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🎄 Merry Christmas! Before you head out the door to start defrosting that turkey, be sure to check out this week's edition of Hot Jobs. Maybe there is a role waiting for you in the new year. See our top picks below 👇 https://lnkd.in/gS92WbxU

🎄 December People Moves is out! We are spreading holiday cheer and news of career achievements in Canada's construction sector. Here's a taste of what you can expect from this edition: ⛄ LNG Canada has an incoming CEO ⛄ACCIONA welcomed its new Director of Comms for North America ⛄EllisDon named a new COO ⛄The International Business Leader of the Year has been revealed Check out our full list of moves below 👇 https://lnkd.in/gJ5t37qt

🏠 Homes for more than a million Canadians could be sitting right under our noses. SiteNews recently spoke with urban analyst and researcher Rudrasen Sheorey about the groundbreaking investigating being done into underutilized public land in Canada's biggest cities. Even after crunching available data, the potential could be much larger than anticipated. "This highlights the urgent need for targeted policy measures to unlock these public lands for development, positioning them as a vital, untapped resource to address Canada’s housing crisis. Public lands, unlike private lands, face fewer challenges—particularly in terms of zoning—making them a more straightforward solution to a public issue like housing shortages." - Rudrasen 👉 Check out our full interview below: https://lnkd.in/gxzW_yNF

🎄Check out which companies are wrapping some major moves just before the holidays. For our December edition of Business Moves we made a list and checked it twice. It includes major acquisitions, geographic expansions, facility projects, strategic partnerships and more! See all the moves below 👇 https://lnkd.in/gGkXzfqk

🚧 Calgary's long-awaited Green Line project is in trouble once again. Calgary officials estimate the revised Green Line LRT alignment would cost $7.5 billion, $1.3 billion more than Alberta’s $6.2 billion estimate due to additional costs and risks identified by the city. The project faced significant hurdles, including the Alberta government withdrawing its $1.53 billion funding commitment citing concerns over rising costs and a reduced project scope. This forced the city to temporarily wind down the project, with associated costs estimated at $2.1 billion. "We're trying to be as transparent as we can in indicating what it is that we need to discuss further. If the province chooses to walk away now, if they choose to take their funding and kill this project for a second time, that's on them. We're still here." - Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek https://lnkd.in/gdyp2b8E

🎟️ If you want to rub shoulders with the owners and executives behind Canada’s most innovative construction businesses, now is your chance! We are gathering with the winners of our 25 Innovators in Construction competition in early 2025 for an evening of networking and idea sharing. From heavy equipment simulators to a 10,000 square foot industrial photography studio, this is an event you won't want to miss! There are only 7 early bird tickets left. Use the code 25EARLYBIRD to get 30% off their tickets. The offer ends Friday! Get yours: https://25innovators.com/

💡 Wataynikaneyap, which means "line that brings light" in Anishiniiniimowin, has lived up to its name. The Ontario government and Wataynikaneyap (Watay) Power are celebrating the completion of construction for the Watay Power Transmission Project, the largest Indigenous-led grid connection project in Ontario’s history. Watay Power has built approximately 1,800 kilometres of new transmission lines that will connect more than 18,000 people in 16 remote First Nations communities to the provincial grid, ending their reliance on costly and noisy diesel generators. Get all the details here 👉 https://lnkd.in/eJkqUECK

🎁 You're probably present shopping for Christmas this weekend. Why not also shop around for a new job? If you are looking for a new challenge in the construction sector, we have this week's edition of Hot Jobs. We have rounded up the best roles currently up for grabs. Check them all out below 👇 https://lnkd.in/gZRyQ5s3

🌿 Check out these green concrete champions. Globally, concrete generates 8-9% of all human CO2 emissions. Making this process more sustainable will have a massive impact on our efforts to combat climate change. This week we profiled 7 companies researching and implementing green concrete solutions across Canada and beyond. They include: 🏗️CarbiCrete 🏗️CarbonCure Technologies 🏗️Lafarge Canada 🏗️Carbon Upcycling Technologies 🏗️Ecocem Global 🏗️Cemex 🏗️Sublime Systems ✍ Read our story here: https://lnkd.in/gWV5Wrne

🤝 It's a deal worth hundreds of billions. Newfoundland & Labrador and Quebec just signed a huge new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) around hydroelectric power generation. Here's everything you need to know. The agreement includes three major building initiatives: 🏗️ Gull Island Facility: A 2,250 MW hydroelectric project on the Churchill River. 🏗️ Churchill Falls Expansion: A new 1,100 MW facility near the existing site. 🏗️ Capacity Increase at Churchill Falls: Adding 550 MW to the current facility. It also includes new contracts for existing Churchill Falls generation: Hydro Québec will replace the current contract with payments to Churchill Falls (Labrador) Corporation Limited (CF(L)Co) totaling $33.8 billion in net present value from 2025 to 2075. 👉 Get all the details here:  https://lnkd.in/gZ-JjSxp