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B.C. encouraging tech companies to apply for COAST Innovation Challenge
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 growing the maritime sector. As such, the government is encouraging technology companies to apply for the COAST (Centre for Ocean Applied Sustainable Technologies) Innovation Chall...
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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
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...
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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...
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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
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
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...
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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
New RICS AI regulations will spur innovation, alert members to perils of misuse
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has published comprehensive...
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Experts weigh in on the risks of AI in construction
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is growing relentlessly and impacting the way the c...
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Construction site equipment innovation keeps rolling
Beyond the distraction of high-profile promotions for the biggest and most power...
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Tech giants Meta and Microsoft choose MTC for data centres
Both Meta and Microsoft issued strong corporate sustainability mandates several...
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Mattamy, Promise Robotics partner on automating homebuilding with robots
CALGARY, ALTA. — Canadian AI and robotics technology company, Promise Robotics h...
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Meet the new start-ups pushing construction forward
Spend sufficient time browsing the latest news headlines and one could ask, “Is...
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AI adoption could boost Canada’s GDP to $3.65 trillion by 2035, PwC study estimates
OTTAWA — Canada's economy could grow exponentially by 2035 if businesses fast-tr...
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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...
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Modular precast concrete answers the call of data centre construction
There are nearly 5,000 operating data centres across North America, but the numb...
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AI is changing concrete formulations for the better
The ongoing search for concrete mixes that cure faster and harder while reducing...
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Quiet offices becoming the latest tenant amenity
As more companies direct employees away from remote work and back to the office,...
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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
3D printing for construction gets both bigger and smaller
There is continual pressure for the construction industry to build faster, cheap...
Projects , Technology
Blueprint in the works for Canada’s off-road heavy equipment to become low-carbon
A project is underway to find and figure out how to use various technologies to...
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Cross laminated timber and cold formed steel – A building hybrid made in heaven
Canada’s housing shortage is calling for increased residential density, particul...
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Alberta invests $5M in world’s first direct air capture centre
EDMONTON — The Alberta government is investing $5 million through Emissions Redu...
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Will AI break the bottom rungs of construction’s career ladder?
High unemployment numbers for recent university and college graduates are causin...
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The robots are coming!
Much of the attention given to BIM, digital twins and AI in construction technol...
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Recycled bottle plastic at core of Ecoplast Solutions net-zero housing
Alberta-based Ecoplast Solutions is building net-zero-ready emission housing usi...
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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...
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MIT rebar technology could triple the life of concrete structures
Rebar is an essential part of concrete construction. While concrete is very stro...
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China shows the potential for high-speed modular construction
More and more discussion is taking place concerning how modular, factory-built c...
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Time for construction to accept the inevitable growth of AI
The argument in favour of AI in construction is overwhelming, according to those...
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‘A digital tradesperson’: Promise Robotics takes homebuilding to the next level
A Canadian company that uses industrial robots, AI and the latest technology to...
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Can highrises ride out earthquakes? UBC researchers carry out a world first
VICTORIA — A new structural system developed by UBC researchers helps highrise b...
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Building designers can now AI predict embodied carbon in real time
Embodied carbon is recognized as a major, if not the dominant, CO2 component lin...
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Future of Work 2025 event reiterates urgency and opportunity facing construction
MAPLE RIDGE, B.C. — It was a meeting of the minds for this year’s Future of Work...
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CICE boosts women-led climate tech ventures with $2.46 million investment
VANCOUVER — The B.C. Centre for Innovation and Clean Energy (CICE) is investing...
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West Fraser to curtail High Level, Alta., mill; 190 jobs affected
VANCOUVER — West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. says it plans to indefinitely curtail wo...
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Carney, Trump and Sheinbaum to meet at 2026 World Cup draw in Washington
WASHINGTON — Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to meet with U.S. President Donal...
Government
BC Hydro taking family to court over blocked work on major transmission line
VANCOUVER — BC Hydro says a family of ranchers in Vanderhoof, B.C., is wrongfull...
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B.C.’s Look West plan invests in clean-energy pilots for heavy-duty vehicles
PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. – As part of B.C.’s recently unveiled Look West plan, the go...
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Enbridge expects growth for 2026 as new projects enter service, raises dividend
CALGARY, ALTA. — Enbridge Inc. is raising its dividend and targeting a four per...
Economic
AtkinsRéalis Group acquires Australian engineering firm ADG Capital
MONTREAL — AtkinsRéalis Group Inc. says it has acquired ADG Capital Pty Ltd., an...
Economic
A long time coming: B.C. prompt payment becomes law
VANCOUVER – Several construction industry associations are breathing a sigh of r...
Associations , Government , Projects
UPDATE: John Rustad quits as B.C. Conservative leader, saying it’s not a ‘hostile takeover’
VICTORIA - The Conservative Party of B.C.'s caucus has released a statement from...