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3D printing is a very exciting area of architecture at the moment, with new advancements seemingly announced every few months. Following news of an entire 3D-printed community and a 3D-printed two-story home, a three-story apartment building is now being built in Germany using what’s…

The Manitoba government announced its 2020 construction awards at the Manitoba Heavy Construction Association’s (MHCA) virtual annual general meeting, Infrastructure Minister Ron Schuler announced today. “The annual construction awards are a 30-year tradition that was established to provide the industry with…

There is predicted to be a big shortage of workforce in the construction industry, with 1 worker being hired every 77 seconds by 2021 in the UK alone. Inefficiencies can be found in nearly every area of the construction ecosystem, starting…

Waterloo region moved one step closer to building the new transit hub in Kitchener with officials unveiling the newest design plans on Thursday. At the last public consultation in 2020, two concepts were presented to the public for input, and as a…

Command Alkon, the provider of the leading supplier collaboration platform for construction’s heavy work, and Libra Systems, Inc., a leader provider of automation and technology solutions for construction materials suppliers, join forces to drive value for the heavy work industry by…

On November 17 Mike Geric Construction and the Tresah team were joined by Mayor Lisa Helps, the Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce and many project supporters and partners for an official groundbreaking at Tresah. The Mayfair District is an important part of…

Home construction rose 4.9% in October as home building remains as one of the bright spots of the economy. The increase pushed home construction to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.53 million homes and apartments and followed a more modest…

From the street, you wouldn’t be able to tell a net-zero or passive house from any other recently built home. Even from the inside, the only visible clues are thick walls and deep windowsills. Only if you looked at the utilities…

BrainBox AI, a leader and pioneer in autonomous building technology, today was recognized by TIME as one of the Best Inventions of 2020. BrainBox AI utilizes self-adapting artificial intelligence to proactively optimize the energy consumption of one of the largest climate change…

Canada’s top developers RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust, Metropia and Capital Developments held a groundbreaking ceremony to officially mark the start of construction on Yorkville’s most-anticipated development. 11 Yorkville is located on one of Toronto’s most coveted sites, and represents one…

In accordance with the IAPMO Regulations Governing Committee Projects, IAPMO announces a tentative interim amendment (TIA) to the 2021 edition of the Uniform Plumbing Code (UPC) has been submitted for public comment. TIA UPC 001-21 revises text in UPC Table 603.2…

The International Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Foundation (IWSH) is excited to announce it is leading a project to deliver mobile wash stations to the Navajo Nation reservation, where more than 30% of residents — an estimated 52,000 people — live without…

In a parking lot next to a hospital in an Atlanta suburb, dozens of modular critical care units—made in a factory and delivered by truck—are being installed to help add space as COVID-19 cases continue to grow. The prefab system, called STAAT…

The trend in housing starts was 222,734 units in October 2020, up from 214,372 units in September 2020, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). This trend measure is a six-month moving average of the monthly seasonally adjusted annual rates (SAAR) of…

The International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO), developer of the American National Standard-designated Uniform Codes, has posted online the 2020 Report on Comments (ROC) for the 2020 edition of the IAPMO/ANSI Water Efficiency and Sanitation Standard (WE•Stand). The ROC…