by Working Forest | Aug 31, 2015 | Archives
Alberta’s Liberal leader says the province needs to go after the former owner of a wood preserving plant to pay for the cleanup of lands west of Calgary’s downtown contaminated with nearly two million litres of toxic creosote. While taxpayers funded a $12.5 million...
by Working Forest | Aug 28, 2015 | Archives
Firefighters have descended on a blaze in Green Timbers Urban Forest this morning. On Thursday morning, fire crews trucked water deep into the forest to douse a smoldering fire, which was about 60 by 120 metres in size. Water needed to be trucked into the area of the...
by Working Forest | Aug 28, 2015 | Archives
They’re unsightly and pesky, and have been known to induce a case of the heebie-jeebies. The elm spanworm has returned to the St. John’s area. Widespread outbreaks first started in the city in 2002, and since then, there have been several instances where...
by Working Forest | Aug 28, 2015 | Archives
Concrete opposition Canada’s concrete industry has come out swinging against taller wood-frame buildings in general and the Quebec government’s recent decision to allow them in particular. The Canadian Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (CPCI) is arguing that...
by Working Forest | Aug 28, 2015 | Archives
In an ongoing conflict over building materials for mid-rise offices and housing, the Canadian Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute says the construction of 12-storey wooden buildings circumvents the Canadian building code process designed to ensure the safety of all...
by Working Forest | Aug 28, 2015 | Archives
Ten days after the Quebec government announced a technical guide on building mass timber buildings up to 12 storeys in height, an institute representing the precast prestressed concrete industry suggested there will be a cost of protecting such buildings from fire,...
