b'TCA INNOVATIVE PRODUCT AWARDSReis says. Manufactured in Canada, Mitrex Solar Facades can be customized to achieve the look of any surface material, pattern, texture or image, from granite, porcelain, brick or wood to original graphics.Reis says the key to innovation in the GTA construction industry is awareness and education about new products and processes and adds, TCA has invariably laid a strong foundation in promoting and upholding the highest standards for industry professionalism and innovation.We are very passionate about creating a sustainable future. Winning an acclaimed award like this amplifies our collective goal of achieving Net Zero by 2050 and accelerating the adoption of sustainable, energy-generating human-made structures, Reis says, which, for Mitrex, means integrating solar into everything the sun touches.THIRD PLACE visibility into the delivery activity and resource utilization on-site PCL JOB SITE RESOURCING that they didnt have before, says Dawn Kaasten, business The third-place winner, PCLs Job Site Resourcing (JSR) is asystems analyst with PCL Constructors Canada Inc.mobile-friendly logistics management solution that disentanglesIt has been adapted especially for the construction market. For the complex web of deliveries and materials movement. JSRinstance, when youre looking for a crane, you can add questions takes into consideration all the elements that make up part oflike the weight, the type of material, how many trucks and the the typical jobsite, like elevators, staging areas, cranes type of offloading that is required, Kaasten says. Here at PCL, and hoists. were constructors first, so I have access to all the bright minds on our projects. That might be different from companies where JSR simplifies functions like booking systems and deliverytheyre just software developers.appointments, using a cloud-based web portal and native mobile application for iOS and Android. It has already beenKaasten says that COVID has brought to the forefront the used on more than 70 projects in North America since itsindustrys need to digitize and its ability to react quickly. Moving inception in June 2020, saving hundreds of thousands of dollarsforward, we see that the next generation of jobsites will demand cumulatively, including at the SickKids Patient Support Centreinnovation, integrated smart applications and services, access and The Arbour at George Brown College. to data and visibility. Job Site Resourcing is recognized as part of that, she says. Having Job Site Resourcing recognized is very I think the reason that JSR has been so well received at ourrewarding and it gives us the confidence to continue driving the project sites is that it gives all the project stakeholders thatinnovation envelope in the future.22Quarter 42021 BUILDERSDIGEST'