Special Feature
Industry Innovations
Below are articles from the latest Industry Innovations Special Feature Newsletter, published August 28, 2020 by the Journal of Commerce.
Feature Articles - Industry Innovations

Metro Vancouver’s ‘Contech’ sector ready to serve local construction
Metro Vancouver’s young construction technology sector (contech) is growing quic...
Economic , Technology

Can innovation cure what ails Canadian construction?
Because disease – in all its different forms – is still on everyone’s mind the J...
Technology

City of White Rock pilots remote virtual smartphone plumbing inspections
The COVID-19 pandemic has inspired considerable innovation in the Canadian const...
Technology

UBC’s Brock Commons goes “to BIM and beyond” with Digital Twins
Building Information Modelling (BIM) has helped co-ordinate communication betwee...
Technology
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Goldboro LNG plant slated to be largest project in Nova Scotia’s history
Calgary, Alta.-based Pieridae Energy is gearing up to build a massive, multi-bil...
Projects , Resource

2021 Preview: Stakeholders ruminate on COVID’s future impact on Canada’s construction sector
The coronavirus pandemic dramatically transformed the Canadian construction land...
Associations , Economic , OH&S , Projects , Technology

Top 10 major upcoming Oil & Gas and Electric Power & Communications construction projects – Canada – January 2021
The accompanying tables show the top 10 major upcoming Oil & Gas and Electr...
Economic

U.S. Construction Employment a Bright Spot in Many Major U.S. Cities
Table 1 sets out the best U.S. city labor markets according to two measurements...
Economic , US News

UBC students look at viability of high-speed rail to Whistler
Alpine enthusiasts could one day be whizzing to Whistler for skiing via rail if...
Infrastructure , Projects

U.S. and Canada Suffer Employment Setbacks in December
December 2020’s total employment figure in the U.S. declined by -140,000...
Economic

Study finds workplace levels of COVID-19 protection directly linked to mental health
Providing adequate COVID-19 protection in the workplace not only helps prevent t...
OH&S

Cody represents engineers on Order of Canada roll
In the new class of 61 appointees to the Order of Canada announced Dec. 30, it’s...