A critical tool for construction efficiency is the digital twin – a powerful, virtual representation technology.

What will new codes and a net zero future mean for glazing and window products? Two speakers share insights at the 2022 FGIA conference.

After exposure to scientific findings, the number of homeowners who viewed their homes as somewhat or very unhealthy more than tripled.

Drones are playing an important role in addressing the challenges of improved efficiencies on jobsites and across the construction industry.

Making buildings smarter could force some aesthetic trade-offs in commercial buildings as 5G services begin arriving on the mid-band and high-band of the spectrum.

While the building industry has been slower to embrace technology, the pandemic has accelerated the automation push for many companies.

With construction projects challenged as a result of the pandemic, many companies are reimagining their business models.

Design firms HOK and Dialog have been selected to design Calgary's new $550 million event centre. The new building will replace the iconic Saddledome.

Interest in building electrification is growing with modern high-performance buildings moving towards all-electric mechanical systems.

Smart buildings offer the best hope to reduce carbon effectively, reduce energy costs and provide good return on investment.

The traditionally male dominated construction industry has begun to see an upturn in the amount of women working on sites. Around 170,000 females, 25 per cent of those in the industry, are employed in hands-on roles.

The new crop of 'ultra-high-rise' condos rising in Toronto will be more complicated and consequently more costly to maintain, one engineer is warning.

Quality control in roofing construction has increased significantly with changes in codes and technology. Proper inspection is critical to success.

For Canada’s West Coast, construction of seismically durable buildings is critical and research supports CLT's durability to survive an earthquake.

The window walls commonly used to enclose condos have improved, addressing issues associated with past generations of the cladding, finds a new analysis.

Evergreen is targeting carbon neutrality in the retrofit of its heritage-designated kiln building at Toronto’s Brick Works site.

The use of building information modelling to develop the Bergeron Centre at York University earned the project a Canada BIM Council award.