___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
___FEATURED PROJECTS
Enhancing Safety Management Systems on Construction Projects: A Proactive Data-Driven Approach for Project Safety Planning and Control
Data-Driven Decision-Making Methods for Improved Design, Fabrication, Construction, and Deconstruction of Steel Structures
Current Members
___UPCOMING EVENTS
___RECENT POSTS
The Unique Opportunity for Impactful Academia-Industry Collaboration in the Construction Industry
Dr. Ali Golabchi's most recent article, The Unique Opportunity for Impactful Academia-Industry Collaboration in the Construction Industry, has been published in the Winter 2024 edition of the Edmonton Construction Association's Breaking Ground Magazine! [...]
Enbridge Tour of CIC Labs
We would like to thank everyone from Enbridge who recently visited the CIC and toured some of [...]
Lab Visit with MP Matt Jeneroux
The University of Alberta's Office of Government and Community Relations hosted a tour of the CIC's labs [...]
NRC IRAP Lab Tour
The CIC would like to extend its thanks to the visitors and researchers who participated in the [...]
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.
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.
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.
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