Feb 24, 2023

On this episode of The Construction Record Podcast, digital media editor Warren Frey speaks with safety consultant and write David Dunham about the potential of ChatGPT to innovate safety document production.

ChatGPT is a new “chatbot” program which takes prompts from users and turns them into written text that can...

Feb 22, 2023

On this episode of The Construction Record Podcast, digital media editor Warren Frey speaks with Craig Mitchell, the founder and principal of Blackbox Offsite Solutions Ltd. about his recent Buildex Vancouver presentation about prefabrication in Canada.

Mitchell said while the public is aware of the role of wood...

Feb 17, 2023

On this episode of the Construction Record Podcast, digital media editor Warren Frey speaks Altus Group senior director of research, valuation & advisory, economic consulting Daryl Keleher about the 2022 Canadian Home Builders’ Association (CHBA) Municipal Benchmarking Report.

Keleher was the lead researcher for the...

Feb 15, 2023

On this episode of the Construction Record Podcast, digital media editor Warren Frey speaks with ConstructConnect chief economist Alex Carrick and senior economist Michael Guckes about where the economy is going and how it will affect the construction industry as we move further into 2023.

Carrick pointed out that...

Feb 10, 2023

On this episode of The Construction Record Podcast, Journal of Commerce staff writer Evan Saunders spoke with Nicole Dodd, one of the co-founders of the AB Anti-Racism EDU Committee which campaigns for the inclusion of Black Canadian history and anti-racism coursework in Alberta’s K-12 curriculum.

Nicole is also a...