Technology Archives - constructconnect.com şÚÁĎłÔąĎÍř's construction news Tue, 25 Feb 2025 18:12:18 +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 Digital construction management program breaks through at York U /dcn/news/technology/2025/02/digital-construction-management-program-breaks-through-at-york-u /dcn/news/technology/2025/02/digital-construction-management-program-breaks-through-at-york-u#respond Fri, 21 Feb 2025 13:30:36 +0000 /?p=434239 TORONTO — The York University School of Continuing Studies has launched an innovative post-graduate certificate in digital construction management. The new full-time program aims to enable students to “harness the capabilities of software and artificial intelligence (AI) to improve productivity and sustainability of industrial, commercial, institutional and highrise residential construction,” states a release. Graduates will […]

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]]> /dcn/news/technology/2025/02/digital-construction-management-program-breaks-through-at-york-u/feed 0 Concrete innovation from start to finish of its useful life /dcn/news/technology/2025/02/433725 /dcn/news/technology/2025/02/433725#respond Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:03:03 +0000 /?p=433725 Few building material industries have undergone such transformation in recent years than that of concrete. Grabbing most of the headlines are the increasing ways carbon can be reduced, captured or utilized at various stages of concrete’s manufacture. Certainly low carbon concrete is important going forward. Meanwhile at the research level, more is going on that […]

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]]> /dcn/news/technology/2025/02/433725/feed 0 Concrete Feature: Moss concrete covering many urban construction challenges /dcn/news/technology/2025/02/concrete-feature-moss-concrete-covering-many-urban-construction-challenges /dcn/news/technology/2025/02/concrete-feature-moss-concrete-covering-many-urban-construction-challenges#respond Wed, 19 Feb 2025 11:29:21 +0000 /?p=433417 Could moss concrete be the simple green answer to many of the climate change challenges that construction design is attempting to mitigate? Researchers at universities in Spain, London, Pakistan and the Netherlands, for more than a decade, have been looking at bio-receptive concrete, commonly known as moss concrete, to green up walls, foil graffiti, lessen […]

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]]> /dcn/news/technology/2025/02/concrete-feature-moss-concrete-covering-many-urban-construction-challenges/feed 0 Brookfield Asset Management eyes AI investments as infrastructure demand soars /dcn/news/technology/2025/02/brookfield-asset-management-eyes-ai-investments-as-infrastructure-demand-soars /dcn/news/technology/2025/02/brookfield-asset-management-eyes-ai-investments-as-infrastructure-demand-soars#respond Fri, 14 Feb 2025 11:05:52 +0000 /?p=432410 TORONTO — Artificial intelligence brings massive demand for power and infrastructure and Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. says it is creating big opportunities for companies with the scale to take them on. The company, which has extensive holdings in infrastructure, real estate and energy, said it’s well-placed to both help fund and build such projects. “Trillions […]

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]]> /dcn/news/technology/2025/02/brookfield-asset-management-eyes-ai-investments-as-infrastructure-demand-soars/feed 0 Modular may be the future but only if done correctly /dcn/news/technology/2025/02/modular-may-be-the-future-but-only-if-done-correctly /dcn/news/technology/2025/02/modular-may-be-the-future-but-only-if-done-correctly#respond Wed, 12 Feb 2025 09:15:30 +0000 /?p=432120 Given projections for a dramatic shortage of construction workers due to retirement and recent policy changes related to immigration in şÚÁĎłÔąĎÍř and the United States, the future of any continued growth of housing and commercial projects could lie in the hands of modular processes. Modular has collateral benefits that could also improve profits. For example, […]

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]]> /dcn/news/technology/2025/02/modular-may-be-the-future-but-only-if-done-correctly/feed 0 Construction requires more on-site innovation to improve productivity /dcn/news/technology/2025/02/construction-requires-more-on-site-innovation-to-improve-productivity /dcn/news/technology/2025/02/construction-requires-more-on-site-innovation-to-improve-productivity#respond Thu, 06 Feb 2025 09:15:56 +0000 /?p=430903 A report published by global consultancy McKinsey paints a promising picture of the construction industry’s future over the next 15 years. It projects global construction spending escalating from $13 trillion in 2023 to $22 trillion by 2040 due to “unprecedented demand around the world.” However, there are caveats. “The demand is clear, but how the […]

