Buildings Show Schedule 2021

December 1 - 3, 2021 Metro Toronto Convention Centre

FORWARD TOGETHER. FASTER TOGETHER. STRONGER TOGETHER.

• Health & Safety Precautions in Effect • Proof of Vaccination Required • Online & In Person Opportunities to Reconnect with the Industry • Complete Overview of the Built Environment • Highly Curated Line-Up of Installations, Activations and Demonstrations • Educational Programming Focusing on Key Themes: Sustainability & Resiliency; Construction Technology; Property Management Technology and Architecture & Design • Accreditation by BOMA, OAA, BSSB, ARIDO and CAHPI

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The Buildings Show Program Highlights

Thursday, December 2

The 2021 educational program will include online and in person expert led-seminars, informative panels and thought-provoking roundtables. Attendees will be able to follow important topics from virtual to face to face and select sessions will be accredited by BOMA, OAA, BSSB, ARIDO and CAHPI.

Building Back Better, Together The panel of experts will explore important topics including climate change, sustainability and resilience; potential impact of technologies like AI and robots on design and construction; future directions for urban planning and development; remote and virtual work; implications for reconciliation and indigenous communities; managing anticipated challenges in the labour force and supply chains; opportunities in government stimulus programs and in the private sector; affordable housing and social infrastructure; collaboration strategies like Integrated Project Delivery and Alliancing; and, so much more!

Smart Buildings: Evaluation Programs and Overview Essentials to Improve Building Performance

Interior Design Roundtable: Sustainability and Resilience in Interior Spaces The design and experience of interior spaces has been transformed through the recent pandemic. Society has an opportunity to press the reset button to look at spaces and human behaviour in a new way through a completely new lens. Interior Designers have a chance to lead the conversation to help clients to re-evaluate their spaces, methodologies, human interactions, and efficiencies. From conceptual design to material and product sourcing, Interior Designers are proactive contributors to the space utilization solutions as we embark on this new age. What is the new way forward? What new pathways will we discover to lead in creating sustainable and resilient spaces through material sourcing, design practices, social and environmental accountability, philosophy, creation and, ultimately, dismantling of interiors.

Join us for an insightful conversation and dialog of planning for sustainability and resilience in transformative spaces while being mindful of inspiration, function over form, materials, collaboration, and human capital.

Wednesday, December 1

How to Effectively Implement Low Carbon Concrete on your Next Project While we will be seeing very significant CO2 reductions in the cement and concrete industries over the coming years as the industry rapidly moves forward with existing and new technologies that drive Concrete to a net-zero goal, there are a significant number of reductions that can be implemented on your projects today. This presentation will focus on the top ten changes that you can implement on your current projects to minimize the carbon impacts of one of the world’s most durable and long-lasting products – ready mixed Concrete.

Smart Car Pulling a Dump Truck?: Zero Carbon is More than HVAC As building owners adapt to a Zero Carbon building future, a major challenge is planning the sequence of upgrades and replacements. Reaching ZC requires a major shift in thinking away from pursuing incremental improvements and short-term paybacks to the super low energy regime many of us have not yet fully grasped. Reducing heating demand by 80-90% requires the building envelope performance to be vastly better than current systems. This allows the heating system to be scaled down to unrecognizably small capacities and different operational assumptions. But how does an owner plan these replacements in a manageable sequence? Replacing the HVAC system due to end of life needs before replacing the envelope could be like trying to pull a dump truck with a smart car.

This presentation will examine pathways to Zero Carbon for existing buildings and strategies for owners to plan replacements with different sequences of critical elements.

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Passive House and the Building Envelope The Passive House Standard is being adopted for more and more projects of every type and size. For building envelope enthusiasts and advocates, the apple didn’t fall far from the tree; eighty percent of the central Passive House design principles such as super insulation, airtight construction, thermal bridge free interfaces, and highperformance glazing, are firmly embedded into good building envelope design practice. This presentation will focus on Passive House building envelope strategies and share practical experiences and examples.

