Health & Safety
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Accessible public bathrooms show bad form
Low-cost investments and practical adjustments to the configuration of fixtures could improve safety, convenience and assurance for people with disabilities.
Canadian Property Management
New oversight regime set for Ontario elevators
A new oversight regime for Ontario’s elevators and escalators will come into force on March 1, bringing shorter timelines for rectifying an extensive list of designated high-risk deficiencies.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Cosmetic pesticides okayed for use in Manitoba
Manitoba has repealed a prohibition that had been in place since 2014 and is again allowing the application of cosmetic pesticides on private green space, municipal sidewalks and boulevards.
Canadian Property Management
B.C. ponders commercial space for cannabis use
Newly released findings from British Columbia’s public consultation on cannabis lounges unsurprisingly confirm that recreational cannabis users are most likely to find the concept appealing.
CondoBusiness
Private homes preferred for cannabis use
More than 90 per cent of survey respondents confirm that they typically use non-medical cannabis in their own homes, while 46 per cent use it in other people’s homes.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
More than 800 patios set to bloom in Toronto
A third season of the CaféTO program kicks off in May, bringing outdoor patios to sidewalks and curb lanes, and live music in select locations.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
More than 800 patios set to bloom in Toronto
A third season of the CaféTO program kicks off in May, bringing outdoor patios to sidewalks and curb lanes, and live music in select locations.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Quebec updates rules for handling asbestos
Removal of drywall with asbestos compounds in the joint-filler has been reclassified from a low-risk to moderate-risk activity.
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 Facility Management & Design
Corporate officers to assume more liability
Omnibus legislation aims to ease transition for licensed trades and professions moving into Ontario, and to enshrine steeper maximum fines in the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Canadian Property Management
IAQ combos arresting airborne spread of COVID
Commercial building operators could use a combination of air exchange, filtration and purification to comply with the industry-leading guidance for arresting airborne spread of pathogens and contaminants.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Air purification supplier ramps up production
Ontario-based manufacturer, Abatement Technologies, has a $20-million expansion project underway to increase production capacity at its facility in Fort Erie.
Canadian Property Management
Lockdown relief temporarily more generous
Federal rent and wage subsidies will be open to an expanded range of applicants who are subject to pandemic-related constraints during the eight-week period from Dec. 19, 2021 to Feb. 12, 2022.
Canadian Property Management
Air filtration improvements in line for rebate
As announced in the federal Economic and Fiscal Update, small businesses could qualify for a refundable tax credit of up to $10,000 per project on qualifying investments in air filtration and HVAC systems.
Design Quarterly
CSA Group takes lighting services to California
CSA Group promises to hasten turnaround times for getting lighting products into the marketplace through centralized offering of testing, inspection and certification services,
CondoBusiness
Multifamily fire risk factors evolve over time
The combination of improved suppression and ignition source depletion has reduced the risk of fire-related fatalities within residential high-rises, and all dwellings in general, since 1980.
Canadian Property Management
Landlords must certify requisite vaccinations
Commercial landlords will be expected to verify the vaccination status of building personnel, including contractors and subcontractors, who enter premises that the Canadian government leases.
