Technology Archives - constructconnect.com 17³Ô¹ÏÍø's construction news Fri, 12 Dec 2025 15:57:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.3 https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2021/10/cropped-favicon-32x32-1-32x32.png Technology Archives - constructconnect.com 32 32 Tech integration grows across building cycle: Buildings Show panel /dcn/news/technology/2025/12/tech-integration-grows-across-building-cycle-buildings-show-panel Mon, 15 Dec 2025 11:00:35 +0000 /?p=503557 AI is leading the charge as technology use grows in the construction sector. But as a recent panel discussion at the Buildings Show in Toronto highlighted, other systems such as smart building tech, data analytics and BIM also continue to rise in importance – especially when converging into integrated ecosystems. The session was billed as […]

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]]> 2025 Buildings Show: AI agents become ‘talk of the town’ /dcn/news/technology/2025/12/2025-buildings-show-ai-agents-become-talk-of-the-town Thu, 11 Dec 2025 11:15:43 +0000 /?p=503303 What a difference a year makes in the world of construction tech. Delegates attending day two of the recent Buildings Show in Toronto heard how agentic AI is rapidly emerging as construction’s third wave of AI, moving beyond Large Language Models (LLMs) and automated workflows to create a world of autonomous systems that plan, monitor […]

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]]> Humanoid Robots could be construction’s Next Big Thing /dcn/news/technology/2025/12/humanoid-robots-could-be-constructions-next-big-thing Thu, 11 Dec 2025 11:00:11 +0000 /?p=503274 Business consultancy McKinsey Global issued a harsh outlook for the construction industry in their analysis released last month, a message that may sound familiar. “The construction industry has wrestled with both rising demand and shrinking labour capacity. Productivity has stagnated, and the situation could soon worsen: Many workers are nearing retirement, and fewer young people […]

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]]> 2025 Buildings Show: Inaugural Engineering Roundtable talks technology, AI and fraud /dcn/news/technology/2025/12/2025-buildings-show-inaugural-engineering-roundtable-talks-technology-ai-and-fraud Wed, 10 Dec 2025 11:10:06 +0000 /?p=503146 Unlicensed individuals working as engineers is increasingly being reported, with regulators in 17³Ô¹ÏÍø documenting a rise in forged engineering stamps and digital seals as modern technology makes replication easier. Such is the reason why regulatory agencies such as the Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO) are taking it seriously. Over the past two years PEO’s fraudulent investigations […]

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]]> B.C. encouraging tech companies to apply for COAST Innovation Challenge /joc/news/technology/2025/12/b-c-encouraging-tech-companies-to-apply-for-coast-innovation-challenge Wed, 03 Dec 2025 12:10:43 +0000 /?p=502506 VICTORIA – Part of B.C.’s Look West economic strategy includes a focus on growing the maritime sector. As such, the government is encouraging technology companies to apply for the COAST (Centre for Ocean Applied Sustainable Technologies) Innovation Challenge. According to a release, the challenge is designed to help the maritime industry, including the Canadian Coast […]

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]]> Ottawa launches public registry listing more than 400 federal AI projects /dcn/news/technology/2025/12/502230 Tue, 02 Dec 2025 09:47:54 +0000 /?p=502230 OTTAWA – The federal government has launched a public registry to keep Canadians in the loop on its growing use of artificial intelligence. The registry lists more than 400 areas where AI is currently being explored, developed, implemented or deployed within the government, including early research projects and tools for operations and service delivery. A […]

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]]> AI adoption by businesses up, but few seeing returns so far: KPMG report /dcn/news/technology/2025/11/ai-adoption-by-businesses-up-but-few-seeing-returns-so-far-kpmg-report Mon, 24 Nov 2025 10:22:45 +0000 /?p=501328 TORONTO – Most Canadian companies have begun to roll out artificial intelligence in some form, but only a small fraction have seen any return on their investments so far, according to a new report. KPMG in 17³Ô¹ÏÍø found in its online poll of more than 750 business leaders across the country that 93 per cent […]

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]]> B.C. government ‘dashes’ out digital tool to help build homes faster /joc/news/technology/2025/11/b-c-government-dashes-out-digital-tool-to-help-build-homes-faster Fri, 21 Nov 2025 14:12:43 +0000 /?p=501356 VICTORIA — British Columbia is launching a free, new digital tool aimed at helping developers and non-profit organizations design and build prefabricated homes faster and more cost-efficiently.  Housing Minister Christine Boyle said Thursday that the online platform for digitally accelerated standardized housing, or DASH, is a “game changer” for constructing three-to-six-storey buildings.  Lisa Helps, a […]

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]]> Smart glass and solar films address the challenge of the sun’s heat and glare /dcn/news/technology/2025/11/smart-glass-and-solar-films-address-the-challenge-of-the-suns-heat-and-glare Thu, 13 Nov 2025 11:05:04 +0000 /?p=500383 Not everyone likes windows in buildings. Critics point to windows as causing interior overheating in summer due to solar gain, heat loss in winter due to low R-values, reductions in privacy, challenges to furniture layout and the inconvenience of having to keep glass surfaces clean. “Windows are lovely things…but you can have too much of […]

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]]> New RICS AI regulations will spur innovation, alert members to perils of misuse /dcn/news/technology/2025/11/new-rics-ai-regulations-will-spur-innovation-alert-members-to-perils-of-misuse Thu, 13 Nov 2025 11:00:14 +0000 /?p=500374 The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has published comprehensive new regulations for its members’ use of AI, a step the standard’s authors say will have the benefit of helping to usher in a new phase of innovation for the sector. Co-author Darius Pullinger said publication of the standard will discourage complacency among some members as […]

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]]> Habitat for Humanity Windsor-Essex, A-LINX launch modular partnership /dcn/news/technology/2025/11/habitat-for-humanity-windsor-essex-a-linx-launch-modular-partnership Wed, 12 Nov 2025 11:30:58 +0000 /?p=500270 WINDSOR, ONT. — Habitat for Humanity Windsor-Essex has launched a new modular building program with A-LINX manufacturing facility in Oldcastle, marking another step forward in innovative construction methods that aim to increase affordable homeownership across the country. The event introduced a collaboration with A-LINX, a division of Amico, to build a 16-home development in Amherstburg. […]

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]]> Experts weigh in on the risks of AI in construction /dcn/news/technology/2025/10/experts-weigh-in-on-the-risks-of-ai-in-construction Thu, 30 Oct 2025 10:05:42 +0000 /?p=498797 Artificial Intelligence (AI) is growing relentlessly and impacting the way the construction industry processes and formulates information. While AI can improve efficiency, save time and even make projects safer, it opens the door to new risks, considerations and challenges. Failure to mitigate AI risks can be very costly. In fact, a report from digital consultants […]

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