Enhanced Decision Making for a Sustainable Built Environment This session will address developments in analytical and decision-making techniques. The speaker will discuss methods to enable participants to use and explore options further. Learn how emerging insights from the management disciplines can be applied to decisions about buildings including adapting factors including extended and complex life histories or other consideration. The speaker will address the areas to consider such as recent mathematical and conceptual approaches, decision biases, and personality characteristics including risk aversion and optimism/pessimism, and how they all relate to technical and other design decisions. The interactive session will help attendees understand and improve your own decision-making capabilities and propensities for upcoming projects.

Sustainability and COVID: Stories from the Trenches In this session, you will hear stories from real estate owners, property managers and tenants on the impact of COVID on the sustainability programs in their buildings.

Must health measures and sustainability be in conflict or can they work in tandem to improve both the environmental footprint and occupant health? Learn how we can deal with the new reality. Join the panel as they share their experiences and participate in an informative question and answer period.

The Smart Building market has received a boost resulting from the pandemic and the need for improved indoor air quality and other smart features as we return to the workplaces. This session will review the various smart building definitions, design challenges, rating systems that are under development and the features and perspectives from various developers. The speakers will discuss what makes a building smart? How can you evaluate them? History of smart building rating systems.

What are the rating systems under development? Who are the developers? What different perspectives do they bring to their versions? The session is a non-technical overview and would be of interest to all those involved in the improving building performance.

Decarbonizing Your Building to Meet City of Toronto Requirements

Young Leaders: Exploring Paths to Career Growth and Their Role in the Workplace

All levels of government have reaffirmed their commitments and investment in reducing GHG emissions and accelerating our climate change response. The upcoming City of Toronto’s Existing Buildings Emissions Strategy aims to limit emissions and strengthen TransformTO goals on net zero. The City is investing heavily into this plan by supporting deep retrofits that maximize carbon reduction and community benefits. Owners and property managers have access millions in financing, technical expertise, and support from City programs like Taking Action on Tower Renewal and Energy Retrofit Loans. The Atmospheric Fund case studies demonstrate how energy efficiency retrofits can renew the existing housing stock, reduce operating costs, improve indoor environmental quality and resident comfort, and drive local economic growth. The expert panel will present on how to leverage support programs to make deep retrofits a reality for your existing buildings.

This panel discussion will bring together a diverse group of Young Leaders to discuss the value of mentorship and coaching, importance of continued learning, and methods for overcoming challenges. The inspirational panelists will leverage their unique backgrounds, career paths, and areas of expertise in order to share insights for young professionals looking to grow in their career; as well as, best practices for employers and managers looking to attract and retain new talent.

Method of Designing Thermally Resilient Buildings In the face of climate change, and as building codes and standards evolve to promote increased building energy efficiency and reduced carbon footprints, it is important to ensure that buildings can withstand prolonged power outages during extreme weather events to provide habitable shelter passively. This presentation will focus on going beyond typical compliance energy modelling procedures, to demonstrate a new approach to guide early stages of building design to improve passive performance. The speaker will highlight the critical measures that need to be addressed effectively to achieve high levels of thermal autonomy and passive habitability and provide practical examples of how the methodology is applied in professional practice. The presentation will answer the questions why passive systems performance matters, what design measures are available to enhance thermal resilience in buildings and how energy simulation tools should be used to model thermal resilience.

Tender Forms and the Tendering Process: What You Need to Know This discussion will look at some challenges caused by unbalanced contracts, and how to avoid one-sided supplementary conditions. The speakers will address how to recognize great tender forms; shorten, simplify, and standardize; and provide practical tips on making the process less complicated. Topics will include how the use of processes such as prequalification can provide more favourable outcomes for your projects.

There will also be a review of the highlights of the new CCDC 2 documents.

Environmental, Social, & Governance: Best Practices and Strategies for You to Consider!

