Julien Bélair

Wildfire seasons that stretch longer, earthquakes that strike without warning, and housing pressure that squeezes buildable land into tighter footprints have combined to force cities to rethink how they regulate construction, and Sonoma answered by moving in lockstep with California’s triennial

High-stakes construction deals now move at digital speed, yet a single vague indemnity clause or stray endorsement can shift millions in risk and derail a project before a shovel hits the ground. The comparison is stark: AI promises instant output at scale, while the legal system demands

Home renovation decisions often stall at the same point—finding a proven general contractor who is licensed, responsive, fairly priced, and ready to start within a reasonable window—because the costs of a bad choice can linger for years while the path to a good match is rarely clear. That friction

In a province where construction cranes rarely pause, the 2025 Ontario Embodied Carbon Awards gathered practitioners to show that material emissions were not an abstract accounting exercise but a design constraint shaping decisions from the quarry to the jobsite and back again through end-of-life.

A fast-modernizing real estate market rarely gets a chance to reset its digital foundation in one decisive move, yet that is the promise implied by a new pact that aims to fuse advisory expertise with an integrated, cloud-first technology core across the Kingdom’s property ecosystem. Land Sterling

The construction sector in the United States is witnessing an extraordinary upswing, with total construction starts skyrocketing by 21.1% in October to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1.53 trillion, signaling a pivotal moment for an industry at the forefront of economic transformation. This

In an era where urban centers are grappling with unprecedented growth, resource constraints, and environmental challenges, Building Automation Systems (BAS) stand as a transformative force poised to redefine the very fabric of city life. These sophisticated systems integrate and automate critical

In an era where digital infrastructure underpins nearly every aspect of modern life, the announcement of a massive investment by a tech giant in a small Midwestern town has sparked both excitement and curiosity among residents and industry watchers alike. With data centers becoming the backbone of

Over 60% of clients rank environmental performance among their top three purchase factors, making the old checklist approach to design ineffective. Today, sustainability must be integrated into project management and financial strategy. Frameworks like the Sustainable Adaptive Material Performance

In a stunning turn of events that has reverberated through the real estate world, Vancouver's skyline-defining property, The Post, has changed hands for a staggering sum exceeding $1.1 billion, marking one of the most significant transactions in Canadian history. Nestled in the heart of downtown,