• Reminder: Quebec Building Code Seminars
• Fuelling Natural Gas Emergency Generators
• Automatic flush urinals. Water usage regulation in force throughout Montreal Island and applicable to industries, businesses and institutions
• Anti-Smoking Legislation

Reminder: Quebec Building Code Seminars

National Research Council Canada, particularly the NRC's Canadian Codes Centre, regularly publishes updates of building codes. It will be offering seminars on the Quebec codes. Learn more about new changes to the following codes:

• Quebec Construction Code – Chapter 1, Building, and the National Building Code of Canada 2010 (amended)

• Quebec Safety Code – Chapter 8, Building, and the National Fire Code of Canada 2010 (amended)

• Quebec Construction Code – Chapter 3, Plumbing, and the National Plumbing Code of Canada 2010 (amended).

Dates and Registration

The seminars are offered at a cost of $495 per participant. They will be presented in French and in English, in Montreal and Quebec City, on the following dates:

• Wednesday, November 9, 2016 at the Château Laurier hotel in Quebec City (in French).
• Tuesday, November 15, 2016 at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Montreal (in French).
• Wednesday, November 16, 2016 at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Montreal (in English).

For info on the agenda and to register, visit the NRC site

Fuelling Natural Gas Emergency Generators

July 2016 - The Régie du bâtiment du Québec (RBQ) has provided details about natural gas emergency generators in buildings under its jurisdiction. More specifically, the RBQ outlines:

• The minimum conditions to be respected when an emergency generator is fuelled by a natural gas distributor that provides public services, so that the process is deemed reliable and thus does not require an on-site standby natural gas tank; and

• additional conditions of compliance.

Consult the RBQ's Alimentation des génératrices de secours de bâtiments au gaz naturel page online for more details.

Automatic flush urinals. Water usage regulation in force throughout Montreal Island and applicable to industries, businesses and institutions

It is forbidden to install automatic flush urinals in businesses, industries and institutions. Non-conforming urinals must be replaced by January 1, 2018 with urinals that meet the requirements, e.g. manual flush, movement sensors, etc.

Anti-Smoking Legislation

Measures that will take effect on November 26, 2016

• It is forbidden for any adult to purchase tobacco for a minor.
• No smoking will be allowed within 9 meters of:
• any door or window that opens,
• any air intake connected to closed premises where smoking is not allowed.
• Manufacturers and distributors of tobacco products may not offer retailers any rebates, bonuses or other advantages linked to the sale of tobacco products.
• Health warnings on packages of cigarettes and small cigars sold on the Quebec market must cover a minimum area of 4648 mm² (7.2 square inches).
• It is forbidden to remove or cover the space on a tobacco product package reserved for the health warning.
• The inside volume of packages may not be filled with anything other than the tobacco products themselves.

For more details:  http://www.msss.gouv.qc.ca/documentation/loi-tabac/