The top technology trends in the utility industry for 2021
Providing safe, affordable, reliable energy has always called for adapting to shifting market and regulatory demands. The challenge has only increased as emerging technologies reshape the utility industry. And the pace of transformation is accelerating. So how can utilities take advantage…
Latium Technologies announces merger with PCL’s Job Site Insights
Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) Provider Latium Technologies is thrilled to announce the merger and integration of PCL’s Job Site Insights™, (JSI™) smart construction platform with Latium’s IoT operating system. “This agreement brings together PCL’s dynamic and highly capable smart construction…
A Comprehensive Look at Privacy and Cybersecurity in the Connected Home
Cybersecurity and privacy concerns in the smart home have the potential to worsen with device ownership and demand for gadgets growing. In building their solutions, industry participants should therefore treat cybersecurity protections as the norm. Looking past functionality and user experience,…
There’s a residential building boom – Except in this one town
A house-building boom across Chatham-Kent, and much of Southwestern Ontario, is leaving out one town – Wallaceburg, with not a single subdivision under construction. The snag? The owners of the majority of land designated in the town for residential development aren’t…
Bulletin 263: Swift Building Evacuations
As provincial commerce slowly edges upward, business owners are seeking to bring steadiness to their operation while continuing to safeguard the health of their employees. Of course, for every company, whether it is in the industrial sector, a building management firm,…
The dirty secret of so-called ‘fossil-fuel free’ buildings
Hanging plants smother the walls of a new office block proposed for Salford, giving it the look of something from an abandoned post-Covid city, reclaimed by nature. The ivy-covered tower, designed by Make Architects, has been trumpeted as “fossil-fuel free”, set to…
Portable Wind Turbines Could Soon Light Up Our City Spaces
A Salt Lake City-based startup, Halcium, is working on the Powerpod, a technology it has dubbed the “safest, most powerful wind turbine in the world.” The Powerpod is cheaper than solar panels and more efficient in places that get less than…
B.C. funds 12 mass-timber research and development projects
The B.C. government is putting $4.2 million into a dozen mass timber research and demonstration projects to advance the technology and its use with steel and concrete for hybrid buildings. Projects include a new fire station in Saanich, which gets $500,000…
New process converts trash to graphene to make concrete stronger
Landfills are piling up with consumer products everyday. But some recyclable resources may just be the solution for keeping up with construction industry demands such as turning used tires to make concrete stronger. The electric energy cost for flash graphene (FG) synthesis…
Labour shortage causing construction delays
A shortage in the labour pool is nothing new to Muskoka, or the province as a whole, especially when it comes to the trades. However, with the influx of people relocating to Muskoka during the pandemic, that need is being felt…
Unusual tower catches the breeze to light up Silicon Valley
Defined by an eye-catching exterior consisting of 500 individual “rods” that will be illuminated as they sway with the prevailing wind, the aptly named Breeze of Innovation is a new tower envisioned for Silicon Valley. Assuming all goes ahead as planned,…
New truck and construction training school opens in Sudbury
As Northern Ontario’s newest construction and transportation training institution, Northern Construction Academy (NCA) offers hands-on training programs in real-world construction environments and is registered as a private career college under the Private Career Colleges Act, 2005. Through the relationships built with the team at…