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Your top JOC headlines: Oct. 21 to 25
Your top JOC headlines: Oct. 21 to 25
Your top JOC headlines this week feature a story on demolition robots and how they’re taking down the former four seasons hotel tower in Vancouver; several Aecon consortiums have been awarded three B.C. contracts; B.C. construction leaders voice their opi...
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...
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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...
Technology
Rare earth elements: Crucial to today’s tech, but global supply challenges
Rare earth elements (REEs), such as lanthanum, neodymium and cerium play crucial...
Economic , Resource , Technology
Want to learn more about BCIT’s ‘cobots?’ We have you covered
We first brought you news of the British Columbia Institute of Technolog...
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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...
Technology
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...
Infrastructure , Projects , Technology
Toronto on the cusp of a major modular housing transition
The City of Toronto is taking concrete action to accelerate modular and rapid-bu...
Projects , Technology
Alberta invests $44 million in 21 cleantech companies
CALGARY – The Government of Alberta is investing $44 million through Emissions R...
Government , Technology
Kitchener’s 55 Franklin project a sequence and CLT showcase
Sequential construction and the use of cross-laminated timber (CLT) is speeding...
Projects , Technology
BCIT welding students join forces with robots
BURNABY, B.C. – Welding students at the British Columbia Institute of Technology...
Labour , Technology
Governments see modular as part of Canada’s housing solution
Government initiatives, both federally and provincially, addressing the national...
Government , Technology
Repeatability at scale the key to success for modular construction
So many factors suggest a promising future for modular home construction in Nort...
Technology , US News
Inside Innovation: Move over 3D concrete houses, there’s a new kid on the block
The world’s first 3D-printed house made entirely from bio-based materials was un...
Technology
AI has a talent for skills training and knowledge transfer
Although Artificial Intelligence (AI) is still in its technological infancy, lik...
Labour , Technology
MDA Space awarded $1-billion contract for next phases of Canadarm3
BRAMPTON, ON. - MDA Space Ltd. has won a $1-billion contract with the Canadian S...
Technology
Inside Innovation: Cybersecurity remains construction’s top concern
It is acknowledged that cybersecurity breaches can be extremely harmful to const...
Technology
New B.C. building permit hub praised by former CHBA BC president
A push to digitize the permitting process in British Columbia meets the approval...
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Setting the stage: Recreating the James Cowan Theatre in Burnaby
Site preparation work has been completed, fencing has been installed and constru...
Projects
Manitoba invests $19.6 million for Souris River Bridge reconstruction
MELITA – The Government of Manitoba is investing $19.6 million into reconstructi...
Infrastructure
Feds put $727,500 towards Thompson Okanagan recreation infrastructure
KELOWNA, B.C. – The federal government is funding $727,500 through the Pacific E...
Government , Infrastructure
Your top JOC headlines: Oct. 28 to Nov. 1
Your top JOC headlines this week feature news the first of six units has begun g...
Economic , Government , Infrastructure , Projects
Moving mass timber into mainstream: Experts discuss construction hurdles
Hurdles that mass timber faces to becoming part of mainstream construction were...
Resource
BCCA warns of declining investment in major B.C. projects in latest stat pack
VICTORIA, B.C. - The British Columbia Construction Association (BCCA) is soundi...
Associations , Economic
Saskatchewan Power Corporation Fined $840,000 for worker fatalities
WEYBURN, SASK. — Saskatchewan Power Corporation has been fined $840,000 for two...
OH&S
ACSA highlights safety strategies at upcoming conference
EDMONTON — The Alberta Construction Safety Association (ACSA) is focusing on saf...