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Accessibility Standards Canada and CSA Group publish three new accessibility standards

Building Feb 24, 2023

Accessibility Standards Canada and CSA Group have collaborated to publish three new accessibility standards. The standards are: CSA/ASC B651, Accessible design for the built environment; CSA/ASC B651.2, Accessible design for self-service…

Sustainability

Climate Changed: How homebuilders and residents are adapting to a warming world

Brenna Owen – THE CANADIAN PRESS Nov 8, 2022

VANCOUVER – The two-storey family home with a classic design and wooden cladding blends in with its neighbours, but its thick, insulated walls, airtightness, solar panels, heat pump and highly efficient windows make it a home built for a…

Construction

BC Construction Association releases fall 2022 statistics report

Building Oct 31, 2022

According to statistics reported in the Fall 2022 BC Construction Association (BCCA) Industry Stat Pack, investment in the industrial, commercial, and institutional (ICI) construction sectors is down 10.9 per cent since February 2020, while…

Architecture

OAA Announces 2022 Queen’s Park Picks

Building Oct 11, 2022

The Ontario Association of Architects (OAA) has announced its top selections for this year's Queen's Park Picks.Each year, a special exhibition at Queen’s Park highlights a selection of outstanding buildings. However, following the…

Real Estate

Ontario gives Toronto, Ottawa ‘strong mayor’ powers

The Canadian Press Sep 9, 2022

TORONTO — The next mayors of Toronto and Ottawa will now be able to veto certain bylaws, as the Ontario legislature passed a bill Thursday to give the leaders so-called strong mayor powers in a bid to get housing built more quickly.It…

Urban Planning

If we love our cities, we’ll make better decisions about their future after the COVID-19 pandemic

Meg Holden, Simon Fraser University Aug 8, 2022

Meg Holden, Simon Fraser UniversityIt’s the most famous city slogan in the world: I Love New York. And yet, surprisingly, love doesn’t seem to play a part in how urban planners build cities.Because of the COVID-19 pandemic,…

Construction

Billions needed to prepare buildings for climate change

Jennifer Henderson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Jul 26, 2022

ALBERT 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 raging near Lytton B.C.…

Cities

Cities need to embrace green innovation now to cut heat deaths in the future

Alex Boston, Simon Fraser University Jul 19, 2022

The severe heat wave in western Canada and the U.S. Pacific Northwest, between June and July 2021 caused 1,400 deaths. (Shutterstock) Alex Boston, Simon Fraser UniversityIn late June 2021, North America’s most severe heat wave in…

Construction

City steps to national forefront of embodied carbon reduction research

Timothy Schafer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Jun 13, 2022

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 carbon in the building of residential homes.People are tuning into the…

Urban Planning

How the metaverse could change the purpose and feel of cities

Mischa Young, Sarah Choukah, Université de l'Ontario français May 20, 2022

A future marked by the Metaverse may fundamentally change how we operate on a daily basis. (Marc Lee/Wikimedia Commons), CC BY-SA Mischa Young, Université de l'Ontario français and Sarah Choukah, Université de l'Ontario français…

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