Alberta’s housing sector is gaining new prefabrication capacity with the establishment of a large automated manufacturing facility in Calgary. The new 60,000-square-foot factory, operated by Canadian construction technology firm Promise Robotics, will produce building components for residential projects using robotics and advanced automation systems.
The expansion adds to a growing network of industrialized construction operations in the province and is expected to increase the volume of homes that can be built using off-site methods.
Increased Production Capacity in Southern Alberta
The Calgary facility will be capable of producing up to one million square feet of housing per year and is expected to supply builders throughout Alberta.
Prefabricated and modular construction methods have gained attention as one way to address housing supply shortages by allowing more of the construction process to take place in controlled factory environments. Building components such as walls, floors, and roofs can be fabricated off-site and then transported for on-site assembly, reducing the time required for construction and improving quality consistency.
The new Calgary facility complements an existing Promise Robotics operation and office in Edmonton, expanding the company’s manufacturing footprint within Alberta. Both locations are designed to employ local workers and source materials from regional suppliers, integrating industrialized methods into Alberta’s existing construction ecosystem.
Integration with Large-Scale Homebuilding Projects
The expansion also coincides with a multi-year partnership between Promise Robotics and Mattamy Homes Alberta, announced in September 2025 via PR Newswire. Under that agreement, prefabricated components produced in Alberta will support construction in several master-planned communities, including single-family, semi-detached, and multi-family housing.
The collaboration is a large-scale application of robotics-enabled prefabrication by a major homebuilder in the province. Components will be manufactured in factory conditions and transported to site for assembly, a process designed to shorten construction timelines and improve precision in framing and finishing.
Alberta’s Housing Market
The addition of new prefabrication capacity in Calgary comes amid continued demand for faster, more efficient homebuilding in Alberta. While conventional on-site construction remains the dominant method, the province has begun to see greater interest in modular and panelized systems as potential solutions to mitigate weather delays, reduce labour bottlenecks, and make construction timelines more predictable.