Construction Specifications Canada

Vancouver Island Chapter Luncheon Meeting: Quality Assurance Program for Flooring
Chris Maskell of the Master Floor Covering Standards Institute Inc. will be presenting on the topic of quality assurance (QA) for floor coverings, a program that has been modeled on Master Painters Institute’s highly successful QA program. Specific topics will include need for this program, the top three reasons that floor coverings fail, the latest edition of the Floor Covering Reference Manual, a suggested QA short specification, an explanation of the QA process, pricing and program value. It takes place Tuesday, December 11, 2012, 12:00 noon – 1:15 p.m. at the Harbour Towers Hotel & Suites, 345 Quebec Street, Victoria. To register, visit http://vancouver-island.csc-dcc.ca/.

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Vancouver Luncheon: Eight Firestopping Systems You Need to Specify
Protecting lives and property from smoke and fire has been an evolving part of the building code in Canada for the last 30 years.  With every revision of the code, there has been an increased emphasis on ensuring fire protection standards keep up with new technologies and changing construction methods.  In this presentation Enzo Saponaro P.Eng, M. Eng, MBA and Robert Jahnsen MBA from Div7 Building Systemswill highlight the eight most commonly used – but not specified – firestopping situations. It takes place Thursday, December 20, 2012, 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. at the Sandman Hotel, 180 West Georgia Street, Vancouver. To register, visit http://vancouver.csc-dcc.ca/.

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