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Geo Week has announced its first keynote for 2027, focusing on an ambitious geospatial project using bathymetric lidar to map Utah’s Great Salt Lake and provide new insight into its changing lakebed, wetlands and deeper-water environments. The keynote, “A Lake in Crisis: Mapping Utah’s Great Salt Lake,” will take place during Geo Week, February 23–25, 2027, at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Utah.

The Electrical Safety Authority (ESA) is reminding Ontario homeowners and businesses to verify that electrical work is performed by a Licensed Electrical Contractor following the arrest of the principal of a former licensed electrical contracting company. According to ESA, Peel Regional Police recently arrested Rahyl Hassan, principal of former Licensed Electrical Contractor Strak Holdings Inc., following a police investigation in which ESA cooperated.

You can check every compliance box, post every safety reminder, and still find safety glasses hanging from hard hats instead of protecting eyes. The truth is, compliance isn’t the same as commitment. Real safety happens when workers want to wear their PPE—not when they’re forced to. In this article, we explore the real reasons workers resist wearing safety eyewear and what it takes to change that.

PCL Construction has become the first Friendship Belt Patron of the Anishnabe Alliance, formalizing a relationship that grew from a housing and skills-training initiative in Maigen-Ajik, an Anishinabeg community in Quebec’s La Vérendrye Wildlife Reserve.

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Construction is progressing on Bell Canada’s 300-megawatt Bell AI Fabric data centre campus in the Rural Municipality of Sherwood, Saskatchewan, with more than 500 people working on site and all four buildings in the project’s first phase taking shape. Bell Canada and the Government of Saskatchewan marked the construction milestone on October 1, reporting that structural steel is rising and preparations are beginning for the interior fit-out of the first building.

The Definition of Operational Excellence Has Changed When people talk about digital transformation, the conversation often begins with technology. It centers on cloud migration, artificial intelligence, automation, or the latest software capabilities entering the market. While those innovations are certainly reshaping the industries we serve, they are only part of a much larger story.

How do I know if a construction job is profitable before it is finished? Most tools tell you after it’s over. Here’s how to see which jobs are making money while they’re still running. John walked into an HVAC sub running $2.8 million a year. Twelve active jobs on the board. Three felt like they were going well. Two felt behind. The other seven — no one could say. The owner knew what every job was billed at. He knew what every job was contracted for.

by Arnie Gess, president of Construction Links Network Note: This practical guide is part of our ongoing Construction Technology Insights series, where Construction Links Network explores the technologies transforming the built environment and helps construction professionals understand the industry’s digital future. Construction has always relied on technology.