The Canadian building construction market is worth $130 billion and is expected to grow, yet builders are faced with increasing construction costs and shrinking profits. They are turning to manufacturers to provide innovative and cost-effective products with demonstrated performance, and to provincial and territorial governments to provide consistent and simple-to-implement regulations across the country.
Free online presentations on the new energy efficiency requirements for housing and small buildings that were recently added to Part 9 of the National Building Code of Canada (NBC) 2010 are available on the National Codes website. The energy efficiency requirements for larger non-residential and mixed-use buildings falling under Part 9 are not addressed, as they must comply with the National Energy Code of Canada for Buildings 2011.
NRC, in collaboration with the Régie du bâtiment du Québec, is pleased to announce the publication of the Quebec Safety Code, Chapter VIII – Building, and National Fire Code of Canada 2010 (amended). In addition to the amended National Fire Code, this Code includes design requirements that vary according to the year of construction as well as more stringent provisions for sleeping rooms and care occupancies. It is available in the following formats: print (binder version), online viewing and downloadable PDF.
Revisions and Errata have been issued and are now available to Code users who purchased the printed and electronic versions of the following National Construction Codes: First Revisions and Errata to the 2010 National Building Code of Canada; First Errata … Full story
The Canadian Commission on Building and Fire Codes (CCBFC) is taking a closer look at requirements in the 2010 National Building and Fire Codes of Canada that currently limit the height of wood buildings to no more than four storeys. … Full story
The National Research Council, in collaboration with the Régie du bâtiment du Québec, is pleased to announce the publication of the first series of revisions to the Quebec Construction Code, Chapter I – Building, and National Building Code of Canada … Full story
The Canadian Commission on Building and Fire Codes (CCBFC) has created a task group to consider the use of a new rating to address airborne sound transmission between dwelling units and a calculation tool as an additional performance-based option to … Full story
Time is running out for proposing changes for inclusion in the 2015 editions of the National Model Construction Codes The deadline is fast approaching for those who are thinking of proposing a change to the National Model Construction Codes for … Full story
Energy efficiency requirements for housing and small buildings include new provisions for log home construction The special winter 2012 public review on proposed changes to incorporate energy efficiency requirements for housing and small buildings into Part 9 of the National … Full story
Development of content for the National Model Construction Codes follows a consensus-based process directed by the Canadian Commission on Building and Fire Codes (CCBFC). This ongoing process starts with an initial code change request and ends with the publication of … Full story
