Following our annual Leaders Magazine featuring Canada's Best in Construction, learn more about those who made our TOP 50. Here is one the latest project awarded to Graham Group, Leader No. 8. The City of Toronto recently awarded Graham Construction a $236.5-million contract for the Effluent Disinfecti…
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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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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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Safety through software: how cloud-based project tools can improve safety performance
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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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…
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Pitt Meadows Plumbing supports growth with versatile construction management software
Pitt Meadows Plumbing is a family business founded in 1978 in the small community of Pitt Meadows, BC. Rapid growth and an expanding slate of cross-Canada projects inspired the company to do something it had never done before—select a construction management software platform. “My dad and my uncle originall…
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Local integration, eh? How Procore adapted to enter the Canadian market
Procore construction management software is one of the most widely utilized suites of applications for construction on the planet. Entering the Canadian market about five years ago, Procore has developed a reputation for engaging with the local contracting community to ensure that the platform reflects the way Canadians d…
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‘Tuked’ away no more: Canada's first permanent road to Arctic coast to open
TUKTOYAKTUK, N.W.T. — At 6 a.m. on Wednesday, in the arctic cold and darkness of the Mackenzie Delta, Darrel Nasogaluak will fire up his vehicle and head out on Canada's newest and most exotic road trip. Nasogaluak, mayor of the Northwest Territories hamlet of Tuktoyaktuk, will drive down 120 kilometres of brand-ne…
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Boots on the ground: Procore construction management software continues to engage Canadian contractors
In the 15 years since it was developed, Procore has become the world’s most widely used construction management software, with over 2 million users and more than 4,000 clients in over 100 countries. Serving many Canadian construction companies, Procore has never taken its Canadian customer base for granted…