Canadian Wood Council launches networking program
Posted: May 7th, 2023In: ConstructionNewsToronto Public Library’s Scarborough Civic Centre Branch. Photo by ©Ben Rahn/A-Frame The Canadian Wood Council (CWC), an industry association committed to promoting the benefits of using wood in construction and expanding market demand for Canadian[...]
Read More about Canadian Wood Council launches networking programOntario housing bill to short municipalities by $5 billion: AMO
Posted: Nov 18th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsTORONTO — Ontario housing legislation could leave communities short $5 billion and see taxpayers footing the bill, either in the form of higher property taxes or service cuts, the Association of Municipalities of Ontario said[...]
Read More about Ontario housing bill to short municipalities by $5 billion: AMOOAA Reviewing Ontario’s New Housing Legislation
Posted: Oct 29th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsAccording to a release from the Ontario Association of Architects (OAA), housing affordability remains one of the biggest challenges in the province, and association acknowledges that the provincial government is touting Bill 23, More Homes[...]
Read More about OAA Reviewing Ontario’s New Housing LegislationHybrid Timber Floor System project receives Canadian grant funding
Posted: Sep 19th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsThe Government of Canada has contributed over $550,000 to the Hybrid Timber Floor System Project led by EllisDon and DIALOG. The project is funded through the Green Construction through Wood (GCWood) Program and the Investments[...]
Read More about Hybrid Timber Floor System project receives Canadian grant fundingPreventing the collapse of partially-constructed new homes
Posted: Sep 1st, 2022In: ConstructionNewsPhoto: Peel Regional Police on Twitter (2 homes damaged on Quintette Close in Brampton. No injuries reported. Officers reported strong winds + rain at time – March 16, 2016) By Sarah Stevenson, P.Eng., Ph.D. Candidate[...]
Read More about Preventing the collapse of partially-constructed new homesBillions needed to prepare buildings for climate change
Posted: Jul 27th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsALBERT GAZETTE Changing buildings to make them more weather resistant will save money and lives in the long run, says one expert. In the wake of another summer of extreme weather events, including another fire[...]
Read More about Billions needed to prepare buildings for climate changeCall to Teams for Design Competition for Ontario Line East Joint Corridor
Posted: Jun 30th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsMetrolinx has launched a design competition to encourage teams to submit innovative urban design and landscape architecture solutions for the Ontario Line infrastructure that will be built around the existing rail corridor extending from Eastern[...]
Read More about Call to Teams for Design Competition for Ontario Line East Joint CorridorThe cheaper we build our buildings, the more they cost after an earthquake, wildfire or tornado
Posted: Jun 17th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsSeveral people were injured and homes destroyed after tornadoes touched down in Barrie, Ont., in July 2021. (Duckdave/Wikimedia), CC BY-SA Keith Porter, Western University A tornado cut a 270-kilometre path through Kentucky in mid-December 2021,[...]
Read More about The cheaper we build our buildings, the more they cost after an earthquake, wildfire or tornadoCity steps to national forefront of embodied carbon reduction research
Posted: Jun 13th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsPhoto by Roy Gaiot, Canadian Architect magazine THE NELSON DAILY With the release of a new report the city has become one of the leading municipalities in the nation when it comes to addressing embodied[...]
Read More about City steps to national forefront of embodied carbon reduction researchMadison Group reveals renderings of Canada’s first Nobu Hotel and Nobu Restaurant
Posted: Mar 2nd, 2022In: ConstructionNewsMadison Group unveiled further details and updates for Nobu Residences Toronto, a project featuring Canada’s first Nobu Hotel and Nobu Restaurant. Designed by Teeple Architects, with interiors by Studio Munge, the project will feature 650[...]
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