Tag Archives: COVID19

Alberta to receive over $6.3M to strengthen energy efficiency and green building practices

September 8, 2020 sadia_badhon

The Canadian government is funding $3 million to help Alberta’s construction and engineering industry innovate and grow. This investment from Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD) will help small- and medium-sized businesses adopt new products and technologies that improve the energy efficiency of buildings and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

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Join our upcoming webinar to uncover options and opportunities amid re-openings

July 28, 2020 sadia_badhon

On Thursday, August 6, at 1 p.m. EDT, join Construction Canada’s webinar to learn more about options and opportunities amid re-openings.

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Ryerson University hub to help SMEs conduct businesses during the pandemic

July 7, 2020 sadia_badhon

Ryerson University’s Business Innovation Hub is a new initiative within the Ryerson Entrepreneur Institute (REI) that seeks to help small and medium-sized businesses adapt to today’s uncertain economy due to the COVID-19 pandemic through the delivery of creative solutions.

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Designed in Canada: Citizen Care Pod is a smart, modular testing unit for COVID-19

June 16, 2020 sadia_badhon

Canadian design professionals worked together amidst the COVID-19 crisis to launch the Citizen Care Pod, a smart screening and testing pod that integrates intelligent technology within a modular design to support a safe, responsible recovery for governments, businesses, and communities.

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Construction associations create roadmap to help kick-start economy

June 9, 2020 sadia_badhon

The Canadian and Ontario Home Builders’ Associations (CHBA and OHBA) and the Building Industry and Land Development Association (BILD) have created a roadmap which suggests residential and non-residential construction industry will lead the post COVID-19 economic recovery.

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Perkins and Will advises against the use of antimicrobial building products

June 2, 2020 sadia_badhon

Perkins and Will and the nonprofit Healthy Building Network (HBN) reiterate building products with antimicrobial treatments have not been proven to be a safe or effective means of controlling the spread of COVID-19.

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Worker safety main concern of Ontario contractors, finds survey

May 26, 2020 sadia_badhon

The Ontario Construction Secretariat (OCS) has released the Coronavirus Contractors Survey 2: Restart & Recovery to provide insight on how the construction industry is restarting and recovering from the initial effects of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Perkins and Will offers road map for safe return to work

May 22, 2020 sadia_badhon

Perkins and Will has created a road map for return to offer guidance for a safe return to the office during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Quadrangle’s Neighbourhood Nests to help foster community resilience

May 20, 2020 sadia_badhon

Architecture firm Quadrangle has created the concept of ‘Neighbourhood Nests’ to foster community resilience in multi-unit residential buildings.

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Ontario allows all construction work to resume

May 19, 2020 sadia_badhon

As part of the first stage of its reopening framework, the Ontario government will allow all construction activities to resume, provided the general trend on health indicators continues to improve.

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