New provisions of BC Building Code 2024 went into effect Monday containing new adaptability and seismic requirements. And while the changes make sense to one local developer, he says the changes could ...

The B.C. government updates to the BC Building Code come after Vancouver approved a motion to increase the height of mass timber buildings. Adera Development Corp. A greener future is taking root in B ...

The use of mass timber in British Columbia is moving up and expanding to schools, libraries and other construction. The expansion also includes building with mass timber for housing, retail, light and ...

Our journalism is supported by readers like you. Click here to support The Tyee. Zoë Ducklow is a multimedia journalist and photographer in B.C. Her work has appeared in CBC Radio, CBC Indigenous and ...

The CleanBC plan aims to ensure that all new buildings in the province will be “net-zero energy ready” by 2032Rob Kruyt, BIV The provincial government’s goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions may be ...

The British Columbia government has announced changes to the building code that expand options for secondary suites in multi-family buildings. The change will give local governments the choice to ...

The use of mass timber in British Columbia is moving up and expanding to schools, libraries and other construction. The province says it’s making building-code changes allowing for the use of mass ...

A new building is being built at the University of British Columbia campus in Vancouver, B.C., Monday, June, 13, 2016. The province is making building-code changes allowing for the use of mass timber ...