As we recover from the COVID 19 pandemic, a new and exciting trend is emerging towards the adoption of ESG (Environmental, Social, & Governance) culture. ESG is already being widely adopted across many of the major players in the multi-residential industry. What can we learn from the early adopters? How is it resulting in a positive impact on staff, and most importantly, the end customer, their residents? We will hear from a panel of industry leaders on how ESG is changing the way they think and operate in the communities they serve. We will further explore how ESG could change how we approach stakeholder relationships and advocacy strategies.

Understanding the Process of Integrating Electric Vehicle Charging Stations in Your Buildings The growing popularity of electric vehicles and new municipal regulations have created a challenge for building owners and developers. The infrastructure in existing buildings is limited and was not designed to accommodate all the electric vehicle charges required.

Energy management systems are an alternative to an upgrade of the main switchboard and a new utility feed to fit the new demand. The speakers will outline the process to understand the capacity of their building and help property owners and managers determine the right approach to follow. The speakers will discuss examples from multiple projects including single-family, multi-unit residential, and commercial buildings.

This presentation is designed for property managers, developers, architects, engineers and building professionals who will be integrating EV charging infrastructure in their buildings.

Alternative to Net Zero Housing: The Super-Semi Demonstration Project Join us and learn the difference between embodied carbon and operational carbon and why the difference is significant when talking about low carbon, near zero housing. How does embodied carbon relate to energy efficiency? How do you measure embodied carbon?

How does this tie into our governments’ approach to a carbon tax and the impacts that homebuilders will see in the escalating costs of building materials? Country Homes has built a demonstration home in its Milton subdivision that will measure the cost effectiveness of a house built to net zero and an adjoining unit built to low carbon net zero cost. Policy makers are targeting net zero by 2030.This presentation will seek to foster a good discussion about whether net zero is a viable target. This session is vital for architects and designers, home builders and policy makers about how to chart the course forward to reduce carbon emissions for residential houses.

Strategies for Overcoming the Labour Shortage Today Join the diverse panel for a discussion on the strategies for overcoming the labour shortage. Learn about the current labour challenges of the Construction industry, internal tactics for any size of organization, government funding and programs including internal leadership programs to bridge the skills gap. Don’t miss this insightful and information session that can help you grow and thrive in the coming years.

Back on Track: The Road to Achieving Sustainability Development 2030 and 2050 Goals As property managers, developers and owners examine their new projects, scale-up retrofits, and capital expenditures for existing buildings, how can they ensure they are making decisions that will help meet the 2030 and 2050 National Sustainability Development goals.

This session would be focused on the existing building assets in current portfolios and the road map to help achieve the 2030 and 2050 goals. How can companies align their sustainability strategies and documentation to meet multiple programs and requirements? Join the panel as they share best practices and ideas for property managers, operations and asset managers, owners, developers, and project management consultants.

Mass Timber and Moisture Management: A Contractor’s Perspective Buildings utilizing mass timber structural systems are becoming increasingly common in Ontario as a result of building code changes and an increase in domestic manufacturing capacity. We have worked hard to proactively understand and research how these new materials may pose new construction risks and deploy measures to mitigate these risks on our construction projects. This presentation will cover various moisture management strategies to be considered from fabrication, transport, on site erection through to commissioning to ensure your project is headed for success.

Maximizing your ROI in Designing for Wellness Designing for wellness in a post-COVID work environment is a necessity to entice people to return to the workplace. Clients can find the generalization of ‘wellness’ confusing. What does this really mean and how we can approach this from an integrated human resource, information technology and real estate perspective is important to creating a holistic solution. Every organization has a limit on budgets.

The speakers will provide definitive methods for designing for ‘wellness-oriented’ environment and where organizations should spend their money to maximum ROI. This presentation includes a particular focus on designing for women in the workplace.

This session will give you tools for client discussions and help them understand the implications of various ‘wellness related’ solutions.

