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CARP: Carpentry

This guide presents selected print and electronic carpentry resources available through the Camosun College Library and open access web sites.

BC websites

Canadian & American websites

Interprovincial Standards Red Seal Program
Body that oversees national standards and trade certification.
Canadian Construction Association
The CCA represents the non-residential construction sector.
Canadian Home Builders' Association
CHBA represents over 8,000 companies across Canada.
Emerging Construction Technologies
From Purdue U. - presents information about technologies that could have a "high impact" on the construction industry.

Estimating supplies

Construction materials calculators
From the Graniterock Company. Handy online calculators for figuring out the amount of material needed for various jobs. You plug in the dimensions, and the calculators do the work.

Online magazines

Construction Canada online
Monthly newsletter from Construction Specifications Canada.