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 September 22, 2023

Deltek partners with Procore on ComputerEase app management

HERNDON, VA. – Project software management provider Deltek is partnering with Pr...

Technology , US News September 22, 2023

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 September 18, 2023

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 September 13, 2023

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 September 13, 2023

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 September 11, 2023

Evolving technology a lifeline to saving Canada’s heritage buildings

Evolving construction and engineering technology will play a key role in preserv...

Technology September 6, 2023

Construction and technology: Failing to adapt poses ‘clear danger’

While studies have found the Canadian construction industry lags other sectors i...

Technology September 1, 2023

Alberta geothermal company helps power German homes

EDMONTON – Eavor, an Alberta company building a closed-loop geothermal system, i...

Resource , Technology August 30, 2023

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 August 30, 2023

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 August 29, 2023

Geoff Smith’s next mission: digitization

Former EllisDon CEO Geoff Smith, now installed as the firm’s executive chair, re...

Technology August 28, 2023

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 August 24, 2023

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 August 16, 2023

WorkSafeBC develops AI software to search for new risks

The Risk Analysis Unit (RAU) of WorkSafeBC has developed artificial intelligence...

OH&S , Technology August 9, 2023

Your top JOC headlines: July 31 to Aug. 4

Your top JOC headlines this week feature news Site C has hit a milestone with th...

Economic , Infrastructure , Projects , Technology August 4, 2023

New Impact Centre tool offers strategies for range of climate risks

A recent report from the Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation introduces a new to...

Infrastructure , Technology August 4, 2023

Inside Innovation: Robotics unrequited affair with construction belies widespread digital adoption

In this month’s Harvard Business Review, Mark Erlich gives a summation of constr...

Technology August 2, 2023

Artificial intelligence and the future of modular and pre-fab construction

Those in the know say artificial intelligence (AI) – the ability of computer sof...

Technology July 31, 2023

Can modular help house the homeless?

Many Canadian cities are “home” to hundreds or even thousands of people who don’...

Technology July 27, 2023

Modular master plan communities filling retirement market gap

Freeport Ltd., a modular manufacturer based in Westbank, Kelowna, is carving a d...

Projects , Technology July 26, 2023

Next-gen mass timber touted as way for buildings to ascend to 20 storeys

Dr. Tony Yang, a professor of civil and mechanical engineering at the University...

Projects , Technology July 26, 2023

Perfect storm fills sales in the modular construction sector

After 20 years or more making slow gains, modular construction is on the verge o...

Projects , Technology July 19, 2023

National construction panel cites disruptions on all fronts

Canada’s construction sector is in a state of reinvention these days on a number...

Economic , Technology July 19, 2023

Siemens highlights digital decarbonization strategies

An increasingly important strategy in the drive to decarbonize the built environ...

Technology July 17, 2023

Digital twinning ‘the living information backbone of the Canada Line’

SNC-Lavalin has built a digital twin of Vancouver’s Canada Line transit system,...

Infrastructure , Technology July 5, 2023

Inside Innovation: Rethinking concrete to achieve both housing and carbon reduction objectives

Two recent announcements have highlighted the combined use of concrete with othe...

Technology July 5, 2023

Your top JOC headlines: June 26 to 30

Your top JOC headlines this week cover news North Island College is embarking on...

OH&S , Projects , Technology June 30, 2023

Nothing phony about artificial intelligence in construction

Is artificial intelligence (AI) really intelligent? And, if it is, what are its...

Technology June 29, 2023

Suncor cyberattack likely to cost company millions of dollars, expert says

CALGARY, ALTA - The systems breach at Suncor Energy Inc. will likely cost the co...

Resource , Technology June 29, 2023

Inside Innovation: Construction confronts a wave of AI platforms

Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT, LLaMA and PaLM2 are dominating the ne...

Technology June 28, 2023

Calgary based Suncor Energy says it suffered a cybersecurity incident

CALGARY, ALTA. - Canadian oil company Suncor Energy Inc. has confirmed it has be...

Resource , Technology June 26, 2023

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