Special Feature
Wood and Pre-fab ion
Below are articles from the latest Wood and Pre-fab ion Special Feature Newsletter, published May 31, 2019 by the Journal of Commerce.
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Feature Articles - Wood and Pre-fab ion
Indian residential school centre project earns Formline Architecture wood design honours
Formline Architecture has won a 2019 Wood Design Award from Wood WORKS! BC in th...
Projects
Virtuoso blazes trail for CLT mid-rise construction
Trail-blazer Virtuoso, a six-storey hybrid structure built at the University of...
Projects , Technology
University Campus Energy Centre a wood design winner for DIALOG
DIALOG has won a 2019 Wood Design Award from Wood WORKS! BC in the Institutional...
Projects
Urban One building record-setting hybrid Terrace House
Urban One Builders is reaching grade on the 5,574 –square-metre Terrace House, c...
Projects
2020 NBCC code brings new era for Canadian wood construction
The new 2020 National Building Code of Canada (NBCC) will include the use of mas...
Government
New B.C. mass timber plant coming on stream in 2020
Kalesnikoff Lumber, a Kootenay-based lumber plant, is aiming to have its new $35...
Technology
Wood manufacturers already busy ahead of 2020 NBCC code changes
There could soon be a rise – literally – in wooden residential buildings across...
Economic , Government
The ion Record Podcast: Episode 55 – Lean construction, Ontario adjudication, and Another Brick in Nepal
This week on The ion Record podcast, Journal of Commerce digital media...
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Saskatchewan to spend $1.92 million on two skilled trades centres
REGINA, SASK. – The government of Saskatchewan is allocating $1.92 million in fu...
Government , Labour
Canada’s first-ever tsunami evacuation tower built at Haida Gwaii school
MASSET, B.C. – 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
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
PCL announces promotions in offices across Canada
PCL ion is making leadership changes in five of its Canadian districts....
Economic
Legal Notes: Crown loses “employer” 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 – Metro Vancouver board chair Mike Hurley insists the organizati...
Government , Projects
B.C. building code update expands use of single egress stairs
VICTORIA, B.C. – The government of British Columbia has announced updates to the...