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Construction’s transition from diesel to EV and hydrogen continues into 2025
Construction’s transition from diesel to EV and hydrogen continues into 2025
Most major manufacturers of construction site equipment are continuing to extend their product ranges and now offer increasingly large EV and hydrogen-powered vehicles, despite sales declines in North American and European markets during 2024. For exampl...
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Insurers and security experts speak out about increased cyber risks
Increased digitization is helping construction companies work more safely and ef...
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AI can enhance but can’t replace human creativity: Buildings Show speaker
AI’s growth in the field of architecture and design is inevitable but there are...
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National BIM mandates face challenges in a fragmented country
Improving the sharing and transparency of all information related to a building’...
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Construction’s transition from diesel to EV and hydrogen continues into 2025
Most major manufacturers of construction site equipment are continuing to extend...
Technology
Insurers and security experts speak out about increased cyber risks
Increased digitization is helping construction companies work more safely and ef...
Technology
AI can enhance but can’t replace human creativity: Buildings Show speaker
AI’s growth in the field of architecture and design is inevitable but there are...
Technology
National BIM mandates face challenges in a fragmented country
Improving the sharing and transparency of all information related to a building’...
Technology
One Ontario digitization initiative seeks to break data from the silo
Developers and builders have been vocal for some time about the delays experienc...
Technology
MIT study examines ways to cut down on GHG emissions from road construction
Canada is road-dependant. There are over one million kilometres of public roads...
Resource , Technology
8,000 visitors anticipated for the 2025 Canadian Concrete Expo in Mississauga
Even before pre-registration opened on Nov. 15, the Canadian Concrete Expo (CCE)...
Economic , Technology
MIT hubs explore structural concrete for power storage
Concrete has been used as a building material since 6500BC. Throughout this time...
Technology , US News
A Century of Innovation and Leadership: Milwaukee Tool’s 100-Year Journey
As Milwaukee Tool Canada celebrates its 100th anniversary, the company stands ta...
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Strategic preconstruction can be bolstered by artificial intelligence: Slate
Strategic preconstruction can help contractors and developers mitigate risks suc...
Technology
Waterloo researchers use AR and VR for 3D bridge inspections
Research engineers at the University of Waterloo have published a paper document...
Infrastructure , Technology
The changing face of low-carbon concrete investment
Meta’s announcement in September of its new investment in low-carbon concrete pr...
Technology
Hamilton modular manufacturer highlights solutions to planners
With productivity in the homebuilding sector increasingly under the microscope a...
Economic , Technology
Global Market Scan: Semiconductor Dynamics — Innovation, Competition, Geopolitical Tensions
Microprocessors are the foundation of technological progress. Their recent advan...
Economic , Technology
2024 World Demolition Summit to provide many breakthroughs in Sweden
In early November, the World Demolition Summit (WDS) 2024 will blast into Stockh...
Technology
Altus Group introduces new software for CRE portfolio management
TORONTO — Toronto-based Altus Group has introduced a new software for CRE invest...
Economic , Technology
Inside Innovation: AI’s potential to transform construction
Much has been written about the construction industry’s struggle to keep pace wi...
Technology
Metro Vancouver promoting regional district sewage heat recovery
The Metro Vancouver regional district has signed its first deal to supply heat f...
Infrastructure , Technology
As some Ontario plants hit the brakes, are Canada’s EV ambitions under threat?
LOYALIST TOWNSDHIP, ONT. - The plant was expected to produce batteries for a mil...
Government , Technology
Ontario’s Canal Block to produce CarbiCrete products
MONTREAL - Montreal-based CarbiCrete has announced it has signed a licensing agr...
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EVLO launches new battery energy storage system
MONTREAL - EVLO Energy Storage Inc., a subsidiary of Hydro-Quebec, has announced...
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Mammoet launches world’s strongest land-based crane
UTRECHT, NETHERLANDS - Dutch firm Mammoet has launched what it claims to be the...
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Empire Communities announces milestone certification for indoor air quality
VAUGHAN, ONT.—Ontario-based homebuilder Empire Communities has announced its sta...
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Moving volumetric units from ‘A to B’ is creating new delivery models
Growing interest in volumetric construction is resulting in more and ever-larger...
Technology
Rare earth elements: Crucial to today’s tech, but global supply challenges
Rare earth elements (REEs), such as lanthanum, neodymium and cerium play crucial...
Economic , Resource , Technology
Support flows for Evercloak’s HVAC membrane technology
Waterloo-based HVAC technology startup Evercloak is garnering attention and, mor...
Economic , Technology
3D concrete printed buildings get bigger, taller and modular
Since its invention in 1939, 3D printing of concrete buildings (3DCP) has been l...
Technology , US News
CRTC to bring high-speed Internet to remote Inuit communities
OTTAWA — The Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)...
Infrastructure , Technology
Inside Innovation: Windows and glass curtain walls move away from metal frames and spacers
Pressure to increase the energy efficiency of windows and glass curtain walls ha...
Technology
Want to build prefab housing? Read these tips from the top
Prefabricated construction has been touted as what we need to build the millions...
Projects , Technology
Your top DCN headlines: July 22 to 26
Your top DCN headlines this week feature news the province is bolstering funding...
Infrastructure , Projects , Technology
Toronto on the cusp of a major modular housing transition
The City of Toronto is taking concrete action to accelerate modular and rapid-bu...
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LeBlanc, Joly to meet with incoming Trump administration officials in Florida
OTTAWA — Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc and Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie J...
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Ontario First Nation challenging selection of underground nuclear waste site in court
TORONTO — A First Nation in northern Ontario is challenging the selection of a n...
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Statistics Canada reports real GDP grew 0.3 per cent in October
OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says the economy grew 0.3 per cent in October, helped...
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Counting Down the Top 20 Headlines of 2024
The Daily Commercial News has compiled the top 20 most read stories for 2024. Fi...
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Top construction law story for 2024 — Walsh vs. TTC
The case of Walsh Construction vs. Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) was long and...
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Preconstruction work to begin in January to rebuild collapsed Baltimore bridge
BALITMORE — Preconstruction work to collect data to design a new Francis Scott K...
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Five ways to improve Canada’s industrial carbon markets: CAC, groups
The Cement Association of Canada (CAC), along with 12 other leading firms, busin...
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Here’s a look at the $100 billion in disaster relief in the government spending bill
WASHINGTON — Congress is allocating more than $100 billion in emergency aid des...