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CHBA BC Job Posting: Project Manager — Skilled Trades
CHBA BC
 We’re currently recruiting for an individual to help our association embark on a new initiative, funded by the provincial government, to attract and create skilled trades career opportunities in the construction industry. Reporting to the CEO and committee chair, we’re looking for someone with experience working with the trades or the residential construction industry who is comfortable within a multi-stakeholder environment. Over the two-year contract, the individual will initiate the development and implementation of the program and help us move the dial on entrants to the skilled trades.
Do you have someone in mind or want to learn more about the role? Click below to read the full job description.
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Meeting the BC Energy Step Code by Design Lessons Learned
CHBA BC
 Date: June 22, 2023
Time: 9:00 am – 10:00 am
Format: Webinar
1 CPD point
This session is designed as a follow-up session to the online e-learning course Meeting the BC Energy Step Code by Design. (Completing this prerequisite eLearning course is highly recommended before taking this webinar).
This 1-hour webinar workshop focuses on real-life applications by providing case study examples to reinforce the concepts discussed in each e-learning module. This workshop is conducted as a roundtable-style curated group discussion, designed to share project challenges, successes, and failures to demonstrate the lessons learned within the e-learning modules, while also providing opportunities for learners to ask questions and share their own project experiences.
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Mind the Gap: Preventing Failures in HVAC and Airtightness — Energy Advisor Edition
CHBA BC
Specifically tailored to the work of Energy Advisors, this webinar will take a deeper dive into the BC Energy Step Code metrics for Part 9 buildings and how to achieve Step 3 and higher through design and building techniques to build better and minimize costs. The training also qualifies for 4 CEC points accredited by the Canadian Association of Consulting Energy Advisors (CACEA). This course is open to all licensed Energy Advisors coast to coast, so please feel free to share it with your colleagues.
The content will focus on practical strategies for effective design, proper selection and installation of mechanical systems, and airtightness. Using real-world examples and different housing archetypes from local climates, we will examine why some projects fail while others pass easily. Instruction will assume a basic understanding of the BC Energy Step Code.
When: June 15, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Where: Online Live Webinar
Cost: $75
Presenter: Mark Bernhardt: President, Bernhardt Contracting
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Advocacy in Action at the BC Chamber of Commerce AGM
CHBA BC
Last week, CHBA BC staff headed to Whistler for the Annual General Meeting of the BC Chamber of Commerce (BCCC) in Whistler to oppose a resolution put forward on Prompt Payment.
As part of the BC Chamber of Commerce's process to develop an annual Proposed Resolutions Manual that is used as a basis for advocacy with the provincial government, a Prompt Payment position was submitted.
Upon review of the original policy recommendation, CHBA BC immediately took issue with the proposal, given the associations' longstanding opposition to Prompt Payment legislation in B.C. and the adverse impacts it would have on residential businesses and projects. CHBA BC, with the support of its members and EOs, took swift action to contact BCCC and local chambers to argue against the proposed policy resolution. As initially put forward the recommendation made an outright market endorsement of prompt payment policy without recognition of the specific needs and impacts on residential construction activity in British Columbia.
CHBA BC held a meeting with the chambers in question before the resolution process at the AGM and heavily advocated for more balanced language resulting in a change to the original resolution. The BCCC incorporated our suggested language, and it received 91% adoption by the Chamber's Voting Delegates. Mission accomplished!
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Ensure workers, materials, and equipment are a minimum of 10 feet (3 metres) from high-voltage conductors. Identify the hazards | Assess the risks | Implement suitable controls
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B.C.'s Clean Buildings Tax Credit
Government of BC
The clean buildings tax credit is a refundable income tax credit for qualifying retrofits that improve the energy efficiency of eligible commercial and multi-unit residential buildings with four or more units. The retrofit must improve the energy efficiency of an eligible building and meet energy-use targets. The credit amount is five percent of qualifying expenditures paid on the retrofit.
You must make or incur the expenditures under the terms of an agreement entered into after February 22, 2022, and paid before April 1, 2025.
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BC Building Code 2018 Provides More Design Freedom for Guardrails
Bezdan Railing Solutions
 Did you know the BC Building Code 2018 changed the restrictions for guard design? BC Housing’s Builder Insight Issue 17 outlines how climb-ability restrictions were removed, and horizontal elements allowed up to 4.2m height.
The key benefit for architects and designers is that they have a more comprehensive selection of products to incorporate into their designs. Horizontal and ornamental guardrail designs are easily adapted to the new Building Code requirements, including cable rail. Change, in this case, is a very good thing.
For guardrail design, refer to Article 9.8.8.6. Design of Guards to Not Facilitate Climbing. Learn more about guardrail design in BC Housing’s Building Insight 17.
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