The Continental Automated Buildings Association will now be known as the Association for Smarter Homes and Buildings (ASHB), with a continued mandate to promote technologies for connectivity and efficient operations.

The global market for smart lighting is projected to reach USD $45 billion in sales by 2028, representing a compound annual growth rate of more than 20 per cent over the next five years.

Mercer International in Vancouver is acquiring all the assets of Structurlam and its subsidiaries for $81.1 million.

Kelowna-based company chosen for the 2023 cohort of the Imagine H2O accelerator program, gaining access to a worldwide network of business development advisors and potential investors.

Ontario is making washrooms on construction sites private, clean and safe, while also requiring women’s-only washrooms.

According to global construction consultancy firm, Linesight. commodity prices are expected to flatten in 2023.

Development proponents will likely be asked to contribute more equity and will encounter higher debt servicing costs than has been the case for comparable projects in the past.

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has filed notice that it intends to decree employer-imposed, non-compete conditions are unfair competition.

Designed by Tres Birds, Denver’s tallest mass timber building will break ground in 2023. The 12-storey building is named “Return to Form.”

Canada’s fall economic statement pledges $6.7 billion over five years to support uptake of a range of clean technologies, including solar heating, air-source and ground-source heat pumps and energy storage.

Canadian start-ups are invited to take up the global water challenge, a competition to gain access to up to €3 million (CAD $4 million) in venture capital for smart water technologies.

Washington State has become the first U.S. state to incorporate building electrification mandates into statewide energy codes.

Construction job openings hit an unprecedented high in March with 81,900 vacancies, according to Statistics Canada.

Investors and lenders are expected to increasingly focus on the physical and transitional risks of climate change, in turn upending some conventional views of costs and value.

TOOLBX, a platform that digitizes and expedites the construction material procurement and delivery process, has launched in Vancouver. 

Canada ranks fifth in the world as the best country for construction workers to live and work, according to a study by Work Wear Guru.

Rize Alliance has unveiled Comma Properties, a new division focused on building better rental communities across the Lower Mainland and LA.