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Zeeko Johnstone: ‘Once In A Lifetime Experience’

Zeeko Johnstone: ‘Once In A Lifetime Experience’

[Written by Zeeko Johnstone] I am a Mechanical Engineer Trainee with The Ministry of Public Works. After graduating from CedarBridge Academy in 2011, I began my long but fulfilling journey to becoming an engineer. During that time, I won multiple scholarships and summer employment opportunities with the Bermuda Electric Light Company where I had the... Read more of this article

Jamar Dill: “Has Been An Amazing Experience”

Jamar Dill: “Has Been An Amazing Experience”

[Written by Jamar Dill] My name is Jamar Dill and I am an Electrical Engineer for the Ministry of Public Works. My background includes 19 years of experience which began in 2000 after graduating from CedarBridge Academy. To date I have worked as an electrician, electrical fitter, and an engineer-in-training. I have also completed a Bachelor of Engineering... Read more of this article

Aecon To Sponsor Bermuda Carifta Team

Aecon To Sponsor Bermuda Carifta Team

The Bermuda National Athletics Association [BNAA] has announced that Bermuda’s team set to compete in this month’s Carifta Games to be held in the Cayman Islands, has received a major cash boost from infrastructure development and construction firm, Aecon. The developers of Bermuda’s new airport passenger terminal will donate $40,000 to cover... Read more of this article

Aecon Magazine Features Airport Project

Aecon Magazine Features Airport Project

The winter 2019 issue of ‘One’ — a magazine published by the Aecon Group  — has featured the airport redevelopment project, saying “the project team has been very hard at work, staying on schedule and hitting key construction milestones.” The article said, “Thanks to the precise planning and behind-the-scenes work... Read more of this article

Photos: Airport Group Join To Clean Paget Marsh

Photos: Airport Group Join To Clean Paget Marsh

Employees of Aecon and their sub-contractors took time out from building the new airport to lend a hand to Keep Bermuda Beautiful [KBB] and Bermuda National Trust [BNT], completing two work sessions held on December 5 and 12. A spokesperson said, “Over the course of those two days, 32 employees from Aecon Airport Constructors Ltd., Aecon Water,... Read more of this article

Intern Programme: Zeeko Johnstone & Jamar Dill

Intern Programme: Zeeko Johnstone & Jamar Dill

Aecon and the Ministry of Public Works announced the start of the second Airport Redevelopment Project Internship Programme, which will kick-off in January and finish in July. Two Bermudians currently working for the Ministry of Public Works will intern for a period of six months with Aecon, employer partners and technical team members in Toronto. Zeeko... Read more of this article

Aecon Celebrates Second Annual Safety Day

Aecon Celebrates Second Annual Safety Day

Skyport and Aecon celebrated Safety Week with a special event at the site of the new airport terminal. “It was the second Safety Week in Bermuda and is a company-wide initiative that is held at every Aecon project site across Canada and internationally, with approximately 12,000 people in attendance,” the company said. Frank Ross, Executive... Read more of this article

Contracts Awarded For New Passenger Terminal

Contracts Awarded For New Passenger Terminal

Three Bermuda companies and three overseas companies have been awarded contracts to work on the new passenger terminal building, Skyport said today. Local companies Greymane Contracting, Correia Construction, and Sea Link Construction have been awarded contracts, along with Foursite Drywall of Canada, Apex Industries of Canada, and Fish Construction... Read more of this article

Canadian Govt Blocks Aecon Sale To CCCI

Canadian Govt Blocks Aecon Sale To CCCI

[Updated] The Government of Canada has ordered Aecon –  the company involved in Bermuda’s airport project — to cease their planned sale to a Chinese company, with the Canadian Government saying the decision was made “in order to protect national security.” CBC reported that Canada’s Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains said,... Read more of this article

Contracts Awarded For Airport Redevelopment

Contracts Awarded For Airport Redevelopment

Four Bermuda based businesses, and one overseas company, have been awarded contracts to work on the new passenger terminal building at L.F. Wade International Airport, Skyport announced today. “Thermoset Roofing, a Florida based contractor, has been awarded the roofing contract for the new passenger terminal building and they will be working with... Read more of this article

Aecon: ‘Will Continue To Work Collaboratively’

Aecon: ‘Will Continue To Work Collaboratively’

“The Premier has articulated various concerns and we will continue to work collaboratively through them,” Aecon’s Steve Nackan said, adding that the “airport agreement provides a solid platform for us to continue making great progress in delivering a world-class airport Bermuda can be proud of – on time, on budget and without... Read more of this article

Aecon To Sponsor Construction Competition

Aecon To Sponsor Construction Competition

The Construction Association of Bermuda announced Aecon as the sponsor of the second annual Kids in Construction competition. The event will be held from March 10 to March 16 at Slat House at Botanical Gardens. It is a design and build competition open to all middle and high school students. A spokesperson said, “High school students will be tasked... Read more of this article

Canada’s Security Review Delays Aecon Deal

Canada’s Security Review Delays Aecon Deal

Aecon — the company involved in Bermuda’s airport project — confirmed that the ‘outside date’ for their proposed acquisition by a Chinese company has been extended from February 23 to March 30, as the Canadian Government has “ordered a continuation of the national security review.” Canada’s CBC news... Read more of this article

Aecon Shareholders Vote To Approve Sale

Aecon Shareholders Vote To Approve Sale

Aecon Group shareholders voted to approve the previously announced plan in which China’s CCCC International Holding Limited [CCCI] will acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Aecon. “Approximately 99.40 per cent of the votes cast by Aecon shareholders were in favour of the Arrangement, including approximately 99.39 per cent... Read more of this article

Electrical & Baggage System Contracts Awarded

Electrical & Baggage System Contracts Awarded

Aecon Group today announced today the awarding of the electrical and communications work to Update Contracting Bermuda Airport Limited [Update Contracting] and the Baggage Handling System contract to Glidepath Systems Limited. “Update Contracting, a Dublin-based company registered in Bermuda, is a multidisciplinary provider of mechanical, engineering... Read more of this article

Je-Shae Pace On Intern Experience In Toronto

Je-Shae Pace On Intern Experience In Toronto

[Written by Je-Shae Pace] Unlike the other interns, I did not apply to this program initially. While I saw the advertisements and call for applicants, I was a new mother to an 8 month old. For this reason I had convinced myself that it couldn’t work, that it just was not meant for me at this time. I gained my Bachelor’s in Architecture from the... Read more of this article