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Stay tuned for announcements on how you can attend the Dig Safe Workshops being held online in March 2022.
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Industry News
Source: ConstructConnect
Project owners have decided the utilities-relocation phase of the $3.4-billion project is fraught with risks.
Source: CBC News
Ontario is building new natural gas heating infrastructure to serve more customers and communities, including some that have been relying on electric heat until now.
Source: Windsor Star
The design-build phase of the Gordie Howe International Bridge project is well underway and construction activities are continuing on both sides of the border on all components of the project.
Source: ConstructConnect
Over the past twelve months, most of the jobs added were by building equipment contractors (16,000), firms doing heavy and civil engineering construction (+15,000), and those directly involved in residential construction (+13,500).
Source: Ontario News
Skilled Trades Ontario will address labour shortage by improving training and simplifying services.
Source: Better Dwelling
Canadian real estate is amongst the most expensive in the world, but it’s not due to materials or labor.
Source: McMillan
March 1 – April 30, 2022 is the “Open Period” for ICI collective agreements, and many non-ICI agreements, in Ontario. During this period members of construction unions can apply to the Ontario Labour Relations Board to terminate a union’s bargaining rights with their employer, or – more commonly – a rival union can apply to the Board to displace an existing union, in what is commonly known as a “raid”.
Source: ConstructConnect
Here is a list of mental health resources, tools and supports available to employees and employers looking for assistance in Ontario.
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