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Ontario scaling back residential construction

Ontario announced updates to its essential services list, stating that most residential construction in the province will be paused for now.
Rapid Housing Initiative

REMI Network

Construction industry urges best practices for safety

With construction recently deemed an essential service by the Ontario government, industry members are promoting best practices to optimize safety.
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REMI Network

RESCON welcomes noise bylaw compromise

The change to the noise bylaw will be effective October 1.

CondoBusiness

RESCON: Toronto’s proposed restriction of high-rise concrete work to cost jobs, delays

The City of Toronto’s plans to stop after-hours concrete work on high-rise buildings will threaten thousands of jobs and delay the arrival of much-needed condo

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Site security comes under renewed scrutiny

Construction site security is under renewed scrutiny after a member of the public gained access to a downtown property and scaled a crane.

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Streamlined approvals to provide faster housing: report

A new RESCON report finds that there are ways to increase the speed and efficiency of housing approvals, which will help provide more housing supply.

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Builders abuzz about cannabis legalization

Ontario’s residential construction industry is anxiously awaiting tools from the province to help it uphold its workplace health and safety obligations when recreational cannabis becomes legal next year.

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Why window walls are favoured for condos

The window walls commonly used to enclose condos have improved, addressing issues associated with past generations of the cladding, finds a new analysis.

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GTA construction strikes to end within the week

According to the Residential Construction Council of Ontario (RESCON), the residential construction strikes that are currently underway will be over in one week or less.

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Deconstructing housing affordability in the GTA

Housing affordability is a growing concern in Canada, but there is no consensus on how to quantify the problem. That might soon change.