Codes and Standards
Following spate of skyscraper balcony glass panel breakages, Ontario adopts code change
June 28, 2012
Ontario's housing minister announced new building code rules to help prevent glass panels from breaking off high-rise balconies during hot weather. The province will require construction companies to install the same kind of heat-resistant glass used in car windshields for outside panels of balconies. The move comes after a recent spate of incidents that have seen shards of glass rain down from balconies in downtown Toronto.
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