The Health Benefits of Robotics

March 1, 2018

When people think of robotics, they often think about warehouses or manufacturing lines, where robots automate multiple processes. But robotics has the potential to reshape the way healthcare is delivered in a variety of applications and locales.

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North American Construction Group

North American Construction Group provides a wide range of mining and heavy construction services to customers in the resource development and industrial construction sectors, primarily within the Canadian oil sands. With over 60 years of experience, we have the skills and resources necessary to provide construction and operations support services to both mining and “in situ” oil sands projects, and qualified staff to complete each project safely and efficiently. We also operate one of the largest equipment fleets in the oil sands.

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ENGINEERING THE NXT

whitePaper | May 24, 2022

The pace and degree of digital transformation has accelerated in the past year as businesses were forced to devise newer strategies to ensure business continuity while minimizing the negative impact of the pandemic. Enterprises that had made significant investments in digital technologies were better poised to face the unexpected and rapid changes in business scenarios, whereas those with low digital maturity had to spend a significant part of the early days of the pandemic in transforming their operations to suit the new normal. External factors such as customer needs and requirements, quality, reduction of production and control costs, environmental impact of products, etc., are pushing enterprises to re-evaluate their business strategies. They are continuously striving to find the right balance of increasing the margins of legacy products and to generate revenue growth through investments made towards digital innovation, new products, and services.

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Build-to-Rent: Helping the UK Build Back Better

whitePaper | June 19, 2022

The private rental market is playing an increasingly vital role in meeting the nation’s housing needs. Over four million households currently rent their homes, which is doublethe two million who rented at the turn of the century.1 In London alone, it is predicted that by 2025 just under 40% of households in the capital will be renting.2 The Montague Report, which was published by the Government in 2012, considered how to encourage investment into the private rented sector, and recognised the opportunity for the rental market to accelerate the delivery of homes, whilst setting the standards for accommodation, and seeking to attract institutional investment into the market.

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Top seven tips to increase engineering productivity by frontloading CFD

whitePaper | November 1, 2019

The global competitive landscape for manufacturing is squeezing everyone – from the Tier 1 automotive companies to electronics goods manufacturers. It is shortening the required time to market and with little warning. This high-pressure environment requires high productivity from its players resulting in either doing things faster and leaner without compromising quality or giving the game away to a hungrier competitor who is willing to do whatever it takes.

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Optimising EPC Contracts in COVID-19 Crisis

whitePaper | June 10, 2022

The coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19), the prolonged quarantine responsesand the enormous economic uncertainty are affecting the normal development of EPC contracts. EPC stands for Engineering, Procurement and Construction and is a prominent form of a contracting agreement in the construction industry. They are not only carried out in the construction sector, but also in other industries such as power generation, oil & gas, petrochemical, chemical, water treatment, mining, among other sectors. The EPC model is used where an owner or employer wishes to engage a contractor to undertake the engineering, procurement and construction of a project. Normally the EPC Contractor has to execute and deliver the project within an agreed time and budget, commonly known as a Lump Sum Turn Key (LSTK) Contract.

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HOW PREFABRICATION AND ASSEMBLY CAN DRAMATICALLY ACCELERATE PROJECTS IN THE FIRST PHASE OF CONSTRUCTION

whitePaper | August 8, 2022

ConXtech produces and erects a structural steel system whose patented moment frame collar and unique gravity connections facilitate steel erection 3-5x faster than traditional forms of steel erection. On a project greater than 100,000 square feet, this can mean weeks or months of schedule savings. This white paper will provide a basic understanding of the ConXtech system for architects and engineers, along with some guidelines on best project types and best practices for using the system on your projects

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RAPID TRANSFORMATION OF THE CONSTRUCTION SUPPLY CHAIN

whitePaper | September 22, 2022

The Fourth Industrial Revolution, or Industry 4.0, is here for construction. This new period of innovation and growth will be fueled by applying key learnings from other industries, specifically manufacturing, to construction.

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North American Construction Group

North American Construction Group provides a wide range of mining and heavy construction services to customers in the resource development and industrial construction sectors, primarily within the Canadian oil sands. With over 60 years of experience, we have the skills and resources necessary to provide construction and operations support services to both mining and “in situ” oil sands projects, and qualified staff to complete each project safely and efficiently. We also operate one of the largest equipment fleets in the oil sands.

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