Port Coquitlam has backlog of nearly $120 million assets needing replacement
Port Coquitlam should be spending and saving more than twice what it currently does on replacing its municipal assets. The city currently reinvests an average of $18.5 million into its assets annually,...
View ArticleItaly marks 5th anniversary of Morandi bridge collapse with demands for...
ROME (AP) – Italy on Monday marked the fifth anniversary of the collapse of Genoa’s Morandi Bridge with a minute of silence and demands for justice for the 43 people who died in what authorities say...
View ArticleTexas sues Shell over May fire at Houston area petrochemical plant
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas is suing Shell and is seeking more than $1 million, alleging a fire at the oil giant’s Houston-area petrochemical plant damaged the environment. The May 5 fire at the plant...
View ArticleJapan govt makes final plea to gain fisheries’ understanding for Fukushima...
TOKYO (AP) – Japanese government officials sought understanding from fisheries groups Monday for the impending release of treated radioactive wastewater from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant into...
View ArticleA train slams into a group of workers on the tracks at an Italian station,...
ROME (AP) – A speeding out-of-service train slammed into a group of workers doing nighttime track maintenance in northern Italy on Thursday, killing five of them, authorities said. The crash occurred...
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How to perform a root cause analysis and corrective action
Photo: PHOTO: © fovito / Adobe Stock When running day-to-day operations and having pressure of hitting sales targets, it’s easy to be reactionary rather than proactive when following up on problems...
View ArticleReport blames deadly Iowa building collapse on removal of bricks and lack of...
A partial building collapse in Iowa that killed three people in May was caused by the removal of brick and inadequate shoring of the 116-year-old structure, according to a report released by officials...
View ArticleRegulator yanks thousands of wells from troubled oil company, transfers for...
Alberta’s energy regulator has transferred control of thousands of oil and gas wells and other facilities held by a troubled Calgary company to the group that’s responsible for cleaning up poorly...
View Article‘Unforeseen’ problems force Mewburn repairs to grind to a halt
Construction work on a popular route between NOTL and Niagara Falls has been delayed due to setbacks caused by the road’s conditions. The repairs on Concession 6-Mewburn Road in Niagara-on-the-Lake,...
View Article‘Extreme’ rodent problem at Newfoundland jail poses health risks, says ex...
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – A retired Ontario health inspector says reports from inmates and judges about rodents at Newfoundland’s largest jail suggest an “extreme” and long-standing infestation. Marilyn Lee,...
View ArticleAlberta adds $16M to fix up aging government owned homes and put them back in...
CALGARY – Alberta is spending an extra $16 million to fix up aging government-owned affordable housing units to make them inhabitable once again. Social Services Minister Jason Nixon says the money is...
View ArticleTo demolish or not to demolish? West Lincoln considers what to do with old...
A seemingly simple request from West Lincoln’s fire department turned into a large debate at a recent committee meeting. At the Sept. 18 Administration, Finance, and Fire committee meeting, acting fire...
View ArticleA year after Fiona: Nova Scotians still fear blackouts as utility claims...
HALIFAX – Vaughn Mullen has grown weary of Nova Scotia Power’s promises for improvement, as fall hurricane season brings lengthy power outages he feels could be avoided. The 73-year-old says he’s come...
View ArticleWonderland ride gets stuck upside down for 25 minutes with passengers on board
VAUGHAN, Ont. – Passengers on a ride at a popular Toronto-area amusement park got more of a scare than a thrill on Saturday after the roller coaster they were riding on got stuck upside down for nearly...
View ArticleOlympic Stadium in Athens closed for urgent repairs after iconic roof found...
ATHENS, Greece (AP) – A new inspection has been ordered at the stadium that hosted the 2004 Athens Olympics after rust was found along the iconic arched roof, forcing the site to close, government...
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Lubrication of industrial fans
Photo: Kuznietsov Dmitriy / Adobe Stock Industrial fans are used to control air quality, temperature, and humidity, and to provide ventilation and maintain safe working conditions. They are essential...
