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Royal Building Products Introduces Entertaining VR Content to Showcase Innovative Product Benefits in Immersive Format
In a year when many key industry trade show events have been cancelled or gone online, why not have a little fun in the virtual reality (VR) environment? This week’s Blog from Royal Building Products explores how they are turning the challenges posed by COVID-19 into an immersive VR experience to better showcase their products… and making it possible for FREE!
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Building Sustainable Communities That Thrive – An Interview with Aecon’s New Director of Sustainability, Prabh K. Banga
This year Aecon announced a target to reach net-zero by 2050, with an initial interim target to achieve a 30 per cent reduction in direct CO2 emissions by 2030. This week’s Blog, reposted from Aecon’s website, takes a look at the perspective of the person helping to lead that environmental charge – the company’s new Director of Sustainability, Prabh K. Banga.
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Net Zero Carbon, Net Zero Excuses
Global warming threatens our way of life across the globe and a recent report by SNC-Lavalin outlines what Canada needs to do to make its target of zero emissions by 2050, effectively ending this country’s contribution to global warming. This week’s Blog examines the report and its findings, as well as discusses what it will take to win the climate fight.
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Urban Planning with Holistic Problem-Solving in Mind
The impact of ever-increasing global population growth on our cities will be immense as urban spaces balance everything from living standards to transportation, food, access to water, and sanitation. This week’s Blog from Hatch explores the cities of the future and provides smart insights to better anticipate future urban planning trends.
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Embodied Carbon is Changing the Buildings Conversation
It’s time for us to rethink the process of designing buildings and commit to using embodied carbon analysis to drive design decisions. This week’s Blog from Stantec lays out the case for mitigating the collective carbon footprint of buildings and architecture, and then shows us how.
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Proven and Practical Tools to Help Run Your Business
Are you searching for a quick, intelligent, and packed-with-information tool to help you run a great business? This week’s Blog reviews Luke Sheppard’s latest book, ‘Driving Great Results: Master the Tools You Need to Run a Great Business’, which covers the things you need to know about achieving success.
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Employee Engagement Ideas: Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way
Employee engagement increases productivity, increases profit, increases quality, and is one of the top ways to improve employee retainment. This week’s Blog from AEM explores what factors can enable you to better engage with your employees, as well as the costs associated with not doing so.
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Why Small Changes Are Not Enough in Energy Efficiency
What many people don’t realize is that small changes in behavior, while still positive in reducing a carbon footprint, are just a drop in the bucket to the overall issue, and won’t produce substantive energy or cost savings in the long run. In this week’s Blog, EnergyX Solutions, a leader in the building retrofitting movement, explains why energy retrofitting must be the ultimate goal.
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Managing the Eight Deadly Wastes Through Offsite Construction
Did you know that between 55 – 65 per cent of the work exerted on a typical construction site is wasteful, or considered as producing non-value-added activities? This week’s Blog looks at how you can use lean construction methods to impact efficiencies in the off-site manufacturing environment.
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13th Annual National Symposium: Managing Risk in Construction Contracts and Projects
The Canadian Institute hosted a two-day virtual conference in February on Managing Risk in Construction Contracts and Projects; and we had the chance to attend! This week’s Blog takes a look at the event and the important topics covered.
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