Climate Change and Construction
Below are articles from the latest and previous Climate Change and Construction Special Feature by the Journal of Commerce.
Feature Articles - Climate Change and Construction
![New climate a challenge for old buildings in Western Canada](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/PC-HERITAGE-MAIN-RossdalePlantExteriorWithRiverMainWEB-CC-300x169.png)
New climate a challenge for old buildings in Western Canada
Heritage buildings in Western Canada are feeling the effects of climate change....
Projects
![New Vancouver GHG emissions reporting requirements come into effect June 1](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/PC-Vancouver-climate-and-GHG-bylawMainWEB-CC-300x169.png)
New Vancouver GHG emissions reporting requirements come into effect June 1
On June 1, Vancouver’s largest commercial buildings — over 100,000 square feet i...
Government , Resource
![Climate change pushing a new era of adaptive design at architecture schools](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/JS_ArchitectureClimateMainWEB-CC-300x169.png)
Climate change pushing a new era of adaptive design at architecture schools
Architecture schools in Alberta and Manitoba are preparing architects to visuali...
Projects
![Lake Simcoe restoration projects an exercise in preservation, prevention](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/PG-3-DO-20230515_120116_Curry-after-constructionMainWEB-CC-300x169.png)
Lake Simcoe restoration projects an exercise in preservation, prevention
Encompassing approximately 745 square kilometres, Ontario’s Lake Simcoe is the f...
Projects , Resource
![Roofs on front lines of climate change adaption](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/MAIN-JS-CLIMATE-ROOFINGMainWEB-CC-300x169.png)
Roofs on front lines of climate change adaption
Roofs are on the front lines of climate change adaption and the construction ind...
Projects , Resource
![Construction companies need a strategy as ESG reporting requirements increase](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/JB-ESGMainWEB-CC-300x169.png)
Construction companies need a strategy as ESG reporting requirements increase
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) monitoring, measuring and reporting a...
Resource
![Developing AI building operation solutions amid a maze of green certifications](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/PG-3-JB-CLIMATE-best-inventions-of-2020-BrainBox-2MainWEB-CC-300x169.png)
Developing AI building operation solutions amid a maze of green certifications
Market expectations and government regulations are increasingly high when it com...
Resource , Technology
![Oversight critical on construction sites when temperatures spike](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/JS-climate-and-heat-stressMainWEB-CC-300x169.png)
Oversight critical on construction sites when temperatures spike
Jim Noon, president of the Vancouver Island Building and Construction Trades Cou...
OH&S
![Westmar Advisors wins award for Wuikinuxv debris wall and wharf reconstruction](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/05/PC-WUIKINUX-2MainWEB-climate-300x169.png)
Westmar Advisors wins award for Wuikinuxv debris wall and wharf reconstruction
Westmar Advisors Inc. has won an ACEC British Columbia (ACEC-BC) 2023 award of e...
Infrastructure , Resource
![Industry has a ‘complete void of basic knowledge’ on carbon footprints](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/05/GC_CLIMATE_IndustryRoundtableMainWEB-300x169.png)
Industry has a ‘complete void of basic knowledge’ on carbon footprints
Owners, contractors and subs are eager to take meaningful steps to decarbonize t...
Infrastructure
![Pieces of Prince of Wales Park shoreline puzzle coming together](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/05/PG-3-Completed-revetment-slopeMainWEB-CCfeature-300x169.png)
Pieces of Prince of Wales Park shoreline puzzle coming together
Climate change and extreme flooding have been catalysts for a series of Toronto...
Infrastructure
![First BC Embodied Carbon Awards celebrate industry innovation](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/05/PC-carbon-award-perkins-and-willMainWEB-300x169.png)
First BC Embodied Carbon Awards celebrate industry innovation
A number of zero-carbon properties in British Columbia were recently recognized...
Projects
![Mississauga building a next level net-zero fire station](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/05/PG-3-DO-fire-station-frontelevationMainWEB-climate-300x169.png)
Mississauga building a next level net-zero fire station
In the west end of Mississauga, Ont., near the border with Oakville, general con...
Labour
![Passive House Canada and U.S. Passive House Network announce new partnership](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/05/exhibitor-shotMainWEB-CCfeature-01-300x169.png)
Passive House Canada and U.S. Passive House Network announce new partnership
An important North American building standards collaboration was announced last...
Resource
![ESG compliance liability risk is coming to construction industry directors](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/05/PG-3-exacvator-diggingMainWEB-climate-01-300x169.png)
ESG compliance liability risk is coming to construction industry directors
Although some may feel ESGs are a symptom of increased “woke capitalism” in toda...
Economic , Resource
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Bird selected to complete five projects valued at $625M across Canada
MISSISSAUGA, ONT. — Bird Construction Inc. has been selected for five projects i...
Economic , Projects
![Frustration grows over Ontario Excess Soil Regulation compliance and enforcement](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2021/11/Bleasby_Climate6-01-300x169.png)
Frustration grows over Ontario Excess Soil Regulation compliance and enforcement
In December 2019, Ontario’s On Site and Excess Soil Regulation came into law in...
Government , Resource
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BoC considered waiting until July to cut interest rates, summary says
OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada’s governing council thought about waiting until July...
Economic
![Jacob Bros acquisition comes down to culture and strategic growth: Bird CEO](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/06/WF-jacbo-bros-acqusitionMainWEB-300x169.jpg)
Jacob Bros acquisition comes down to culture and strategic growth: Bird CEO
For Bird president and CEO Teri McKibbon the acquisition of Jacob Bros addressed...
Economic
![‘A lightbulb moment’: Bartender turns to welding for a second chance at career success](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/06/FRONT-DO-George-Brown-weldingMainWEB-AST-300x169.png)
‘A lightbulb moment’: Bartender turns to welding for a second chance at career success
For almost 25 years Lilly Lazare-Greene worked as a bartender in downtown Toront...
Labour
![Over 200 members of Indigenous communities across Canada gain valuable construction skills](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/06/FRONT-DO-Mohawk-College-C2R2-CWDP-Photo-4MainWEB-IPD-300x169.png)
Over 200 members of Indigenous communities across Canada gain valuable construction skills
More than 200 members of 14 Indigenous communities, including a sizable number o...
Labour
![Calgary’s can-do construction industry keeps dry during water emergency](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/06/PC-WatermainCollageMainWEB-300x169.png)
Calgary’s can-do construction industry keeps dry during water emergency
Like everyone else in Calgary, the city’s construction industry has been struggl...
Infrastructure
![Mount Pleasant building scales new heights thanks to zoning change](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/06/Foundation-1-mainweb-300x169.jpg)
Mount Pleasant building scales new heights thanks to zoning change
One of Vancouver’s oldest and trendiest areas is climbing to new heights, thanks...