Architects DCA Blog – Long-term planning, not band-aid solutions
By Toon Dreessen, Architects DCA The other evening I was driving home and listening to CBC Ottawa’s All in a Day with Alan Neal. He was interviewing Canada’s Auditor General Michael Ferguson on the Phoenix payroll system. When the payroll system was in the…
7 ways AI will change construction
As blogged on Interesting Engineering, what do you think of when you think of Artificial Intelligence? Smart devices? The IOT? Self Driving vehicles? Skynet? Everyone and their grandmother is talking about AI and for good reason too. Artificial Intelligence is a hot topic…
Construction companies challenge ‘illegal’ B.C. union restrictions
As reported in Tofino-Ucluelet Westerly News, as the B.C. government embarks on billions of dollars worth of public infrastructure construction, four contractor groups have filed a lawsuit in B.C. Supreme Court to challenge the NDP government’s restricting the work to 19…
How the equipment rental industry is rethinking maintenance with IoT
As blogged on IoT Agenda, equipment rental companies can increase profits and enhance customer service just by gaining critical real-time insights into their asset performance. We’ve seen equipment rental companies flip the switch on IoT data and quickly improve asset uptime,…
A look at the biggest bridges in the world
As blogged on Digital Trends, you likely use them every day, but have you ever stopped to consider how incredible bridges are? They’re massive spans of concrete, metal, and wires that weigh thousands of tons, yet remain standing even through destructive…
A brief history of concrete – from 10,000BC to 3D printed houses
As blogged on The Guardian, unlike the Pantheon … virtually all the concrete structures one sees today will eventually need to be replaced,” writes Robert Courland is his weighty tome Concrete Planet, “costing us trillions of dollars in the process.” While there…