Historically, wood has been associated with a cost-effective way of building safe housing and neighbourhoods, and that tradition should be continued. Wood construction allows homebuyers the opportunity to purchase a modern, spacious, and affordable...
Tag: Residential
Reducing the operational energy use and increasing durability should be the prime concerns of architects who wish to design and build ‘green’ buildings,” wrote John Straube, PhD, P.Eng., principal at RDH Building Science and...
The Conference Board of Canada published updated reports for the national residential and non-residential construction industries. The “Canada’s Residential Construction Industry” report states the Canadian housing market continued to grow moderately in the first...
OHBA names winners of awards of distinction
(10/13/2015)
The Ontario Home Builders Association (OHBA) honoured residential real estate projects in 39 categories with awards of distinction. The winning projects were chosen based on innovation and excellence in areas such as architectural design...
CMHC announces July housing starts
(08/17/2015)
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) has reported the country’s trend measure of housing starts was 185,586 units in July compared to 184,035 in June. The trend is a six-month moving average of the...
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