Construction
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Ontario adds jobsite safety oversight options
Numerous references to “professional engineers” have been replaced solely with the word “engineers” within nine of Ontario's Occupational Health and Safety regulations.
Canadian Property Management
Budget allocates for net-zero capacity building
The buildings sector is tapped to be the flow-through recipient of more than $706 million in federal funding for research, policy development, pilot projects, preparedness studies and design work.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Ontario disburses electrician training funds
The $13 million funding allocation is an effort to steer more apprentice and journeyperson electricians to construction, maintenance and network cabling jobs.
CondoBusiness
The Value of Independent Pre-construction Surveys
To limit the impacts of adjacent construction work, many condominium corporations are turning to independent pre-construction surveys for protection.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Building code harmonization advances
Consultations are underway in the ongoing exercise to harmonize the Ontario Building Code with model national building, energy and plumbing codes.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Ontario may relax squeeze on storage sheds
A proposed regulatory change would allow storage sheds to be 50 per cent bigger before Ontario property owners would have to obtain building permits.
Construction Business
New York scrutinizes public projects contracting
State review will address concerns that bidding processes are onerous and standard terms and conditions related to payment, completion timelines and dispute resolution are unfair.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
GTA rental construction surged in 2021
Despite the unprecedented challenges of 2021, the GTA rental market faired well by Q4 with rental construction increasing to a 30-year high.
Construction Business
Canadian named Young Tunneller of the Year
Michael Mains, a senior design lead with AECOM in Vancouver, has capped off the first decade of his career with the 2021 Young Tunneller of the Year award from the International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Remote building inspections to get code clarity
A proposed amendment to the Ontario Building Code would explicitly allow for alternatives to building inspectors’ physical presence on construction sites.
Construction Business
Trades nurture skilled construction workforce
The newly opened Manitoba Building Trades Institute in Winnipeg will provide work-readiness training with an emphasis on technology, sustainability and diversity and inclusion.
Canadian Property Management
Jobsite Safety & Fall Protection Prep
Whether working on an active construction site or in an operations and maintenance setting, fall protection planning is a critical step.
Construction Business
Michael Brooks joins WGBC board of directors
Michael Brooks, chief executive officer of REALPAC, has been named to the board of directors of the World Green Building Council and will also serve as treasurer for 2021-22.
REMI Network
U.S. looks to United Kingdom’s BIM expertise
Building sciences practitioners in the United States are looking to the United Kingdom for guidance as they develop a national building information management (BIM) program aligned with international standards.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Feds amplify funding for accessibility upgrades
A $100-million injection to Canada’s Enabling Accessibility Fund will boost availability of grants for retrofit, renovation and construction projects to support universal navigability of the built environment.
Construction Business
New roadmap for navigating IgCC requirements
ASHRAE and the International Code Council have collaborated on a users’ manual to support understanding and interpretation of the 2018 International Green Construction Code.
REMI Network
Ontario funds construction training in Hamilton
This support will reduce obstacles to hiring, training and retaining workers and apprentices, and reduce the stigma related to a career in the skilled trades to attract a new generation of workers.
