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Green walls as temperature management tools
Green walls as temperature management tools
The obvious purpose of a building’s exterior walls is to support a building’s roof and floors and mediate between indoor and outdoor conditions. Walls usually include windows that allow natural interior lighting and outward views. However, “green wallsâ€...
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Waterloo engineers use AR and VR to help extend infrastructure lifespans
Engineers at the University of Waterloo have developed a new system that will us...
Technology
What’s up with digital twins?
Is digital twin (DT) technology really a driving force for industry or just the...
Technology
Construction’s transition from diesel to EV and hydrogen continues into 2025
Most major manufacturers of construction site equipment are continuing to extend...
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Green walls as temperature management tools
The obvious purpose of a building’s exterior walls is to support a building’s ro...
Technology
Waterloo engineers use AR and VR to help extend infrastructure lifespans
Engineers at the University of Waterloo have developed a new system that will us...
Technology
What’s up with digital twins?
Is digital twin (DT) technology really a driving force for industry or just the...
Technology
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
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
MIT study examines ways to cut down on GHG emissions from road construction
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø 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
A Century of Innovation and Leadership: Milwaukee Tool’s 100-Year Journey
As Milwaukee Tool ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø celebrates its 100th anniversary, the company stands ta...
Technology
Strategic preconstruction can be bolstered by artificial intelligence: Slate
Strategic preconstruction can help contractors and developers mitigate risks suc...
Technology
Waterloo researchers use AR and VR for 3D bridge inspections
Research engineers at the University of Waterloo have published a paper document...
Infrastructure , Technology
The changing face of low-carbon concrete investment
Meta’s announcement in September of its new investment in low-carbon concrete pr...
Technology
Hamilton modular manufacturer highlights solutions to planners
With productivity in the homebuilding sector increasingly under the microscope a...
Economic , Technology
Global Market Scan: Semiconductor Dynamics — Innovation, Competition, Geopolitical Tensions
Microprocessors are the foundation of technological progress. Their recent advan...
Economic , 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
Altus Group introduces new software for CRE portfolio management
TORONTO — Toronto-based Altus Group has introduced a new software for CRE invest...
Economic , 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
As some Ontario plants hit the brakes, are ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø’s EV ambitions under threat?
LOYALIST TOWNSDHIP, ONT. - The plant was expected to produce batteries for a mil...
Government , Technology
Ontario’s Canal Block to produce CarbiCrete products
MONTREAL - Montreal-based CarbiCrete has announced it has signed a licensing agr...
Technology
EVLO launches new battery energy storage system
MONTREAL -Â EVLO Energy Storage Inc., a subsidiary of Hydro-Quebec, has announced...
Technology
Mammoet launches world’s strongest land-based crane
UTRECHT, NETHERLANDS - Dutch firm Mammoet has launched what it claims to be the...
Technology
Empire Communities announces milestone certification for indoor air quality
VAUGHAN, ONT.—Ontario-based homebuilder Empire Communities has announced its sta...
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
Support flows for Evercloak’s HVAC membrane technology
Waterloo-based HVAC technology startup Evercloak is garnering attention and, mor...
Economic , 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
CRTC to bring high-speed Internet to remote Inuit communities
OTTAWA — The Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)...
Infrastructure , Technology
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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Industry Perspectives Op-Ed: The capital gains inclusion rate deserves its day in Parliament
While the news cycle in 2025 has largely been focused (rightfully) on the Libera...
Government
Liberal leadership hopefuls distance themselves from carbon pricing
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Government
Ground broken on new $63M recreation, community centre in North Bay
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GO Transit’s NOC officially awarded LEED Gold for green building initiatives
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Concord company faces $130,000 fine after worker fatality
CONCORD, ONT. — Fourwinds Construction Inc. of Concord, Ont. has been convicted...
OH&S
Surgical centre in London slated for expansion
LONDON, ONT. — The Nazem Kadri Surgical Centre at London Health Sciences Centre...
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Francophone women gain employment in the skilled trades in Sudbury
SUDBURY, ONT. – The Province of Ontario is investing up to $750,000 over three y...
Labour
Bell Let’s Talk: Construction’s next generation needs mental health support now
Bell Let’s Talk Day has become the world’s largest conversation about mental hea...