Climate Change and Construction
Below are articles from the latest and previous Climate Change and Construction Special Feature by the Journal of Commerce.
Feature Articles - Climate Change and Construction
New climate a challenge for old buildings in Western 新澳门六合彩开奖结果2023
Heritage buildings in Western 新澳门六合彩开奖结果2023 are feeling the effects of climate change....
Projects
New Vancouver GHG emissions reporting requirements come into effect June 1
On June 1, Vancouver鈥檚 largest commercial buildings 鈥 over 100,000 square feet i...
Government , Resource
Climate change pushing a new era of adaptive design at architecture schools
Architecture schools in Alberta and Manitoba are preparing architects to visuali...
Projects
Lake Simcoe restoration projects an exercise in preservation, prevention
Encompassing approximately 745 square kilometres, Ontario鈥檚 Lake Simcoe is the f...
Projects , Resource
Roofs on front lines of climate change adaption
Roofs are on the front lines of climate change adaption and the construction ind...
Projects , Resource
Construction companies need a strategy as ESG reporting requirements increase
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) monitoring, measuring and reporting a...
Resource
Developing AI building operation solutions amid a maze of green certifications
Market expectations and government regulations are increasingly high when it com...
Resource , Technology
Oversight critical on construction sites when temperatures spike
Jim Noon, president of the Vancouver Island Building and Construction Trades Cou...
OH&S
Westmar Advisors wins award for Wuikinuxv debris wall and wharf reconstruction
Westmar Advisors Inc. has won an ACEC British Columbia (ACEC-BC) 2023 award of e...
Infrastructure , Resource
Industry has a 鈥榗omplete void of basic knowledge鈥 on carbon footprints
Owners, contractors and subs are eager to take meaningful steps to decarbonize t...
Infrastructure
Pieces of Prince of Wales Park shoreline puzzle coming together
Climate change and extreme flooding have been catalysts for a series of Toronto...
Infrastructure
First BC Embodied Carbon Awards celebrate industry innovation
A number of zero-carbon properties in British Columbia were recently recognized...
Projects
Mississauga building a next level net-zero fire station
In the west end of Mississauga, Ont., near the border with Oakville, general con...
Labour
Passive House 新澳门六合彩开奖结果2023 and U.S. Passive House Network announce new partnership
An important North American building standards collaboration was announced last...
Resource
ESG compliance liability risk is coming to construction industry directors
Although some may feel ESGs are a symptom of increased 鈥渨oke capitalism鈥 in toda...
Economic , Resource
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新澳门六合彩开奖结果2023鈥檚 first-ever tsunami evacuation tower built at Haida Gwaii school
MASSET, B.C. 鈥 Students in Masset, B.C. will soon learn in a safer school that i...
Projects
Ledcor leads off with first phase of $2B Alberta Highway 3 twinning
Ledcor Highways Ltd. is leading off work on the first of eight phases planned to...
Infrastructure , Projects
PCL announces promotions in offices across 新澳门六合彩开奖结果2023
PCL Construction is making leadership changes in five of its Canadian districts....
Economic
Some cool thinking needed after Vancouver wood-frame construction site fire
On Aug. 6, a fire broke out at a six-storey wood-frame rental apartment building...
OH&S
Legal Notes: Crown loses 鈥渆mployer鈥 appeal in landmark Sudbury case
The Superior Court of Ontario issued a ruling on August 23 that is certain to br...
Government
Metro Vancouver board chair pushes back on calls for North Shore wastewater plant project info
NORTH VANCOUVER 鈥 Metro Vancouver board chair Mike Hurley insists the organizati...
Government , Projects
TODs, Ontario Line highlighted during transit innovation session
Over the past 10 years the concept of transit-oriented developments (TODs) has g...
Infrastructure
Global Market Scan: The spillover from tumultuous times in China鈥檚 steel industry
The ongoing decline in steel rebar prices globally points to underlying issues w...