• McCormick Rankin to design underpass improvements east of Ottawa

  April 15, 2013 - 10 h 47

  Engineering firm McCormick Rankin has received a contract from the provincial government worth close to $400,000 to help fix an underpass east of downtown Ottawa.

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• Gatineau Cégep plans $10M construction project

  April 11, 2013 - 15 h 03

  One of the largest colleges in Gatineau is planning a $10-million upgrade to its campus.

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• Construction permits down 29.4%

  April 5, 2013 - 16 h 00

  Construction intentions in Ottawa dipped sharply in February, with residential projects accounting for a large proportion of activity in the sector.

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• Ogilvy building demolition to cost $2.7M

  April 3, 2013 - 8 h 05

  Tearing down the former Ogilvy’s department store will cost the owners of the Rideau Centre approximately $2.7 million, according to municipal records.

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• Morrison Hershfield wins $1.3M Queensway contract

  March 28, 2013 - 11 h 21

  An international engineering firm with an Ottawa presence has landed a deal the province of Ontario to study the bridges that allow Highway 417 to run through downtown Ottawa.

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• Councillor confirms Strandherd-Armstrong Bridge welding issues

  March 22, 2013 - 15 h 39

  Welding problems on a major bridge under construction in south Ottawa have city officials revisiting the expected completion date for the project, which is already more than a year behind schedule, the area councillor said Friday.

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• Province prepares for construction on Bronson, Parkdale interchanges

  March 22, 2013 - 9 h 08

  The Ontario government is preparing major reconstruction plans for the off- and on-ramps of two key downtown Queensway interchanges.

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• Construction restarts on Hyde Park Richmond project

  March 20, 2013 - 16 h 16

  Subcontractors are back to work in Richmond on a residential development that had ground to a halt last September after the project’s funding failed and left trade workers no choice but to file construction liens – nine of them total...

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• Opposition mounts to new College of Trades

  March 18, 2013 - 15 h 27

  The electricians at Kanata-based Power-Tek Electrical Services don’t have formal training in carpentry, but that doesn’t stop them from cutting the odd piece of plywood when the job calls for it.

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• Hume looks at development charge hike to pay for light rail

  March 14, 2013 - 8 h 32

  The head of the city’s planning committee is warning developers that he wants to make them pay for a larger portion of the city’s $2.1-billion light-rail system.

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