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July 1, 2009

Availability limiting biofuel adoption

With petroleum-based fuel products increasing in cost and scarcity, as well as adding to already-critical greenhouse gas levels, eco-friendly alternatives are beginning to power fleet-vehicles and heavy construction machinery.

July 1, 2009

Non-technical skills development a priority for engineers

Due to changing demographics in the workforce, senior leaders in the technical world of engineering are paying greater attention to essential non-technical skills.

June 3, 2009

B.C. court ruling could impact future construction

A B.C. Supreme Court ruling that awarded damages to a Cambie street merchant for business disruption caused by Canada Line construction will have ramifications for all public works projects, if upheld.

May 20, 2009

Federal government won’t budge on two year infrastructure deadline

When it comes to funding for new infrastructure construction under the stimulus package, the federal government is taking a tough stance on project deadlines.

May 4, 2009

First national engineering summit planned

Key national organizations with a stake in the engineering industry have teamed up to host Canada’s first national engineering summit.

April 29, 2009

Alberta steel projects take centre stage at gala

Alberta’s best steel projects stole the spotlight at the 2009 Alberta Steel Design Awards of Excellence.

April 27, 2009

Vancouver digs deep to reduce earthquake risks

Metro Vancouver is planning on building water tunnels beneath the Fraser River and Burrard Inlet to ensure the region’s key water supply infrastructure can withstand a major earthquake.

April 15, 2009

Metro Vancouver awards twin-tunnel contract to Seymour-Cap Partnership

Metro Vancouver has finalized negotiations and awarded a contract for completion of the twin tunnels component of the Seymour Capilano Filtration Project.

April 15, 2009

Albertans see red over first deficit budget in 16 years

In its first deficit budget in 16 years, the Alberta government anticipates dipping $4.7 billion into debt in an attempt to keep Albertans working through the recession.

April 6, 2009

CEBC honours its own at 20th Annual Gala for Engineering Excellence

British Columbia<0x2019>s consulting engineers gathered earlier this month to honour their own at the 20th Annual Gala for Engineering Excellence.

September 25, 2006

Cross border business guide to be updated

When it comes to complex issues like cross-border business, the Canadian Construction Association will look to those who know the subject best — its own members.

September 25, 2006

Largest tunnel project in decades

Last year’s Port of Vancouver container strike by truckers and this year’s acute shortage of manpower in the construction industry have combined to stall the 2008 completion date of the new $600 million Seymour-Capilano Filtration Project (SCFP).

September 25, 2006

Transfer of intellectual property rights concerns design industry

Ontario’s design industry plans to take Infrastructure Ontario “up on its offer” to discuss a controversial proposal that would require transfer of intellectual property by project bidders.

September 25, 2006

Bridge a quandary

Oh dear, what can the matter be, this old bridge is under capacity, what to do is a big quandary, will a decision be made?

September 25, 2006

Branch supports APEGBC Foundation

APEGBC’s Sea to Sky Branch has donated $3,000 to the APEGBC Foundation to fund its scholarships.

September 25, 2006

APEGBC is looking to the future

For the APEGBC’s new chairman, public safety and professional standards go hand in hand, whether he’s reflecting on the associations past successes or looking forward to his upcoming term.

September 25, 2006

BC's demand for engineers not being met

It’s a fairly old story in the construction industry, the one about the university-trained immigrant engineer who can’t get a job in B.C. and is working for minimum wage at something else.

September 25, 2006

Mind your 3Ps and Qs: new course offered

">The University of British Columbia’s Sauder School of Business plans to offer courses in Public Private Partnerships (PPP) — the first of their kind in Canada — by as early as 2007, says Tom Ross, director of Sauder’s Phelps Centre for the Study of Government and Business.

September 25, 2006

Going where most engineers fear to tread

The Case of The Boy Who Plunged Down An Elevator Shaft riveted Albertans a couple of years ago.

September 25, 2006

Aerospace Centre flies past constraints

A new aerospace centre will give students a chance to reach for the skies, thanks to some ground-level engineering know-how.

September 25, 2006

Living Shangri-La has Vancouver's Heaviest Tower

The core needed to support Vancouver’s tallest downtown building – the Living Shangri-La hotel/private residential complex – had to be excavated to twice the normal depth of other buildings, says the geo-technical engineer on the excavation project.

September 25, 2006

Golden Ears more than just a bridge

The Golden Ears Bridge will alleviate traffic woes between Surrey, Langley, Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows. But in order to get the bridge across the Fraser River and connecting those communities, Translink and its construction partners had to surmount a series of engineering problems.