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Using AI to address project construction waste before, during and after
Using AI to address project construction waste before, during and after
In its report released last December, international law firm Dentons examined the potential of AI adoption within various construction industry processes. Among Dentons’ observations were that AI analytics trained on specialist architectural and engineer...
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Lithium refinery proposed for Thunder Bay a first
THUNDER BAY, ONT. — Frontier Lithium Inc.’s proposal to build a multimillion-dol...
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Report highlights scale of Ontario mineral exports as tariffs threaten trade relation
TORONTO — As the U.S. imposes tariffs on all Canadian goods, a new report is hig...
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Using AI to address project construction waste before, during and after
In its report released last December, international law firm Dentons examined th...
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U.S. tariffs push Ottawa to invest more in Canadian steel, aluminum projects
OTTAWA — Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne has directed his departme...
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Lithium refinery proposed for Thunder Bay a first
THUNDER BAY, ONT. — Frontier Lithium Inc.’s proposal to build a multimillion-dol...
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Report highlights scale of Ontario mineral exports as tariffs threaten trade relation
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Canadian Concrete Expo speaker describes ‘next generation’ of precast wall panels
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Cement industry undergoing ‘unprecedented transformation,’ says WCA CEO
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CarbiCrete, Canal Block team to bring low-carbon concrete to Ontario
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Canadian concrete producers should develop environmental product declarations: Speakers
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Canada’s forestry sector faces uncertainty with 25 per cent U.S. tariffs
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Green standards versus the devil’s advocates
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Some lower- and higher-tech ways to fight corrosion in reinforced concrete
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Nova Scotia government says wind farms key to meeting 80 per cent renewables goal
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Ontario Lafarge plant implements ‘new wave of technology’ to combat CO2 emissions
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Europe posts record year for clean energy use as Trump pulls US toward fossil fuels
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Green initiatives key to success for $7 billion Montréal mixed-use project
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Coalition of Ontario civil leaders pushes for recycled crushed aggregates
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Feds announce over $11M for clean fuel projects
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Canadian universities are world leaders in zero emissions
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EllisDon completes first pour with graphene-enhanced concrete
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‘On the front line’: Quebec planes and B.C. helicopters battle L.A. wildfires
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RESCON’s legal challenge against TGS causes outpouring of reaction
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How net-zero emissions are being achieved in cement, concrete industries
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Ontario First Nation challenging selection of underground nuclear waste site in court
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Five ways to improve Canada’s industrial carbon markets: CAC, groups
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Quebec municipalities brace for new flood zone maps that show more properties at risk
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Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador announce energy deal to resolve decades-old dispute
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