2020 NBC intent statements released
Every wonder why a certain code provision exists, or says what it says? Never fear, the Canadian Board for Harmonized Construction Codes (CBHCC) has released its intent statements supplement to the 2020 National Building Code. » Read More…
PM announces $13 billion affordable housing plan
Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Sunday afternoon the launch of Build Canada Homes, the federal government’s new agency that will oversee federal housing programs. » Read More…
Join us at WinDoor October 8-9th, Toronto Congress Center
Schedule now available for WinDoor – October 8-9th at the Toronto Congress Center, Hall D. Sessions include: Federal Policy Developments, Wildfire and Fenestration with NRCan, Lean Manufacturing & more. Don’t forget to join us for the Main Event Casino night on Oct 8th! » Click here for more info & to register for all things WinDoor…
Glass shops are mostly only a memory now. The inexorable market logic of specialization and economies of scale have claimed them, along with a lack of succession options as Mom and Dad retired, skilled glaziers became hard to find and the kids had little interest in the business. But not in Canada’s northwest. Meet All-West Glass. » Read more…
The Siding and Window Dealers Association of Canada held its annual golf tournament at its traditional venue of Turtle Creek Golf Club in Milton, Ont., on Sept. 10. Perfect weather greeted over 100 friends from the industry across Canada. » Read More…
Editorial: Means justified by ends
Let’s talk about where we’re going with sustainable construction regulation. » Read More…
Our business is making things, not talking about them. So it’s no surprise that many of us struggle with the demands of promoting our businesses to potential clients and customers. Alison Simpson, president and CEO of the CMA, has been helping major corporations do just that throughout her career and she joins Pat Flannery for a lively conversation chock full of good advice. She also has details of an exciting program enabling small businesses to obtain government funds to hire digital marketing experts and to upskill their existing IT staff. » Read More…
Fenestration Conversations Episode #73: Two Numbers – Chris Magwood, RMI
Chris Magwood of the Rocky Mountain Institute joins the podcast to discuss the One Number approach to sustainable building regulation…and he has some objections. While a performance-based approach aimed at regulating the whole-life carbon impact of a construction project should be our ultimate goal, Magwood feels the upfront impact of embodied carbon needs to be evaluated separately, but adjacent to, the long-term impact of operational carbon. Listen now to find out why. » Listen now…
Fenestration Conversations Episode #72: One Number – Jonathon “JoMo” Layton, Layton Consulting
How would it be if all the databases and charts and spreadsheets and regulations and tiers defining whether our products comply with sustainable building laws just…went away? Replaced by one number: – the only number that matters – the amount of carbon dioxide emitted over a building’s lifetime as a result of its manufacture, construction, use and disposal. Partner at Layton Consulting, Jonathon “JoMo” Layton joins the podcast to chew over this radical idea and lend his expertise to the question of whether it could work and how it would affect us all.» Listen now…
Fenestration Conversations Episode #71: The next hot topic – Robin Urquhart, RDH Building Science
High-profile wildfires doing substantial property damage to urban areas in B.C. and Alberta have spurred NRCan to look at creating Canadian building standards for wildfire resistance. The consultation process has just begun, but it seems likely that some day soon we may see new codes requiring resistant windows, doors and other components in wildfire-prone areas. Robin Urquhart has worked on rebuilding communities destroyed by wildfires and joins the Conversation to share what he’s learned. » Listen now…