compiled by Arnie Gess, president of Construction Links Network.

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Promise Robotics™, a leading AI and robotics technology company, has entered a multi-year strategic commercial partnership with Mattamy Homes’ Alberta Division, North America’s largest privately-owned homebuilder. This collaboration marks a major step toward scaling industrialized construction across North America. Through its Factory-as-a-Service™ platform, Promise Robotics will deliver automated, AI-driven home manufacturing that enables faster build times, cost savings, and high-quality results. The partnership will support the delivery of single-family, semi-detached, and multi-family homes across new Calgary master-planned communities, addressing the challenges of housing demand and skilled labour shortages.

Fiera Capital Corporation and the Canadian District of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America (UBC) have launched the Canadian Built Opportunities Platform, a new real assets investment strategy with an initial C$800 million commitment equally divided between infrastructure and real estate. Designed to generate attractive risk-adjusted returns while creating long-term opportunities for union tradespeople, the platform aims to surpass C$1 billion in assets within three years. All projects will exclusively use UBC union labour, ensuring fair wages, workplace safety, and apprenticeships while strengthening local economies. Managed by Fiera Infrastructure Inc. and Fiera Real Estate Investments Limited, the platform will prioritize multi-residential housing, industrial developments, transportation, renewable energy, and essential social infrastructure. By combining disciplined investment with operational excellence, the initiative highlights how responsible capital deployment can deliver both strong financial returns and meaningful community impact. Leaders from both organizations emphasize that this platform is about more than building infrastructure and real estate—it is about building opportunity, sustainability, and prosperity for Canada’s skilled trades workforce.

Toronto and Bermuda-based technology company Muuvment has launched Muuvment IQ, an AI assistant purpose-built for sustainability and ESG professionals. Announced during the AI2030 UNGA-week Summit in New York, the platform reinforces Muuvment’s commitment to ethical AI through its participation in AI2030’s Portfolio Catalyst Program. Unlike generalized AI models, Muuvment IQ is designed specifically for ESG workflows, offering accuracy, traceability, and assurance-ready reporting across evolving standards such as CSRD/Omnibus and ISSB. Features include advanced peer analysis, framework alignment, click-through citations, and a unique double-check system where a second LLM verifies outputs, ensuring reliable insights. Refined over eight months of testing with sustainability practitioners, early adopters report significant efficiency gains, with tasks reduced from weeks to days. Trusted by leaders such as Aspen Insurance Group and The Daniels Corporation, Muuvment IQ enhances analytical capacity while safeguarding data security and privacy. By empowering sustainability professionals with tools that simplify complex data demands, Muuvment IQ positions itself as a transformative force in responsible innovation and ESG reporting, while highlighting how AI can support organizations in achieving climate and social impact goals.

EarthGrid PBC, in collaboration with Statnett SF, has successfully demonstrated its Plasma Excavation System (PES) in Klæbu, Norway—the first European showcase of plasma-powered excavation technology. Tested in Norwegian hard rock, PES proved its ability to excavate without explosives, chemicals, cutters, or disruptive vibrations, offering a safer, cleaner, and faster alternative to conventional drill-and-blast methods. The technology is particularly valuable for infrastructure upgrades near energized facilities, where minimizing disruption is critical. Building on its June 2025 success in California’s Sierra granite, EarthGrid’s Norway campaign validated PES under European conditions while positioning the company to secure pilot projects with utilities, contractors, and infrastructure developers across the continent. With plans to scale the technology through its upcoming Tunnel Boring Robot (TBR) in 2026, EarthGrid is advancing a new era of underground infrastructure that prioritizes speed, sustainability, and reduced environmental impact.

Avolve, a leader in AI-powered plan review solutions, has partnered with Centricity GIS to embed its DigEplan Digital Projects technology directly into the Centricity Citizen Portal for Trimble Unity Permit and Cityworks® PLL agencies. This integration eliminates the need for additional platforms, enabling government agencies to streamline permitting and plan review processes within their existing workflows. Through the Centricity portal, citizens and contractors can now submit plans, flag missing information, and access automated pre-submission checks powered by Avolve’s new AI Submit feature, which detects common issues like missing references or incomplete title blocks before human review. Reviewers can then mark up documents, route approvals, and sync records seamlessly back to agency databases, ensuring accuracy and reducing delays. By embedding advanced plan review inside the portal infrastructure agencies already trust, the partnership improves applicant experience, boosts efficiency, and shortens approval cycles. Current Centricity customers can activate professional electronic plan review with minimal setup, transforming their permitting process into a fully modernized, citizen-facing solution that accelerates approvals while preserving existing Unity and Cityworks workflows.

RUX Software, a leading ERP provider for industrial equipment and commercial field services, has appointed Anna Meyer as Chief Sales Officer, reporting to CEO Natalie Lemke. Meyer will lead Sales, Account Management, and Licensing, with a focus on accelerating new sales, enhancing client success, and strengthening partner channels for RUX’s vertical Business Applications and productivity suite. With a proven track record of driving rapid growth, Meyer previously scaled Sezzle from $16M to $114M in revenue in just three years, guiding its path to IPO, and expanded supply chain markets across Asia during her tenure at SPS Commerce. At RUX, she will build a strong sales foundation, translate ambitious opportunities into repeatable growth, and help clients maximize value from industry-specific ERP solutions.

Planera, the only CPM scheduling software built for preconstruction planning, announced that Miles-McClellan Construction has expanded its use of Planera to include the new Planera for iPad. By moving beyond traditional tools like Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project, which limited field accessibility, Miles-McClellan is now enabling real-time schedule updates directly from the jobsite. With Planera’s intuitive iPad interface, superintendents can walk the site, identify critical changes, and adjust schedules instantly, eliminating reliance on sticky notes, spreadsheets, and manual workflows. The iPad application offers benefits such as real-time collaboration, float tracking, flexible laptop + iPad workflows, and broader access across project teams, including trade partners. Since adopting Planera, Miles-McClellan has improved scheduling efficiency, collaboration, and adoption among staff.

Bluebeam, a global leader in AEC collaboration solutions and part of the Nemetschek Group, has announced two new integrations with Procore, the leading construction management platform. The Procore Documents + Bluebeam and Procore Submittals + Bluebeam integrations are designed to eliminate data silos, streamline reviews, and ensure teams always work from a single source of truth. With these updates, users can add markups directly to Procore Documents, collaborate in real time via Bluebeam Studio Sessions, and sync all changes back to Procore for accurate version control. Submittals workflows are also simplified, allowing project teams to review PDFs collaboratively in Bluebeam and automatically return them to Procore with a complete audit trail. These enhancements build on Bluebeam’s integration strategy, which connects leading tools to improve efficiency, accuracy, and digital collaboration across the project lifecycle. Additional Nemetschek Group brands, including Solibri, GoCanvas, SiteDocs, and dRofus, are also expanding Procore connectivity, reinforcing the commitment to deliver smarter, connected workflows for the construction industry.