Elizabeth Howell

Carp Road manufacturers continue building despite skills shortage

Ottawa

With existing firms investing in new equipment and sizable industrial land tracts available for development, the head of the Carp Road business association is predicting

Snow removal contract chills relationship between truckers, city

Construction

The city’s push to cut its snow removal costs will cause layoffs and prompt some trucking firms to fold, an industry representative says. The fracas

Police propose $244M facilities plan

Non-Residential

The Ottawa Police Service is proposing to construct a new facility in south Nepean within seven years. The building would be placed on a city-owned

UPDATE: Genband signs Kanata lease for 70,000 square feet

Non-Residential

Genband has signed a lease for research and development space at 500 Palladium Dr., sealing its presence in Ottawa after it leaves the former Nortel

Rural township eyes $57.3M waterworks project

Construction

Subcontractors are being sought for the design phase of a multi-million piping project intended to bring a new source of water into North Glengarry all

Hotel chain hunting for Ottawa property

Non-Residential

Groupe Germain expanding in Canadian urban markets A growing Quebec City-based boutique hotel operator is looking for local development sites to crack into the Ottawa

Rideau Hall grounds to get $2.5M facelift

Construction

Rideau Hall’s front lawn is going to get a $2.5 million makeover in the coming year as contractors redesign a fountain’s plumbing and install paving

Avaya readies new Ottawa digs

Construction

Next month, an Ottawa-based general contractor will start transforming a long-vacant Kanata warehouse into one of North America’s most advanced telecom research labs. MP Lundy

Remedies available if bridge construction slips: city

Construction

A day after announcing the receivership of Strandherd-Armstrong Bridge general contractor ConCreate USL, a city general manager emphasized Wednesday that there are remedies in place

UPDATE: Strandherd bridge contractor in receivership

Construction

A group including the general contractor for Ottawa’s Strandherd-Armstrong bridge was at risk for abandoning construction projects unless it filed for receivership, according to court