Technology
Construction Business
Home automation is sparking new opportunities
Technical advancements in home automation and rising consumer expectations have left electrical contractors in an enviable position.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Creating a data governance policy
Here are four steps to help a company manage its data assets.
Canadian Property Management
Using mobile technology as a marketing tool
Providing tenants with instant information on their smartphones can give a property a competitive advantage in the marketplace, and enable savvy property managers to maximize their time and measure their results.
CondoBusiness
Calling on technology in emergencies
How can technology facilitate efficient emergency communications in a condo? Nicholas Gill, managing partner of BuildingLink.com, weighs in.
Construction Business
Mobile deficiency tracking
Mobile deficiency tracking saves time and improves communication throughout the construction process, thereby reducing the cost of managing deficiencies.
Design Quarterly
Designing for a SUB culture
The design team behind the Student Union Building (SUB) at UBC created a process that both established dialogue and excited students about what ...
Construction Business
Revolution in rock excavation
ShearForce Equipment is the exclusive Canadian dealer of the Xcentric Ripper, an excavator attachment that uses “impact energy accumulation technology.”
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Maintaining target sound masking volumes
How often does a sound masking system’s performance need to be measured to ensure it is operating at the target masking volume? K.R. Moeller Associates' Niklas Moeller provides his expert opinion.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Technology facilitates collaborative management
It is time to reassess overall facilities management processes and drive efficiency with some of the same technologies contributing to productivity gains in leading industries.
Building Strategies & Sustainability
Electric cars have developers charged up
As electric vehicles become more popular, the building industry is starting to look at how it can accommodate ...
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Keeping technology in check in the workplace
For all the good technology has brought to the workplace, there have been some negative side effects.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Integrating mobile technology into office design
How is office design changing to accommodate mobile technology? Brian Curtner, a principal and co-founder of Quadrangle Architects Ltd., explains.
Design Quarterly
Transforming ordinary walls into works of art
Digital wall finishes can transform an ordinary space into one that inspires and stimulates.
Design Quarterly
Electronically tintable glass
Electronically tintable glass provides dynamic control over the amount of heat and light that is admitted to the building.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Mobile web versus native app
Would a property management company benefit more from building a mobile website or creating a native app? Yellow Fox Studios' David Trinh weighs in.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Tips for using a laptop
What are the ergonomic considerations of laptop use? Tektol's principal ergonomist, D. Darren MacDonald, offers his expert advice.
Canadian Property Management
Canadian clean tech funding renewed
The green building sector is one of the beneficiaries of the recent federal budget pledge to renew SDTC funding ...
