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As renovation and retrofit projects continue to grow in Canada, builders are running into a familiar challenge as they try to add or relocate plumbing in spaces that were not originally designed to support it. In basements, slab-on-grade homes, older buildings or smaller urban spaces, traditional drainage systems can make it hard to change a layout, and often lead...
By Evan Andrade, CHBA Economist
One of CHBA’s objectives is to push for improved data collection and publication related to new home construction. With the high-level policy target of doubling housing starts over the next 10 years, much of the data needed to track progress towards this target is simply not available. For example, the number of new housing starts...
By Wayne Karl, Editor, Building Excellence
For Lacey Construction Ltd. in Fraser Valley, BC, building award-winning residences – often in remote areas – over the course of its almost 30 years in business, might be enough of a calling card to be proud of. But for this established custom homebuilder and renovator, such success is only part of its story.
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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...