Regulations
Canadian Property Management
Toronto delays decision on development charges
Mayor Rob Ford’s executive committee has voted to defer a bylaw that would nearly double Toronto’s residential ...
CondoBusiness
The scoop on pets in condos
Condo owners often ask about various issues relating to pets, particularly if certain pets are permitted to reside in a building. The first thing a condo board ...
Design Quarterly
New occupancy class added to building code
Following the model of the 2010 National Building Code of Canada, the newest version of the B.C. Building Code has ...
CondoBusiness
Taking wood frame construction to new heights
BILD has renewed its call on the Ontario government to raise the height limit of wood frame structures ...
Construction Business
Vancouver’s deconstruction strategy
The City of Vancouver is rethinking demolition and taking a new approach to managing demolition ‘waste.'
Building Strategies & Sustainability
Toronto a leader in green roof industry
Toronto’s leadership in the industry is due to the fact that green roofs are not only encouraged but mandatory.
CondoBusiness
Honest advertising for condo projects
Toronto developers may soon have to adhere to stricter ad rules.
Canadian Property Management
B.C. developers on shaky ground
A number of court decisions over the past four years have emphasized the risks faced by developers under REDMA ...
Canadian Property Management
Canadian clean tech funding renewed
The green building sector is one of the beneficiaries of the recent federal budget pledge to renew SDTC funding ...
Canadian Property Management
Ventilation for acceptable air quality
The most recent edition of ASHRAE standard 62.1 specifies 17 cubic feet per minute of fresh air per occupant as the minimum acceptable ventilation level ...
CondoBusiness
Pot poses a condo conundrum
Does a condominium corporation have the right to prohibit pot smoking and grow-ops? And are there any accommodation obligations?
Building Strategies & Sustainability
Energy efficiency targets adjusted upward
Ontario's new building code continues an incremental adoption of heightened energy efficiency standards.
Canadian Property Management
Saskatchewan property values jump
Across the province, property values increased an average of 67 per cent upon the recent reassessment ...
CondoBusiness
Condominium Act review and reform process
Unless the process is stopped by a new government (should Ontario have an election within the next 16 months), the three-stage review will continue and result in new legislation by spring 2014.
Construction Business
Pay when paid
Although there has been no contractual or statutory recognition of the inequity of "pay when paid" clauses up to this point of time, change is on the horizon.
Canadian Property Management
Round two for Toronto’s zoning bylaw
Toronto’s harmonized zoning bylaw draft is nearing completion and City staff is optimistic the rules will meet the approval of both Toronto council and property owners. But they may have reason to be wary; the City’s previous attempt at a ...
Construction Business
Alliance contracting
Alliance contracts are incentive-based relationship contracts in which the parties agree to work together as one integrated team.




