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Alphabet’s futuristic Sidewalk Toronto city plans 2020 construction, first residents in 2022 @technacity   Sidewalk Labs is one of Alphabet’s lesser known subsidiaries, but is inline with the other ‘bets’ given its plan to use “new technology to address big urban challenges.” One of the first projects is to revitalize Toronto’s Eastern Waterfront with the initiative possibly breaking ground in 2020. In an interview with Reuters, Sidewalk CEO Daniel Doctoroff noted that testing for the Quayside neighborhood will start this summer, with the company hoping to begin in earnest by 2020. This smart city is essentially a “prototype” of technology that could improve...

Construction industry may need to recruit from abroad to fill jobs Following the crash in the property market, employment in the industry fell to 83,400 in 2012, from a high of 236,800 recorded in 2007. That represented a 65 per cent drop. In the analysis, titled Where are Ireland’s construction workers?, authors Thomas Conefrey and Tara McIndoe-Calder found the industry had regained only about one third of the jobs it lost during the economic crash, lagging other industries. The article is part of the Central bank’s Quarterly Bulletin for 2018. It also found the profile of workers has changed in...

Continental Gold Provides Construction Update       TORONTO, April 10, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Continental Gold Inc. (TSX:CNL) (OTCQX:CGOOF) (“Continental” or the “Company”) is pleased to provide a construction update for its Buriticá project in northwestern Antioquia, Colombia (please see accompanying photos). Construction completion and first gold pour remain on schedule for H1 2020, with commercial production ramp-up anticipated approximately six months after first gold pour. The Buriticá project is approximately 25% complete with more than 40% of the total project cost committed to date. The Company continues to be well-financed with available liquidity of approximately US$262 million as...

Worker killed at Wynn Boston Harbor construction site A construction worker died after sustaining injuries at the Wynn Boston Harbor construction site in Everett on Tuesday. The Middlesex District Attorney's office said that at 3 p.m. on Tuesday the Everett Fire Department responded to the Wynn construction site in Everett for reports of an 56-year-old unresponsive male. The worker had been operating an excavator at the south end of the construction site, taking apart a trench box when the incident occurred, the DA's office said. The man reportedly regained consciousness at the scene before being transported to Massachusetts General Hospital where...

Large crane falls on its side at construction site for new St. Pete police headquarters ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- A large construction crane has fallen on its side at the construction site of the new St. Petersburg police headquarters.  The only damage appears to be to the crane itself. No injuries have been reported at this time.