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By Natasha Rombough, Director of Marketing and Communications, CHBA
For nearly 50 years, Grandeur Housing Ltd. has been focused on reimagining home construction. Based in Winkler, Man., Grandeur specializes in volumetric modular construction, producing a wide range of products, including single-family homes, multi-family residences and apartments, commercial buildings and specialty projects such as supportive housing and shelters for remote communities.
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By Natasha Rombough, Director of Marketing & Communications, CHBA
There’s a new development in southeast Calgary that’s bringing together high-performance modular construction and energy-efficient design.
Emerge Seton Towns is Avalon Master Builder’s newest purpose-built rental community, ideally situated within walking distance to major amenities, including healthcare, shopping, the YMCA, transit and an upcoming 6.4-hectare park. It will feature 46 stacked townhomes,...
For the past nine years, the construction industry has been governed by new Construction Act (the Act) which came into force in 2017 and replaced the previous Construction Lien Act.
The residential construction industry is at a precipice. The numbers paint a bleak picture and the forecasts are grim.
By Curtis Mercer, CHBA President
Factory-built housing construction methods, such as panelized and modular construction, are having their moment in the sun. While not a silver bullet to Canada’s housing affordability and supply challenges, they can certainly be part of the solution.
Embracing and adopting factory-built methods
In my travels to local HBAs across the country, I’m fascinated by how often this...
By Kevin Lee, CHBA CEO
Over the last few years, factory-built construction has increasingly been deemed a key part of the solution to Canada’s homebuilding productivity woes. While it has a lot to offer, the reality is that there are many market barriers to broader adoption. CHBA and our Modular Construction Council have been working hard over recent times to...
Tool manufacturers are listening to the on-site needs of professional users such as homebuilders, renovators and trade contractors. In cordless power tools, for example, voltage capacities are trending considerably higher, while sizes are getting smaller, resulting in greater compactness of many tools. Improvements in precision, accuracy and ease of use also continue to grow.
Along with these developments, in professional...
Insulation has gone multi-function – it’s not just about saving money by reducing energy consumption, but also helping the environment, keeping the home interior comfortable and healthy regardless of weather and outside conditions. Additional insulation trends include increased use of non-ozone-depleating spray-foam, which needs to be applied by certified installers, and installing continuous insulation at the exterior walls. Here’s...