5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (178+ words) constructconnect.com Engineering consultancy COWI opens Surrey office SURREY, B.C. — Global engineering consultancy COWI is opening a new office in Surrey, B.C., as a way to further strengthen its presence in Canada. Located at 9850 King George Blvd., on the third floor,…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (237+ words) TORONTO — The City of Toronto has launched the Building Permit Application Pre-Check, an online self-check tool that uses AI to help applicants identify potential issues in eligible building permit applications before submitting them to the city. According to a release,…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (409+ words) As Canada plans for more than $100 billion in major infrastructure projects — many involving extensive underground work — a B.C.-based startup has technology aimed at helping owners and contractors reduce below‑grade delays and cost overruns on high-risk, high-budget projects. Recently…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (778+ words) REGINA — New data centres in Saskatchewan must be Canadian-owned and are also required to supply their own electricity, the province announced recently. The measures are part of a framework that Saskatchewan’s government says ensures Canadian data is protected while also…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (530+ words) Canada’s universities and colleges are reshaping their programs to integrate AI, and the University of Toronto’s master’s of engineering program with a stream in construction management is part of that shift. Through a number of courses, students gain hands‑on…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (468+ words) TORONTO — The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board is cutting 466 jobs across the province in a move the union calls a “gut punch.” The organization said in a statement Thursday that it has made a “difficult business decision to consolidate” the…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (429+ words) LACOMBE, ALTA. — Alberta’s technology minister is set to hear from residents in the central region tonight on what they think of artificial intelligence data centres. Nate Glubish is scheduled to be in Lacombe for the first in a series of…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (760+ words) OLDS, ALTA. — The Alberta Utilities Commission has denied an application to build a natural gas plant that would have powered a massive data centre complex in the small agricultural town of Olds, Alta. Synapse Real Estate Corp. had proposed a…...