E1 Building the Future: How Innovation and Collaboration Are Reshaping Housing

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Blueprint for Growth: Innovation in Housing

DIGITAL

8 episodes

3 months ago

*Winner - Best Tech Podcast - 2025 Quill Podcast Awards* British Columbia is experiencing an unprecedented housing crisis. While addressing various aspects of the housing supply chain is essential, no single approach can fully solve the challenges we face in scaling housing production. So, what's the blueprint for growth? In November 2023, DIGITAL — Canada's Global Innovation Cluster for digital technologies — launched its Housing Growth Innovation Program with support from the Province of British Columbia through the Ministry of Housing and Municipal Affairs. The program brings together collaborative teams of industry leaders to accelerate technology-driven approaches that are driving real, tangible growth for British Columbia's housing production sector. Amy Vilis, Director of Housing Growth Innovation at DIGITAL, chats with innovators doing groundbreaking work within DIGITAL's Housing Growth Innovation Program to develop and implement technology-based solutions within British Columbia's housing sector across the full scale of end-to-end production. These conversations showcase how ideas are making it into the real world where they can become comprehensive, viable and, best of all, achievable solutions to accelerate housing production for British Columbians.

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E1 Building the Future: How Innovation and Collaboration Are Reshaping Housing

Blueprint for Growth: Innovation in Housing

21 minutes

8 months ago

E1 Building the Future: How Innovation and Collaboration Are Reshaping Housing

In our first episode, we dive into British Columbia’s housing crisis and the urgent need for creative solutions and collaboration. We discuss the challenges facing the housing sector, the impact of public-private partnerships and ways we can encourage innovation. The DASH initiative- that’s Digitally Accelerated Standardized Housing - serves as a prime example of how teamwork can drive progress. It also highlights the crucial role of education and workforce development in construction. Wrapping up, we take a look at the future of housing in B.C., with a focus on digital technologies and prefab construction.

For more information on DIGITAL’s Housing Growth Innovation Program, visit DIGITAL's Housing Growth Innovation Lab

Guests

Helen Goodland - Principal and Head of Research & Innovation at Scius Advisory

Scott Kaplanis - Managing Partner at Ground Break Ventures

Sources

CBC British Columbia

Global BC

CTV News - Tyler Meredith

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