SBC Thanks Two Board Members Stepping Down in 2023
SBC would like to thank and acknowledge our 2 board members who are stepping down in 2023: Leith Moore and Tom Ponessa. Leith brought considerable expertise related to high performance building design and construction achieved through a number of successful projects including the R-Haus…
The basics of building an off-grid home
Going off the grid is becoming increasingly popular. With the rise in environmental consciousness, more and more people are looking for ways to reduce their reliance on traditional energy sources and live a more sustainable lifestyle. But building an off-grid home…
Cousineau family, OCP Construction donate $500,000 to NEO Kids
Sudbury’s Cousineau family and their Northeastern Ontario-based company, OCP Construction Supplies, have donated $500,000 to the NEO Kids Foundation. The money will support the future of health care for children and youth across northeastern Ontario. Officials said in a release the…
This ‘upcycled’ tower is a ’70s-era building in disguise
One of the world’s first upcycled towers shows how reusing the bones of a building can be an environmentally and economically viable solution for the world’s aging towers. Hidden inside the recently crowned World Building of the Year is a 1970s office building.…
US housing starts fall for a third month, building permits drop
New US home construction continued to decline in November and permits plunged as high borrowing costs paired with widespread inflation eroded housing affordability and demand. Residential starts decreased 0.5% last month to a 1.43 million annualized rate, according to government data…