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T H E I N F R A S T R U C T U R E M AG A Z I N E
CONTENTS
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2026
8
LABOUR
THE DIGITAL MANDATE
12 SKILLED TRADES
Solving Canada’s construction labour shortage.
BY JOHN TENPENNY
12
D E PA R T M E N T S
SKILLED TRADES
REFRAMING THE TRADES
Energy sovereignty.
How one company aims to transform
Canada’s skilled labour pipeline.
BY JOHN TENPENNY
BY JOHN TENPENNY
4 Editor’s Note
16
6 Front
The Gordie Howe
International Bridge officially
opens to traffic.
22 Panorama
TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE
TOP DOWN CONSTRUCTION
Engineering Canada’s midtown transit transformation.
16 TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE
Celebrating a new era of
cross-border transportation,
with a ribbon-cutting ceremony
and hockey game to mark the
opening of the Gordie Howe
International Bridge.
26
CONSTRUCTION
DEEP DIVE
The challenges of building in remote communities.
BY JONATHAN CURLEY
30
40 Top100 Projects
Updates
PROJECT DELIVERY
The Yonge-North Subway
Extension and Deerfoot Trail
Improvement projects.
42 People & Events
BY JOHN TENPENNY
MOBILIZING CANADA’S
INFRASTRUCTURE OPPORTUNITY
26 CONSTRUCTION
Appointments and
event reports.
Rethinking how we fund, build, and
collaborate to accelerate Canada’s edge.
BY JOHANNE MULLEN
34
46 Closing Shot
RISK MANAGEMENT
The skilled worker pipeline
needs to be Ottawa’s next
‘major project.’
PLAYING CATCH UP
Defence construction is accelerating:
The risk playbook hasn’t caught up.
BY JESSE ROY
BY THOMAS STRONG, DANEIL BALL, AND GUY JOLICOEUR
38
ENERGY
Take ReNew
wherever you go
with our digital
magazine
WELCOMING THE WORLD
30 PROJECT DELIVERY
Ottawa shows off one of North America’s most
ambitious district energy modernization projects.
BY ROB THORNTON
ABOUT THE COVER
The Eglinton Crosstown Light Rail Transit (LRT) Line 5 Eglinton project extends 19 kilometres across Toronto features
25 stations and stops and connects seamlessly with the TTC subway network, GO Transit, and the UP Express
at Mount Dennis Station (pictured). (A-Frame)
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