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 HOME BUILDER WORKSHOP 

​DefecT recognition In Housing

Interactive 4-half day workshop!

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Learn about the top housing construction defects.

Building Industry Workshop

Live Online

Price

$599

Length

4 Half-Days

Dates

TBD

Time

TBD

Join us for an interactive session filled with discussion where you will:

  • Assess real-life housing defects gathered from Canadian new home builders

  • Learn how to document observations and establish causes and solutions to defects

  • Learn how to navigate the Construction Performance Guidelines and other defect assessment tools

COURSE DESCRIPTION

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This course was developed to help builders understand and accurately assess the root cause of housing defects. In this workshop, participants will analyse real-life housing defects. They will experience how defects are recognized, the cause established and solutions and prevention strategies formulated. Participants will learn how to use and refer to the Ontario Building Code, Construction Performance Guidelines and other applicable industry standards to support their assessments.

 

This is an interactive workshop with group exercises, class discussions, polls and quizzes that are used to achieve the course learning objectives.  Participants engage in solving actual problems supplemented by advice from industry experts. 

Course objectives

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By the end of the workshop, you will be able to:​

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  • Identify and diagnose common housing defects;

  • Use building science and construction fundamentals to determine the cause and remedy for various defects;

  • Apply the Building Code, the Construction Performance Guidelines, and other applicable standards, to assess a variety of defects;

  • Learn how to read consultant reports and assess the deficiencies in the report;

  • Learn how to describe and establish the scope of a consultants report; 

  • Identify how to communicate the assessment of specific defects to homeowners.

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