Technology Archives - constructconnect.com Canada's construction news Tue, 02 Dec 2025 20:57:23 +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 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 Canada 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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]]> ion site equipment innovation keeps rolling /dcn/news/technology/2025/10/construction-site-equipment-innovation-keeps-rolling Wed, 29 Oct 2025 10:00:54 +0000 /?p=498640 Beyond the distraction of high-profile promotions for the biggest and most powerful new pickup trucks, there are in fact technology innovations in construction machinery that actually build things better and faster. Key construction equipment innovations introduced during 2025 include the expansion of electric, hybrid and hydrogen-powered machines across most of the construction site. AI-assisted equipment that […]

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]]> Tech giants Meta and Microsoft choose MTC for data centres /dcn/news/technology/2025/10/tech-giants-meta-and-microsoft-choose-mtc-for-data-centres Wed, 08 Oct 2025 10:00:11 +0000 /?p=496010 Both Meta and Microsoft issued strong corporate sustainability mandates several years ago that cover their company-wide operations. However, the recent growth of data centres and the amount of steel and concrete normally associated with large facilities such as these has created a new challenge. As they begin to roll out what will be an impressive […]

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]]> Mattamy, Promise Robotics partner on automating homebuilding with robots /dcn/news/technology/2025/10/mattamy-promise-robotics-partner-on-automating-homebuilding-with-robots Fri, 03 Oct 2025 10:10:22 +0000 /?p=495660 CALGARY, ALTA. — Canadian AI and robotics technology company, Promise Robotics has announced a multi-year partnership with homebuilder Mattamy Homes’ Alberta Division that aims to address housing shortages, affordability challenges and labour constraints by automating homebuilding across the country with AI. Promise Robotics uses off-the-shelf industrial robots to manage the entire production lifecycle. This technology […]

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]]> Meet the new start-ups pushing construction forward /dcn/news/technology/2025/10/meet-the-new-start-ups-pushing-construction-forward Thu, 02 Oct 2025 10:15:53 +0000 /?p=495503 Spend sufficient time browsing the latest news headlines and one could ask, “Is green construction losing its mojo?” Announcements made by governments on either side of the U.S.-Canada border might appear pessimistic about the priority being given to addressing carbon reduction and various other environment issues, including those impacting the building industry. The good news […]

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