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Ontario's tighter rules allow builders to keep working on condos, other jobs
Ontario’s new COVID−19 emergency measures don’t prevent construction from continuing on many developments, including condos.
Bowmanville Hospital receives $2.5M for renovation planning
An investment from the province is the latest step along the way to substantially renovating the facility. Construction procurement is expected to begin in 2022. Financial close of the P3 in anticipated for 2024.
Bank CEOs say economic rebound is coming, but short term looking 'not as good'
The chief executives of the country’s most prominent banks think Canada is benefiting from generous government relief packages that reduced delinquencies and insolvencies and the arrival of several promising COVID−19 vaccines.
GoFor goes electric
The Ottawa-based on-demand construction-materials delivery service has partnered with a California-based electric-vehicle fleet as a service provider to electrify its fleet beginning early in the year.
Construction crews push to make parking lot field hospitals patient-ready
Parking−lot field hospitals can be built in as little as two weeks, have anywhere from 40 to 93 beds and are connected to the hospital by covered walkways. The temporary buildings have their own heating, cooling, air filtration and permanent plumbing for washrooms and showers.