Calgary’s firefighters union is trying to prevent what it calls a dangerous housing trend — in which multi-storey housing ...

The demand for sustainable, lower-carbon solutions in the construction industry is creating new opportunities for the use of mass timber in Canada. Building code regulations are changing to allow for ...

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They largely conform to present-day planning and urban design logic. As such, they will likely only deliver a smattering of ...

The value of Canadian building permits rose by 1.3% in October from September, beating expectations, Statistics Canada data showed on Wednesday. Dec 1 (Reuters) - The value of Canadian building ...

OTTAWA--Canadian building permits fell for a second straight month in August as homebuilding retreated. The total value of building permits in August declined 1.2% from the previous month to a ...

The Housing Design Catalogue is a new initiative by the Canadian Housing and Mortgage Corporation (CMHC) providing freely available, standardized designs to make homebuilding easier. The Housing ...

Technology has not only permeated our lives, but our government, as well. Foreign tech companies control the systems that allow government employees to communicate and store the personal data of ...

OTTAWA--Canadian building permits edged downward in July due to weakness in demand to build factories, warehouses and public-sector buildings like hospitals and schools. A pickup in residential ...

What do stairs have to do with California’s housing crisis? More than you might think, say many local policymakers. Cities across the state have been considering building code changes to allow new ...

Oct 11 (Reuters) - The value of Canadian building permits rose by 3.4% in August from July, Statistics Canada said on Wednesday. The residential sector saw higher intentions for the single-family ...

OTTAWA--Canadian building permits surged in July after two back-to-back declines. The total value of building permits climbed 22.1% from the prior month to a seasonally-adjusted 12.39 billion Canadian ...