Wednesday, December 1 •

WS107

Smart Car Pulling a Dump Truck?: Zero Carbon is More than HVAC Efficiency

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WS130

Building Physics Guiding Thermal Comfort Through the Envelope

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WS131

Over-Cladding Solutions for Toronto’s Aging Concrete Apartment Towers

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WS132

Passive House and the Building Envelope

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WS133

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Sustainable Design, Environment, Energy Efficiency & Higher Performance Buildings

Smart Buildings, Technologies & Innovations

Project Design, Planning, Delivery, Management & Best Practices

Professional Skills, Strategy & Leadership

Optimizing Building Performance & Enhancing Net Asset Value

Legal, Regulatory & Risk Management

Design Concepts, Health, Wellness & Interiors

Con-ed certificates will be provided for attendance during the dates and times of the specific sessions for The Buildings Show from November 16 to December 2.

Building Envelope Solutions

Sustainable Design, Environment, Energy Efficiency & Higher Performance Buildings

Smart Buildings, Technologies & Innovations

Project Design, Planning, Delivery, Management & Best Practices

Professional Skills, Strategy & Leadership

Optimizing Building Performance & Enhancing Net Asset Value

Legal, Regulatory & Risk Management

Design Concepts, Health, Wellness & Interiors

Building Envelope Solutions

Apartment & Condominium Management

Select sessions are accredited for continuing education credits by BOMI, BSSB, CAHPI, ARIDO and OAA.

The Buildings Show Seminar Program

Session Categories Apartment & Condominium Management

The Buildings Show Seminar Program

Session Categories

For a full program listing and session details, visit thebuildingsshow.com.

Register by Nov. 12, 2021 for the Early Bird Rate.

Wednesday, November 24 ONLINE •

VW803

Avoiding Concrete Slab Rejection: Best Practices for Successful Floor Covering Installations

Wednesday, December 1 •

WS200

Building Condition Assessment: How Well Do You Know Your Building?

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WS202

Understanding the Complexities and Costs for Heritage Building Projects

Mould, Moisture and the Building Envelope

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WS203

Understanding the Canadian Real Estate Tech Evolution vs. Revolution

WS134

Air Barriers and Vapour Barriers: Understanding Building Control Layers to Improve Building Performance

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WS204

Evidence Based Asset Planning for Property Managers and Owners

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WS136

Building Enclosure Considerations for Heritage Buildings: Rehabilitations and New Additions

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WS113

Managing Risks and Pitfalls in Adaptive Re-Use Projects

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WS137

The Great Debate: Double or Triple Glazed?

Thursday, December 2

Thursday, December 2 •

TS130

Why Building Envelope Assessments Matter: How to Avoid Major Failure

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TS132

Cladding Choice: Is too Much Choice a Good Thing?

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TS133

Strategies and Best Practices for Balcony Restoration

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TS134

Below Grade Waterproofing: Designing for Modern Construction Challenges

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TS135

Building Enclosures in the Age of COVID-19: Managing the Spread of Infectious Diseases

TS136

Rooftop Management: Balanced Approach to Maintenance and Capital Costs for Lasting Roof Performance

Wednesday, December 1 •

SS102

Construction Law Update: The COVID-19 Effect on the Industry: Adapting Contracts and Claims

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PS101

Advanced Communication Skills: How to Get Your Message Across

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PS102

How to Be a Team in Times of Change

PS106

Project Management: Governing Projects vs. Governing Operations: Differences and Strategies

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Thursday, December 2 •

SS108

Interior Design Roundtable: Sustainability and Resilience in Interior Spaces

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PS103

Managing Multiple Priorities, Projects and Deadlines

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TS104

Building Back Better, Together

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PS104

Leadership Skills for Managers: Achieving Success in Today’s Challenging Environment

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VT704

IoT Made Simple: Energy Management and Data Optimization Through Building Technology

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TS200

Asset Repositioning: How Have Your Strategies Changed?

