The recent announcement of water and waste projects out of Manitoba’s economic re-start program holds about $30 million worth of work for the heavy construction…
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There is some “low-hanging fruit” among roadbuilding specifications that can and should be harmonized between the Winnipeg and Manitoba, the MHCA Board of Directors was…
The heavy construction industry will present to the Winnipeg’s Public Works officials their experience in 2020 working with new road-building specifications. It will also seek…
The MHCA is to caution Winnipeg City Council that its forecasts for the streets budgets illustrate the need for an urgent rethink of its long-term…
A new agreement between the MHCA and the Workers Compensation Board provides for a new formula to fund the industry-based safety program.The new agreement, approved…
The heavy construction industry will continue pushing back on Saskatchewan’s use of ‘local preference’ clauses in tendering and construction documents, which effectively eliminate the ability…
The MHCA will be seeking discussions with senior provincial and federal offices about the progress to date on the Lake Manitoba-Lake St. Martin outlet channels…
The Canadian Construction Association has placed on its agenda a study of the environmental benefits of investing in strategic infrastructure, the MHCA Executive Committee heard…
Manitoba’s resource development division says industry will learn shortly what is to happen this year with the Quarry Rehabilitation Program, suspended since 2018.“We are turning…
Perfect storm blows in favour public construction procurement Extraordinarily low interest rates and an industry hungry for work has produced advantageous conditions for the provincial…