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Inside Innovation: Drone usage set to take off in 2021
Inside Innovation: Drone usage set to take off in 2021
Drones arrived on the construction scene a few years ago, primarily for the purpose of providing visual overviews. This was a breakthrough for marketing, client presentations and general site inspection. Now thanks to technology developments over the past...
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Skills Ontario virtual competition and career showcase slated for May 12
TORONTO — The Skills Ontario 2021 Virtual Skills Ontario Competition and Career...
Labour , Technology
BrainBox AI tech creates communication between the building and the cloud
Autonomous artificial intelligence (AI) technology is being piloted at a highris...
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Inside Innovation: 2020 NBC delays undermine Canada’s GHG reduction commitments
Canada imagines itself at the forefront of global efforts to reduce GHG emission...
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Inside Innovation: Drone usage set to take off in 2021
Drones arrived on the construction scene a few years ago, primarily for the purp...
Technology
Skills Ontario virtual competition and career showcase slated for May 12
TORONTO — The Skills Ontario 2021 Virtual Skills Ontario Competition and Career...
Labour , Technology
BrainBox AI tech creates communication between the building and the cloud
Autonomous artificial intelligence (AI) technology is being piloted at a highris...
Technology
Inside Innovation: 2020 NBC delays undermine Canada’s GHG reduction commitments
Canada imagines itself at the forefront of global efforts to reduce GHG emission...
Technology
First Notice: CEOs are positive; Neumann to retire; sustainable Morguard
CEOs expecting major growth Canadian CEOs are expecting extensive growt...
Economic , Labour , Technology
First Notice: TransAlta wind deal; new software for Montreal; Health and Safety Day
Ontario launches Occupational Safety and Health Day Today is Ontario’s...
Associations , Economic , Government , Infrastructure , Projects , Technology
First Notice: Phase 2 vaccines; construction uptick; Ford’s back
Construction activity rose in February Statistics Canada reported today...
Associations , Economic , Government , Labour , Technology
Inside Innovation: Canada’s GlasCurtain well positioned for construction’s net zero future
In 2019, Calgary-based GlasCurtain Inc. was awarded certification from the prest...
Technology
First Notice: GTA home sales; PozGlass testing; innovation survey
Sales of singles, condos on the rise in GTA Ontario’s Building Industry...
Economic , Government , Technology
Dirt Technologies launches new digital tools to change the landscape of soil reuse
Two recent university grads have developed innovative new tools to move, reuse a...
Resource , Technology
Canada’s CarbonCure wins prestigious Carbon XPRIZE
In further international recognition of its breakthrough clean-tech innovation,...
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Inside Innovation: New innovations address worksite safety, efficiency and the skilled labour shortage
It’s a period of exciting innovation in the construction industry, ranging from...
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AI and machine learning growing trends on construction jobsites: OGCA panel
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are being widely adopted...
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Budget 2021 looks to a low-carbon energy future
Canada's first federal budget in two years plans to create incentives for indust...
Economic , Government , Resource , Technology
Cybersecurity threats for constructors the ‘second pandemic,’ says expert
As the adoption of new technology increases among general contractors and constr...
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Robot-delivered pipe-strengthening technology to tackle aging water infrastructure
When municipal watermains spring a leak, the traditional fix is to dig up the gr...
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Inside Innovation: Cherry-picking construction’s carbon inputs can obscure full lifecycle understanding
The pressure for the construction industry to embrace processes and materials th...
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Pomerleau and Factry partner to create innovation lab for construction in Montreal
MONTREAL — Pomerleau is partnering with Factry, Canada’s first training centre s...
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ORCGA members learn benefits of trenchless tech
Open-cut trenches should be consigned to the scrapheap of outdated construction...
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First Notice: new BIM tool; park upgrades; air quality summit
Altus Group completes deal for Finance Active Ontario’s Altus Group rec...
Economic , Government , OH&S , Projects , Technology
OPG teams up with Moltex to recycle used fuel from reactors
TORONTO — Ontario Power Generation’s (OPG) Centre for Canadian Nuclear Sustainab...
Resource , Technology
St Marys Cement commissions Canada’s first cement plant wet scrubber
BOWMANVILLE, ONT. — Toronto-based St Marys Cement Inc. has announced the install...
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Inside Innovation: Rogers-Shaw purchase highlights 5G’s high cost and complexity
It will be months before federal regulators either approve or deny Rogers Commun...
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Exoskeletons not just for cinematic superheroes, they’re ideal for masons
A few years ago, exoskeletons, like the one sported by the fictional superhero I...
Technology
Inside Innovation: Prescriptive procurement stalls Canada’s adoption of carbon-reduced concrete
Canada talks a good game when it comes to global carbon and GHG reduction commit...
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Ritchie Bros. panellist warns of new-equipment disruption
COVID-related disruptions to the construction-equipment manufacturing sector are...
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Mammoet transports tunnel boring machines for tunnel project in Melbourne
NETHERLANDS — Mammoet has completed the relocation of two tunnel boring machines...
Infrastructure , Technology
Inside Innovation: Electrification makes worksites both ‘green’ and not heard
New electrified construction machinery has the obvious benefit of reducing GHGs...
Technology , US News
A3 Surfaces antimicrobial anodized aluminum testing shows promising results
SAGUENAY, QUE. — A3 Surfaces, a company based in Saguenay, Que., conducted resea...
Technology
Global Market Scan: Bitcoins – tangible infrastructure for a virtual asset
The price of a Bitcoin has increased more than 10 times over the last 12 months...
Economic , Technology
Ontario to fund multi-party COVID wastewater research
WATERLOO, ONT.—The Ontario government has announced it is spending $12 million o...
Government , Technology
Altus Group unveils software integration with Yardi
TORONTO — Altus Group and Yardi Systems, Inc. have announced a collaboration tha...
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Toronto EllisDon sites hit by COVID-19 outbreaks
Toronto Public Health (TPH) reported April 30 in its latest update of COVID-19 o...
Government , OH&S
Priestly demo of diamond mine a ‘middle of nowhere’ job
The crews at Priestly Demolition often work in tight spaces and downtown traffic...
Projects
B.C.’s economy is firing on all cylinders heading toward 2022
Four key factors have caused the B.C. economy to outperform the country as a who...
Economic
Top 10 major upcoming Atlantic and Manitoba, Saskatchewan construction projects – Canada – May 2021
The accompanying tables show the top 10 largest upcoming Atlantic and Manitoba,...
Economic
Who Knew a Pandemic Would Lead to a Housing Boom?
The construction sector is presently generating several big news stories. One re...
Economic
Canada-U.S. border is closed for demolition of Fort Frances paper mill
It’s not a request that Canadian National Demolition (CND) takes lightly, but th...
Projects
Mississauga storm management facility rooted underground in Sandalwood Park
Residents of the Hurontario community in Mississauga, Ont. have been participant...
Infrastructure
UPDATE: Worker killed after concrete bucket incident at Toronto construction site
TORONTO — Toronto Police are reporting that a worker has died after a concrete...