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TS201

Smart Buildings: Evaluation Programs and Overview Essentials to Improve Building Performance

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TS203

What Landlords Need to Consider to Attract Office Tenants in the PostCOVID World

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TS206

Back on Track: The Road to Achieving Sustainability Development 2030 and 2050 Goals

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AS103

Building Technology: Making it Easier to Manage Your Buildings and Connect with Your Tenants (REIC)

Thursday, November 25 ONLINE •

VT804

Developers and Builders: Special Risks in Condominium Development

Wednesday, December 1 •

AS101

How to Build a Better Sandcastle: Change Management in a Shifting COVID-19 Landscape (ACMO)

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WS131

Over-Cladding Solutions for Toronto’s Aging Concrete Apartment Towers

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WS152

Tackling the Affordable Housing Crisis with Tilt-up Construction

Thursday, December 2 •

TS202

Concrete Parkade Conundrum: To Repair or To Replace

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TS133

Strategies and Best Practices for Balcony Restoration

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AS104

Environmental, Social, & Governance: Best Practices and Strategies for You to Consider! (FRPO)

Sustainable Design, Environment, Energy Efficiency & Higher Performance Buildings

Smart Buildings, Technologies & Innovations

Project Design, Planning, Delivery, Management & Best Practices

Professional Skills, Strategy & Leadership

Optimizing Building Performance & Enhancing Net Asset Value

Legal, Regulatory & Risk Management

Design Concepts, Health, Wellness & Interiors

Con-ed certificates will be provided for attendance during the dates and times of the specific sessions for The Buildings Show from November 16 to December 2.

Building Envelope Solutions

Sustainable Design, Environment, Energy Efficiency & Higher Performance Buildings

Smart Buildings, Technologies & Innovations

Project Design, Planning, Delivery, Management & Best Practices

Professional Skills, Strategy & Leadership

Optimizing Building Performance & Enhancing Net Asset Value

Legal, Regulatory & Risk Management

Design Concepts, Health, Wellness & Interiors

Building Envelope Solutions

Apartment & Condominium Management

Select sessions are accredited for continuing education credits by BOMI, BSSB, CAHPI, ARIDO and OAA.

VW803

Avoiding Concrete Slab Rejection: Best Practices for Successful Floor Covering Installations

SS104

Ask the Experts: Key Construction Trends, Carbon Reduction and Concrete Technology Advancements (Master Builders Solutions)

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WS151

Rapid Construction of Advanced Health Care Facilities

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WS106

Enhancing Project Delivery through Pre-project Investment

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WS152

Tackling the Affordable Housing Crisis with Tilt-up Construction

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WS202

Understanding the Complexities and Costs for Heritage Building Projects

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WS153

Best Practices for the Maintenance of Segmental Pavements

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WS137

The Great Debate: Double or Triple Glazed?

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WS113

Managing Risks and Pitfalls in Adaptive Re-Use Projects

SS105

Ask the Experts: Key Construction Trends, Carbon Reduction and Concrete Technology Advancements (Master Builders Solutions)

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TS150

Parking Deck Maintenance and Repair to Extend the Service Life

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TS201

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VW802

Energy Analytics for Low-Rise Applications

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WS150

How to Effectively Implement Low Carbon Concrete on your Next Project

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WS102

Enhanced Decision Making for a Sustainable Built Environment

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WS132

Passive House and the Building Enveope

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AS102

Smart Building Management and the Rise of Predictive Maintenance (CABA)

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WS201

Strategies for Decarbonizing Your Building to Meet City of Toronto Requirements

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WS107

Smart Car Pulling a Dump Truck?: Zero Carbon is More than HVAC Efficiency

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WS205

Sustainability and COVID: Stories from the Trenches

Thursday, December 2 •

SS108

Interior Design Roundtable: Sustainability and Resilience in Interior Spaces

Smart Buildings: Evaluation Programs and Overview Essentials to Improve Building Performance

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TS201

Smart Buildings: Evaluation Programs and Overview Essentials to Improve Building Performance

