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The Canadian Commission on Building and Fire Codes invites interested parties to take part in a final opportunity for public review of the proposed changes to the 2015 editions of the National Building Code, the National Fire Code, the National Plumbing Code and the National Energy Code for Buildings. The review will run on the Codes Canada webpage from October 22 to December 23, 2019.

Source: Construction Links Network/Edmonton Sun
Alberta has announced $10 million in funding over the next four years to help increase the amount of women in skilled trades, according to the Edmonton Sun. At the Women Building Futures workshop, Advanced Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides said nearly 45,000 skilled trade workers are expected to retire in the next 10 years and the funding would help strengthen the province’s economy by boosting the amount of workers in these fields.

Work is now underway to organize our next National Apprenticeship Conference. Save the date and plan to join us May 24-26, 2020 at the Telus Convention Centre in Calgary, AB. We invite interested speakers to submit a presentation abstract for the conference, which will bring Canada's apprenticeship community together to highlight promising practices and innovative solutions in apprenticeship training. More than 500 delegates are expected to participate over three days.

Source: Daily Commercial News
Building Information Modeling has infiltrated nearly every stage of construction project development. BIM is not a new concept in the construction industry and has been around for several years. The world is slowly catching on to BIM’s benefits as several countries, including Brazil, Chile, Denmark, Finland, Norway, United Kingdom, South Korea, Singapore and Vietnam, have mandated its use in public projects.

A team of Spanish scientists are working to create passively cooling bricks that could one day replace or augment air-conditioning in residential and commercial spaces.

Every day, 200,000 people migrate into a city looking for work, affordable housing and sustainable infrastructure, according to TowardsDataScience.com. In order to make room for these migrants, the world needs to spend $57 trillion on infrastructure and housing by 2030. The infrastructure and construction industry would take on much of the responsibility for these projects, but there are several productivity challenges that may slow projects down. There are a number of ways artificial intelligence can help the sector overcome these obstacles.

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The seventh annual PROPEL Energy Tech Forum takes place in Calgary, AB at the Fairmont Palliser on February 19 & 20, 2020. This annual forum brings the best, boldest, most innovative emerging and established energy technology companies together.