{"id":2895,"date":"2025-10-08T21:31:28","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T16:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gtastrategies.com\/?p=2895"},"modified":"2025-10-13T21:34:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T16:34:46","slug":"proposed-changes-to-the-ontario-building-code","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gtastrategies.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/08\/proposed-changes-to-the-ontario-building-code\/","title":{"rendered":"Proposed Changes to the Ontario Building Code"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2895\" class=\"elementor elementor-2895\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54ea316c e-flex e-con-boxed parallax_section_no qode_elementor_container_no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"54ea316c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f5c1622 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7f5c1622\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Toronto<\/strong> \u2013 Opportunity to Provide Feedback on Proposed Changes to the Ontario Building Code for Rapid Transit Stations \u200b<\/p><p>Dear Friend,<\/p><div><p>The Ministry is proposing amendments to the Ontario Building Code related to Rapid Transit Stations, specifically Section 3.13. \u200b These changes aim to support faster construction of transit stations across the province and align with the Government&#8217;s priorities of building better transit infrastructure. \u200b<\/p><p>One key proposal includes adding Sentence 3.13.5.7.(2), which would allow an emergency power supply for the entire rapid transit station, providing a dual redundant separate feed from a regulated electricity distributor. \u200b<br \/>The Ministry is seeking feedback on these proposed changes. \u200b Comments can be submitted until <strong>November 20, 2025<\/strong>. \u200b<\/p><p>We encourage your organization to review the proposal and share your insights. Your feedback is valuable in shaping regulations that impact the construction industry and transit development. \u200b<\/p><p>For more details and to submit your comments, please visit the Regulatory Registry for more information at the link below:<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/trk.mmail.lst.fin.gov.on.ca\/trk\/click?ref=zr9uf3m5h_4-d3ff_0x3238a9x015241\">Proposal for amending regulations of the Building Code related to Rapid Transit Stations | regulatoryregistry.gov.on.ca<\/a><\/p><p>Thank you for your attention to this important matter.<\/p><p>For more information, please feel free to reach out to\u00a0us by email at <a href=\"mailto:jim@gtastrategies.com\">info@gtastrategies.com<\/a> or by phone at (888) 241 9948 ext 1. We look forward to hearing from you in the near future.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9b9138 e-flex e-con-boxed parallax_section_no qode_elementor_container_no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a9b9138\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toronto \u2013 Opportunity to Provide Feedback on Proposed Changes to the Ontario Building Code for Rapid Transit Stations \u200b Dear Friend, The Ministry is proposing amendments to the Ontario Building Code related to Rapid Transit Stations, specifically Section 3.13. \u200b These changes aim to support&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2099,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtastrategies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtastrategies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtastrategies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtastrategies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtastrategies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2895"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/gtastrategies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2895\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2900,"href":"https:\/\/gtastrategies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2895\/revisions\/2900"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtastrategies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtastrategies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtastrategies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtastrategies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}