Category: Renovations
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Does Your Building Need a Life Cycle Assessment?
Does your building need a life cycle assessment? The answer is likely yes. When looking at the built environment’s emissions, clients are asking for LCAs and whole life carbon accounting. This week’s Blog from the experts at Stantec explores what is driving the new interest in LCAs and how a life cycle assessment can have a sustainable impact on the built environment.
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A Closer Look at Fenestration Canada’s 2024 Spring Conference
Mark your calendars for May 28-31, 2024, as Fenestration Canada is welcoming you to the Kananaskis Mountain Lodge for this year’s Spring Conference. This week’s Blog takes a closer look at what you can expect.
Alberta BBQ dinner, Boundary Ranch, Canadian fenestration industry, Canadian Plastics Registry, Canadian Rockies, Education sessions, Extended Experience, FarnsworthGroup, Fenestration Canada, FenestrationCanada, Fixed, Installer training program, Kananaskis Mountain Lodge, Kananaskis Village Alberta, Natural Resources Canada, NRCan, Offsite events, Operable Guards, PFAS, President’s Award, President’s Dinner, Spring Conference, Suppliers Showcase, Technical activities, VOC regulations, WDMA, WesternBuilt, Window and Door Manufacturers Association -
Sculpting the Future: How Spray Foam Insulation Enables Unique Architectural Designs
A seemingly mundane material with transformative capabilities, spray foam grants architects the flexibility to mould their futuristic visions into tangible structures. This week’s Blog from Huntsman Building Solutions talks about the rise of spray foam and showcases its extreme adaptability.
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Fenestration Canada Announces the Canadian Glazing Conference (CGC)
Mark your calendars! Happening April 9, 2024, in Surrey, British Columbia, Fenestration Canada will be hosting its first commercial focused trade show – the Canadian Glazing Conference (CGC). This week’s Blog takes a closer look at this valuable forum for commercial glazing industry professionals to network, learn about the latest innovations, and share their knowledge and expertise.
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A Winter Building Envelope Solutions: Modernizing Spray Foam Application with an Assembly System That Challenges Extreme Weather Conditions
Building in the Canadian winter presents an array of challenges, and the construction industry is collaborating more with manufacturers and engineering consultants to develop material innovations and assembly methods specifically designed for cold weather applications. This week’s Blog from Huntsman Building Solutions shows how solutions – like its D-Max wall assembly – is helping overcome winter-related obstacles in construction.
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Myth or Reality: Why Are All Excavators Yellow?
Most manufacturers colour their construction equipment yellow, and more than three-quarters of all excavators worldwide wear this colour. But why is this the case? This week’s Blog from Surplex explores the reasons for seeing yellow on the job site.
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6th Annual Canadian Concrete Expo Returns to Toronto
The Canadian Concrete Expo (CCE) returns for its sixth year on February 14-15, 2024, at the International Centre in Toronto, Ontario. CCE is Canada’s only national trade show for the concrete, construction, and aggregates industries, supported by over 90 sponsors, including Procore Technologies Inc. and Tremco CPG/Euclid Chemical. The event features a 300,000 square foot exhibition floor with more than 350 exhibitors and is expected to attract over 8000 attendees. Registration opens on November 15, 2023.
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How Will a New Standard on Whole Building Life Cycle Emissions Influence the Built Environment? ASHRAE Standard 240P Looks at Embodied Carbon.
How will a new standard on whole building life cycle emissions influence the built environment? This week’s Blog from Stantec looks at how the new ASHRAE Standard 240P is tackling embodied carbon.
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Tips For A Win-Win Bid
With activity ramping up across all construction sectors, it’s important to recognize the tactics, best practices, and negotiating tips that will put your company at the top of the bidding pile. This week’s Blog from Convoy Supply explores the art to overcoming market competition and gives us the tips for a win-win bid.
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Conceptual Design: How a New Digital Tool Helps Buildings Engineers Work Better
The workflow by which engineers perform their conceptual design calculations has remained unchanged for decades. It’s time for a change. This week’s Blog from Stantec discusses how automating the repetition out of day-to-day engineering frees up resources to iterate better design, as well as saves time and money.
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