“Hitting the Target – Building a Lean Culture” Conference May 4 – 5; Registration to Open January 16

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Lean Construction Institute of Canada’s (LCI-C) conference and training day will take place May 3 – 5, 2017 in Toronto. This year’s conference theme is “Hitting the Target – Building a Lean Culture”. Lean principles are rapidly demonstrating their ability to deliver value, enhance productivity, and ultimately help stakeholders “hit the target” in the design and construction of projects across the Canadian building industry. LCI-C is dedicated to sharing and promoting lean construction principles in all aspects of building, including new approaches to planning and control, the use of cross-functional teams, the utilization of modeling in project definition and design, and new tools for production workflow in construction. Read more

Proper Sleep Integral to Construction Worker Productivity

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A Vancouver corporate training consultant says watching flat screen televisions, computer screens, smart phones and other electronic devices that emit blue light can impair our ability to get a good night’s sleep. Read more

5 Things the Next Generation of Construction Leaders Wants You to Know

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Over the last seven weeks, Construction Dive has spoken with 10 young professionals from their early 20s to their early 40s about their goals for a career in construction. These individuals represent many — but certainly not all — of the different roles, backgrounds and experiences at work in the field today. Read more

CCA Wins 2016 Workplace Inclusion Leadership Award

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Indigenous Works (formerly the Aboriginal Human Resource Council) announced the recipients of its 2016 Workplace Inclusion Leadership Awards. The awards recognize the importance of Indigenous workplace inclusion and honour employers who are striving to attract, support and develop Indigenous talent. The Performance Category recognizes exemplary inclusion strategies, practices and behaviours that resulted in positive outcomes for businesses and the Indigenous community. This year’s winners include Syncrude Canada for its achievements across the organization including employment, procurement, corporate social responsibility and leadership; Suncor Energy for its extensive Indigenous human resource systems review; and, the Canadian Construction Association and its board of directors for its first ever Indigenous Engagement Guide for industry. Read more or learn more about the Indigenous Engagement Guide

A Word From the Desk of Finn Poschmann: A 17th Century Solution to a 21st Century Challenge

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As governments seek to find the right infrastructure projects to invest in — and the money to pay for them — APEC’s President and CEO, Finn Poschmann, suggests looking back several centuries for inspiration. Read more.

IO Unveils Vendor Performance Program for RFQ Phase

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Infrastructure Ontario (IO) chose the recent Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships (CCPPP) conference in Toronto to unveil a new vendor performance program that could result in penalties that would affect contractors’ rankings at the RFQ stage of IO projects. Read more

Emerging Drone Applications in Heavy/Highway Construction

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As industries across the United States and Canada rush to seize the exciting potential benefits provided by commercial drones, the construction sector appears poised to take advantage of drones to reduce costs, improve accuracy and drive efficiency. Read more

Seattle Bridge Designed to Bounce Back After Earthquakes

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Infrastructure design imperatives have evolved from survivability to resilience as part of the Alaskan Way Viaduct project in Seattle, where a bridge at the south end of the tunnel is being touted as nearly earthquake-proof, according to KING 5.Read more

Dispelling Myths About Lean Construction

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When I met John Shook, one of the world’s leading lean management experts in Boston at the Lean Construction Institute Congress in 2015, a colleague asked him how far the construction industry in the U.S. has come with lean construction after 17 years. He responded, “We’re still crawling.” Read more