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May 27, 2013

Shop and Sleep

Glass installation is moving up on the next phase of the Southcore Financial Centre mixed-use project in Toronto, Ont.

May 23, 2013

Ontario raiding season closes with a thud

The war is over but the ensuing legal battles over who signed who from which union local have barely begun.

May 15, 2013

Goderich Carpenters’ union help train Habitat project trades

Pass by the site of a 1,200-square-foot house being built this summer in Goderich, Ont. by Habitat for Humanity and you might notice something different: the volunteer corps constructing the house is made up of women.

April 9, 2013

Raid wars continue to heat up between LIUNA and Carpenters’

The three sides in the Open Season raids are lobbing legal missives at each other as the battle over signatures heats up.

March 19, 2013

Union movement divides in Ontario

Carpenters’ District Council Executive Secretary Treasurer Ucal Powell may be cast in the role of the underdog in a battle against LIUNA Laborers International Union of North America) national boss Joseph Mancinelli but neither side is giving quarter.

March 18, 2013

Raid wars heat up in Ontario construction sector

There’s a state of war among construction unions as new and old players raid each other for members, flooding the Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB) with cases.

March 15, 2013

New union alleges LIUNA Local 183 conspired to “mislead” labour board

Former Toronto police union boss Craig Bromell is gunning for the biggest construction union in the country, alleging fraud at the Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB).

March 14, 2013

The GTA to lead ICI construction in 2013, finds survey

The Greater Toronto Area is expected to lead all regions in Ontario in construction activity in the ICI sector this year, according to the Ontario Construction Secretariat’s annual survey conducted by Ipsos-Reid.

March 13, 2013

Bill 119 not the fix needed: letter author

The WSIB was created to fix issues within the system which we can see today simply did not happen. In 2004 the deficit was over $5 billion and that has increased at a pace of $1.8 billion per year to its whopping deficit of over $14 billion today.

March 6, 2013

Southcore Site

An aerial view shows work moving upwards for the next phase of the Southcore Financial Centre mixed-use project in Toronto, Ont.

May 14, 2010

CFB Trenton fire hall build a logistics challenge

With 10-metre-high shear walls, 30-metre-long span trusses, and seven double bays, a new $12.1-million fire hall under construction at the Canadian Forces Base in Trenton is not a standard fire station. Neither are the logistics of building it.

May 14, 2010

A one-year tour of skilled trades at George Brown

In many cases, a person committed to the idea of a construction career faces an additional hurdle — the choice of a specific trade. A George Brown College program has been aiming to help construction students make informed choices by exposing them to a broad range of trades over a single year.

May 14, 2010

OETIO training prepares operators of the future

It’s a long way from a remote First Nations community on Moose Factory Island in James Bay to the Operating Engineers Training Institute of Ontario (OETIO) in Oakville. For 25-year-old Colin Wapachee the journey and cultural readjustment was worth it.

May 14, 2010

St. Joseph’s construction requires careful planning

With more than 680 tradespeople and office support staff on site at St. Joseph’s Healthcare West 5th Campus in Hamilton, construction manager PCL Constructors Canada Inc. has its hands full.

May 14, 2010

Diefenbunker construction design-build forerunner

Ottawa-area property available. 350 rooms. No view.

May 14, 2010

Kitchener Auditorium retrofit a journey into the unforeseen

Many old buildings undergoing renovations have something in common — the element of surprise.

May 14, 2010

What is the W.R.A.P. in Hamilton for skills training?

Riding on the success of its first year, the Work Ready Aboriginal People (W.R.A.P.)program is placing another crop of young adults from the Six Nations into introductory training at 12 different union-certified trades training centres in the Hamilton and Brantford area this fall.

May 14, 2010

You’re never too old to learn a new trade

At a time when workers in construction — and in the general workforce — are considering retirement, Murray Wicks is embarking on a new career. In August, Wicks who turns 60 this November, received his electrician: construction and maintenance licence.