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Peter Busby, chair of CaGBC, spoke about the future of green building in Canada.
Photo courtesy CaGBC.
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| In June, more than 1200 delegates flocked to downtown Toronto for the largest ever national green building summit. Hosted by the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Shifting Into the Mainstream fostered a meeting of minds over three days. |
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CSC News
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| The Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) recently teamed up with buildingSMARTalliance, buildingSMARTNorway, and the International Code Council (ICC) to present the first ever International Framework for Dictionaries (IFD) Library/Information Delivery Manual (IDM)/Industry Foundation Class (IFC) Workshop in North America. The workshop took place April 6 to 8, just outside Washington, D.C. Construction Specifications Canada (CSC) representatives attended and made presentations at the workshop. |
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Top Stories
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| More than 25,000 architects will descend on Toronto for the largest convention the city has ever hosted, the 2017 American Institute of Architects (AIA) National Convention and Design Exposition. |
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| A fierce race pitted engineering students from across North America against each other in the National Concrete Canoe Competition. Held at the 21st Annual National Conference of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), competing universities pushed their creative and physical limits while paddling in self-made boats of concrete. |
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| Canadian commercial construction starts are anticipated to be slightly down this year at 4.4 million m2 (47 million sf). CanaData's Summer 2008 summary of the commercial construction outlook prediction marks a decline from last year's 5.2 million m2 (55.6 million sf). In 2009, starts are expected to shrink further, reaching 3.8 million m2 (41 million sf), but bounce up marginally to 3.9 million m2 (42 million sf) in 2010. |
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| The combination of increased building demands and retiring baby boomers has created a flood of employment opportunities for new construction workers. The pacesetters of this building frenzy are B.C. and Alberta, according to the fourth annual national labour market forecast by the Construction Sector Council (CSC). |
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Calendar
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August 20–22
Canadian Solar Buildings Conference
Solar Buildings Research Network
Fredericton, N.B.
Delta Fredericton
www.solarbuildings.ca September 4-7
Global Conference and Expo Ageing & Design Montréal
International Federation on Ageing
Montreal, Que.
Palais des congrès de Montréal
www.ageingdesignmontreal.ca September 7-10
FIDIC Annual Conference
International Federation of Consulting Engineers of Canada
Quebec City, Que.
Chateau Frontenac
www1.fidic.org/conference/2008 September 9-10
2008 Green Building Festival
Innovolve Group
Toronto, Ont.
Toronto Congress Centre
www.greenbuildingfest.com
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