Trump announced Thursday the U.S. plans to put a 10 percent tariff on Canadian aluminum ingots entering the U.S., effective Aug. 16. In response, Ottawa is threatening $3.6 billion in retaliatory tariffs on American aluminum goods entering Canada.» Read more...
For decades, fabricators, standards writers and code authorities have preferred prescriptive rules: here are the minimum characteristics your product must have in order to comply. That may be about to change as code writers look for ways to introduce energy efficiency standards into building codes.» Read more...
Catch the energy code wave. Excellent set of expert speakers with engaging ideas about the status and opportunity of Canadian Energy Codes and how we can really be a truly forward-leaning society and how various elements of the building industry can contribute and benefit in the process…» Read more...
With our population aging and people living longer, demand for accessible doors in personal residences (doors which are at least 38 inches wide) is growing in Canada.» Read more...