Visit Water & Wastewater at Journal of Commerce
SPECIAL SECTION
Water and Wastewater
August 27, 2010
Hamilton water treatment plant stays in service during rebuilding operation
Hamilton’s iconic Woodward Avenue Water Treatment Plant is receiving a $25 million structural and architectural reincarnation that involves the staged demolition and reconstruction of the four quadrants of the plant’s filter building along with some process upgrades.
August 25, 2010
Residential and Civil Construction Alliance of Ontario pushes for full-cost water pricing
A province-wide framework for developing water and wastewater infrastructure that includes full-cost pricing would improve Ontario infrastructure and construction planning, says the Residential and Civil Construction Alliance of Ontario.
August 24, 2010
Morrison Hershfield wins Ethiopia wastewater job
Morrison Hershfield has been successful in its international bid for the Kality Wastewater Collection and Treatment Expansion Project in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
July 28, 2010
Saint-Cuthbert, Quebec gets wastewater funding
The Municipality of Saint-Cuthbert will receive $3.3 million in combined government financial assistance under the Communities Component of the Building Canada Fund-Quebec for a wastewater treatment project.
July 15, 2010
Utilities, water projects top list of U.S. engineering prospects
Before putting the finishing touches on a recent presentation on trends in the U.S. market, PSMJ Resources Inc. consultant Ken Tichacek picked up the phone and called the firm’s Atlanta-based research director.
June 23, 2010
Construction begins on West Bank wastewater plant
The Palestinian prime minister has laid the cornerstone for a $50 million sewage treatment plant.
June 23, 2010
Boosting volunteers a priority for new Consulting Engineers of Ontario chair
Boosting the association’s volunteer ranks has been earmarked as a priority by newly elected Consulting Engineers of Ontario (CEO) chair Shawn Gibbons.
June 15, 2010
Walkerton tragedy spurred improvements
Ten years since the words “E. Coli” and “Walkerton” became synonymous in Ontario’s water lexicon, a legacy of regulatory and infrastructure improvements has resulted from construction sites to the tap.
June 11, 2010
J. L. Richards & Associates wins award for wastewater treatment plant upgrade
J. L. Richards & Associates Ltd. is the recipient of this year’s Willis Chipman Award for its role on an ambitious $115-million upgrade at the Ravensview Wastewater Treatment Plant in Kingston.
June 11, 2010
Expandable wastewater treatment plant finished in Fort McMurray, Alberta
The City of Fort McMurray has just completed the construction of a new sewage treatment plant designed to be expanded in phases to meet the housing needs of the city’s rapidly growing population.
February 12, 2010
Construction blitz aimed at improving First Nations water
A federal government plan to build 18 water and wastewater infrastructure projects in First Nations communities across Canada is well underway, with nine projects under construction and another five scheduled to commence by March. Funding for the projects totals $165 million with $75 million on the books for 2009-10.
February 12, 2010
Winnipeg enjoys benefits of recently completed Deacon Water Treatment Plant
Citizens of Winnipeg are enjoying the benefits of the Deacon Water Treatment Plant, completed in December, to provide the area with top-quality clean water.
February 12, 2010
Peel Region begins expansion of Clarkson Wastewater Treatment Plant
With the construction completion of a 2.2-kilometre-long outfall tunnel into Lake Ontario in November, Peel Region is now proceeding with a massive three-year $160-million expansion of its Clarkson Wastewater Treatment Plant in south Mississauga.
February 12, 2010
Bathurst, New Brunswick treatment plant upgrade a wise decision
When the city of Bathurst, N.B. engaged in an upgrade of its water treatment plant in 2006, it put into place systems that could accommodate a tripling of the plant’s treatment capacity. That decision worked in the city’s favour as it chose to do just that in 2009.
February 12, 2010
Kingfisher Lake residents become crew on water treatment plant project
Clean drinking water and efficient wastewater treatment would seem to be a given in an industrialized country like Canada, but for those in the far north it’s a different story.
February 12, 2010
Picton Wastewater Treatment Plant completed without public-private-partnership
It was a long time coming down the pipe, but the Picton Wastewater Treatment Plant is in the ground and on schedule for completion next fall.
| MOST POPULAR STORIES |
- Four companies short-listed to renovate London, Ontario hospital
- Plenty of work ahead as Ontario construction-site safety blitz ends
- Fanshawe College’s new Centre for Applied Transportation Technologies goes green
- U.S. power authority approves Tennessee nuclear facility
- Empire State Building owner loses battle to scale down competing tower
- 20 Most Popular Stories
| TODAY’S TOP CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS |
These projects have been selected from 205 projects with a total value of $6,038,717,913 that Reed Construction Data Building Reports reported on yesterday.
$497,000,000 North York ON Negotiated
$45,000,000 Etobicoke ON Negotiated
$31,000,000 Toronto ON Negotiated
| CURRENT STORIES |
- Electrical industry welcomes Ontario’s creation of standalone energy ministry
- Bluescape Construction continues work on Market Wharf condos
- Bondfield Construction continues work on pumping station expansion in Markham, Ontario
- Non-resisdential construction profits to hit five-year low: report
- Bell, Bell Aliant to build high-speed internet network for eastern Ontario
- General Electric steps up participation in new wind projects
- Canadian aims to build shipping-container village for Haitians
- Car plows into Vancouver construction site
- Options being considered for new Pattullo Bridge in Metro Vancouver
- New British Columbia procurement model arises from hospital projects
- Columbia Bitulithic resurfaces Canada Way in Burnaby, British Columbia
- Crane falls into Saskatchewan lake, forcing bridge closure
- Construction and engineering mergers increase: Report
- BC Housing complex features Western Canada’s largest solar installation
- Construction underway on overdue sewer project in Smithers, British Columbia
- Trinidad and Tobago project designed to protect Buccoo Reef
- Manitoba invests in Winnipeg road improvements
- Contractors race to meet infrastructure stimulus deadline
- New Port Mann Bridge rises over Fraser River
- VanDusen Botanical Garden visitor centre shaping up as a living building
- Boundary Road Connector project takes shape in northern British Columbia
- Work begins on RCMP E-Division headquarters in Surrey, British Columbia
- Saskatchewan no closer to public-private partnership framework
- Dawson Bridge rehabilitation nearing completion in Edmonton
| ALEX’S ECONOMICS BLOG |
Reed Construction Data Chief Economist Alex Carrick discusses current developments in the North American economic environment with emphasis on the construction industry.
- For Canada, the longer-term outlook is largely about commodities (September 2, 2010)
- Canada’s construction starts in a transition phase (August 27, 2010)
- U.S. initial jobless claims rise to half a million again (August 19, 2010)
- More
