The holiday season has begun, so naturally, you’d expect that construction would slow down. While that was definitely the case in the U.S. last year, north of the border Canadian construction was going strong. As the weather in Canada and parts of the U.S. turns frightful, everyone gets festive and takes time off. So why did Canada have such a good construction season last December, while the U.S. was stagnating?
We’re excited to announce that RenoRun was recognized as part of the prestigious 2019 HIVE 50! HIVE stands for Housing Innovation, Vision and Economics, and it honours leading people, products and processes in the building industry annually, through an awards ceremony and dinner event coinciding the Innovation and Disruption in Housing Incubator. This year the event takes place on December 4-5 in Austin, Texas, one of our favourite US cities!
The Canadian Construction Association (CCA) recently released a 2019 industry trends report, in partnership with Abacus Data, looking at how builder behaviour is evolving in Canada. The report covers five key areas, that we’ll cover here in five quick minutes — workforce, technology, market forces, procurement and the future of associations. Read on to get the entirely unpacked and summarized CCA trends report as it matters to you!
The RenoRun staff are all smiles today after learning that we were just named on CNBC’s 2019 Upstart 100 List. This level of recognition for our hard work is a major indicator of both past and future success. Where we believe that we are innovating and solving a huge materials procurement problem in the building industry, others see this too and agree! And we’re just getting started.
Every year builders in the Northern Hemisphere (and some occasionally in Texas!) prepare for winter’s worst and thankfully we talk about it. Sharing the best safety advice is one way we can help each other out and prevent injuries on the job this winter. Our peers have provided really helpful pro tips over the years and we took the liberty of putting them all together. Consider this your getting-ready-for-winter-building guide and read on!
