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Seasonal trends bring construction employment lower; investment trends may indicate further reductions
Seasonal workloads, reduced investments in building construction, and ongoing public-health measures to control the spread of COVID-19 combined to lower construction employment in January.
Angela Clayton named IO president of project delivery
The group head of Plenary Americas’ buildings division previous served for seven years with Infrastructure Ontario and Ontario Realty Corp. She takes over her new role at IO in April.
Facedrive receives $2.5M funding from province
The company will use the money to manufacture more of its COVID-19 contact-tracing devices, and to create more jobs.
Construction loses 45,000 jobs in January: ADP report
ADP Canada’s latest national employment report shows country-wide job losses of more than 231,000 in January, including 45,000 in the construction industry.
Feds, province announce infrastructure commitments
In a series of announcements in February, the senior levels of government announced more than $6 million in funding for infrastructure projects in three communities.