At Interior Designers of Canada’s (IDC’s) annual meeting in Vancouver, the association announced two new Fellowships: Victoria Horobin (Toronto’s KBH Interior Design) and Adele Bonetti (Grande Prairie, Alberta’s Concetto Interior Design). It also announced...

From December 3 to 5, the 26th annual Construct Canada is coming to the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. Held concurrently with PM Expo, HomeBuilder & Renovator Expo, Concrete Canada, Construct International, and IIDEXCanada, it...

Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) executive director/CEO Walter Marlowe, PE, will be stepping down after eight years in December. The association has announced his interim replacement will be Greg Ceton, CSI, CDT—a CSC Honourary member.

On September 19, the Holcim Foundation announced the winning projects for its North American awards in Toronto. The program, held every three years, honours “innovative, future-oriented and tangible construction projects”—that have not yet been...




Fire resistance is one of the oldest fire protection strategies. Fire-resistance-rated walls and floors, joined together continuously, mean ‘effective compartmentation’ for a room of any size. Materials specified in MasterFormat 07 84 00−Firestopping maintain...

Doorways have evolved from simple mechanical building components into high-tech access control platforms and life-safety portals. Fortunately, in the case of doorway security, ‘complex’ does not necessarily mean ‘difficult.’ Even with the rapid development...