Friday, April 18, 2025
Building for tomorrow
Smart cities. It has been the industry buzz term of the past five years. Rarely can you carry on a conversation about developing infrastructure without…
data
Canada announces Canadian Cities Data Pilot Project
The government of Canada has announced the Data for Canadian Cities Pilot Project to build data capacity for Canadian municipalities to better plan and implement…
Nova Scotia accepts recommendations on bridge data system
Nova Scotia’s Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal accepts all recommendations made by the Auditor General about the management of bridge projects. In Chapter 2…
Nothing to Fear
Big data is all the rage these days. Many facilities managers, especially those in the public sector, may believe it has no relevance to them…
A Smarter City
By Jim Dobbs Urban theorist Jane Jacobs called cities “problems in organized complexity.” Consider Jacobs’s example of a public park: a park’s use depends on…