Provincial Building Official Associations
Alberta
www.aboa.ab.ca
Saskatchewan
www.sboa.sk.ca
Manitoba
www.mboa.mb.ca
Ontario
www.oboa.on.ca
New Brunswick
www.nbboa.ca
Nova Scotia
www.nsboa.ca
Other Links
The Alliance of Canadian Building Officials
www.acboa.ca
The Alliance of Canadian Building Officials Association was founded in 1996 to provide Building Officials with a national body devoted to developing nationally recognized education and certification standards and programs.
British Columbia Institute of Technology – BCIT
www.bcit.ca
BC Codes
www.bccodes.ca
BC Government
www.gov.bc.ca/default2.htm
WorkBC
www.workbc.ca/Jobs-Careers/Explore-Careers/Browse-Career-Profile/2264
BC Hydro
www.bchydro.com
BC Statistics
www.bcstats.gov.bc.ca
Builder Online
www.builderonline.com
The online arm of BUILDER, the leading magazine for the home building industry.
Building Code Revisions- (Building and Safety Standards Branch)
Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing
Office of Housing and Construction Standards
www.gov.bc.ca/buildingcodes
Building and Safety Standards Branch
www.gov.bc.ca/buildingcodes
The Building and Safety Standards Branch (BSSB) is responsible for the British Columbia Building Code (including the Plumbing Code) and the British Columbia Fire Code.
CHBA National
www.chba.ca
Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corp
www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca
Canadian Institute of Steel Construction
www.cisc-icca.ca
National organization representing the structural steel, open web steel joist and plate fabricating industries.
Canadian Wood Council
www.cwc.ca
The Canadian Wood Council is a national federation representing the solid wood products industry in Canada. We are a non-profit trade association responsible for the production and distribution of technical information regarding the use of wood products in construction.
Civic Net
www.civicnet.gov.bc.ca
Government of Canada
canada.gc.ca/main_e.html
Heating, Ventilating & Cooling Industry Association of British Columbia
www.teca.ca
Institute for Research in Construction (IRC)
www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/main_e.html
The IRC Information Service offers information to both the staff of IRC and to the Canadian construction industry.
Local Government Management Association of British Columbia
www.lgma.ca
Natural Resources Canada
oee.nrcan.gc.ca
Energuide; R2000
SolidBuilder
www.digitalcanal.com/solidbuilder.htm
Computer Aided Design and Building Software. SolidBuilder is Computer Aided Building (CAB) software, designed specifically for residential construction and remodeling.
Strategis
strategis.ic.gc.ca
Detailed information about Canadian industry.
The Home Owner Protection Office
www.hpo.bc.ca
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)
www.nahb.com
Information about homeownership, new home construction and remodeling.
Underwriters’ Laboratories of Canada
www.ulc.ca
An independent, not-for-profit testing, certification, standards development and quality registration organization, ULC investigates devices and materials as to life, fire, and accident hazards, or crime prevention, and provides authoritative information to inspection authorities and industry professionals.
