The return of Canadian float glass? – Canadian architectural glass news for June 4, 2026

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News

Gusterson to retire, Blaise stepping in

Alumicor has announced Steve Gusterson will retire the end of July after 52 years with the company. Working closely with Gusterson for the past decade, Julian Blaise has been promoted to manager of pre-construction services...

Nominate a workforce star for the OCS Award of Excellence

This OCS Award of Excellence is an annual award presented to an individual or group to recognize leadership excellence within Ontario’s unionized ICI construction industry, specifically, in the following areas: health and safety, labour relations,...

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Tell CAGBC about your deep retrofit project

The Canada Green Building Council (CAGBC), in collaboration with Purpose Building, is inviting industry professionals involved in deep retrofits to share their experiences through the Advancing Deep Retrofits Across Canada: Market Sentiment Survey.

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NAFS 2026 published

The 2026 edition of AAMA/WDMA/CSA 101/I.S.2/A440, North American Fenestration Standard/Specification for windows, doors, and skylights (NAFS) has been published.

Features

FenCan updates progress toward Canadian float glass at Spring Conference

The Fenestration Canada Spring Conference in Quebec City welcomed Glenn Leroux, CEO of Canada Premium Sands, who attended the whole three-day conference and took the stage with FenCan director of codes and regulatory affairs, Adrian...

OCS talks advisory councils

In this episode of Building Better Policy, host Brian Barron is joined by Marc Arsenault from the Provincial Building and Construction Trades Council of Ontario, Enzo Garritano, President and CEO of the Infrastructure Health and...

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Harvard avoids triples with Vitro VIG

A new generation of high performance glazing from Vitro Architectural Glass is playing a central role in the transformation of Gund Hall, the iconic concrete modernist building that has housed Harvard University’s Graduate School of...