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April 2022 News
April 2022
What You Need to Know About the Mortgage Pre-approval Process in Canada
NextHome - From starting your home search to qualifying for a mortgage, buying your first home can feel daunting. To reduce some of the stress, mortgage pre-approval is a great way to kickstart the homebuying process. What is mortgage pre-approval? In simple terms, a mortgage pre-approval is a commitment your lender makes to hold a rate and a mortgage product for up to 120 days. If you buy a home within that period...
April 2022
StatsCan Building Permits Report: February 2022
Fenestration - The total value of building permits rose 21.0% to a record $12.4 billion in February, with British Columbia (+130.2%) leading the way. Construction intentions in the residential sector were up 9.8%, while the non-residential sector jumped 43.2%, driven mainly by large hospital permits in British Columbia and Quebec. On a constant dollar basis (2012=100), the total value of building permits increased 22.1% in February. Construction intentions in February...
April 2022
National Welding Month – April 2022
National Today - The American Welding Society marks April as the National Welding Month to recognize the industry and its workers that have kept the country moving forward. Did you know that good welding is invisible 99% of the time? It’s only noticed when something goes wrong and that’s outrageously unfair. Throughout this month, the American Welding Society raises awareness about the shortage of trade skills in the welding industry and its career paths, and celebrates the work of the welders...
April 2022
Michael Green Architecture and Unbuilders present Re-Grow at Buildex
Canadian Architect - Unbuilders and Michael Green Architecture (MGA) have created an experiential display that confronts the largest contributor to overflowing landfills — construction and demolition waste. According to the team, current practices of construction and demolition produce 40 per cent of the solid waste in Canada (equal to 4M tonnes of waste per year), and within this ‘waste’ lies tools to build a net-zero future...
April 2022
Design Month launches in Winnipeg
Canadian Architect - The Winnipeg Architecture Foundation, Storefront Manitoba and the Flash Photographic Festival have joined together to create a Design Month in April. The month will feature a variety of tours, talks and exhibits showcasing architecture and design, and will also coincide with the annual Architecture+Design Film Festival (April 6-10 ). “This is the first year for the event which we are organizing with little time nor money. But, we think there will be lots of appealing activities, most of which are free...
April 2022
Deconstructivism
Canadian Architect - Vancouver-based company Unbuilders meticulously disassembles buildings, saving them from landfill. Architects are usually focused on the beginning of buildings, paying little attention to their end. But as climate impacts worsen, it’s a reckoning they’ll need to face: the four million tonnes of construction waste that Canada landfills annually comprises 40% of its total landfill content. That material leaches chemicals and releases CO2—and a lot of it could have been recycled...
April 2022
Construction to Start on New Subway Line in the GTA
DataBid - The Premier of Ontario was on hand to officially break ground for the Ontario Line Exhibition Station, marking the start of construction for the new subway line in the Greater Toronto Area.On-Site states that the 14 stations along the 15.6 kilometres Ontario Line will provide rapid transit between Exhibition/Ontario Place and the Ontario Science Centre. The Ontario Line Station will connect to more than 40 other transit routes...