The Government of Quebec opened the new headquarters for the Commission for Standards, Equity in Health and Safety at Work (Commission des normes, de l'équité, de la santé et de la sécurité du travail) in the heart of the eco-district of D'Estimauville in Quebec City.

LMN Architects celebrated the completion of the new Hines Seattle Headquarters at the Norton Building in downtown Seattle. The project sets a new precedent in low-carbon design in the United States and reflects the firm’s commitment to research and sustainability.

Machine operation and productivity in cold temperatures is a huge concern for users who are considering using electric equipment in cold-temperature applications. But despite performance challenges, traditional electric scissor lifts are often needed on maintenance projects or construction job sites because of restrictions in certain work environments that prevent the use of internal combustion machines.

Recognized for sustainable design excellence, Toronto Metropolitan University’s Daphne Cockwell Health Sciences Complex in Toronto was honored by American Institute of Architects Committee on the Environment’s 25th annual COTE Top Ten Awards. This 28-story vertical campus also earned LEED Gold certification through the Canada Green Building Council.

In 1984, the World Health Organization suggested that up to 30 percent of new and renovated buildings had excessive complaints related to indoor air quality, which was directly related to Sick Building Syndrome. According to the EPA, Sick Building Syndrome describes situations in which building occupants experience acute health and comfort effects that appear to be linked to time spent in a building, but no specific illness or cause can be identified.

For construction businesses of every size, the pandemic accelerated the shift toward hybrid information technology solutions for both customers and employees. In the marketplace today, this has increasingly involved mobile and office phones with integrated software that offers sophisticated voice, video, messaging and workforce management capabilities.

Western Specialty Contractors is proud to announce that it has received a Trimble Viewpoint Construction Award for best use of Trimble’s Construction One Technology – an award recognizing contractors who have leveraged technology solutions to create more data-driven, connected construction businesses.

As we close out 2022, we’re ending a year that has seen some of the highest housing prices on record. And, while the market has hit new highs, it’s likely that these will be surmounted as rates are expected to continue to rise moving into 2023.

The process of mudding drywall seams–which requires multiple applications of joint compound, followed by multiple drying and sanding cycles–has remained unchanged for decades. That all changed in June, when construction robotics company Canvas demonstrated its drywall finishing machine’s new feature, Level 4 Targeted Spray, at a big launch event inside its San Francisco headquarters.

Architekton designed Helios Education Foundation’s newly constructed, 65,000-square-foot Education Campus in Phoenix. The elegantly angular, desert-hued, post-secondary education facility serves as a beacon of excellence and a critical resource for the education community.