Safety Codes Conference 2013 is pleased to offer a new service convenience to attending delegates.  Thanks to the sponsorship commitmen ...Read the full article

Warm, dry weather conditions are reported in the provincewide Fire Behavior Forecast recently released by provincial authorities. Read the fu ...Read the full article

  The Heating, Refrigeration, and Air-Conditioning Institute (HRAI) of Canada is pleased to offer a seminar customized to meet  inf ...Read the full article

  The International Firestop Council (IFC) is committed to making buildings safer through compartmentalization and has developed an Insp ...Read the full article

Safety violations have dramatically increased due to tighter regulations developed by the City of Calgary and the building industry, implemen ...Read the full article

Edmonton, Alberta – The Safety Codes Council has contracted with Harry Diemer and Associates (HD & A) to conduct a province-wide consulta ...Read the full article

Recent amendments to the Minimum Housing and Health Standards enhance the ability of Executive Officers (Public Health Inspectors or Enviro ...Read the full article

​The Safety Codes Council would like to congratulate our long-time partner, the Electrical Contractors Association of Alberta on reaching its ...Read the full article

​The winter holidays can be a wonderful time of year. Bright lights, delicious treats, and children bubbling over with excitement all make th ...Read the full article

​Edmonton, Alberta – Albertans who buy a new home will have improved warranty coverage for their purchase under new legislation. The New Home ...Read the full article

​Calgary, Alberta – Congratulations are in order as veteran home builder Avi Amir was inducted into the Canadian Home Builders Association – ...Read the full article

​In December 2011, government approved establishment of a New Home Buyer Protection Act to legislate a mandatory new home warranty framework. ...Read the full article

​A Calgary-based concrete restoration contractor has been charged by the City of Calgary under the Safety Codes Act for undertaking a parkade ...Read the full article

​Edmonton, Alberta—The Safety Codes Council is pleased to announce that former Administrator of Accreditation Gerald Baron has been promoted ...Read the full article

The government is looking to introduce a new law that improves warranties for new homes, as well as increasing fines for builders violating b ...Read the full article

​The Canadian Commission on Building and Fire Codes (CCBFC) is looking for participants for their annual public review changes to the 2010 Na ...Read the full article

​Edmonton – City Council have approved zero lot homes, much to the concern of the city’s fire department. According to the new zoning rules t ...Read the full article

​Calgary – Buyer beware.   Purchasing a new condo can be an exciting venture, but not every story is a positive one. When Tracy Hyrhoruk pu ...Read the full article

​CALGARY - A fire broke out on August 28th, leaving eleven people inside the Shamrock Hotel before fire services could arrive on the scene. N ...Read the full article

​Just weeks after the Master Electrician (ME) search feature and automated telephone information system (for delivering ME related FAQs) were ...Read the full article

​Calgary lawyer Michael Joel Bondar was fined $23,000 under the Safety Codes Act for failing to deal with an order in a timely fashion. Bonda ...Read the full article

​Every year, the Safety Codes Council and Alberta Municipal Affairs host a round table discussion with accredited municipalities to discuss k ...Read the full article

​Calgary Metal Recycling, a metal recycling facility in Ogden, and its owner Odgen Holding Inc. are being charged with 17 violations of the A ...Read the full article

​The Safety Codes Council is proposing revisions to the current certification levels for building safety codes officers. The primary changes ...Read the full article

​The Master Electrician list, formerly available on the ECAA’s website, is now available on the Safety Codes Council’s website under the Mast ...Read the full article

​On June 8th, 2012, O'Byrnes Irish Pub pleaded guilty for a fire code violation and was charged a $3,000 fine under the Safety Codes Act.  T ...Read the full article

ABSA and Alberta Municipal Affairs recently sent out an information bulletin regarding beverage dispensing systems using carbon dioxide gas a ...Read the full article

​The Safety Codes Council commissioned Howard Research Management Consulting Inc. to conduct research to identify and investigate recruitment ...Read the full article

​​As part of the code development process, Municipal Affairs and the Council are consulting on proposed changes to Alberta specific code requ ...Read the full article

​ Pike research has released three reports detailing with construction of green buildings. According to the research, the trend in the gree ...Read the full article

​The Safety Codes Council was unexpectedly closed on April 5th due to a power outage caused by a snow storm. We unfortunately were unable to ...Read the full article

​ As of May 1st, The City of Calgary will now require building developers to submit a public safety plan before they are awarded building p ...Read the full article

​The Safety Codes Council is now undertaking a process to review and revise the Private Sewage Systems Standard of Practice 2009 to make impr ...Read the full article

The City of Calgary is proposing a trial program that will allow safety codes inspectors, alongside zoning inspectors to check secondary suit ...Read the full article

Friends of the Safety Codes Council are invited to visit our office and pick up their free BUILDEX Edmonton pass.   Visit the BUILDEX webs ...Read the full article

150 residents of a new condo building in Leduc will have until the end of March to evacuate their condominium complex due to safety concerns. ...Read the full article

Verification of Compliance (VOC) is a compliance monitoring tool that was introduced in the Uniform Quality Management Plan (UQMP) to recogni ...Read the full article

Heritage Station, Inc., the owner of London towers in Calgary, pleaded guilty in court to non-compliance with a fire safety codes order regar ...Read the full article

Safety Codes officers, municipalities, and agencies providing safety codes services are now called upon to enforce tougher standards for fire ...Read the full article

Numerous buildings across Alberta may require additional safety inspections after an investigation revealed that the approvals for the fire s ...Read the full article

A CBC investigative report raises concerns and issues regarding the effectiveness of new laws designed to eliminate major fires in Alberta. I ...Read the full article

Effective January 1, 2012 the Honourable Doug Griffiths, Minister of Municipal Affairs, has approved revisions to the Schedule of Levies. Thi ...Read the full article

Effective January 1, 2012 the Safety Codes Council has adopted a revised fee schedule affecting accredited agencies and corporations. This ac ...Read the full article

Log housing has been part of Canada’s celebrated history for centuries. But with new building codes coming in to ensure housing are more ener ...Read the full article

Do sprinklers and housing mix together? From installation issues to potential accidental sprinkler discharging, there are many concerns regar ...Read the full article

The following STANDATA and Fire Code Safety Alert have been released and are now available from Alberta Municipal Affairs. Click on the link ...Read the full article

The National Energy Codes of Canada for Buildings 2011 (NECB) will help make future Canadian buildings significantly better by increasing its ...Read the full article