The Canadian construction industry is a cornerstone of the economy, supporting over 1.6 million jobs and contributing roughly 7.5% of the country’s GDP. Spanning residential, non-residential, and heavy/civil engineering, the sector fuels growth in supply chains, manufacturing, and retail.
At Ayming, we help construction companies seize funding opportunities that support digital transformation, productivity improvements, and the transition to net-zero. From new building methods to sustainable materials, we ensure your projects are equipped to innovate while staying financially efficient.
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Addressing the key challenges
Canada’s construction sector is at a pivotal moment. While demand for residential, commercial, and infrastructure projects continues to grow, companies are under pressure to overcome labour shortages, productivity gaps, and rising environmental expectations. At the same time, the industry must advance its digital maturity to remain globally competitive and meet Canada’s net-zero goals.
The key challenges fall into four areas:
- Sustainability & Materials: The sector must integrate greener materials and energy-efficient solutions without compromising performance, cost, or compatibility with legacy processes.
- Infrastructure & Lifecycle Management: Construction companies face the challenge of predicting infrastructure lifespans while adapting to unpredictable climates and minimizing disruptions.
- Regulatory & Testing Constraints: Strict project specifications and limited real-world testing environments make adopting new processes and technologies slow and complex.
- Digital Transformation & Productivity: Bridging the gap between traditional methods and modern digital tools is essential to boost productivity and competitiveness.
These challenges make innovation both urgent and complex.
That’s where Ayming comes in. We help construction leaders like yourself turn roadblocks into SR&ED claims, unlock non-dilutive government funding, and build financial strategies that reduce risk while driving growth. Whether your focus is sustainable building, automation, or infrastructure innovation, Ayming ensures your projects move forward faster, smarter, and stronger.
How we can help to maximize your results
We help you identify and claim all eligible SR&ED activities embedded in your construction R&D, from sustainable materials and digital processes to infrastructure development.
Our full-service support includes:
- Technical Expertise and Project Framing: We work with your engineers, project managers, and technical teams to identify and frame eligible work under the CRA’s three-part test. This often involves projects that integrate innovative materials and construction methods, such as, developing or testing new materials and digital tools to address complex coordination and data issues.
- Clarifying eligibility when work is client-funded:Many construction and consulting firms assume client-driven work is ineligible. In reality, if you retain risk and perform R&D in Canada, significant opportunities exist. We help assess contract structures, intellectual property rights, and technical scope to determine what qualifies and how to structure future engagements for eligibility.
- Accurate cost tracking across contracts: We help you identify and separate eligible SR&ED costs from non-eligible commercial activities, including how to allocate staff time, subcontractor fees, and consumables used in eligible work. Ayming also advises you on how to structure internal time tracking to clearly reflect SR&ED activities within client-driven projects. To ensure tracking is done in real time, we train your teams to recognize R&D early.
- Audit Defense and Compliance: The SR&ED program is highly technical and continually evolving. Ayming provides early warnings on audit trends and policy shifts that affect the construction sector, and if you are selected for review, we manage the end-to-end audit response to minimize disruption to your business.
Whether you’re piloting sustainable technologies in residential construction, digitizing processes in non-residential projects, or innovating infrastructure through heavy and civil engineering, we turn your challenges into high-impact SR&ED claims that maximize financial return and ensure compliance.
Expert opinion
Transforming the construction industry
Our latest thinking addresses the current challenges facing construction today, from digital adoption to sustainable building practices, and highlights the funding opportunities available to drive the industry’s future growth.
Success stories
Our clients in the construction industry
See how our clients in the construction industry are driving innovation, cutting costs, and achieving remarkable growth with our funding support.