TS204

A Guiding Path to Safe Air Quality Solutions: Post COVID Market

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TS600

Design Stories: The Intersection of Race and Space

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TS104

Building Back Better, Together

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TS206

The Road to Achieving Sustainability Development 2030 and 2050 Goals

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TS202

Concrete Parkade Conundrum: To Repair or To Replace

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TS207

Maximizing your ROI in Designing for Wellness

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TS151

Hollowcore: The Fastest Floor and Roof in Town

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TS208

Understanding the Process of Integrating Electric Vehicle Charging Stations in Your Buildings

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TS152

Mixed-Use Applications for Precast Concrete Parking Structures

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AS104

Social, & Governance: Best Practices and Strategies for You to Consider!

(FRPO)

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TS207

Maximizing your ROI in Designing for Wellness

Wednesday, December 1 •

IoT Made Simple: Energy Management and Data Optimization Through Building Technology Wednesday, November 24 ONLINE VT704

Wednesday, December 1

Thursday, December 2 •

Register by Nov. 12, 2021 for the Early Bird Rate.

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Wednesday, December 1 •

For a full program listing and session details, visit thebuildingsshow.com.

Thursday, November 18 ONLINE

Wednesday, November 24 ONLINE •

The Buildings Show Seminar Program

Session Categories Apartment & Condominium Management

The Buildings Show Seminar Program

Session Categories

WS601

Sound Transmission in Buildings: Acoustic Design and Construction Considerations

Thursday, December 2

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Tuesday, November 16 ONLINE Changes to the National Building, Fire, Plumbing and Energy Codes: VTU700 Anticipated to be published December 2021 Wednesday, December 1

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SS102

Construction Law Update: The COVID-19 Effect on the Industry: Adapting Contracts and Claims

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TS204

A Guiding Path to Safe Air Quality Solutions: Post COVID Market

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AS101

How to Build a Better Sandcastle: Change Management in a Shifting COVID-19 Landscape (ACMO)

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TS122

Kitchen and Bath Trends: The Rise of Ultra Compact Surfaces

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PS106

Project Management: Governing Projects vs. Governing Operations: Differences and Strategies

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TS207

Maximizing your ROI in Designing for Wellness

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TS603

2022 Colour and Décor Trends: Looking into the Horizon

Thursday, December 2 •

TS205

Ontario Fire Code Update and a New Era in Fire Safety

The Buildings Show Seminar Program

Sustainable Design, Environment, Energy Efficiency & Higher Performance Buildings

Smart Buildings, Technologies & Innovations

Project Design, Planning, Delivery, Management & Best Practices

Professional Skills, Strategy & Leadership

Optimizing Building Performance & Enhancing Net Asset Value

Legal, Regulatory & Risk Management

Design Concepts, Health, Wellness & Interiors

Building Envelope Solutions

Apartment & Condominium Management

Session Categories

Select sessions are accredited for continuing education credits by BOMI, BSSB, CAHPI, ARIDO and OAA. Con-ed certificates will be provided for attendance during the dates and times of the specific sessions for The Buildings Show from November 16 to December 2.

Thursday, November 18 ONLINE

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VT704

IoT Made Simple: Energy Management and Data Optimization Through Building Technology

Wednesday, December 1 •

WS200

Building Condition Assessment: How Well Do You Know Your Building?

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WS501

Providing a Better Charging Experience for EV Drivers and Optimizing Costs for Building Managers (FLO)

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WS203

Understanding the Canadian Real Estate Tech Evolution vs. Revolution

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WS206

How AI/ML Contributes to Efficient, Sustainable and Healthy Buildings

Thursday, December 2 •

AS103

Building Technology: Making it Easier to Manage Your Buildings and Connect with Your Tenants (REIC)

RESILIENCE AND MANAGING THROUGH

CONSTANT CHANGE Thursday, December 2, 2021 • Metro Toronto Convention Centre

Property Management Executive Roundtable

For more information www.thebuildingsshow.com