WHAT IS THE FASTEST TROWEL?
The 2019 Fastest Trowel on the Block Competition hosted by the Canadian Concrete Masonry Producers...
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Top 10 Reasons to Pursue a Career in Masonry
Top 10 Reasons to Pursue a Career in Masonry
Excellent income potential. More skill equals...
Introducing a concrete approach to sustainability
Climate change is uppermost in the minds of most Canadians — and it’s a concern...
Firefighters know what construction materials support them. Do you?
Fires today burn hotter and faster than ever before. Lightweight floor assemblies can now collapse...
Buy Canadian Ad
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Making the Cut: Is cross-laminated timber safe?
By: Paul Hargest, President of CCMPA
Last March, part of a floor under construction at Oregon...
New Building Studies Website
A new website "BuildingStudies.org" www.buildingstudies.org has been developed to provide information from third party studies...
Let’s put the block on fire
In nature, fire can seem almost impossible to control, as the devastation in British Columbia...
What’s 150 years?
By some standards, 150 years is a long time. But for Canada’s masonry producers, 150...
Expocrete Receives the 2017 Oldcastle Community Ambassador Award
Expocrete receives the 2017 Oldcastle Community Ambassador Award for their efforts in helping victims of...
Official Launching of the “Bloc Levy” Program in Quebec
Effective: January 1, 2018.
The association of masonry contractors is proud to announce the...
Sharing “The Facts” through Social Media
We know you are busy.
We know there is an infinite amount of information out there...
Finding Fault After Fire
While Fort McMurray has put the fear of fire front and centre in the minds...
The Hill Times CCMPA Ad
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New Member
CCMPA is delighted to inform you that we have a new member. Rinox Inc. concrete...
January Newsletter
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Rethink wood. We agree!
For disaster-resilient construction, think concrete block.
From fire and the forces of man and mother nature
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Masonry advocates ask, what’s in your walls?
Canadian Concrete Masonry Producers (CCMPA) and MasonryWorx have teamed up to educate the homebuyers, contractors...
Trades & Apprenticeship students honoured at awards ceremony
May 27, 2015 – Marina de Souza, Executive Director of CCMPA, was on hand at...
Want to save energy AND building construction costs?
Then build with single wythe concrete block masonry!
NECB Energy Compliant Solutions using Single Wythe Concrete...
Demand Concrete Block
Code officials ignored it. Developers ignored it. Wood you? Demand concrete block.
It was built to...
November Newsletter
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A Letter of Thanks from Community of Hearts
Ms. Marina de Souza
Canadian Concrete Masonry Producers Association
1500 Avenue Road,
Toronto, Ontario M5M 3X0
October 19, 2014
Dear...
Calculate Fire Resistance Examples
Download Jason Thompson's report on calculated fire resistance examples using concrete masonry assemblies.
Upcoming Blockmakers Workshops
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THINGS MUST CHANGE! – A letter from Marco Tommassel
THINGS MUST CHANGE!
By Marco Tommassel, President
MASONRY TO SAVE LIVES
The beautiful season has just begun, the...
reThink Wood… CCMPA agrees
Rethink... Would you really want to live here?
The City of Toronto alone averages 1,400 watermain...
A Concrete Firewall Protected the Résidence du Havre Seniors’ Home in L’Isle-Verte
Flames engulf the Résidence du Havre seniors’ home in L’Isle-Verte, in the early-morning hours of...
Letter to MPPs about Height of Wood Frame Buildings Bill
ONTARIO COALITION FOR FAIR CONSTRUCTION PRACTICES
March 18, 2014
All Ontario MPPs Legislative Assembly of Ontario Toronto,...
Wood lobby shoring up support for building code changes
By Ian Harvey, Daily Commercial News
March 12, 2014
A war of words is heating up over...
Concrete firewall likely saved lives at Résidence du Havre
By Aaron Derfel, The Gazette January 24, 2014
The fire that engulfed most of a private...
Concrete, Steel Backlash
The sector argues province's wood-first building policy is flawed
By Gordon Hoekstra, Vancouver Sun December 12, 2013
The...
Wood First?
If current deforestation rates continue, critical habitats could disappear within the next hundred years.
53% of...
CCMPA supports the Baeulmer Family Foundation
Annually CCMPA supports a charity, forwarded by a member, by holding a raffle around the...
We’d like to set the record straight.
A few weeks ago the Canadian Concrete Masonry Producers Association ran a full page ad...
Wood First? First to go.
Build with Concrete Block.
Storms. Fires. Insects. All can weaken a structure — and in some...
Advertorial in the Halifax Chronicle
When it comes to construction in Halifax, put safety first — not wood.
Canada’s National Building...
CCMPA 50 Years in the Making
Taking a look back at the past 50 year history of CCMPA from inception to...
High-Wind Testing Demonstrates Resilience of Modern Masonry Construction
Within hours, images of yesterday's full-scale testing of commercial strip mall-type structures hit the information...
CCMPA supports a Wounded Warrior — Corporal Paul MacLean
In 2011, CCMPA wanted to support a charity that was helping returning soldiers reacclimatize to...
