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New 2023 Ontario Building Code Changes – Smoke Damper Requirements

New 2023 Ontario Building Code Changes – Smoke Damper Requirements

Dear Valued Clients and Partners, Vortex Fire would like to announce that there are new Ontario Building Code Changes regarding Smoke Damper Requirements, effective as of February 28, 2023! The following outlines a summary of the above noted changes: The Ministry of...

2022 Toronto Wood Solutions Conference

2022 Toronto Wood Solutions Conference

Let’s talk timber, in person, with the Vortex Fire team @ the 2022 Toronto Wood Solutions Conference! When: Thursday, November 24, 2022 – 8:00am – 5:00pm ET Venue: Paramount Event Space, 222 Rowntree Dairy Road, Woodbridge Registration: Toronto Wood Solutions...

Mass Timber Conference – Ingenium 2021

Mass Timber Conference – Ingenium 2021

Back by popular demand: Connect with the Mass Timber Experts @ Ingenium 2021 Learn about Mass Timber Building Case Studies with Jack Keays. When: Friday, October 29, 2021  - 1:30 pm  - 2:30 pm CST. This presentation discusses a series of projects, including 1475...

Mass Timber in Progress: Winnipeg

Mass Timber in Progress: Winnipeg

Mass timber installation near completion at our project, a new memory care building, located at 1475 Molson Street in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Vortex Fire served as the Building Code - Mass Timber consultant for this project. Partnership with: Bird Construction MMP...

Mass Timber Design Manual

Mass Timber Design Manual

Mass Timber Goes High-Tech Mass timber is a new category of wood product that can transform how America builds, supporting a low carbon future for the built environment. This spring, Think Wood and WoodWorks are releasing their first-ever Mass Timber Design Manual, a...

Demystifying Tall Wood Buildings Webinar presented by Jack Keays

Demystifying Tall Wood Buildings Webinar presented by Jack Keays

Wood is a low-cost, efficient, and renewable structural material. Today, light wood frame is commonplace in construction up to six storeys tall, but code restrictions have not allowed taller wood buildings—until recently.  In Canada’s 2020 National Building Code, a...

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