View ArticleMould halts in person visits at Newfoundland’s notorious, rodent infested jail
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – In-person visits have been cancelled at Newfoundland’s crumbling, Dickens-era jail because of what inmates describe as an extensive spread of black mould. The Canadian Press spoke...
View ArticleThe collapse of a building in Havana has left 3 people dead and at least 2...
HAVANA (AP) – A building in the historic center of Havana that housed 13 families partially collapsed, leaving three people dead and at least two injured, Cuban authorities said Wednesday. Authorities...
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Principles of planning and scheduling
Photo: Olga PS / iStock / Getty Images Unfortunately, the ranking also declared planning and scheduling to be the most difficult programs to master. Planning and scheduling can frustrate almost...
View ArticleElora Centre for the Arts facing ‘considerable’ repair, maintenance costs
ELORA – The Elora Centre for the Arts is concerned the cost of building repairs will come at the expense of programming it provides in the community. Delegating in Centre Wellington council on Monday,...
View ArticleCaledon updates bylaw that governs maintenance of heritage properties
Council wants to see Caledon’s heritage buildings protected. At Caledon Council’s October 10 General Committee meeting, an amendment to Caledon’s Property Standards Bylaw was passed and recommended for...
View ArticleConnecticut postmaster pleads guilty to fraud in $875,000 bribery scheme with...
DANBURY, Conn. (AP) – A former Connecticut postmaster has admitted to defrauding the U.S. Postal Service of nearly $875,000 in a scheme involving cash bribes, misuse of USPS credit cards and demands...
View ArticleQuebec eyes construction industry shakeup to boost housing, infrastructure...
MONTREAL – How many workers does it take to shift a wall in Quebec? Too many, says Isabelle Rinfret of construction and real estate management company Arvisais, based roughly 95 kilometres northeast of...
View ArticleEPA to strengthen lead protections in drinking water after multiple crises,...
About four decades ago, when the Environmental Protection Agency was first trying to figure out what to do about lead in drinking water, Ronnie Levin quantified its damage: Roughly 40 million people...
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Survey: Unplanned downtime costs businesses nearly quarter million dollars...
A survey from ABB has found that 68 per cent of industrial businesses in Canada experience unplanned outages at least once a month. The Value of Reliability survey found that this costs Canadian...
View ArticleInternet collapses in war torn Yemen over ‘maintenance’ involving undersea line
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – Internet access across the war-torn nation of Yemen collapsed Friday and stayed down for hours, with officials later blaming unannounced “maintenance work” for the...
View ArticleMontreal to spend nearly $200M on snow removal as winter costs rise across...
MONTREAL – There’s a saying in municipal politics: win snow removal, win the day. But as inflation takes a toll on tight city budgets, the price of winning that battle is rising. Take Montreal, where a...
View ArticleOVIN launches Demonstration Zone for businesses to demonstrate their mobility...
MARKHAM — The City of Markham and City of Vaughan, with funding from the Ontario Government through Ontario Vehicle Innovation Network (OVIN), officially launched the Demonstration Zone and are now...
View ArticleBlackline Safety seals a $2.7-million deal with U.S. energy company
Blackline Safety Corp., a company that specializes in connected safety technology, announced a four-year contract valued at $2.7 million with a major U.S. upstream energy company headquartered in...
View ArticleABB and CERN identify energy-saving opportunity in heating and ventilation...
ABB and CERN, the European laboratory for particle physics, have identified significant energy-saving potential through a research partnership focused on the cooling and ventilation system. The study...
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The driving force behind Canada’s manufacturing future
Photo: Gonzalo / adobe stock Canada’s food and beverage processing industry, like many other industries in the sector, is going through a transformation. A new wave of energy, innovation and creativity...
View ArticleCase study: Optimizing operations and tracking progress
Founded in 1988, Cameco Corporation, headquartered in Saskatchewan, Canada, is the world’s largest publicly traded uranium company — and one of the global leaders in uranium production. Cameco...
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