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PBC Today | June 25, 2020

Metal composite panels are becoming a commercial builder’s dream. Lightweight, structurally tough and watertight, they can be erected very quickly and provide the ultimate U value. The internals, such as flooring and fit-out, and external fixtures such as screening can be worked on simultaneously, saving a fortune in time and labour. Add to this the fact that the panels’ lack of weight means further savings on the cost of designing and laying foundations, and it’...

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FOS of CannonDesign. | December 14, 2021

Facility Optimization Solutions, LLC (FOS), who provides professional services and software solutions to enhance facility management practices, announced today the launch of its newly upgraded facility condition assessment (FCA) and capital planning platform, FOScore®. This new design offers a fresh look and easy navigation, featuring interfaces to increase quality assurance abilities and improved user experiences. The FOScore® software upgrade was designed with clients in mind, coming e...

ConstructConnect | February 10, 2020

There’s a slow but steady trend towards more prefabrication, off-site construction and modularization in Canadian construction. Although there are subtle differences between the three terms, they are often used interchangeably. Here, for sake of simplicity, they will be referred to collectively as prefabrication or prefab. Construction consultant Mark Taylor, who is a former vice-president of permanent modular construction with a large Canadian builder, says prefab construction combines el...

Construction Dive | March 26, 2020

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee released a construction-specific clarification to his statewide stay-at-home order yesterday, reversing his original mandate from Monday that appeared to exempt construction. The clarification states that nearly all construction is a nonessential activity and should halt in the state, which has been hit hard by COVID-19. While disappointing to Washington contractors who want construction to continue, Inslee’s memo did provide clear guidance on which types of proj...