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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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Advertise in Our Weekly Bulletin
Advertise your products and service in TCA's Weekly E-Connect bulletin. This email blast is sent to the members on Tuesday morning of each week. Please visit our website, or contact Vishawn Thompson for details.
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Canada Infrastructure Bank commits $970M for Canada’s first small modular reactor
The Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) announced it has finalized an agreement with Ontario Power Generation (OPG) and committed $970 million towards Canada’s first small modular reactor (SMR).
OPG is developing and constructing the 300-megawatt SMR next to OPG’s existing 3,500-megawatt Darlington Nuclear Generating Station in Clarington, Ontario.
SMRs are a new class of nuclear reactors which are approximately 300 megawatts or less, have a smaller footprint and a shorter construction schedule, compared to traditional nuclear generating stations.
Click here, to read the full news article.
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Two healthcare projects “LEED” the way in sustainable construction
Design-built by PCL Constructors Canada Inc., the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health’s (CAMH) McCain Complex Care and Recovery Centre and the Crisis and Critical Care Building and Mackenzie Health’s Cortellucci Vaughan Hospital received LEED Certification, one of Canada’s most prestigious accreditations in sustainability excellence and green building leadership. Design-built by PCL Constructors Canada Inc., the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health’s (CAMH) McCain Complex Care and Recovery Centre and the Crisis and Critical Care Building and Mackenzie Health’s Cortellucci Vaughan Hospital received LEED Certification, one of Canada’s most prestigious accreditations in sustainability excellence and green building leadership.
Click here, to read the full news article.
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Chandos Construction to build Ottawa hospital emergency department
Chandos Construction has been awarded a contract to build the new emergency department at Carleton Place & District Memorial Hospital (CPDMH) near Ottawa. Construction is expected to begin this fall and will take about 18 months to complete.
Funding for the construction is being provided by the Ministry of Health and the CPDMH Foundation through the ongoing Healthy Futures. Together! campaign.
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Top 10 major upcoming Ontario and Quebec construction projects - Canada - October 2022
The accompanying tables show the top 10 major upcoming Ontario and Quebec construction projects in Canada. They are all in the planning stage and are mainly new projects, but may also involve additions and/or alterations. Shopping centers, hotels, office buildings, medical buildings, educational buildings, government buildings, industrial projects, oil and gas projects, and electric power and telecommunications projects will all be covered on a rotating basis.
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Down goes foreman – and other non-inclusive construction terms
Ontario’s construction sector is embarking on a program to do away with foremen, journeymen, manpower, workmanship, manholes, brotherhoods and tradesmen.
In name only, that is — thanks to activists like Ledcor Construction special projects manager Lora McMillan and stakeholders such as the Ontario Building Trades and Helmets to Hardhats, there is a drive to eliminate archaic language that assumes construction is a male-only bastion.
Click here, to read the full news article.
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PCL reaches new heights on tower construction at SickKids
PCL Constructors Canada Inc., the Hospital for Sick Children and B+H Architects celebrated topping off at the new Patient Support Centre (PSC) with a beam signing ceremony last week.
PCL recently removed the south tower crane and started the roof structure steel. This summer, the steel erection for the pedestrian bridge connecting the hospital’s Atrium building to the PSC was completed.
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OCS reports strong permit values as of August
The latest Ontario Construction Secretariat (OCS) newsletter reported Ontario construction permit values grew across all ICI sectors as of August 2022, with significant monthly and yearly gains for institutional permits.
Year-to-date permit values remained above 2021 levels for the period of January to August 2022. The original source was Statistics Canada. Permit values represented the period up to August while employment numbers reflected the period up to September.
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Toronto is the crane capital of North America — but construction is starting to slow
Despite rising interest rates leading to a decline in new condo sales, Toronto has the highest number of operating tower cranes in North America, a new report by property and consultancy firm Rider Levett Bucknall shows.
Toronto had 230 active cranes in the sky in the third quarter of 2022. That is five times higher than Los Angeles, which ranked second on the RLB’s biannual Crane Index of 14 North American cities.
Click here, to read the full news article.
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The Buildings Show: November 30 - December 2, 2022 - Metro Convention Centre
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We are thrilled to be exhibiting at The Building Show 2022 and cannot wait to meet you! Be sure to register now and visit us at booth #1313!
Supported by TCA, BOMA, BILD, Concrete Ontario and CABA, The Buildings Show, comprised of Construct Canada, PM Expo, HomeBuilder & Renovator Expo and World of Concrete Toronto Pavilion, will run face-to-face at the Metro Toronto Convention, South Building from November 30 – December 2, 2022. Key discussions will be premiered ahead of the face to face event to allow attendees to join curated conversations and education online. Find all the details, or register here.
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TCA 2022 Innovative Product Award Application is open | |
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HAVE A NEW AND UNIQUE SOLUTION THAT IS CHANGING THE WAY WE DO BUSY?
We are accepting applications for the 2022 TCA Innovative Product Award! Deadline: November 18, 2022.
Find the full details or apply here.
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TCA Members' FREE Networking Workshop
RSVP NOW for our next free networking workshop, taking place in person on Tuesday, November 8, 2022. This is an excellent opportunity to reconnect with your industry peers and continue to grow your business. Click here to RSVP and for the full details.
**Please note that this is a members only event.**
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YCL 2022 Pub Night - Thursday, November 10, 2022: Register today | The TCA Young Construction Leaders (YCL) Committee is hosting its Fall networking pub night event on Thursday, November 10, 2022, at a new spot in the downtown Toronto area: Belfast Love Public House (548 King St W, Toronto, ON M5V 1M3). Find the full details + purchase tickets here. | | |
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Over 80% Sold Out! Have you purchase your tickets yet?
Our 78th Annual Christmas Luncheon tickets over 80% sold out! Don't wait - grab yours today! Plenty of sponsorship packages are available for purchase.
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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Click on the image for more details.
**IMPORTANT: To apply the discount, please mention the offer at the time of order placement.**
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Faith Chen, Senior Manager, TCIC/Professional Development
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