CONSTRUCTION
INNOVATION CENTRE

___Innovation Driving Change

The CIC’s mission is to provide breakthrough research, education, and training that directly benefit Canada’s construction industry and lead to the sustainable and economic development of our built environment and a competitive advantage for the Canadian construction industry.

___CIC’s Research

The CIC creates new opportunities for collaboration between various research and industry areas, opening the doors to the potential for fostering discovery and innovation across all sectors of the construction industry in Alberta and Canada at large. The CIC’s high-impact research projects seek to identify industry needs and provide a unified platform for solutions to construction industry problems. The CIC’s current top priorities of research applications are

Productivity and Performance

Health and Safety

Energy and Sustainability

Off-site Construction and Modularization

Research conducted by CIC members will adopt innovative and technology-based approaches to these areas through the use of Automation, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Systems and Data Integration, Simulation Modeling, and Visualization.

___FEATURED PROJECTS

Enhancing Safety Management Systems on Construction Projects: A Proactive Data-Driven Approach for Project Safety Planning and Control

Start Date: January 2021

Duration: 3 Years

Research Focus Areas: Health and Safety, Automation and Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Systems and Data Integration, Decision Support Systems

Evaluation of the Impact of Exoskeletons on Performance and Safety of Construction Workers

Start Date: May 2021

Duration: 3 Years

Research Focus Areas: Health and Safety, Automation and Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Systems and Data Integration

Data-Driven Decision-Making Methods for Improved Design, Fabrication, Construction, and Deconstruction of Steel Structures

Start Date: March 2022

Duration: 5 Years

Research Focus Areas: Productivity and Performance, Artificial Intelligence, Simulation Modeling, Automation and Technology, Visualization

___Benefits of Membership

By becoming a member of the CIC, your organization will benefit from a wide array of services, as well as flexible access to the CIC’s experienced, established researchers and state-of-the-art facilities.

Current Members

___UPCOMING EVENTS

2025 CIC Forum – Day 1

June 11 @ 7:00 am - 5:00 pm

2025 CIC Forum – Day 2

June 12 @ 7:00 am - 5:00 pm

___RECENT POSTS

We are fortunate to be surrounded by tremendous talent—the U of A’s Faculty of Engineering has demonstrated world class research and training capability. The CIC is focused on creating hands-on collaboration between academics and industry, using its members’ collective skill set to drive further innovation. I really believe we have the potential to influence the future of construction in Canada.

Travis Chorney, Senior VP, PCL

Capital Power is excited to continue our collaboration with the University of Alberta through the Construction Innovation Centre. Over the past 8 years, Capital Power has leveraged both cutting-edge research and forward-minded researchers and improved the way we execute industrial construction projects. The CIC will provide a broader scope of research possibilities and even more opportunities in the days to come.

Steve Owens, VP Construction and Pre-Operations, Capital Power

The Construction Innovation Centre has collected a multi-industry/multi-academic-research-group team under one banner, aligned with similar challenges, searching for innovative performance improvement. Therefore, I believe the CIC has already created an excellent avenue and opportunity to effectively collaborate.

Jim Kanerva, General Manager, Carry Steel