How many of us wanted to be racing drivers, ballet dancers or astronauts when we were at school? Clearly more than ended up achieving those dreams. But then how many, as excitable 11-year-olds, would have said engineering and construction was our career of choice? Would it have been more if the teachers themselves acknowledged the […]
Pre-employment programs are a win-win for companies and young people interested in pursuing a career in the trades. Read more.
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The upcoming federal budget will reaffirm the Conservative government’s commitment to infrastructure spending, Industry Minister James Moore says, adding that a number of major infrastructure announcements are on the horizon. Read more.
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An increasing number of drones are being adapted for use on construction job sites, introducing builders to an unprecedented level of data mobility, visualization, access and efficiency on projects. This article lists some drone projects of interest to the construction industry. Read more.
A drone spent hours swarming around Rio’s iconic Christ statue to show a cheap way to capture highly accurate 3-D scans. Read more.
Contractors should take note of a recent decision by the B.C. Supreme Court in a legal dispute between a contractor and the project insurers over a concrete pour gone wrong, says one of the lawyers in the case. Read more.