How Not To Get Soaked When Hiring Someone

How Not To Get Soaked When Hiring Someone.  Finding a plumber is easy, you just need to pick up the yellow pages, or go on-line and enter a search for local plumbers. Finding one that is reliable and can carry out the work to a high standard is the difficult part. You...

Ontario Building Code and Large Buildings

Ontario Building Code and Large Buildings.  Most home inspectors take a couple of basic Part 9 Ontario Building Code courses as part of their education. The two courses taught by Georgian College as part of their evening home inspection course covers the basics of the...

Large Buildings and Fire Protection

  Firestopping is installed mainly in large building but may be found in small residential multi-family units etc. Firestopping is installed in strategic locations to resist the passage of fire from one area to another.  One use of firestopping is to maintain the...

Deck Collapse – Is Your Deck Safe?

Safety Alert: Study Reveals Sharp Increase in Deck Failures A landmark study reveals that there have been 179 reported deck collapses from January2000 through December 2006, killing 33 and injuring 1,122.By: Michael Morse, Brittney Corwin, Robert Morse and Andrew...

Large Buildings – Occupancy, Size and Construction Requirements

  Ontario building code regulates the type of construction, whether combustible or non-combustible, and fire resistant ratings of their assemblies and supports. This is to provide a degree of life safety and reduce chances of building collapse while building is still...