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The International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO®) is seeking volunteers with technical background in plumbing and mechanical systems, such as jurisdictional authorities, testing lab and educational facility representatives, and manufacturing experts, to participate on the Plumbing Standards Committee…

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The construction industry, in general, suffers from a traditional hesitancy to embrace nascent technologies, caused partly because projects take years to plan and complete. Recently, however, progressive construction honchos have begun to harness and realise the potency of tech – whether it’s…

Ontario, Calif. (June 29, 2018) — In accordance with the IAPMO Regulations Governing Committee Projects, IAPMO would like to announce a Tentative Interim Amendment (TIA) to the 2018 edition of the Uniform Mechanical Code® (UMC) has been submitted for public…

Parts of the outside of McGill’s New Residence Hall fell to the sidewalk on Wednesday afternoon. No one was injured, but a car was taken away on a flatbed truck. The Montreal fire department received a call around 3 p.m.…

Bylaw amendments that will permit the construction of laneway suites in residential neighbourhoods in Toronto and East York have been approved by city council. The amendments to the city’s official plan and zoning bylaw were enacted with a 30-5 vote on Thursday…

Toronto, ON – An idea to harness wind energy in the jet stream above cities such as Toronto with a ‘flying generator’ has been named on a shortlist of five entries for North America in a global competition run by…

Intelex Technologies, a leading global provider of cloud-based Environmental, Health, Safety and Quality (EHSQ) management software, announced today the appointment of Nicole Radziwill, Quality Practice Leader. In this role, Nicole will lead integration of the EHSQ Alliance in thought leadership and…

Five North American solutions were shortlisted in a global competition run by RICS (the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors). It asked young people to propose solutions to the most urgent problems affecting global cities and received more than 1,200 entries…

A Canadian hyperloop company is threatening to relocate its headquarters to Europe unless it gets political support at home for the implementation of its technology that would transport goods and passengers through tubes at airplane speeds. Transpod CEO and co-founder…

The owner of an Edmonton renovation company is warning other contractors not to fall for an unusual scam that involved a stolen cheque, a fake floor plan and a vacant house. James Belovich of Refine Renovations said if he hadn’t…

BATHURST (GNB) – Recommendations have been made to improve the safety of people working at construction project sites. The recommendations follow a coroner’s inquest in Bathurst. A mandatory inquest into the death of Jean-Guy Boudreau was held June 26-27. Boudreau…

Would you live in a house made of fungus? It’s not just a rhetorical question: fungi are the key to a new low-carbon, fire-resistant and termite-deterring building material. This type of material, known as a mycelium composite, uses the Trametes versicolor fungus to…

New Delhi, India (June 27, 2018) — International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO) CEO GP Russ Chaney, in his role as Chairman of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Board of Directors, and IAPMO Senior Vice President of…

Fancy villas, high-rise apartment blocks, lakes, parks and sprawling road networks: Ghost cities in China have it all. Just one crucial element is missing — the people. Built for a population that never came, about 50 of these surreal sites…