Further to the press release issued on October 7, 2008, The Churchill Corporation today announced that a normal course issuer bid has been approved by the Toronto Stock Exchange (the “TSX”).
The Corporation intends to purchase up to 1,391,090 of its common shares by way of normal course purchases on the TSX, representing 10% of the [...]
Hitachi Power Tools announced the partnership with Yates Racing, sponsoring the No. 28 entry with driver Travis Kvapil for a total of six races in the remaining NASCAR Sprint Cup Series schedule. The primary sponsorship will debut at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on July 27th and the race will mark the first time Hitachi Power Tools [...]
Rear Admiral Kevin McCoy of the US Navy, and Rear Admiral Bob Love, CVF Team Leader, Ministry of Defence head the international line up of speakers from Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, India, Italy, The Netherlands, Sweden, UK and USA at the 9th International Naval Engineering Conference (INEC 2008) being held in Hamburg, Germany 1-3 [...]
The 12th International Exhibition on Woodworking Machinery and Furniture Manufacturing Equipment / The 12th International Exhibition on Furniture Accessories, Materials and Wood Products (also known as WMF 2008) will be staged at China International Exhibition Centre (CIEC), Beijing, P.R. China on March 7 – 10, 2008. The upcoming edition is the largest ever, in both [...]
Construction intentions in Ottawa soared for the 12 months of 2007 compared to a year earlier, with gains of more than 20 per cent seen across building permit values for the housing sector.
The total value of approved construction projects jumped 20.2 per cent in 2007 to $1.97 billion, mainly because of a 31-per-cent increase in [...]
SNC-Lavalin ProFac Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of SNC-Lavalin, Canada’s biggest engineering firm, has been awarded a contract by The Standard Life Assurance Company of Canada to provide facility management services for its investment real estate portfolio. The five-year contract begins on January 1, 2008, with options for renewals.
SNC-Lavalin ProFac was selected by Standard Life [...]
Axis Technologies Group, Inc. announced today that Kirchhoff Construction will join the company as an efficiency advocate in energy saving partnering. Kirchhoff, a leader in innovation, recently installed in their own facility the energy efficient lighting fixtures by Crescent/Stonco, a division of the Genlyte Group, Inc. that is equipped with the Axis Dimming/Daylight Harvesting [...]
Looking at the tremendous pace of the infrastructure development and construction activities in India, top construction equipment manufacturers & technology developers from Korea, China, Malaysia, Germany, Italy, Canada, Holland, Denmark and Dubai are expected to showcase their products at Constro 2007, 10th in the series, which will be held in Pune November 28 to December [...]
The 49ers may again be in the market for a new home. After burning most of their bridges with San Francisco and then annoying Santa Clara with demands, the 49ers are stirring up memories of 1997’s failed stadium plan.
What the team needs is a new location, and we have one in mind: the Concord Naval [...]
As a professional interior designer with Birmingham-based Maddalena Design, Sally Matak spends her days in a swirl of color, pattern and textures. So, when she heads home, it’s to a purposely serene and simple space where she can relax and refuel.
The 30-something Matak, who grew up in a “teeny, tiny town in Ontario two hours [...]
Capitalizing on the real estate trend towards chic, modern lofts, Hanson Structural Precast, a division of Hanson Building Products North America, is in the process of completing construction at Element, a five-story residential building in Marina del Rey, Calif. Utilizing precast double tee construction, Element is one of the first multi- family housing projects in [...]
Ontario construction workers in various trades walked off the job on Monday.
The Labourers’ International Union of North America, with represents 25,000 construction workers in Ontario, has warned last week that it would take job action if it did not get a monetary offer from a consortium representing construction firms across the province.
The union accused the [...]