Category News & Events

Enroll Now in Our 108th Accelerated Electrician Certification Course – High Wages and Great Benefits Await!

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Are you a newcomer to Canada struggling to find professional work or lacking local experience? We have a solution that could open new doors for you.

Certified electricians in Canada enjoy union benefits, high salaries, and have been in high demand by major construction companies for years. If you’re curious about the job responsibilities, salary packages, and employment opportunities in this field, join our TCBMS “Accelerated Electrician Certification Course.”

Our recent information session for the 108th course was so popular that we extended it from 1 hour to 2 hours due to participants’ enthusiasm. Classes start July 6th, and spots are filling up fast!

Learn from instructor Stone, who brings 20 years of experience teaching electrical work in Canada.

For course information: Instructor Stone at 604-727-6531
For registration: Yezi at 236-967-3911

Don’t miss this opportunity to jumpstart your career in a high-demand field!”

Discover the Joy of Woodworking: Join Our Exciting Boot Camp!

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Discover the Joy of Woodworking: Join Our Exciting Boot Camp!

Whether you’re a hobbyist, eager to learn a new skill, or exploring new career opportunities, our innovative “TCBMS Basic Woodworking Boot Camp” is perfect for you. You’ll have hands-on experience with:

🛠️ Tools and Equipment: Get to know different materials and learn techniques for various tools and equipment – always a crowd favorite! Practice proper cutting methods and build a strong foundation step by step.

🏡 Construction Carpentry: Learn about local home building processes, basics of roof trusses, and get hands-on experience with pneumatic tools. Enhance your cutting skills and gain essential knowledge for home construction and repairs.

👷 Finish Carpentry: Master reading renovation blueprints and creating complex moldings. Take your skills to the next level!

Class Dates: July 6, 13, 20, 27
Location: Unit 11, 1350 Valmont Way, Richmond, BC

Led by Vancouver’s esteemed instructor, Yun, in a spacious workshop offering the best hands-on experience. Choose from a variety of courses to suit your needs.

July courses are filling up fast! Scan the QR code on our poster to contact Instructor Yun, or call us for more information:

Course Information: Instructor Yun 778-883-9858
Registration: Yezi 236-967-3911

Congratulations to Gree Group and China Southern Glass Group on becoming the newest members of the TransCana Construction and Building Materials Society!

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Date:  February 10, 2024 

It is with great excitement that we announce the accession of two esteemed groups – Gree Group and China Southern Glass Group – into the TransCana Construction and Building Materials Society.

Gree Group has grown into a leading global manufacturer of air conditioners, HVAC systems, and smart furniture by applying their extensive experience and innovative technologies.

China Southern Glass has earned recognition internationally for its wide selection of sustainable building materials, including energy-efficient glass, electronic glass, and solar PV products used in over 60 countries.

This membership marks an important step in both companies’ international roadmaps. Additionally, it creates opportunities to exchange expertise and collaborate within the association to drive innovation right here in Canada. With proven success and impressive innovations, Gree Group and China Southern Glass will contribute talent, insights, and networks to the association. By working together, we can develop solutions that pave the way for the continued growth of Canada’s construction sector.

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Nature and high-tech coexist in UQTR’s new manufacturing hub

July 19, 2023 Resource：Construction Canada

The new Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR) building is a centre devoted to digital manufacturing, embracing the wooded settings to create a bright, inspiring exterior and interior space to foster the development of new ideas.

The Centre national intégré du manufacturier intelligent (CNIMI—integrated national center for intelligent manufacturing), serves as an expansion of the UQTR Drummondville campus. The CNIMI building spans across 6,000 m2 (64,583 sf). It connects through a tunnel to a neighbouring building on a wooded site on the UQTR Drummondville campus.

Inaugurated in 2022, the CNIMI now accommodates students from two institutions: Cégep de Drummondville and UQTR. It also supports manufacturing companies wanting to make the digital shift by integrating new technologies into their production, such as industrial robots.

Designed by NFOE Inc., the final concept, both simple and thoughtfully planned, combines the centre’s innovative and technological vision with the wooded environment that surrounds it—a feat echoed in the building in multiple ways.

A large opening spans the building from one facade to the other, allowing natural light to reach where the public spaces and double-height plant laboratory are located. CNIMI’s side facades are covered with mirror-polished aluminum, reflecting the trees, and visually enhancing the density of the wooded area. At both ends of the central space, glass facades open onto the neighbouring forest, which becomes an integral part of the interior decor.

Relatively square in shape, the new pavilion offers a simple, compact solution that maximizes floor space and enhances the surrounding woodland. To reinforce the notion of a campus, the facade of the new building includes a concave angle that leads toward the entrance.

The laboratory plant is located at the heart of the building, in the large through passage. It is flanked on one side by classrooms, and on the other by offices. This layout creates distinct sections within the space and ensures that classrooms and offices are soundproofed against noise from industrial equipment, while preserving visual transparency between the factory and the rest of the building. The space enjoys a high degree of layout flexibility due to a system of channels in the concrete floor slab that contains distribution of power and telecom cables, as well as compressed air ducts.

For a seamless effect between interior and exterior, a wooden volume appears to float in the double-height houses, the technicians’ area, and the creative carrefour. Inside, white dominates all surfaces, except for the windows and curtain walls, which are black to avoid a strong backlighting effect and to accentuate the surrounding woodland.

Numerous measures have been planned from the implementation stage to ensure energy efficiency. The building’s compact shape limits the exterior walls and roofs areas, reducing the thermal energy demand intensity (TEDI). The construction materials chosen are adapted, resistant, sustainable, and regional.