Construction Research Centre

据估计，建筑业占加拿大GDP的12%。该行业维护着超过2.9万亿美元的资产，每年安装、维修或翻新1500亿美元的基础设施。它利用了广泛的工人和技能组合，包括熟练的贸易、建筑师和工程师。该行业目前面临两大挑战：(1)在未来十年需要大约32万个新工作岗位，需要精通技术的工人；(2)在变化速度超过整合能力的情况下采用新工具、新技术和新工艺。阿尔冈昆学院创建了建筑研究中心（CRC），以帮助行业应对这些挑战。中心将进行应用研究项目，为建造业开发先进的数码科技和协作工具。这将包括通过改进数据分析来增强决策和设计的工具，以及改善建筑工人互动方式的下一代协作工具。这些举措将在几个领域提供新的机会，从加强建筑物的生命周期分析，到促进先进的3-D扫描和数据可视化工具，以改进建筑物设计和监控，再到定制无线通信以提高工地效率。该中心的总部将设在阿尔冈昆学院（Algonquin College）最近建成的LEED白金高级建筑卓越中心（ACCE）大楼内，该大楼具有节能绿色屋顶和超过8000个传感器，可提供稳定的建筑性能数据流。该中心将有助于增强建造业的能力，同时为未来的劳动力做好准备。

The construction sector accounts for an estimated 12% of Canada's GDP. This sector maintains over $2.9 trillion in assets and installs, repairs or renovates $150 billion of infrastructure annually. It utilizes a wide range of workers and skillsets, including skilled trades, architects, and engineers. The industry currently faces two challenges: (1) need for approximately 320,000 new jobs over the next decade with technology-savvy workers, and (2) adoption of new tools, technologies and techniques at a time when the pace of change has outstripped the capability to integrate them.Algonquin College has created the Construction Research Centre (CRC) to assist industry in meeting these challenges. The CRC will undertake applied research projects that develop advanced, digital technology and collaboration tools for the construction industry. This will include tools that enhance decision-making and design through improved data analytics as well as next-generation collaboration tools that improve the manner in which the construction workforce interacts. These initiatives will provide new opportunities in several domains, from enhancing life-cycle analysis of buildings, to the fostering of advanced 3-D scanning and data visualization tools for improved building design and monitoring, to the customizing of wireless communications for increased efficiency on the worksite. The CRC will be headquartered in Algonquin College's recently completed, LEED Platinum, Advanced Centre for Construction Excellence (ACCE) building, which features an energy-saving green roof and over 8,000 sensors providing a steady stream of building performance data. The CRC will help empower the construction industry while preparing the workforce of tomorrow.