A new wave of innovative, comfortable, and high performing buildings and developments is sweeping across British Columbia. The provincial government has set a long term goal to significantly increase the energy efficiency performance of all new buildings - and industry members from White Rock to Fort St. John are rolling …
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Seven things to consider before switching your construction management software platform
Migrating to a new construction project management software platform can be a far-reaching business decision—but it involves more than simply paying a new vendor. The most successful migrations consider seven factors before the process begins: How much will the migration cost? Is everyone on board intern…
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An effective safety management platform needs to match the right tool to the right job
A construction safety inspector has just completed an onsite safety inspection using a smartphone. Unfortunately, the smartphone was used to take a photo of a paper card filled out by hand and pencil. “It’s still all too common” says Aiden Dalley, product marketing manager at Viewpoint Construction Software. …
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Streamlining process and increasing collaboration through construction technology
The project managers and coordinators at Vicano Construction Limited have always had each other’s backs. However, without a unified project management platform they were often working at odds with each other. Choosing Procore project management software has not only unified their efforts and streamlined operations — i…
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Register for the 2018 RAIC/AANB Festival of Architecture!
This year’s east coast conference takes place May 30 – June 2 in Saint John, New Brunswick. The festival is a great chance to combine work with leisure in a popular tourist destination on the world-famous Bay of Fundy. Saint John is a port city packed with historical highlights, natural wonders, beautifully prese…
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Can you identify your most productive employees?
No matter how we define productivity, it’s important to know who our most productive employees are. Whether they complete work on time, help to deliver projects on budget or minimize unnecessary overtime, modern construction companies need to keep track of employee performance using metrics they can track and verify. …
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Magil Construction takes on tech to enhance collaboration across projects
After using the same project management solution for the eight years, Magil Construction realized it was time to move to a platform the enabled collaboration. The company turned to Procore — a cloud-based construction software management platform — to streamline solutions and help standardize processes across its incr…
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Safety through software: how cloud-based project tools can improve safety performance
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A software platform alone can’t improve a company’s safety record. But properly used, it can provide companies with a faster way to communicate, track performance, and identify patterns. Investigating safety incidents and near-misses is the basic responsibility of any construction company, but performing those tasks w…
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UPS to expand in Canada
With unprecedented volume fueled by the rise of e-commerce and the growth of Canadian businesses, UPS plans to invest more than $500 million towards facility expansions and technological enhancements in Canada, adding more than 1,000 new jobs. Construction of a $125-million, 180,000 sq. ft. expansion to the comp…
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Transforming construction data into business intelligence
The construction industry has always been great at producing data—binders full of it in the pre-digital age, and now terabytes of the same stuff, tucked away in the cloud. But there’s more value to data than simply recording what you’ve done. Business Intelligence (BI) is the process of using technology to analyze t…
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Construction project communication is not collaboration
Modernizing construction means different things to different people. You’ve bought the most advanced construction machinery. You use digital files instead of paper. Everyone’s connected by smart phone, laptop, tablet and computer. Well, that’s a good start says Jas Saraw, regional director of sales, Canada at Procor…