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Highly recommend the Building Knowledge Spring Training event for anyone looking for two intensive days of getting caught up on the latest high performance building concepts. Well worth the time and small expense.
- Patrick Flannery, editor
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The Quebec Superior Court has ordered thousands of Quebec workers and contractors be compensated for time and expenses lost during an illegal strike launched by two of the province's largest trade unions, FTQ-Construction and Inter.
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The Manitoba government has announced a two-year Manitoba-specific extension to facilitate work permits for prospective Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program (MPNP) candidates.
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In February, the total value of building permits issued in Canada increased by $371.3 million (+2.9%) to $13.1 billion. Gains in construction intentions were led by British Columbia's non-residential sector.
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The Residential Construction Council of Ontario (RESCON) is looking forward to continuing to work with Ontario Premier Doug Ford and his government to speed up the homebuilding process and, in particular, lower costly development fees that are stymieing the building of new homes.
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Introducing DAP ® WALL & CAVITY™ Foam—perfect for filling rim joists, touch-ups, and small gaps with precision. It combines the power of a 2-component system with the ease of 1-component application. Featuring a reusable Widespray Applicator, it works in temperatures from 4°C to 49°C and dries in minutes, making air sealing projects faster and more efficient. Watch Steve Maxwell try it out here!
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Building Knowledge Canada held its annual Spring Training event at Hockley Valley Resort in Mono, Ont., on April 14 and 15. Close to 200 homebuilders, renovators, energy advisors and allied construction professionals took in two days of intensive learning through panel discussions and exclusive presentations from top experts.
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The BC Construction Association (BCCA) is raising red flags regarding new data on payment certainty. BCCA’s newly released spring Stat Pack and Annual BC Construction Industry Survey report found the issue is a top concern, with 91% of employer respondents reporting being paid late at one time this past year for completed work and 69% having not being paid at least once at all for work completed in the past year. The B.C. government’s failure to pass Prompt Payment Legislation means critical construction projects carry additional risk and payments are not being made for completed work.
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Missing Middle Initiative has analyzed the federal Conservative and Liberal housing platforms ahead of our April 28 election and come up with six and 10 “thoughts,” respectively, about each of them.
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Luis has to decide if he's going to keep shuttling back and forth across the border the way he used to. Solve Luis' dilemma for a chance to win a DeWalt prize!
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The difficulty, expense and delay in getting projects approved has been identified as one of the big reasons Ontario is nowhere near its homebuilding goals and not likely to be any time soon. Enter Arash Shahi and his non-profit One Ontario initiative to offer a database of municipal zoning bylaws and regulations that shows where building can happen and whether your project qualifies. One Ontario has the data and the software tools – what it needs now is provincial backing to legitimize regional planning authorities using it. Shahi explains what One Ontario is, what information it can provide and how it could be part of the path forward to getting this province out of its homebuilding logjam.
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Gil Yaron of Light House is spearheading the launch of the Building Materials Exchange on Vancouver Island and Lower Mainland, B.C., with plans to expand. It’s a website where members can post excess materials from inventory or jobsites and offer them for sale or free to whomever wants them. The important wrinkle is the business-to-business nature of the site, allowing contractors to deal with other contractors and not so much the general public.
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Canada, and especially Ontario, faces a housing crisis in which we are building less than half the new homes each year we are expected to need. But even so, housing starts dropped in Ontario in 2024. Radical action is clearly needed, and RESCON CEO Richard Lyall has some ideas. He joins The Hammer for some tough talk about the need for big cuts to development fees and taxes; new investment in infrastructure; harmonization of codes and standards; slashing of red tape in approvals process; the need to fight U.S. tariffs and more.
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