Services

The Maple Leaf Housing Centre works closely with its corporate and international clients to enhance their success by taking advantage of our experience and expertise in training and technology transfer as well as institutional strengthening and capacity building services. Activities commonly focus on the use of environmentally friendly, sustainable, safe, affordable, durable, healthy, and energy efficient construction technologies as well as the training and technology transfer required to meet the increasing need for skilled personnel in the housing and construction sectors.

The Maple Leaf Housing Centre has many years of experience in assisting various countries adopt sustainable construction practices and typically provides the following services:

• Regional, organizational and local needs assessment
• Development of housing sector structures and strategies
• Transfer of technology and expertise
• Training program design and delivery
• Coordination of study tours, regional training programs and fellowships
• Assistance in the development of building codes and standards 

Typically, project activities would:

• place a strong priority on in-country participation and ownership in all stages of the project;
• focus on achieving results that will continue to provide benefits to the country and sustain local support after Canadian participation ends;
• work with in-country institutions, organizations and agencies to coordinate efforts more effectively;
• increase the employment opportunities for workers in the construction sector and expand their capacity to obtain employment;
• and increase the capacity to construct affordable, durable and safe housing.

  Mr. Stevens meets with Mongolia's Minister of Construction and Urban Development to discuss cooperation in the housing sector.

  Delivery of an advanced wood-frame housing 'train-the-trainer' program to participants in Constitución, one of the cities in Chile most devastated by the February 2010 earthquake and tsunami.


The delivery of the first wood-frame construction training program in Mongolia in cooperation with the Mongolian University of Science and Technology.