Technology
Building Strategies & Sustainability
Industry inspired to lead low carbon revolution
Commercial real estate has the potential to create jobs and wealth if new technology infrastructure investment is prioritized.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Technology and the modern tenant
The way we search, rent, and live in apartments is changing thanks to ground-breaking internet technology. Whether you're a tenant looking for a unit or a landlord trying to rent one, success begins online.
Building Strategies & Sustainability
Pension funds drawn to investable cities
Despite an abundance of investment funds spending across the globe, Canadian infrastructure continues to face a crisis.
Building Strategies & Sustainability
How ‘art became the new steel’ in Hamilton
Creative industries in Hamilton, Ontario are now forming the physicality of the city's landscape and impacting municipal public policy.
Canadian Property Management
Sherway Gardens remakes shopping experience
Sherway Gardens unveiled its new north expansion this week that reflects the changing landscape of retail in Canada and creates more of a mall 'experience.'
Construction Business
Boost business operations with the cloud
With technology more integral in construction operations than ever before, the cloud is a natural step for companies looking to save money, stay connected to remote sites, and improve business operations.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
BIM’s value throughout the building life cycle
Experts share how facility managers can fully capture the benefits made available in BIM throughout the building life cycle.
Construction Business
Advancements in self-consolidating concrete
Self-consolidating concrete (SCC) is a revolutionary building material that is widely regarded as one of the most significant technological advancements in the concrete industry in years.
Construction Business
Emerging trends in energy management
In recent years there have been significant advances in both the technologies used at home and work, and in those designed specifically to help with energy management across all types of buildings.
Design Quarterly
Benefits of building integrated photovoltaics
Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) is one of the most promising and elegant ways of producing on site electricity directly from the sun — silently, without environmental harm or pollution, and without depletion of resources.
Building Strategies & Sustainability
Nova Scotia endorses selling renewable power
Recent legislation in Nova Scotia creates the potential for licensed competitors to start selling renewable power and share the electricity market.
Building Strategies & Sustainability
Improving green roof performance
As green roofs become more popular, experts say that owners and managers should start improving green roof performance by focusing on diversity.
Construction Business
Mobile deficiency tracking
Mobile deficiency tracking saves time and improves communication throughout the construction process, thereby reducing the cost of managing deficiencies.
Construction Business
Revolution in rock excavation
ShearForce Equipment is the exclusive Canadian dealer of the Xcentric Ripper, an excavator attachment that uses “impact energy accumulation technology.”
Building Strategies & Sustainability
Electric cars have developers charged up
As electric vehicles become more popular, the building industry is starting to look at how it can accommodate ...
Design Quarterly
Learning to share
The Canada BIM Council (CanBIM) recently held a regional session in Vancouver. The presentations consistently emphasized one fundamental aspect of building information modeling (BIM): collaboration.
CondoBusiness
High-performance building approach to condos
In recent years, environmental regulations, new innovations and higher energy costs have raised the bar on green buildings and provided economic incentives ...