Building Conversations. Building Green. Building Good.
Gilles Royer, Chief Operating Officer of Bird Construction outlines the synergies between the boots on the ground at Bird, and the forward-looking conversations taking place through Building Good.
Empowering innovation through advanced technology
Empowering innovative minds in construction: building a better future through advanced technology. Written by Kevin Read, Steve Nomura and Jared Dielwart.
Building Diversity and Inclusion in Your Workplace
According to the Ontario NewsRoom, the province is facing a serious labour shortage which has the potential to get progressively worse. In this blog Shawna Bailey dives into the topic of inclusion in the AEC industry.
Diversity delivers
A career in the trades is not always the obvious choice for many people. It certainly wasn’t for me. It wasn’t until I got into my adulthood and was looking for a career change; I saw other women in the trades and considered it an option. What can I say now, three years after deciding to make the leap?
The Necessary Shift
We've designed and delivered buildings in essentially the same way for hundreds of years, with unreliable outcomes—many projects go well, but many do not. While the last decade has brought great promise to improve outcomes, through highly collaborative and integrated methodologies enabled by technology, success requires a significant cultural shift from all players.
Building equity and inclusion
Day in and day out, business life or personal, we all understand the moral imperative of “doing the right thing.” Society is becoming more aware—and appreciative—of equity and inclusion, understanding we all need to work toward ensuring under represented groups have the same opportunities.