Nunavut Gets a Research Campus
Nunavut Gets a Research Campus Construction of an innovative research center underway in Cambridge Bay, NU, is set to be complete in 2017, just in time for Canada’s 150th anniversary celebrations. The Canadian High Arctic Research Station (CHARS) will be the headquarters of Polar Knowledge Canada, the federal agency that oversees Arctic research. Operating year-round, […]
One Giant Remediation Project
One Giant Remediation Project The Giant Mine in Yellowknife produced gold from 1948 until 1999 when it went into receivership and the mine was transferred to Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC). Another company, Miramar Giant Mine Ltd. bought the mining operation on condition that it would not be responsible for the clean-up. In 2004, […]
Stanton Hospital Project Advances
Stanton Hospital Project Advances Construction goals have been met to complete the structural steel and roofing work, and have all concrete floors put in place and enclosed by the end of winter 2016/2017. Furthermore, windows and exterior insulation are installed and several floors will be heated for the winter season. After extensive pre-design planning, ground […]
Profile: Igloo Building
By Alayna Ward Having handled supply contracts for construction projects across Northern Canada as well as China, Europe, Japan, Korea, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Siberia and the United States – there isn’t much the Igloo Building Supplies Group can’t deliver to its clients. “We’re like a general store for the North and beyond,” jokes Steve Gravel, […]
Profile: Kitnuna Corp
By Alayna Ward Based in Cambridge Bay, NU, Kitnuna has been in operation for over 30 years. Proud that all Kitnuna companies are 100% Inuit-owned, they have played a crucial role in the economic development of the region. “We have always made Inuit employment one of our main objectives,” says Dan Cress, Kitnuna Operations Manager, […]
New Iqaluit Airport on Schedule, Budget
New Iqaluit Airport on Schedule, Budget By the end of this year, Iqaluit’s old yellow air terminal building will be history, replaced with a sleek red building eight times larger. The new facilities address overcrowding problems and will facilitate continuing future growth. It’s part of the $298.5 million Iqaluit International Airport improvement project for a […]
Yes She Can!
By Graham Chandler As a newbie in the construction industry, Rachel Makohoniuk, owner and operator of Ramako Construction in Yellowknife, found there were a few things she had to learn to accept and deal with. “I found, when I was first in the business, that my name is not ‘Sweetie,’” she says. “There is this […]
Highway to Prosperity
Through a landmark partnership with the Kitikmeot Inuit Association (KIA), Nunavut is proposing to build its first highway in the history of the territory. Officially known as the Grays Bay Road and Port (GBRP) project, the plan would see the mineral-rich Slave Geological Province, which straddles Nunavut and the NWT, connected to Arctic shipping routes […]
Electrifying Time for Tlįcho Road
Within the next few months , the GNWT and Tlįchǿ Government will learn the fate of their jointly proposed Tlįchǿ All-Season Road from Behchoko to Whati. While the Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review Board considers the evidence it heard during its recently conducted hearings on the planned development, one thing is clear – support for […]
Stanton Hospital Over Half Way Complete
Stanton Hospital Over Half Way Complete Yellowknife’s new Stanton Territorial Hospital is now more than 60 per cent complete and it is expected to open to the public by the summer of 2019. According to the most recent numbers available from the GNWT, a total of 760,778 hours have been worked at site to date. […]
