01
Apr
Introducing a concrete approach to sustainability
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CCMPA_Admin
Climate change is uppermost in the minds of most Canadians — and it’s a concern...
Latest News
01
Apr
Firefighters know what construction materials support them. Do you?
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Fires today burn hotter and faster than ever before. Lightweight floor assemblies can now collapse...
05
Oct
05
Oct
Making the Cut: Is cross-laminated timber safe?
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By: Paul Hargest, President of CCMPA
Last March, part of a floor under construction at Oregon...
01
Mar
New Building Studies Website
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A new website "BuildingStudies.org" www.buildingstudies.org has been developed to provide information from third party studies...
04
Aug
Let’s put the block on fire
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In nature, fire can seem almost impossible to control, as the devastation in British Columbia...
18
Jul
What’s 150 years?
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By some standards, 150 years is a long time. But for Canada’s masonry producers, 150...
25
May
Expocrete Receives the 2017 Oldcastle Community Ambassador Award
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Expocrete receives the 2017 Oldcastle Community Ambassador Award for their efforts in helping victims of...
07
Apr
Official Launching of the “Bloc Levy” Program in Quebec
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Effective: January 1, 2018.
The association of masonry contractors is proud to announce the...
09
Mar
Sharing “The Facts” through Social Media
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We know you are busy.
We know there is an infinite amount of information out there...
16
Jun
Finding Fault After Fire
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While Fort McMurray has put the fear of fire front and centre in the minds...
16
Jun
16
May
New Member
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CCMPA is delighted to inform you that we have a new member. Rinox Inc. concrete...
01
Feb
13
Nov
Rethink wood. We agree!
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For disaster-resilient construction, think concrete block.
From fire and the forces of man and mother nature
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02
Sep
Masonry advocates ask, what’s in your walls?
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Canadian Concrete Masonry Producers (CCMPA) and MasonryWorx have teamed up to educate the homebuyers, contractors...
19
Jun
Trades & Apprenticeship students honoured at awards ceremony
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May 27, 2015 – Marina de Souza, Executive Director of CCMPA, was on hand...
17
Jun
Want to save energy AND building construction costs?
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Then build with single wythe concrete block masonry!
NECB Energy Compliant Solutions using Single Wythe Concrete...
13
Feb
Demand Concrete Block
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Code officials ignored it. Developers ignored it. Wood you? Demand concrete block.
It was built to...
20
Nov
29
Oct
A Letter of Thanks from Community of Hearts
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Ms. Marina de Souza
Canadian Concrete Masonry Producers Association
1500 Avenue Road,
Toronto, Ontario M5M 3X0
October 19, 2014
Dear...
10
Sep
Calculate Fire Resistance Examples
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Download Jason Thompson's report on calculated fire resistance examples using concrete masonry assemblies.
25
Jun
03
Jun
THINGS MUST CHANGE! – A letter from Marco Tommassel
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THINGS MUST CHANGE!
By Marco Tommassel, President
MASONRY TO SAVE LIVES
The beautiful season has just begun, the...
28
Mar
reThink Wood… CCMPA agrees
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Rethink... Would you really want to live here?
The City of Toronto alone averages 1,400 watermain...
24
Mar
A Concrete Firewall Protected the Résidence du Havre Seniors’ Home in L’Isle-Verte
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Flames engulf the Résidence du Havre seniors’ home in L’Isle-Verte, in the early-morning hours of...
18
Mar
Letter to MPPs about Height of Wood Frame Buildings Bill
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ONTARIO COALITION FOR FAIR CONSTRUCTION PRACTICES
March 18, 2014
All Ontario MPPs Legislative Assembly of Ontario Toronto,...
12
Mar
Wood lobby shoring up support for building code changes
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By Ian Harvey, Daily Commercial News
March 12, 2014
A war of words is heating up over...
27
Jan
Concrete firewall likely saved lives at Résidence du Havre
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By Aaron Derfel, The Gazette January 24, 2014
The fire that engulfed most of...
16
Dec
Concrete, Steel Backlash
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The sector argues province's wood-first building policy is flawed
By Gordon Hoekstra, Vancouver Sun December 12, 2013
The...
09
Dec
Wood First?
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If current deforestation rates continue, critical habitats could disappear within the next hundred years.
53% of...
01
Oct
CCMPA supports the Baeulmer Family Foundation
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Annually CCMPA supports a charity, forwarded by a member, by holding a raffle around the...
23
Sep
We’d like to set the record straight.
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A few weeks ago the Canadian Concrete Masonry Producers Association ran a full page ad...
28
Jun
Wood First? First to go.
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Build with Concrete Block.
Storms. Fires. Insects. All can weaken a structure — and in some...
08
Dec
Advertorial in the Halifax Chronicle
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When it comes to construction in Halifax, put safety first — not wood.
Canada’s National Building...
13
Sep
CCMPA 50 Years in the Making
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Taking a look back at the past 50 year history of CCMPA from inception to...
23
Jul
High-Wind Testing Demonstrates Resilience of Modern Masonry Construction
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Within hours, images of yesterday's full-scale testing of commercial strip mall-type structures hit the information...
23
Jul
CCMPA supports a Wounded Warrior — Corporal Paul MacLean
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In 2011, CCMPA wanted to support a charity that was helping returning soldiers reacclimatize to...
19
Jul
Concrete walls a sound idea for Habitat home – Edmonton Journal
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Masonry is the building material of choice in the construction of 15 duplexes in St....
08
May
Reinventing Canadian Masonry
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By Mark D. Hagel, PhD, P.Eng.
For thousands of years, masonry has been the building material...
