge in Vancouver, paving the way for upgrades to start in early 2026. It will be the second phase of a multi-year project to reduce potential damage the bridge might endure […]

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]]> /joc/news/infrastructure/2025/05/contractor-selection-for-211m-cambie-street-bridge-rehab-will-happen-by-years-end/feed 0 RFP issued for Stevenson Memorial Hospital phase one redevelopment /dcn/news/infrastructure/2025/05/rfp-issued-for-stevenson-memorial-hospital-phase-one-redevelopment /dcn/news/infrastructure/2025/05/rfp-issued-for-stevenson-memorial-hospital-phase-one-redevelopment#respond Fri, 02 May 2025 11:15:37 +0000 /?p=457033 TORONTO — Infrastructure Ontario (IO) and Stevenson Memorial Hospital have invited three companies to respond to a request for proposals (RFP) for the Stevenson Memorial Hospital phase one redevelopment project. The companies prequalified on criteria identified in a request for qualifications process that began in August 2024. The companies that prequalified are: EllisDon Corporation, Ledcor […]

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]]> /dcn/news/infrastructure/2025/05/rfp-issued-for-stevenson-memorial-hospital-phase-one-redevelopment/feed 0 Emergency mental health, addictions services unit breaks ground in Guelph /dcn/news/infrastructure/2025/05/emergency-mental-health-addictions-services-unit-breaks-ground-in-guelph /dcn/news/infrastructure/2025/05/emergency-mental-health-addictions-services-unit-breaks-ground-in-guelph#respond Fri, 02 May 2025 10:05:51 +0000 /?p=457024 GUELPH, ONT. — Construction of a phased expansion is underway for a new emergency department and mental health and addictions services unit at Guelph General Hospital (GGH). According to a release, the province is investing over $21 million to support the first phase of the expansion, which includes renovating approximately 23,000 square feet of space […]

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]]> /dcn/news/infrastructure/2025/05/emergency-mental-health-addictions-services-unit-breaks-ground-in-guelph/feed 0 Alberta’s massive $1.1B Yellowhead Trail freeway project kicks into final gear /joc/news/infrastructure/2025/05/albertas-massive-1-1b-yellowhead-trail-freeway-project-kicks-into-final-gear /joc/news/infrastructure/2025/05/albertas-massive-1-1b-yellowhead-trail-freeway-project-kicks-into-final-gear#respond Thu, 01 May 2025 11:00:22 +0000 /?p=456724 The old English aphorism, “Good things come to those who wait,” was appropriately used as an advertising slogan in the United Kingdom in 1996 to promote Guiness-brand draught stout. Today, the age-old adage might be applicable to the $1.1-billion Yellowhead Trail Freeway Conversion Project in Edmonton, as the finish line to the expansive venture may […]

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]]> /joc/news/infrastructure/2025/05/albertas-massive-1-1b-yellowhead-trail-freeway-project-kicks-into-final-gear/feed 0 Ontario gets ball rolling on Highway 401 tunnel feasibility study /dcn/news/infrastructure/2025/04/ontario-gets-ball-rolling-on-highway-401-tunnel-feasibility-study /dcn/news/infrastructure/2025/04/ontario-gets-ball-rolling-on-highway-401-tunnel-feasibility-study#respond Wed, 30 Apr 2025 13:22:11 +0000 /?p=456631 TORONTO — Ontario is taking a concrete step toward an idea Premier Doug Ford has championed to build a tunnel under Highway 401. Ford has spoken often of the need to address gridlock and railed against lost productivity as a result of it. He first raised the idea last fall of building a tunnel under […]

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]]> /dcn/news/infrastructure/2025/04/ontario-gets-ball-rolling-on-highway-401-tunnel-feasibility-study/feed 0 Work now underway to reconstruct Provincial Road 224 /joc/news/infrastructure/2025/04/work-now-underway-to-reconstruct-provincial-road-224 /joc/news/infrastructure/2025/04/work-now-underway-to-reconstruct-provincial-road-224#respond Wed, 30 Apr 2025 11:00:09 +0000 /?p=456385 WINNIPEG — Preliminary work is now underway to repair and reconstruct sections of Provincial Road (PR) 224 from PR 325 through Peguis First Nation to Fisher River Cree Nation. “Last year’s spring weather caused significant damage to PR 224, but we are committed to improving safety and better connecting communities in the area,” said Transportation […]

