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Leaky condo crisis

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The leaky condo crisis, also known as the leaky condo syndrome and rotten condo crisis, is an ongoing construction, financial, and legal crisis in Canada. [1]

45 relations: Architectural Institute of British Columbia, Architecture of Vancouver, Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia, British Columbia, British Columbia Institute of Technology, Building envelope, California, Canada, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Climate of Los Angeles, Climate of Vancouver, Condominium, Crown corporations of Canada, Dave Barrett, Decomposition, Delamination, Eaves, Exterior insulation finishing system, Floor area ratio, Greater Vancouver, Greater Victoria, Leaky homes crisis, Lower Mainland, Mediterranean Sea, Member of parliament, National Building Code of Canada, National Energy Program, New Westminster, Nova Scotia, Oceanic climate, Ontario, Oriented strand board, Postmodern architecture, Premier of British Columbia, Prime Minister of Canada, Rainscreen, Richmond, British Columbia, Rome, Siding, Simma Holt, Stucco, United States, University of British Columbia, Vancouver Island, Zoning.

Architectural Institute of British Columbia

The Architectural Institute of British Columbia (AIBC) is the regulatory body responsible for registering and licensing all Architects in the Province of British Columbia in Canada.

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Architecture of Vancouver

The architecture of Vancouver and the Metro Vancouver area holds a combination of modern architectural styles, ranging from the 20th century Edwardian style, to the 21st century modernist style and beyond.

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Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia

Engineers and Geoscientists British Columbia is the regulatory and licensing body for Professional Engineers and Geoscientists in the Province of British Columbia, Canada.

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British Columbia

British Columbia (BC; Colombie-Britannique) is the westernmost province of Canada, located between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains.

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British Columbia Institute of Technology

The British Columbia Institute of Technology (also referred to as BCIT), is a public polytechnic institution of higher education.

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Building envelope

A building envelope is the physical separator between the conditioned and unconditioned environment of a building including the resistance to air, water, heat, light, and noiseSyed, Asif.

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California

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States.

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Canada

Canada is a country located in the northern part of North America.

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Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) is a Crown corporation of the Government of Canada.

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Climate of Los Angeles

The Climate of Los Angeles is a year-round mild-to-hot and mostly dry climate for the Los Angeles metropolitan area in California.

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Climate of Vancouver

The climate of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada is a moderate oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb) that borders on a warm-summer Mediterranean climate Csb.

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Condominium

A condominium, often shortened to condo, is a type of real estate divided into several units that are each separately owned, surrounded by common areas jointly owned.

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Crown corporations of Canada

Canadian Crown corporations are state-owned enterprises owned by the Sovereign of Canada (i.e. the Crown).

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Dave Barrett

David Barrett, (October 2, 1930 – February 2, 2018), commonly known as Dave Barrett, was a politician and social worker in British Columbia, Canada.

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Decomposition

Decomposition is the process by which organic substances are broken down into simpler organic matter.

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Delamination

Delamination is a mode of failure for composite materials and steel.

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Eaves

The eaves are the edges of the roof which overhang the face of a wall and, normally, project beyond the side of a building.

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Exterior insulation finishing system

Exterior insulation and finish system (EIFS) is a general class of non-load bearing building cladding systems that provides exterior walls with an insulated, water-resistant, finished surface in an integrated composite material system.

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Floor area ratio

Floor area ratio (FAR) is the ratio of a building's total floor area (gross floor area) to the size of the piece of land upon which it is built.

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Greater Vancouver

Greater Vancouver, also known as Metro Vancouver, is the metropolitan area with its major urban centre being the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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Greater Victoria

Greater Victoria (also known as the Greater Victoria Region) is located in British Columbia, Canada, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island.

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Leaky homes crisis

The leaky homes crisis is an ongoing construction and legal crisis in New Zealand concerning a number of timber framed buildings constructed from 1994 to 2004 that suffered from weather-tightness problems.

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Lower Mainland

The Lower Mainland is a name commonly applied to the region surrounding and including Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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Mediterranean Sea

The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa and on the east by the Levant.

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Member of parliament

A member of parliament (MP) is the representative of the voters to a parliament.

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National Building Code of Canada

The National Building Code of Canada is the model building code of Canada.

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National Energy Program

The National Energy Program (NEP) was an energy policy of the Government of Canada from 1980 to 1985.

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New Westminster

New Westminster is a historically important city in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, Canada, and a member municipality of Metro Vancouver.

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Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia (Latin for "New Scotland"; Nouvelle-Écosse; Scottish Gaelic: Alba Nuadh) is one of Canada's three maritime provinces, and one of the four provinces that form Atlantic Canada.

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Oceanic climate

An oceanic or highland climate, also known as a marine or maritime climate, is the Köppen classification of climate typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of continents, and generally features cool summers (relative to their latitude) and cool winters, with a relatively narrow annual temperature range and few extremes of temperature, with the exception for transitional areas to continental, subarctic and highland climates.

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Ontario

Ontario is one of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada and is located in east-central Canada.

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Oriented strand board

Oriented strand board (OSB), also known as flakeboard, sterling board and aspenite in British English, is a type of engineered wood similar to particle board, formed by adding adhesives and then compressing layers of wood strands (flakes) in specific orientations.

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Postmodern architecture

Postmodern architecture is a style or movement which emerged in the 1960s as a reaction against the austerity, formality, and lack of variety of modern architecture, particularly in the international style advocated by Le Corbusier and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.

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Premier of British Columbia

The Premier of British Columbia is the first minister, head of government, and de facto chief executive for the Canadian province of British Columbia.

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Prime Minister of Canada

The Prime Minister of Canada (Premier ministre du Canada) is the primary minister of the Crown, chairman of the Cabinet, and thus Canada's head of government, charged with advising the Canadian monarch or Governor General of Canada on the exercise of the executive powers vested in them by the constitution.

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Rainscreen

A rainscreen is an exterior wall detail where the siding (wall cladding) stands off from the moisture-resistant surface of an air barrier applied to the sheathing (sheeting) to create a capillary break and to allow drainage and evaporation.

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Richmond, British Columbia

Richmond is a coastal city located in the Canadian province of British Columbia.

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Rome

Rome (Roma; Roma) is the capital city of Italy and a special comune (named Comune di Roma Capitale).

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Siding

Siding or wall cladding is the protective material attached to the exterior side of a wall of a house or other building.

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Simma Holt

Simma Holt, (née Milner, March 27, 1922 – January 23, 2015) was a Canadian journalist, author, and the first Jewish woman elected to the House of Commons of Canada.

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Stucco

Stucco or render is a material made of aggregates, a binder and water.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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University of British Columbia

The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public research university with campuses in Vancouver and Kelowna, British Columbia.

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Vancouver Island

Vancouver Island is in the northeastern Pacific Ocean, just off the coast of Canada.

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Zoning

Zoning is the process of dividing land in a municipality into zones (e.g. residential, industrial) in which certain land uses are permitted or prohibited.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaky_condo_crisis

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