b'THE 2025 BUILDINGS SHOWTHE BUILDINGSSHOW 2025 CANADAS MOST COMPREHENSIVE GATHERING FOR THE BUILDING INDUSTRY By Matthew BradfordITS ANOTHER YEAR IN THE Toronto Pavilion and PM Expo. ThroughoutThe show is designed to share information books for the Buildings Show. Thethe MTCC, stakeholders across theand enlighten, and that really showed event wrapped up this December at theconstruction, real estate and facilitiesitself this year. People were there looking Metro Toronto Convention Centre (MTCC),communities converged to tackle sharedfor answers to the kinds of challenges reaffirming its role as Canadas mostchallenges, explore new solutions,they deal with day in and day out on comprehensive gathering for the exhibit products and services and their projects, says John Mollenhauer, building industry.importantlyconnect at a moment whenpresident and CEO of the TCA.collaboration has never beenHeld Dec. 3-5, the 2025 show saw amore critical. The event split its focus among several 12-per-cent increase in attendance overthemes and topics. Construction the previous year. It also garnered record- HOT TOPICS AT A GLANCE technology and innovation, for one, high reviews from attendees. FeedbackCanadian construction professionalsfeatured prominently throughout the from attendees has been great withhad much to discuss throughout theMTCC within numerous sessions and our highest net promoter score ever forshow. Across packed conference roomsexhibition booths, exploring artificial attendees at 32increasing by 16 pointsand a bustling show floor, attendeesintelligence (AI), automation and smart over 2024, reports Glen Reynolds, eventtraded insights into tariff hurdles, supplybuilding systems. Meanwhile, sessions director with Informa Connect, the chain challenges, regulatory uncertainty,and panels on industry sustainability, shows organizer. economic pressures and political forcesclimate resilience, workforce influencing project delivery. At thedevelopment, mass timber building and Reactions were positive across thesame time, the construction communityoff-site construction were also easy to combined event, which includedcame together to share best practices,find. Speaking to the latter, Reynolds Construct Canada, the Homebuilder andshowcase milestone projects and sharenotes, The Canadian government is Renovator Expo, the World of Concretetheir industry wins.leaning into factory-built concepts to close 22Quarter 42025 BUILDERSDIGEST'