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Smith explores the human challenges, relationships of onsite productivity
Smith explores the human challenges, relationships of onsite productivity
While the building industry has witnessed a technology evolution over the past couple of decades, it hasn’t resulted in improved onsite productivity. That is the word from Derek Smith, who has been in the building industry for 31 years, the last 10 of wh...
Labour , Technology
Simple interfaces a key to AI growth in construction: experts
Conversations on the potential uses of Artificial Intelligence in construction a...
Technology
Fibre-reinforced concrete, rammed earth formwork build on lessons from ancient history
Horse hair, beer, urine, tree bark, sugar — all have been used in ancient concre...
Technology
Legal Notes: Balancing the advantages and risks of drones in construction
Aerial visualization of worksites has proven to be valuable throughout the const...
Government , Technology
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Smith explores the human challenges, relationships of onsite productivity
While the building industry has witnessed a technology evolution over the past c...
Labour , Technology
Simple interfaces a key to AI growth in construction: experts
Conversations on the potential uses of Artificial Intelligence in construction a...
Technology
Fibre-reinforced concrete, rammed earth formwork build on lessons from ancient history
Horse hair, beer, urine, tree bark, sugar — all have been used in ancient concre...
Technology
Legal Notes: Balancing the advantages and risks of drones in construction
Aerial visualization of worksites has proven to be valuable throughout the const...
Government , Technology
Inside Innovation: Office to residential conversions are just one option to avoid stranded assets
COVID-19 introduced the concept of remote and hybrid work into the world of comm...
Technology
Inside Innovation: AR/VR for construction isn’t the ‘killer app’ expected, panel says
Is the construction industry too stuck in its ways? Aarni Heiskanen, a self-des...
Technology
Your top JOC headlines: Oct. 23 to 27
Making headlines this week in the JOC newsroom is a development, or lack thereof...
Infrastructure , Projects , Technology
Inside Innovation: AI adoption in construction is all about the data
Construction’s mixed relationship with what are termed disruptive technologies h...
Technology
AI in construction: Legal implications for the new frontier
AI is increasingly being used in the construction industry and, as with many inn...
Technology
New heavy-lift drone can carry much more than its fair share
It’s touted to be the first heavy-lift drone that can carry more than its own we...
Technology
Alberta’s largest 3D-printed housing project will create Star Lodges
On a muddy, brown construction site at Siksika Nation, a community of 7,800 an h...
Projects , Technology
Kelowna adopts AI to speed up processing of permits
Kelowna, B.C. is developing artificial intelligence (AI) to help streamline plan...
Government , Technology
Inside Innovation: Leading heavy equipment makers are jumping to hydrogen
There’s a lot of “buzz” when it comes to electrically powered equipment. Most ma...
Technology
B.C. working on new digital building permit tool
VICTORIA – The Government of British Columbia, along with partners, is working o...
Government , Technology
Insurance Essentials: How contractors and builders can safely use artificial intelligence
It’s estimated 92 per cent of construction companies use or intend to us...
Economic , Technology
B.C. companies seek how to reduce ‘the bane of steel buildings’
Two B.C. companies and a University of British Columbia researcher are working t...
Resource , Technology
Inside Innovation: Mass timber requires water damage mitigation efforts
Mass timber (MT) has expanded from its European origins in the 1990s to become p...
Resource , Technology
Nunavut modular home factory changing lives in the Far North
A modular home factory under construction in Arviat, Nunavut, will produce up to...
Projects , Technology
Deltek partners with Procore on ComputerEase app management
HERNDON, VA. – Project software management provider Deltek is partnering with Pr...
Technology , US News
Global Market Scan: Helpful AI in construction on an upward trajectory
Though the construction industry contributes a significant share to the GDP of f...
Economic , Technology
Climate and Construction: Cold formed steel is reshaping buildings of the future
Builders today are looking to construct projects in ways that are faster, more e...
Technology
Steel pipeline network to transform Saskatchewan’s geothermal energy to electric power
The Earth’s core isn’t expected to cool down for another 91 billion years, so as...
Projects , Technology
Alberta enters global lithium race with opening of first extraction pilot project
OLDS, ALTA. - Alberta got out of the starting gates in the global critical miner...
Resource , Technology
Evolving technology a lifeline to saving Canada’s heritage buildings
Evolving construction and engineering technology will play a key role in preserv...
Technology
Construction and technology: Failing to adapt poses ‘clear danger’
While studies have found the Canadian construction industry lags other sectors i...
Technology
Alberta geothermal company helps power German homes
EDMONTON – Eavor, an Alberta company building a closed-loop geothermal system, i...
Resource , Technology
Inside Innovation: Breakthrough U.K. steel production technique could reduce CO2 emissions by 88 per cent
Over the past 140 years, structural steel has become a fundamental material for...
Resource , Technology
Edmonton opens its first net-zero energy building
EDMONTON, ALTA. – Edmonton’s 31st fire station is the city’s first net-zero ener...
Projects , Technology
Geoff Smith’s next mission: digitization
Former EllisDon CEO Geoff Smith, now installed as the firm’s executive chair, re...
Technology
Renewables pause in Alberta affecting 118 projects worth $33 billion, think tank says
EDMONTON, ALTA. - After two decades in the oilpatch, Shawn Hubbard was tired of...
Government , Resource , Technology
Inside Innovation: The sky’s the limit in terms of solar power on commercial rooftops
It takes years and billions of dollars to build new power generation plants. Yet...
Resource , Technology , US News
WorkSafeBC develops AI software to search for new risks
The Risk Analysis Unit (RAU) of WorkSafeBC has developed artificial intelligence...
OH&S , Technology
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BREAKING: Shoring wall collapses at Coquitlam construction site
COQUITLAM, B.C. – A large shoring wall at a construction site in Coquitlam, B.C....
OH&S , Projects
Top 10 largest construction project starts in Canada and Trend Graph – October 2023
The accompanying table records the 10 largest construction project starts in Can...
Economic , Projects
Fibre-reinforced concrete, rammed earth formwork build on lessons from ancient history
Horse hair, beer, urine, tree bark, sugar — all have been used in ancient concre...
Technology
Broadway Subway check-in: Guideway progress and tunnelling towards completion
With the Broadway Subway Project (BSP) reaching a pivotal phase, marked by the n...
Infrastructure , Projects
Restoration breathes new life into University of Regina heritage buildings
Functionality and accessibility were at the centre of the restoration of century...
Projects
Innovative concrete additives increase strength while reducing waste and carbons
Cement and concrete production has one of the largest carbon footprints of any i...
Labour
Diving into inclusivity: Regina’s Wascana Pool aims to set a new standard in Canada
Regina's Wascana pool facility is making a splash in the world of recreational d...
Infrastructure
EllisDon employees become plant protectors on Port Lands project
Construction workers have quite a lot of tasks to complete in building a new mou...