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Comparing cable cars and light rail as people movers in Canada
Comparing cable cars and light rail as people movers in Canada
The overhead cable car system that serves the congested outer suburbs of Paris began construction in the spring of 2023 and opened to the public last month. The comfortable cabins cover 4.5 kilometres in a total of 18 minutes, about 15 km/h, with five sta...
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Caterpillar debuts AI-powered equipment and virtual assistant at CES 2026
A new realm of construction technology was unveiled recently at CES 2026: the AI...
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EllisDon announces ConTech Accelerator winners
MISSISSUAGA, ONT. — Eight finalist startups were invited to EllisDon’s Mississau...
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Dirt and waste find new purpose as innovative wall and structural materials
Researchers at opposite ends of the earth have developed new materials that use...
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Comparing cable cars and light rail as people movers in Canada
The overhead cable car system that serves the congested outer suburbs of Paris b...
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Caterpillar debuts AI-powered equipment and virtual assistant at CES 2026
A new realm of construction technology was unveiled recently at CES 2026: the AI...
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EllisDon announces ConTech Accelerator winners
MISSISSUAGA, ONT. — Eight finalist startups were invited to EllisDon’s Mississau...
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Dirt and waste find new purpose as innovative wall and structural materials
Researchers at opposite ends of the earth have developed new materials that use...
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3D concrete printing commercial construction’s New Frontier
3D concrete printing is being touted as the wave of the future for commercial bu...
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The Front Page 2025 Part Two: AI, data centres changing construction; Canada’s continued housing crisis
To say 2025 was unpredictable would be an understatement. For the Canadian cons...
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Carney has sketched the broad strokes of an AI policy, but details remain vague
OTTAWA - At the Paris AI Action Summit in February, then-prime minister Justin T...
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Construction data ‘changing the world’: Analytics expert
As the construction sector becomes increasingly rich with data, it’s become clea...
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What will AI do for you in 2026?
The big question today running across many professions at almost every level is,...
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Tech integration grows across building cycle: Buildings Show panel
AI is leading the charge as technology use grows in the construction sector. Bu...
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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...
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Humanoid Robots could be construction’s Next Big Thing
Business consultancy McKinsey Global issued a harsh outlook for the construction...
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2025 Buildings Show: Inaugural Engineering Roundtable talks technology, AI and fraud
Unlicensed individuals working as engineers is increasingly being reported, with...
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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...
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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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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...
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3D printing for construction gets both bigger and smaller
There is continual pressure for the construction industry to build faster, cheap...
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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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