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.
In Modular Building, The Debate Rages Between Asset Heavy, Asset Light, and Asset-Digital Strategies
Earlier this month, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stood on the factory floor of a leading Calgary volumetric modular builder touting Canada’s intent to invest in manufactured housing as part of a formula for addressing a crisis in housing affordability. The Canadian Prime Minister’s approach echoes similar initiatives suggested by […]
To Scale, Climate Tech Companies and Funders Focus on Efficiency
Of the many buzzwords in environmental sustainability, resilience may be the most overused, but there’s good reason behind it. Resilience is about both the capacity to endure challenges (like flooding from once-in-a-century storms) as well as the elasticity to adapt to difficulty (like installing permeable concrete to absorb the runoff). […]
2024 Venture West Demo Day Winner Spotlight: Parspec
Parspec continues to turn heads in the AEC industry as it emerges from a competitive field to be crowned winner of the 2024 Venture West Demo Day Pitch Competition. The top startups that emerged from the 2024 Venture West Demo Day reflect overall trends in built world venture investing, including […]
3 Musts for Successful Go-to-Market Strategies
Together, our panelists and the companies they represent account for more than half a century of experience and billions of dollars in annual revenues. Their insights on go-to-market strategies are deeply rooted in success and experience. Four insiders weigh in on what it takes to bring a product, service or […]
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, […]
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