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Canadian Facility Management & Design
Funds for cultural spaces in federal budget
The federal budget released last week allocates $300 million over 10 years to Canada’s cultural spaces fund.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Saskatchewan landlords lose key PST exemptions
Saskatchewan landlords experienced a budget double whammy March 22 — receiving the more forceful cost hit from their provincial finance minister.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Evergreen targets carbon neutrality with retrofit
Evergreen is targeting carbon neutrality in the retrofit of its heritage-designated kiln building at Toronto’s Brick Works site.
Construction Business
Climate data to be revamped for future codes
Historical climate data is losing relevance in Canada's model national building, energy, fire and plumbing codes as severe storms, drought and intense heat waves become more frequent.
CondoBusiness
New condos have most construction issues: U.S. study
According to a recent study of U.S. homeowners from CAI, most construction deficiencies occur in new condominium developments and are due to poor workmanship.
Construction Business
B.C. budget invests billions in infrastructure
B.C.’s provincial budget 2017 includes billions in infrastructure spending. The announcement demonstrates that the province’s commitment to balanced budgets and fiscal responsibility is paying dividends for
REMI Network
PCA names new regional director for B.C.
The Progressive Contractors Association of Canada (PCA) has appointed Rieghardt van Enter as its new regional director for British Columbia.
CondoBusiness
CHBA pres to talk housing affordability with feds
Bob Finnigan, president of the Canadian Home Builders’ Association, heads to Ottawa this week to talk to the feds about housing affordability.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Design and construction skill shortages noted
Revit specialists and estimators have a commanding position in the labour market as the design professions actively embrace building information modelling (BIM) and the construction bid process grows more complex.
Construction Business
Standardized construction cost reporting sought
A proposed new framework for construction cost reporting is aimed at enabling consistent and transparent cross-border comparisons of the capital outlay required for a dozen different categories of commercial, industrial and infrastructure projects.
CondoBusiness
Proposed energy code changes target glass boxes
New criteria for calculating thermal bridging and a mandate for heat/energy recovery systems in a wide range of conditions could have the most significant impact on the design and construction of new buildings.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
SickKids Hospital receives Ontario planning grant
Ontario is providing a planning grant of up to $5 million to the Hospital for Sick Children to help plan for upgrades and improvements to the hospital.
CondoBusiness
Barrie’s Collier Centre nears completion
Fortress Real Developments Inc. has announced its Collier Centre and Lakeview Condominium project in Barrie, Ontario, is now over 80 per cent complete.
Construction Business
ACSA celebrates millionth safety milestone
The Alberta Construction Safety Association (ACSA) celebrated the association’s one millionth student to take safety training in the province at the end of August. Up
Canadian Facility Management & Design
First purpose-built greenhouse to rise in Alberta
Aurora Cannabis has completed the design, engineering and tender process for phase one of a 600,000-square-foot, fully automated greenhouse in Alberta.
CondoBusiness
Supply of new condo units drops to six-year low
According to a new Urbanation report, there were 7,731 new condo units sold in the GTA during Q2-2016, a 26 per cent increase year-over-year.
CondoBusiness
Modular builds could ease housing shortages
Cities that are facing housing shortages should push for more instances of modular construction to increase options for potential homebuyers and tenants, says Kasun Hewage,





