Basic Information

Reference Number

PW-17-00770546

Issuing Organization

National Research Council Canada

Owner Organization

National Research Council Canada

Solicitation Type

ACAN - Advance Contract Award Notice (Formal)

Solicitation Number

16-22158

Title

Develop a project plan to revise and or update ULC standards to reflect climate change adaptation, accounting for heavy rain, flood, wind, snow, ice, increased temperature variations and extreme weather events. (16-22158)

Source ID

PWGSC

Agreement Types

Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)

North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

Details

Location

National Capital Region

Dates

Publication

2017/02/24 12:00:00 AM EST

Closing Date

2017/03/10 02:00:00 PM EST

Contact Information

Ellis, Melody

613-993-4461

melody.ellis@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca

Description

Under the Climate-Resilient Core Public Infrastructure project, the National Research Council’s Building Regulations for Market Access Program has a requirement to update their National Model Codes and referenced standards to reflect climate change adaptation and extreme weather events. The National Model Codes (e.g. Building, Fire, Plumbing, Energy) are produced and published by the National Research Council of Canada.

Specifically, the project is intended to provide a project plan to revise and or update ULC standards to reflect climate change adaptation, accounting for heavy rain, flood, wind, snow, ice, increased temperature variations and extreme weather events within the referenced standards.

The purpose of the project is to effectively and efficiently develop consensus-based revisions, and new standards, such that requirements in the subject referenced standards in the National Codes would increase resilience, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and enhanced life cycle performance of public and private infrastructure assets constructed in the future and contribute to the sustainability of Canadian communities.

The Climate-Resilient Core Public Infrastructure project aims to integrate climate resilience into design guides, codes and related materials, which will be the basis for future infrastructure builds and rehabilitation work in Canada. The work would involve preparation of proposed changes to national model building, energy, fire, plumbing and updated related guidance documents. The proposed change modules could be adopted by provinces and territories in 2020.

This contract seeks to enter into an agreement with ULC to develop new and or update existing ULC Standards to address climate change adaptation and extreme weather events through a consensus based process established by the Standards Council of Canada. These deliverables will occur concurrently and in harmonization with the work currently underway at the NRC to update their National Model Codes.

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