Richard Lyall / RESCON

Welcome to RESCON's new blog! Here you'll read about a range of issues related to residential construction, including six-storey wood-frame construction (more on the Feb. 11 Toronto Mid-rise Symposium at this link and coming to this space), quality of construction, accessibility, net zero housing, new voluntary certification programs, build green programs, WSIB rates, the Ontario College of Trades and more.

As the voice of the residential construction industry, RESCON – the Residential Construction Council of Ontario – has a responsibility to talk about the issues of the day faced by the residential construction industry and try to shed some light on how these issues affect builders and ultimately you, our homebuyers.

Our association is best known as a hands-on, technical, builders-only group, but have started a communications program as we feel that greater outreach is required to bridge the gap between builders and the public so that you have a better understanding of our industry. ...  Read more...