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]]> /dcn/news/technology/2025/02/construction-requires-more-on-site-innovation-to-improve-productivity/feed 0 New 2025 drone regulations to benefit remote area construction /dcn/news/technology/2025/01/new-2025-drone-regulations-to-benefit-remote-area-construction /dcn/news/technology/2025/01/new-2025-drone-regulations-to-benefit-remote-area-construction#respond Thu, 30 Jan 2025 09:05:34 +0000 /?p=429228 New Transport şÚÁĎłÔąĎÍř drone regulations expected to start this year will literally open up new horizons for the construction industry as they will allow drone operation beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) in remote areas and introduce larger payload drones. “You can survey sparsely populated areas. That is one application,” said Ian Wills, president of […]

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]]> /dcn/news/technology/2025/01/new-2025-drone-regulations-to-benefit-remote-area-construction/feed 0 Conestoga College receives funding for two industry-related research projects /dcn/news/technology/2025/01/conestoga-college-receives-funding-for-two-industry-related-research-projects /dcn/news/technology/2025/01/conestoga-college-receives-funding-for-two-industry-related-research-projects#respond Fri, 24 Jan 2025 11:10:55 +0000 /?p=427688 KITCHENER, ONT. — Two Conestoga projects are on the receiving end of $568,000 in funding from the provincial government’s Ontario Research Fund (ORF). Conestoga received grants for CONSTRUCT: Centre for Ontario’s Network of Skilled Trade Researchers, Unions, Contractors, and Tradespeople ($333,500); and robotic welding and metallurgical analysis ($234,408 from the ORF – College Fund Ontario […]

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]]> /dcn/news/technology/2025/01/conestoga-college-receives-funding-for-two-industry-related-research-projects/feed 0 Taking 3D printed construction to the next low-carbon level /dcn/news/technology/2025/01/taking-3d-printed-construction-to-the-next-low-carbon-level Thu, 23 Jan 2025 09:00:49 +0000 /?p=427456 As interest in 3D printing for construction (3DPC) grows, it comes with a precondition. Concrete is used; a material associated with high CO2 and GHG emissions. With so much recent focus on the development of low-carbon and even zero-carbon concrete, the blending of these developments could add to 3DPC’s many advantages that include reduced material […]

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]]> Green walls as temperature management tools /dcn/news/technology/2025/01/green-walls-as-temperature-management-tools Thu, 16 Jan 2025 09:05:48 +0000 /?p=425310 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 walls” can do more. It’s actually an old idea. Ivy-covered walls on heritage buildings are seen to add […]

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]]> Waterloo engineers use AR and VR to help extend infrastructure lifespans /dcn/news/technology/2025/01/waterloo-engineers-use-ar-and-vr-to-help-extend-infrastructure-lifespans Wed, 15 Jan 2025 09:00:13 +0000 /?p=424838 Engineers at the University of Waterloo have developed a new system that will use augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) to help extend the lifespan of şÚÁĎłÔąĎÍř’s critical infrastructure. The cutting-edge system, called the Smart Infrastructure Metaverse, enables inspectors who are onsite and others who are off-site to use the technology to view a […]

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]]> What’s up with digital twins? /dcn/news/technology/2025/01/whats-up-with-digital-twins Thu, 09 Jan 2025 09:05:41 +0000 /?p=422806 Is digital twin (DT) technology really a driving force for industry or just the latest hype? That question was posed by Burkhard Boeckem, Chief Technology Officer of Hexagon AB, a multinational industrial technology company headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. Hexagon has good reason to find out. The company is a global supplier of digital reality solutions […]

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