Manufacturing processes result in air emissions or water discharges. Air emissions require provincial air approvals. Discharges to sewers are regulated by the local municipality, while discharges to surface water are…
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Written by Valerie Ekelund, Senior Project Manager, Environmental Due Diligence & Remediation at Pinchin Ltd. & Dufferin Harper, Partner, Blakes, Cassels & Graydon LLP Take the Steps to Prevent a…
read moreWebinar Recording: Risk Managing Buildings and Infrastructure for Climate Change – A Guide to Resiliency
A recent study from the Insurance Institute of Canada reported that major weather impacts are doubling every five to ten years. Weather claims in Canada are predicted to increase from…
read moreCoughs don’t equal COVID
Written by Silvana Wu, Senior Project Manager, Hazardous Building Materials, at Pinchin Ltd. I’ve been seeing these memes pop up on social media and chuckle every time I see them…
read moreWhat’s the priority in making a building comfortable?
Written by Ben Waddington, Regional Practice Leader, Building Science & Sustainability at Pinchin Ltd. About two weeks ago, I posted a survey to see what people thought was the most…
read moreWebinar Recording: Due Diligence Risk Assessment vs. Regulatory Risk Assessment: Which Do I Need?
Due Diligence Risk Assessments (DDRAs) are increasingly becoming the “go-to” approach by Pinchin’s Property Management and Investment clients, for obtaining financing or supporting the environmental site assessment work for transactional…
read moreWebinar Recording: FortisBC – New & Emerging Energy Upgrade Incentives
FortisBC and Clean BC have recently announced significant and generous incentive funding for energy studies and capital upgrades to heating and cooling systems for existing commercial, institutional, industrial, and multi-unit…
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