Health & Safety

More than 800 patios set to bloom in Toronto

Canadian Facility Management & Design

More than 800 patios set to bloom in Toronto

A third season of the CaféTO program kicks off in May, bringing outdoor patios to sidewalks and curb lanes, and live music in select locations.
asbestos contractors

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Quebec updates rules for handling asbestos

Removal of drywall with asbestos compounds in the joint-filler has been reclassified from a low-risk to moderate-risk activity.
Ontario adds options for jobsite safety oversight

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Ontario adds jobsite safety oversight options

Numerous references to “professional engineers” have been replaced solely with the word “engineers” within nine of Ontario's Occupational Health and Safety regulations.
corporate officers to assume more liability

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Corporate officers to assume more liability

Omnibus legislation aims to ease transition for licensed trades and professions moving into Ontario, and to enshrine steeper maximum fines in the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
IAQ combos arresting airborne spread of COVID

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IAQ combos arresting airborne spread of COVID

Commercial building operators could use a combination of air exchange, filtration and purification to comply with the industry-leading guidance for arresting airborne spread of pathogens and contaminants.
air purification systems in demand

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Air purification supplier ramps up production

Ontario-based manufacturer, Abatement Technologies, has a $20-million expansion project underway to increase production capacity at its facility in Fort Erie.
lockdown relief temporarily more generous

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Lockdown relief temporarily more generous

Federal rent and wage subsidies will be open to an expanded range of applicants who are subject to pandemic-related constraints during the eight-week period from Dec. 19, 2021 to Feb. 12, 2022.
Office IAQ best practices up for consultation

Canadian Property Management

Air filtration improvements in line for rebate

As announced in the federal Economic and Fiscal Update, small businesses could qualify for a refundable tax credit of up to $10,000 per project on qualifying investments in air filtration and HVAC systems.
CSA Group takes lighting services to California

Design Quarterly

CSA Group takes lighting services to California

CSA Group promises to hasten turnaround times for getting lighting products into the marketplace through centralized offering of testing, inspection and certification services,
Multifamily fire risk factors evolve over time

CondoBusiness

Multifamily fire risk factors evolve over time

The combination of improved suppression and ignition source depletion has reduced the risk of fire-related fatalities within residential high-rises, and all dwellings in general, since 1980.
Commercial landlords expected to confirm requisite vaccinations of building personnel in federally leased space

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Landlords must certify requisite vaccinations

Commercial landlords will be expected to verify the vaccination status of building personnel, including contractors and subcontractors, who enter premises that the Canadian government leases.
Saskatchewan ends exemptions for smoke and CO alarms in older residential buildings

Canadian Apartment Magazine

Sask ends exemptions for smoke and CO alarms

Saskatchewan landlords and homeowners will have to install smoke and carbon monoxide (CO) alarms in older residential buildings that were previously exempt. Enforcement begins July 1, 2022.
Heatwave conditions and operational shortfalls pose challenges in some Ontario LTC homes

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LTC operational shortfalls bared in heatwave

Heatwave conditions and operational shortfalls are posing challenges in some Ontario long-term care homes that do not have central air conditioning.
virtual tours of optimal post-pandemic space configurations available

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Post-pandemic space configurations on view

Working with the furniture distributor, NUA Office, Colonnade BridgePort has developed a primer to help companies welcome back their workforces and acclimatize to new levels of awareness and concern about healthy indoor environments.
Indoor temperatures must be logged in Ontario long-term care homes

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Indoor temperatures logged in Ontario LTC homes

There is still no requirement for air conditioning in all residents’ rooms, but Ontario long-term care home operators now have to implement prescribed measures to prevent heat-related illnesses.
radiation cleanup crews to be recognized more than six decades after incidents at Chalk River Laboratories

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Radiation cleanup crews to be offered payouts

Long overlooked cleanup crews have been offered compensatory payouts more than six decades after nuclear contamination incidents at Atomic Energy of Canada Limited’s Chalk River Laboratories.
WELL Certification

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Pandemic propels healthy building momentum

COVID-19 has intensified pressure to support physical, social and emotional well-being within the built environment, but many investors, owners and managers were already embracing healthy building principles ahead of pandemic-triggered challenges.