Calgary Built Brief #14: Tech Capital Needs a Site
A Calgary office conversion, AI data-centre construction and local tech pilots show where capital meets real buildings.
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Before Paying a Renovation Deposit in Alberta: How to Verify Your Contractor
A practical Alberta homeowner checklist for verifying contractor identity, provincial licensing, liability insurance, WCB coverage and contract terms before paying a deposit.
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Chair Rail: What It Was For, Why the 36-Inch Rule Fails, and How to Use It Well
Chair rail began as part of a larger architectural system, not a universal stripe at chair-back height. Learn its history, correct proportions and common modern mistakes.
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Calgary Built Brief #13: Active Housing Work, Not Funding Headlines
272 affordable homes are moving through active delivery stages in Calgary, while presales remain a gate rather than a construction start.
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Calgary Built Brief #12: Infill, renovation and reconstruction
Calgary infill, renovation and reconstruction work is moving through awards, redevelopment and approval stages.
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Calgary Built Brief #11: Calgary housing starts fall as completions rise
Calgary housing starts fell more than 20% while completions rose 9% year-over-year. Funding, approvals and servicing will determine the next release.
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Calgary Built Brief #10: Calgary’s commercial work is becoming visible at the permit gate
New Calgary permits, funded utility work and active renewals show where commercial construction is crossing from possibility into delivery.
Calgary Built Brief #9: Calgary’s housing pipeline is getting more selective
Calgary’s construction market is sorting into buildable packages and civic possibilities. The useful near-term signal is the point where scope becomes executable.
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Calgary Built Brief #8: Calgary’s next work is being unlocked before it is built
Calgary construction is moving through renewal, servicing and enabling work before the next wave of vertical projects reaches the field.
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Calgary Built Brief #7: Calgary’s construction frontier is moving outward
Listen to this issue Your browser does not support the audio element. Calgary’s next construction cycle is forming outside the projects that dominate its skyline. It is spreading across an aerospace campus west of Strathmore, new schools in Redstone and Chestermere, 2,500 homes in the northeast and development land on Tsuut’ina. The largest signal sits
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