This February, the Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) released Pricing Fairness: A Deliverable Framework for Fairly Allocating WSIB Insurance Costs. Once this proposed framework takes effect, employers in Ontario—including design/construction firms—will face a significantly altered landscape for workplace insurance, including the premiums they will pay. Employers will need to assess their current approach to absence management strategies as premiums paid become even more sensitive to claim costs.

Redoing part of a project because it does not meet the appropriate code can be frustrating thanks to cost overruns and project delays. In Ontario, many outside of the electrical trade are not aware a Licensed Electrical Contractor (LEC)—a business licensed by the Electrical Safety Authority (ESA) to do electrical work for hire—is responsible for the safe installation of conduits/ducts for the purpose of housing electrical wiring

Already achieving Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification, the Earth Rangers Centre for Sustainable Technology (ERC) set its sights on earning an even tougher goal: LEED Platinum.