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Ontario Moving to Step Two of Roadmap to Reopen on June 30
With key public health and health care indicators continuing to improve, the provincewide vaccination rate now surpassing the targets outlined in the province’s Roadmap to Reopen, and on the recommendation of the the Chief Medical Officer of Health, the Ontario government is moving the province into Step Two of its Roadmap to Reopen at 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday, June 30, 2021.
In order to enter Step Two of the Roadmap, Ontario needed to have vaccinated 70 per cent of adults with one dose and 20 per cent with two doses for at least two weeks, ensuring a strong level of protection against COVID-19.
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Strabag breaks ground on Scarborough Subway Extension
The Ontario government has officially broken ground on the future three-stop Scarborough Subway Extension project in east Toronto.
The new line will extend the Toronto Transit Commission’s Line 2 7.8 kilometres further into Scarborough, with stations at Lawrence Avenue and McCowan Road, Scarborough Centre, and Sheppard Avenue and McCowan Road, stated a release.
Strabag was announced in May as the winning team to design and deliver the tunnelling work for the Scarborough Subway Extension.
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Six construction worker training, recruiting projects split $4M in Ontario funding
The Ontario Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development is backing a half dozen programs for current and future tradespersons.
Monte McNaughton, the minister of Labour, Training and Skills Development, joined labour leaders in London, Ont. June 21 to share details of $4 million in provincial funding for a series of construction training and recruitment initiatives.
Six projects will share in the funding, awarded through Ontario’s $115 million Skills Development Fund.
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Stantec-designed Anishnawbe Health Centre breaks ground in Toronto
In recognition of Canada’s National Indigenous Peoples Day, the Anishnawbe Health Toronto Indigenous Community Health Centre (ICHC) broke ground June 21 on the construction of the new four-storey, 4181-m2 (45,000-sf) facility.
Slated for completion in Fall 2022, the centrepiece of Toronto’s new Indigenous Hub occupies a prominent location in Toronto’s Canary District on the former delta of the Don River, regarded as traditional Indigenous land. Stantec collaborated with Indigenous-owned Two Row Architect on the design of the centre.
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Women can make a difference in construction: PCA
Canada’s construction industry wants and needs women.
Right now, as many as 1.4 million Canadians make a living in construction. But that’s not nearly enough. The industry requires about 300,000 new workers this decade to counter baby boom retirements. While skilled tradespeople are in high demand, so are many other professionals, from project managers to superintendents and estimators. That leaves the field wide open, with more opportunities than ever for women to succeed and lead in construction.
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PCL starts construction on $700M Alberta solar project, Canada’s largest
Work has started southeast Calgary on a new solar farm that will cover more than a dozen square kilometres with 1.3 million photovoltaic modules.
Crews officially began work on the Travers Solar project June 23, according the project’s financier, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP). Being developed by Alberta-based Greengate Power Corp., the facility is poised to become the largest solar farm in Canada. The project site outside Lomond, in Vulcan County, Alta., spans approximately 3,300 acres.
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GeoSolv Design/Build celebrates 15 years
The geotechnical contracting company is looking back proudly at the numerous milestones in its history of shaping the ground improvement industry across the province with hundreds of projects completed.
Back in 2006, the firm was incorporated, headed by GeoSolv’s President Mark Tigchelaar. He set out with a vision to deliver engineering excellence for contractors, developers, engineers, and owners concerning the challenging soil conditions they faced on their sites. Over the course of the last 15 years, GeoSolv’s vision has become a reality. GeoSolv has grown to be a well-recognized and respected leader in ground improvement in Ontario’s geotechnical engineering arena.
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TCA Member Spotlight
Get your company in front of like-minded industry colleagues and grow your network and business opportunities! Click here, to learn more and to complete the application form.
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Siplast, a leader in roofing, waterproofing, and pavement coatings, is working to solve your toughest challenges. Through trusted partnerships and innovative solutions, Siplast has protected facilities across North America for over 40 years. The Siplast story of uncompromising quality and commitment to our customers begins over half a century ago with an innovation that would change the commercial roofing and waterproofing industry. In the late 1960s, Siplast Research and Development, working in conjunction with Shell Chemical of Europe, developed SBS (styrene-butadiene-styrene) modified bitumens.
Siplast believes that no one product is appropriate for every use. Different conditions require different solutions. So, in addition to SBS-modified bitumen roofing materials, Siplast manufactures a line of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) liquid resin products for roofing and waterproofing applications. The products offer the application convenience of liquid-applied systems while meeting Siplast’s uncompromising performance standards.
Siplast is the only commercial manufacturer to offer a roof system package that combines SBS-modified bitumen membranes with the added benefits of lightweight insulating concrete. Siplast's SBS-modified bitumen roof membranes have a long performance history over lightweight insulating concrete. Used together, Siplast SBS-modified bitumen roof membranes and Siplast Lightweight Insulating Concrete Systems result in a longer lasting roof. And, since Siplast Lightweight Insulating Concrete Systems are reusable, significant cost savings over the life of the building can be realized.
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Don't miss this FREE Seminar on Advancements in Engineered Wood Products—Register Now!
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TCA's Young Construction Leaders (YCL) Committee presents: Advancements in Engineered Wood Products Seminar—Tuesday, July 6, 2021
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Click here for the full details and to register.
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Exclusive Discount for TCA Members on publishing Certificates of Substantial Performance (CSPs) in the Daily Commercial News (DCN)! |
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All certificates and notices published in the Daily Commercial News (DCN) are a flat fee of $300 (plus tax). Special Affinity Pricing of $200 per certificate is available to all ConstructConnect subscribers and TCA members.
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**IMPORTANT: To apply the discount, please mention the offer at the time of order placement.**
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Jul. 13 | Tuesday | 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM EST
The course will offer and introduce the participants to the legal forms that will be required in order to give notice of non-payment, and explore the unique flow chart to follow how all of the forms are to be used, and when and by whom.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course participants will be able to:
- Understand the rules of payment or non-payment on day 14 following receipt of a proper invoice. What and how is a proper invoice generated and between whom and what is the correct format based on different project delivery methods.
- Understand when adjudication is either automatically or voluntarily triggered.
- Gain an understanding of who this new law and regulation applies to.
- Learn about the Authorized Nominating Authority (ODACC in Ontario), timelines for adjudication and costs associated with adjudication.
- Explore some of the workarounds that have been allowed for in the legislation and how they may benefit or hinder payment outcomes.
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Faith Chen, Senior Manager, TCIC/Professional Development
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