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]]> /joc/news/infrastructure/2025/04/work-now-underway-to-reconstruct-provincial-road-224/feed 0 The final lap: Crews begin work on last two lanes of Gardiner rehab /dcn/news/infrastructure/2025/04/the-final-lap-crews-begin-work-on-last-two-lanes-of-gardiner-rehab /dcn/news/infrastructure/2025/04/the-final-lap-crews-begin-work-on-last-two-lanes-of-gardiner-rehab#respond Wed, 30 Apr 2025 08:10:18 +0000 /?p=456351 TORONTO — Work is now underway on the third stage of the Gardiner Expressway Section 2 rehabilitation project, with the Province of Ontario touting it is months ahead of the advanced schedule announced in July 2024. Crews have rehabilitated the two southern and the two centre lanes of the Gardiner Expressway between Dufferin Street and […]

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]]> /dcn/news/infrastructure/2025/04/the-final-lap-crews-begin-work-on-last-two-lanes-of-gardiner-rehab/feed 0 RFP closed for Peel Memorial Hospital phase two project /dcn/news/infrastructure/2025/04/rfp-closed-for-peel-memorial-hospital-phase-two-project /dcn/news/infrastructure/2025/04/rfp-closed-for-peel-memorial-hospital-phase-two-project#respond Tue, 29 Apr 2025 08:10:06 +0000 /?p=455872 TORONTO — The Request for Proposals (RFP) stage has closed for William Osler Health System’s Peel Memorial Hospital phase two redevelopment project. Four teams were shortlisted and invited to respond to the RFP in October 2024. The following teams submitted their proposals by the deadline: Progress Peel Health Solutions Pomerleau Inc. EllisDon Corporation Bird Design-Build […]

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]]> /dcn/news/infrastructure/2025/04/rfp-closed-for-peel-memorial-hospital-phase-two-project/feed 0 Ground broken for new children’s treatment centre in Ottawa /dcn/news/infrastructure/2025/04/ground-broken-for-new-childrens-treatment-centre-in-ottawa /dcn/news/infrastructure/2025/04/ground-broken-for-new-childrens-treatment-centre-in-ottawa#respond Mon, 28 Apr 2025 10:05:28 +0000 /?p=454974 OTTAWA — Ground has officially been broken on the new CHEO Integrated Treatment Centre in Ottawa. The new fully accessible children’s treatment centre will provide integrated and co-ordinated care under one roof to better serve children and youth living with complex medical, developmental and behavioural needs, explains a release. Construction of the new, approximately 200,000-square-foot […]

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]]> /dcn/news/infrastructure/2025/04/ground-broken-for-new-childrens-treatment-centre-in-ottawa/feed 0 Province pursues two new hydroelectric station projects in northern Ontario /dcn/news/infrastructure/2025/04/province-pursues-two-new-hydroelectric-station-projects-in-northern-ontario /dcn/news/infrastructure/2025/04/province-pursues-two-new-hydroelectric-station-projects-in-northern-ontario#respond Mon, 28 Apr 2025 08:10:34 +0000 /?p=455039 TIMMINS — The Ontario government has announced it is working in partnership with Taykwa Tagamou Nation (TTN) and Moose Cree First Nation (MCFN) to expand hydroelectric generation as a way to meet growing energy demand. TTN and MCFN will lead co-planning, working alongside the government and Ontario Power Generation (OPG), to explore opportunities for two […]

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]]> /dcn/news/infrastructure/2025/04/province-pursues-two-new-hydroelectric-station-projects-in-northern-ontario/feed 0 Iona Island Causeway upgrades receive $500,000 in B.C. grant funding /joc/news/infrastructure/2025/04/iona-island-causeway-upgrades-receive-500000-in-b-c-grant-funding /joc/news/infrastructure/2025/04/iona-island-causeway-upgrades-receive-500000-in-b-c-grant-funding#respond Fri, 25 Apr 2025 11:10:59 +0000 /?p=454319 METRO VANCOUVER — A $500,000 BC Active Transportation Grant is helping to support the next stage of early construction work that’s set to begin in preparation for upgrades to the Iona Island Wastewater Treatment Plant. More specifically, the money will support improvements to the Iona Island Causeway, which is the only access road to the […]

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]]> /joc/news/infrastructure/2025/04/iona-island-causeway-upgrades-receive-500000-in-b-c-grant-funding/feed 0 Ontario ordered to pause Toronto bike lane removal until Charter case decided /dcn/news/infrastructure/2025/04/ontario-ordered-to-pause-toronto-bike-lane-removal-until-charter-case-decided /dcn/news/infrastructure/2025/04/ontario-ordered-to-pause-toronto-bike-lane-removal-until-charter-case-decided#respond Thu, 24 Apr 2025 10:20:53 +0000 /?p=453826 TORONTO — Premier Doug Ford’s government has been ordered to keep its hands off three major Toronto bike lanes until a judge can decide whether a plan to remove them is unconstitutional. The injunction handed down April 22 was heralded as a win by the cyclist group challenging Ontario’s bid to rip up the lanes […]

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