Clark Builders Awarded Contract for Red Deer Regional Hospital Expansion, Renovation

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Clark Builders — a division of Turner Construction Company — has been awarded a contract by Alberta Infrastructure to lead the Red Deer Regional Hospital expansion and renovation project. This project represents a significant investment in healthcare infrastructure and will address the growing needs of the central Alberta, Canada community. DIALOG is serving as architectural partner. The project involves the construction of a new patient tower and extensive renovations to the existing Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre. The new tower will add 200 inpatient beds, increasing the facility’s total capacity to 570 beds. It will feature six new operating rooms, … Read more

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Construction Complete on Historic Industrial Project in Toronto

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Construction is complete on The Birmingham, an historic Campbell Soup factory site redeveloped as a three-building facility to accommodate light industrial and E-commerce uses in the South Etobicoke district near downtown Toronto, Canada. Ware Malcomb provided architecture design services for the 398,000-square-foot project. General contracting services were provided by Leesswood Construction. Owned by QuadReal Property Group, the three new buildings range from 157,710 to approximately 120,000 square feet, each with 36-foot clear heights. The buildings feature flexible floorplans that can accommodate a variety of uses, while outdoor spaces are carefully configured to facilitate efficient logistics use. The site provides a … Read more

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Toronto Zoo Kicks Off Construction of New Conservation Centre

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The Toronto Zoo and PCL recently hosted an event to officially launch the construction of the Toronto Zoo Community Conservation Centre. The new facility aims to bring a new, exciting educational arrival experience to guests, and will also be a space accessible to the local community, where people can gather and connect with nature and each other. As the new home to the zoo’s endangered turtle conservation breeding center, TZC3 represents an exciting next phase for conservation science onsite. This space will be a prominent and visually stunning statement of the zoo’s commitment to the community, with multiple labs and … Read more

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General Fusion Opens New State-of-the-Art Headquarters

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General Fusion recently opened its new headquarters, which serves as the company’s main office and laboratory space at its state-of-the-art fusion campus, which spans three buildings in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada. The new, expanded space supports General Fusion’s goal to deliver clean fusion energy to the grid by the early to mid-2030s using the company’s practical Magnetized Target Fusion technology. Design, architecture and engineering services were provided by Stantec, and Wales McLelland Construction served as general contractor. The emphasis for this project was centered around creating a sustainable design for an energy-efficient future, including the facility’s research and development laboratories. … Read more

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Construction Starts on 100-Level Seating Bowl at Toronto’s Rogers Centre

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Construction continues on the multi-year Rogers Centre renovation with the second phase of the project awarded to PCL Constructors Canada Inc. The second phase of work is part of a more than $300-million, multi-year renovation that aims to transform the 34-year-old multi-purpose stadium into a ballpark through a series of projects focused on modernizing the fan experience and building world-class player facilities for Canada’s baseball team. The first phase of the project achieved substantial completion on March 31. Phase two of the renovation features a reimagined 100-level seating bowl and structure (from foul pole to foul pole) designed specifically for … Read more

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