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2025 Buildings Show: AI agents become ‘talk of the town’

What a difference a year makes in the world of construction tech. Delegates att...

Technology December 11, 2025

Humanoid Robots could be construction’s Next Big Thing

Business consultancy McKinsey Global issued a harsh outlook for the construction...

Technology December 11, 2025

2025 Buildings Show: Inaugural Engineering Roundtable talks technology, AI and fraud

Unlicensed individuals working as engineers is increasingly being reported, with...

Technology December 10, 2025

B.C. encouraging tech companies to apply for COAST Innovation Challenge

VICTORIA – Part of B.C.’s Look West economic strategy includes a focus on growin...

Technology December 3, 2025

Ottawa launches public registry listing more than 400 federal AI projects

OTTAWA - The federal government has launched a public registry to keep Canadians...

Government , Technology December 2, 2025

B.C. government ‘dashes’ out digital tool to help build homes faster

VICTORIA — British Columbia is launching a free, new digital tool aimed at helpi...

Technology November 21, 2025

Smart glass and solar films address the challenge of the sun’s heat and glare

Not everyone likes windows in buildings. Critics point to windows as causing in...

Technology November 13, 2025

New RICS AI regulations will spur innovation, alert members to perils of misuse

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has published comprehensive...

Technology November 13, 2025

Experts weigh in on the risks of AI in construction

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is growing relentlessly and impacting the way the c...

Technology October 30, 2025

Construction site equipment innovation keeps rolling

Beyond the distraction of high-profile promotions for the biggest and most power...

Technology October 29, 2025

Tech giants Meta and Microsoft choose MTC for data centres

Both Meta and Microsoft issued strong corporate sustainability mandates several...

Technology October 8, 2025

Mattamy, Promise Robotics partner on automating homebuilding with robots

CALGARY, ALTA. — Canadian AI and robotics technology company, Promise Robotics h...

Technology October 3, 2025

Meet the new start-ups pushing construction forward

Spend sufficient time browsing the latest news headlines and one could ask, “Is...

Technology October 2, 2025

AI adoption could boost 17³Ô¹ÏÍø’s GDP to $3.65 trillion by 2035, PwC study estimates

OTTAWA — 17³Ô¹ÏÍø's economy could grow exponentially by 2035 if businesses fast-tr...

Technology September 29, 2025

AI makes its cautious but inevitable entry into the world of architecture

It’s everywhere and being talked about by everyone. AI development and adoption...

Technology September 24, 2025

Modular precast concrete answers the call of data centre construction

There are nearly 5,000 operating data centres across North America, but the numb...

Technology September 18, 2025

AI is changing concrete formulations for the better

The ongoing search for concrete mixes that cure faster and harder while reducing...

Technology September 3, 2025

Quiet offices becoming the latest tenant amenity

As more companies direct employees away from remote work and back to the office,...

Technology August 21, 2025

Companies taking concrete steps toward capturing revenues from carbon dioxide

OTTAWA - It can be used to make fuel, fertilizer, building material and even soa...

Infrastructure , Projects , Resource , Technology August 7, 2025

3D printing for construction gets both bigger and smaller

There is continual pressure for the construction industry to build faster, cheap...

Projects , Technology August 7, 2025

Blueprint in the works for 17³Ô¹ÏÍø’s off-road heavy equipment to become low-carbon

A project is underway to find and figure out how to use various technologies to...

Technology July 31, 2025

Cross laminated timber and cold formed steel – A building hybrid made in heaven

17³Ô¹ÏÍø’s housing shortage is calling for increased residential density, particul...

Technology July 24, 2025

Alberta invests $5M in world’s first direct air capture centre

EDMONTON — The Alberta government is investing $5 million through Emissions Redu...

Technology July 2, 2025

Will AI break the bottom rungs of construction’s career ladder?

High unemployment numbers for recent university and college graduates are causin...

Technology July 2, 2025

The robots are coming!

Much of the attention given to BIM, digital twins and AI in construction technol...

Technology June 26, 2025

Recycled bottle plastic at core of Ecoplast Solutions net-zero housing

Alberta-based Ecoplast Solutions is building net-zero-ready emission housing usi...

Technology June 25, 2025

A Canadian first: Province, BC Hydro launch pilot to ‘electrify’ housing density

VANCOUVER — The Province of B.C. and BC Hydro have announced they are launching...

Technology June 23, 2025

MIT rebar technology could triple the life of concrete structures

Rebar is an essential part of concrete construction. While concrete is very stro...

Technology June 11, 2025

China shows the potential for high-speed modular construction

More and more discussion is taking place concerning how modular, factory-built c...

Technology June 4, 2025

Time for construction to accept the inevitable growth of AI

The argument in favour of AI in construction is overwhelming, according to those...

Technology May 29, 2025

‘A digital tradesperson’: Promise Robotics takes homebuilding to the next level

A Canadian company that uses industrial robots, AI and the latest technology to...

Technology May 26, 2025

Can highrises ride out earthquakes? UBC researchers carry out a world first

VICTORIA — A new structural system developed by UBC researchers helps highrise b...

Technology May 15, 2025

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