The last mile in traditional project delivery is the longest and hardest. This distance to the finish line usually starts with Interim Occupancy and a list - perhaps lengthy -... read more →
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hswAfq21duk Toggle is a construction robotics company focused on rebar for reinforced concrete. Concrete is the world’s most common building material yet the steel reinforcement (rebar) critical to its use... read more →
Sakgit Valley College Weld Club designed and constructed a large metal art piece depicting a fern through a frame for the Mount Vernon City Library in Mount Vernon, Washington. Collaboration... read more →
More women will have access to skilled trades training thanks to increased funding from the provincial government. On Thursday, the Government of Alberta announced $10 million over four years to... read more →
The shortage of skilled labour is the top factor limiting businesses’ sales and production growth, according to CFIB’s most recent monthly survey. A vacant post means work goes undone or... read more →
A Canadian immigrant is breaking gender stereotypes on construction sites as she helps rebuild Quebec's largest interchange. Shengnan Li is helping make inroads for the massive five-year project by operating... read more →
According to a report conducted by Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton on behalf of the industry, there will be an average of 20,000 new jobs available each year for at least... read more →
Researchers have made what they believe is a major breakthrough in a possible replacement: aluminum-ion batteries. According to the team's press release, the new battery would have "twice the energy density... read more →
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV3wK2W_iK4 The world's tallest modular hotel, with 168 guest rooms, is being prefabricated and fully furnished in a Polish factory before being shipped and stacked in New York.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced this morning that it has awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry to three scientists—John B. Goodenough, Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino—for their... read more →