Why Municipalities Should Enforce Adjacent Property Protection on Construction Sites Fire risks at a construction site change every day, and in a dense urban area, that risk doesn’t stop at the property line. As buildings are framed from the ground up, renovated, or demolished, new hazards emerge, often while neighboring properties remain fully occupied. A
How Fire Protection and Life Safety Engineering Enabled the Distillery District Transformation The Gooderham & Worts distillery stopped production in 1990. Thirteen years later, the same buildings reopened as a pedestrian village of restaurants, galleries, shops and theatres, and residential development followed. Very little about the structures themselves changed. Almost everything about how they are
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What Facilities Need to Know in 2026 Navigating New Fire Safety Requirements for Biological Specimen Storage The 2026 Ontario Fire Code specimen storage requirements have significantly changed compliance obligations for medical laboratories, healthcare facilities, research institutions, veterinary clinics, and museums across Ontario. Effective January 1, 2026, the updated Ontario Fire Code introduced stricter fire safety
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