south of Regina, will be certified
through the organization.
In parallel with the release of these
lots, the Government of Saskatchewan
is scheduled to adopt 9.36 of the build-
ing code in the coming months. This
will be the first time the code ad-
dresses energy
efficiency in
Saskatchewan, which means all
builders will have energy efficient re-
quirements they must meet.
Built Green Canada says its pro-
grams are complementary to the in-
coming code as they include energy
efficiency, integrating Natural Re-
sources Canada’s EnerGuide label,
and then go beyond to include the
preservation of natural resources, re-
duction of pollution, ventilation and air
quality, and the improvement of home
durability. “The convergence of this develop-
ment with the incoming 9.36 is fortu-
itous and shows the leadership
coming from within the industry
putting builders ahead of regulation,”
says Jenifer Christenson, chief execu-
tive officer of Built Green Canada. “The
growth of our programs, in large part,
is due to progressive builders who
continue to pursue better building
technologies and innovations.”
Todd Bodnar of Dakine Home
Builders, and the developer behind Au-
tumn Ridge Estates, was the first
builder in the province to certify their
builds through a third-party program
that includes energy, as well as mate-
rials and methods, indoor air quality,
ventilation, waste management, water
conservation, and business practices.
“We believe that environmental
leadership encompasses careful col-
laboration with all our suppliers and
subtrades to ensure each home we
build has a low environmental impact.
From beginning to end, we look for
ways to reduce construction waste
and increase a home’s efficiency to re-
duce our carbon footprint,” says Bod-
nar. “We’re proud to be expanding on
this by developing a community of
homes certified through Built Green
Canada.” MANITOBA
Canada Green Building
Council announces 100th
Manitoba LEED certification
The Canada Green Building Council
(CaGBC) and the CaGBC Manitoba
Chapter say that Manitoba has
achieved its 100th LEED certified pro-
ject. Totalling 601,753 sq. m. of space,
these 100 LEED certifications repre-
sent Manitoba’s greenest and most
sustainable buildings, with 72 certifica-
tions in Winnipeg, six in Brandon, and
the remaining 22 projects spread
across the province, CaGBC says in a
news release.
The 100th project is Stantec’s new
Winnipeg office at 311 Portage St.,
which earned LEED Gold for Commer-
cial Interiors certification on June 27.
This 55,000 sq. ft. office space amalga-
mates the company’s many office lo-
cations into one central spot in the city,
and incorporated various green design
measures in order to achieve a con-
struction waste diversion of 91.33 per
cent, a 36.7 per cent reduction in in-
stalled lighting power density over
ASHRAE 90.1-2004, and reduction of
61.43 per cent over baseline for water
fixture performance.
“This excellent outcome in achiev-
ing LEED Gold certification in the Com-
mercial Interiors rating system is the
result of strong collaboration within our
architecture, interior design, and engi-
neering buildings team,” says Eric
Wiens, Stantec vice-president and re-
gional leader, Manitoba. “I can’t think of
a better way to serve as a role model
for our clients than to achieve this cer-
tification from the CaGBC and to
demonstrate our own high perfor-
mance design capacity right within our
Stantec office in downtown Winnipeg.”
Manitoba’s 100 LEED certified pro-
jects include 16 LEED Certified, 41
LEED Silver, 34 LEED Gold, and nine
LEED Platinum. Rating system types
are broken down as 72 new construc-
tion or core and shell projects, six com-
mercial interiors projects, five existing
building certifications, and 17 homes
projects, with a total of 50 residential
units. In addition to certifications, there
are an additional 121 projects regis-
tered with the intention to certify,
which total more than 800,000 sq. m.
of space.
11-year-old sets fire through
emergency room under
construction at Winnipeg’s
Grace Hospital
An 11-year-old boy is accused of
setting a fire that tore through the roof
of a new emergency room still under
construction at Winnipeg’s Grace Hos-
pital, CBC has reported.
Crews were called to the construc-
tion site on the hospital’s north side
around 10:50 p.m. on July 2.
Fire officials said the water supply
was restricted because one fire hy-
drant wasn’t working. However, they
contained the flames mostly to the
roof. The boy was arrested in connection
with the fire but he is under 12 and
therefore too young to face charges
under Canadian law, police said.
Canada Post paid Winnipeg
mail processing plant
builders six years after
construction completed:
CBC report
Canada Post continued to pay
builders of the Winnipeg mail process-
ing plant six years after the facility was
complete, and more than a year after
RCMP first learned of possible fraud in
the construction project, Canadian
Broadcasting Corp. (CBC) News has
reported. The details are found in a Feb. 2,
2017 sworn affidavit RCMP used to
force TD Bank to provide records re-
lated to the joint venture between
Caspian Projects Inc. and AECON, the
two companies hired by Canada Post
to build the Winnipeg mail processing
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