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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
B.C. CICE invests $7.7M in 13 climate tech companies
VANCOUVER — The B.C. Centre for Innovation and Clean Energy (CICE) has announced...
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
Alberta launches new online housing portal to discuss issues
EDMONTON — In an effort to streamline processes, cut red tape and reduce delays...
Government , 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
The changing face of low-carbon concrete investment
Meta’s announcement in September of its new investment in low-carbon concrete pr...
Technology
Your top JOC headlines: Oct. 21 to 25
Your top JOC headlines this week feature a story on demolition robots and how th...
Government , Infrastructure , Projects , Technology
Global Market Scan: Semiconductor Dynamics — Innovation, Competition, Geopolitical Tensions
Microprocessors are the foundation of technological progress. Their recent advan...
Economic , Technology
Robots facilitate communication, quality on worksite: ICBA summit speaker
A robotics pioneer says the future of machines in construction is quality rather...
Associations , 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
EllisDon, BCIT collaborate on mass timber microcredential program
EllisDon is collaborating with British Columbia educators to funnel their mass t...
Labour , 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
Alberta puts $2.8 million towards development of industrial-scale waste-to-energy facility
EDMONTON – The Government of Alberta is providing $2.8 million through Emissions...
Resource , Technology
Innovation Saskatchewan puts $1.5 million towards Energy Innovation Hub
REGINA – Innovation Saskatchewan is providing $1.5 million in funding to the Pet...
Government , Technology
New manufacturing jobs for B.C.’s Cariboo region
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. – The Government of British Columbia is contributing up to...
Projects , Technology
B.C. marks completion of ‘electric highway’
VANCOUVER – A new “electric highway” network of charging stations may soon make...
Infrastructure , Technology
Moving volumetric units from ‘A to B’ is creating new delivery models
Growing interest in volumetric construction is resulting in more and ever-larger...
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Rare earth elements: Crucial to today’s tech, but global supply challenges
Rare earth elements (REEs), such as lanthanum, neodymium and cerium play crucial...
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Want to learn more about BCIT’s ‘cobots?’ We have you covered
We first brought you news of the British Columbia Institute of Technolog...
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
Construction tech adoption ‘more visionary than realistic’ without necessary advancements: UBC researcher
A University of British Columbia (UBC) professor and researcher sees great poten...
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SAIT students try to solve Calgary’s sidewalk situation with graphene
A group of civil engineering technology students who worked on a research projec...
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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...
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Province funds battery research centre at University of B.C.
KELOWNA, B.C. — The University of British Columbia's Okanagan campus is set to r...
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 JOC headlines: July 22 to 26
Your top JOC headlines this week feature a project profile on the $88-billion Su...
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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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Global Market Scan: Data centres in the age of AI, a global investment surge
The acceleration in adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) has led to a spike...
Economic
Court rules B.C. law to push through Vancouver housing project is unconstitutional
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Court of Appeal has ruled that a law passed by the provinci...
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Trudeau could stay or go. Either way, Canadians should brace for a spring election
OTTAWA - Canada appears to be barrelling toward a spring election now that the N...
Government
Major Manitoba bridge projects complete, province celebrates milestones
WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government is celebrating the completion of several brid...
Infrastructure
Cost of new rapid transit station divided between transit authority, developers
The cost of the new Capstan Skytrain rapid transit station in the Vancouver subu...
Infrastructure
Industry Perspectives Op-Ed: Alberta’s most essential core service is crumbling
Across Canada, towns and cities desperately need more revenue to keep existing i...
Infrastructure
Trudeau to chair Canada-U.S. relations cabinet committee amid calls to resign
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will chair a meeting of the cabinet commi...