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Investment in building construction totalled $15.6 billion in December Total investment in building construction edged up 0.5% from November to $15.6 billion in December, says StatsCan, with gains in both the residential and non-residential sectors. On a constant dollar basis (2012=100), investment in building construction was largely unchanged at $12.8 billion. The total value of investment increased by 3.4% to $181.8 billion from 2018 to 2019.

JCB Construction Canada sets up an office in Toronto JCB Construction Canada has made its presence official in the Ontario market with the opening of its new Toronto office at 260 King Street East. The new branch is overseen by Vice-President and General Manager, Benoit Labelle, who divides his time between the Montreal head office on the South Shore and the new branch in Toronto, where he manages the team and client relations.

Key Toronto transit project suffers delay The Englinton Crosstown LRT will not open until “well into 2022,” according to a statement from Metrolinx president and CEO, Phil Verster.

Preparing people for skilled trades careers in Thunder Bay The province of Ontario is responding to a looming skilled trades shortage by investing in training for Indigenous people in the Thunder Bay area. The Province has announced funding of nearly $2 million for two separate projects.

Canada’s resilient construction and maintenance industry will require more than 300,000 new workers by 2029 Canada’s construction outlook has strengthened from last year and with that strength will come increased labour market demand over both the short and long term, according to BuildForce Canada’s 2020–2029 Construction and Maintenance Looking Forward national report. The report forecasts that employment in Canada’s construction and maintenance industry will grow by 50,200 workers by 2029. When combined with the anticipated retirement of more than 257,000 construction workers over the decade, the i

Cyberattacks threaten transportation technologies, mobile devices, cloud computing, management tools BlackBerry Limited has released its annual 2020 Threat Report, which examines the latest adversarial techniques and tactics analyzed by BlackBerry Cylance threat researchers, and provides guidance organizations can leverage to mitigate risk. Key findings include the continued evolution of nation-state backed threat actor groups, the increased availability of sophisticated attack toolsets, as well as analysis on which targets are becoming more appealing to attackers and why. The report also detai

Waterloo Region approves $104 million transit facility Waterloo Region has awarded the contract for a new, $104,330,000 Grand River Transit bus maintenance facility. The new facility, located on Northfield Drive in Waterloo, will be built by Magil Construction Ontario Inc. Magil’s Ontario operation is based in London, Ontario.

Architecture award for National Arts Centre The rejuvenation of Ottawa’s National Arts Centre by Diamond Schmitt Architects has won an Architecture Award of Merit from a leading performing arts association.

Ontario bill aims to expedite transit construction Caroline Mulroney, Ontario Minister of Transportation, has introduced legislation aimed at delivering Ontario's four priority subway projects on-time and on-budget. The goal, according to a government statement, is to deliver “transit faster for the people in the Greater Toronto Area, reducing congestion, and connecting people to places and jobs.”

Rolls-Royce’s Peterborough facility expansion has begun Rolls-Royce has broken ground on a new expansion to its Centre of Excellence for Naval Handling equipment in Peterborough, Ontario.