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The means of egress depicted on the floor plan drawings of an approved fire safety plan (FSP) should be the first choice for evacuation by building occupants in the event of fire. Although it’s a rarity that building fires occur in…

The Liberals will announce plans today to spend tens of billions in federal dollars on a housing strategy that will provide housing benefits directly to low-income tenants, as well as repairs and renovations to some 300,000 units. Multiple sources with knowledge…

Teknion Corporation today announced that two of its new workplace products have been recognized with 2017 Green Good Design Awards, including the Zones furniture collection and Focus demountable wall system. Green Good Design is jointly sponsored by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum…

The plan for a signature park backed by Mayor John Tory over the downtown rail corridor is now estimated to cost $1.66 billion. City staff are looking to push forward with design of the 21-acre (8.5-hectare) park, which is now at…

The square footage of property managed by the province’s largest property management firms has increased steadily over the past five years, according to BIV’s Biggest Commercial Property Managers in B.C. list. Since 2013, the largest firms have expanded their portfolios by an…

If you want to get into solar, there’s now more government cash on the table — but you’ll have to hurry. The On-Farm Solar Photovoltaics Program now offers 75 cents per watt for projects of 100 kilowatts or less, and 56…

Green energy will be coming from Parrsboro next spring, and it won’t be from a tidal turbine. The Parrsboro Band Association has received approval for 35 kilowatts of solar electricity to be generated from panels installed on the south-facing roof of…

Washington, D.C. (Nov. 21, 2017) — The U.S. Senate, at the urging of the plumbing industry and its partners, via language in a Department of the Interior appropriations bill for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2018, expresses strong support for…

Richmond, B.C. (November 21, 2017) — Backshoring and reshoring systems both work to support the weight of newly poured concrete slabs and look extremely similar, but using the wrong one can lead to structural collapse. WorkSafeBC has recently published two safety…

There is still no timeline for when the rail line to Churchill may be fixed, but the construction of a winter road to the northern Manitoba community has begun weeks ahead of schedule. Specialized machinery has started creating a 275-kilometre temporary…

Officials in Gananoque were shocked last week when they received bids to renovate the historic Town Hall. Council budgeted $2.5 million to build a two-storey addition and renovate the existing 186-year-old building. The project went to tender and all of the…

Toronto, ON (November 20, 2017) – On November 16, 2017, PCL Constructors Canada Inc. (Toronto) vice president and district manager Bruce Sonnenberg was among 70 of Toronto’s business and community leaders who slept on the street to raise an astounding $1.1 million in…

By 2050, the world’s population is expected to swell to 9.6 billion, with around 66% living in urban areas. This projection is leaving many cities wondering how they will feed all those people. A Swedish food-tech company called Plantagon is proposing that cities consider building…

Automatic Greasing Systems specialist FLO Components Ltd.’s announces the winner of the second draw in its 40th Anniversary Giveaway Contest.  Gabriel Lopez, Marketing Specialist at FLO announced; “Jonnie Hartling of Spruce Grove, AB is the lucky winner of the second of…

Years ago, building science expert Joseph Lstiburek complained about the LEED certification system: The problem? LEED gives “green” points for construction factors and building features that have more to do with “feel good” aesthetics than energy conservation. “A bike rack? You get…