UBC’s high-tech robotics fix for Canada’s housing crunch

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UBC researchers devising faster, less costly construction methods to build more homes During a Feb. 13 visit to British Columbia, federal Liberal leadership candidate Mark Carney vowed to help lower building costs and get more new homes built across Canada. He was at the University of British Columbia (UBC) Smart Structures laboratory, where he was briefed on new technologies that could help tackle the country’s housing shortage. “This is a time to build,” the former Bank of Canada governor said in a media statement about his visit. “We will catalyze enormous private investment to build millions of new homes.” Lucky...