Canadian Concrete Masonry Producers Association

Don't wait for fire tragedy. Learn from how #homebuilders in wild-fire struck regions across North America are adjusting to make homes more safe, healthy & #resilient. How frequent #wildfires changed the way people #rebuild homes: https://newsus.cgtn.com//How-frequent-wildfires/index.html

Some Firefighting Concerns https://www.linkedin.com//engineered-timber-clt-glulam-s/

Concrete Block is Cutting Carbon. Now. #BuildAHealthierPlanet #BlockItOut #GUL #PortlandLimestoneCement #LowerCarbon #carbonreduction https://ccmpa.ca/20//concrete-block-is-cutting-carbon-now/

#HappyThanksgiving2020 The Home Depot

Tragic #UrbanWildfires happen. #BlockItOut Keep #safezones #safe. Elevator shafts, stairwells, unit separation walls - don't compromise. Build with block. #FirePreventionDay #FirePreventionWeek2020 #FirePrevantionWeek

Urban Wildfires Building more timber fuels the flames. #BlockItOut - #BuildItOnce - #BuildResilient to better protect our #firstresponders #families #communities... #Firesafety -focused building codes matter even more in today's #UrbanWildfire reality: https://www.seattletimes.com//urban-wildfire-when-homes-a/

Concrete Block = local suppliers jobs. local production jobs. local logistics jobs. local installation jobs. close-to-market lower transport carbon. More timber ... exporting supplier, production & logistics jobs AND increasing transport carbon.... " ... one building in Langford recently had to buy mass timber from Austria ... " Mass Timber. Once again ... Not Local. Not Sustainable. Not Canadian. #GetTheFacts #TrustTheScience #PlantTrees #ProtectOurEarthsLung https://www.saobserver.net//bc-votes-2020-horgan-talks-ma/

1st career or 7th career. It doesn't matter. No better time to #BuildYourLife with a rewarding #career in #masonry & #construction. #TalentStartsHere Ontario Masonry Training Centre Canadian Construction Association... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYguZAKL4fg&feature=youtu.be

#TechnicalTuesday - Did you know our family-to-the-south has a fantastic library of free Tek Notes - searchable & available for download - on all things #ConcreteMasonry ? https://ncma.org/resource-results/?type=tek Want direct help? Dr. Block is only a click away ... https://ccmpa.ca/dr-block/... #HereToHelp #BuildResilient #BlockItOut National Concrete Masonry Association

#MoreFactsMondays Scientific study's findings undermine the claim of ‘near zero #deforestation’ in Canada: A massive area of productive #forest, 650,000 ha, has been lost in last 30 years due to this logging infrastructure, equivalent to 10 times the size of the city of Toronto... By 2030, this loss of productive forest in this one province alone is on track to cost the #atmosphere 41 Mt #C02 equivalent in foregone #carbon removals, more than a year of emission from all the passenger vehicles in #Canada This means that Canada has a growing #carbondebt from #clearcutlogging and is underreporting these impacts on the international stage https://wildlandsleague.org/news/loggingscars/

#ForestFactsFriday Yet another study showing why we MUST protect our old, slow-growth forest in the battle vs. #climatechange: The carbon uptake rates of forests are likely to be on the wane as slow-growing and persistent trees are supplanted by fast-growing but vulnerable trees.... Syracuse University CSCS / Environmental Finance Center Manchester Metropolitan University University of Oxford #ProtectOurEarthsLungs #ScienceNotMarketing https://theenergymix.com//faster-tree-growth-leads-to-sho/

#TechnicalTuesday. Do you have a concrete masonry technical question? Ask Dr. Block! https://ccmpa.ca/dr-block/