Building materials, mortgage rates and new building codes are adding to the cost of building a new home.
Allen Creuzot has been building housing projects in Prince George for 45 years and the construction industry climate change he’s been seeing lately seems irreversible.
As a general contractor lining up work performed by tradesmen, there’s always uncertainty for Cruezot when he starts a building project because he never knows what the final bill for that work will be. On May 1, a new BC Building Code took effect which requires most new buildings to have 20 per cent better energy efficiency than in 2018. The province also introduced its five-level Zero Carbon Step Code, which aims to create airtight buildings that supply their own energy needs with net-zero renewable energy by 2032.
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