Analyst Briefings, News From Around the Network & Verified Member Contributor Posts
With news making headlines every day in the built world, Analyst Briefings, News From Network Members, and Expert Contributor Posts help keep member connected and up to date.
In addition to our own Analyst Briefings, our Verified Contributor Program empowers members to submit analysis in their fields of expertise, while our News from Around the Network pulls updates posted by member companies from their company pages to help keep the network connected.
Canada Announces $600 Million Effort to Fund New Construction Technology
Canada’s Trudeau administration takes aim at a national shortage of affordable housing. Last week, from the shop floor of NRB Modular Solutions’ Calgary plant, the Ottawa administration promoted a $600 million mix of investment funds and loans designed to encourage modular and other technologies that will allow the industry to […]
$6 Billion Canadian Government Fund Ties Infrastructure Money to Federal Zoning Rules. Is the US Next?
On Tuesday, the Trudeau administration announced a new, $6 billion housing infrastructure fund as part of a program to address a shortage of what the government terms housing for the “missing middle.” Conceptually, communities that agree to allow development of fourplexes, where previously they may only have allowed single-family homes, […]
Latest Data Offers Little Hope for Owners Seeking Signs of Lower Construction Prices
As US Construction Industry Hits Record 8 Million Employees, Talent Woes Mount The Wall Street Journal this week declared Gen Z “the toolbelt generation” as more young workers enter skilled trades, underscoring data from the Saint Louis Federal Reserve that the US construction market recently passed 8 million employees, a […]
Taking Lessons from Katerra and Tesla, Aro Homes Builds Horizontally Integrated, Modular Housing Startup
Modular construction was all the rage in the middle of last decade when groups like Japan-based Softbank sunk more than $2 billion into modular builder Katerra and Google’s Sidewalk Labs announced a $1.2 billion plan to build a massive new neighborhood in Toronto with mass timber construction. Unfortunately, those efforts along […]
Revolutionizing Fleet Management: Insights from Global Innovators
Our March 27 analyst call, part of an ongoing series of seven Tools, Equipment, and Robotics-focused sessions slated for 2024, explored into a pivotal aspect of the AEC industry: fleet management. During this session, members had the opportunity to learn from two global industry leaders pioneering innovative equipment and fleet-tracking […]
Power Alternatives For Electric Heavy Equipment
This article was submitted as part of BuiltWorlds’ Verified Contributor Program. Many in our industry sense that the momentum of designing and producing electric heavy equipment is building – I’m one of them. At industry tradeshows like CONEXPO-CON/AGG, many OEM exhibitors are displaying electric equipment as an alternative to their […]
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