SMACNA-BC Navigates a Changing Landscape
By / Jeremy Hallman • Executive Director, SMACNA-BC Our industry continues to face a rapidly evolving landscape as we start 2025. Just as I started to think we could pull off a “soft landing” and […]
February 2025
Addiction in Construction: The Culture of Recovery
In Canada, men experience the highest rates of opioid overdoses, and trades workers are more impacted by substance use and addiction than other fields of work. Trades work is physically demanding and stressful. Its culture […]
Comfort by Design per ASHRAE Standards 62.1 and 55
By Norm Grusnick, PEng • Commercial Business Development Representative, ECCO Supply The goal of a good room air distribution system is to provide thermal comfort and a healthy living environment for occupants in the space. […]
Building Smarter: What Construction Can Learn from Manufacturing
By Dave Halabourda, Project Manager and Project Optimization Specialist at Apollo Sheet Metal When it comes to inefficiency, construction is in a league of its own. Cost overruns, delays, and material waste are so common they’re […]
Diversity in Leadership: Why Representation Matters
In the modern workplace, the importance of diverse leadership cannot be overstated. However, when we talk about diversity, we refer to a broad-spectrum of identities encompassing race and ethnicity, gender, cultural background, age, sexual orientation, […]