The Specification Data That Should Drive Your 2027 Plan

In short: The Specification Positioning dashboard in ConstructConnect® Analytics shows building product manufacturers (BPMs) exactly where their products are being specified, which architects are driving activity, and where competitors are winning ground. Specification share is the upstream metric for market position: by the time specification decisions surface in bids, the window to influence them has already closed. BPM sales and marketing teams use it to prioritize territories, benchmark competitors, and build the case for renewal with actual data, not quarterly estimates.

Doka gives a clear view of carbon costs

Doka has created product carbon footprints (PCFs) for more than 9,000 products, helping customers to create accurate carbon lifecycle assessments.

Premier promotes Watters at NTS

Premier Forest Products has promoted Andrew Watters to production director at National Timber Systems, bought out of administration in December 2025.

Canada to install retaliatory tariffs of up to 50% on US imports

The levies will go into effect Sept. 8 and match the rates of U.S. tariffs on goods such as steel, dairy products, appliances and agricultural equipment.

Don’t Leave Building Envelope Performance To Chance

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Wendover Productions - How the Layouts of Grocery Stores are Secretly Designed to Make You Spend More Money 24012016

Did you know that the way a grocery store is arranged is calculated to make you spend the most money profitable? In fact, the way the aisles are arranged can be the difference between a successful and failing grocery store

MegaStructures - Underwater Highway (National Geographic Documentary)

The biggest infrastructure projects in the world plunging 48 meters below sea level the link will boast the deepest immersed roadway in the world the tunnel will be composed of 18 mammoth segments each as long as two football pitches and as heavy as an aircraft carrier wide, enough to carry two lanes of traffic each way with an access tunnel between.

MegaStructures - The Round Skyscraper, Abu Dhabi (National Geographic Documentary)

We follow the conception to completion of this truly remarkable building, and the obstacles to overcome are audacious.

MegaStructures - Science of Concrete (National Geographic Documentary)

Concrete it's the most used building material on earth it was the building block of the Roman Empire today it's the material for a new generation of gravity defying skyscrapers, the raw ingredients that create this magic formula can be found in nearly every country on earth.

MegaStructures - Beijing Olympic Stadium (National Geographic Documentary)

Beijing Olympic Stadium (National Geographic Documentary) Made from 42,000 tons of twisted steel, Beijing National Stadiumis one of modern China’s most ambitious constructions projects ever attempted.