New Construction & Redevelopment (Spring, April, 2025)

Program Description

An Overview

If you have property and are debating whether to renovate or redevelop, this course is for you.

New Construction and Redevelopment is a newly updated course designed for housing provider leaders, managers and staff that focuses on the various stages of non-profit housing development and construction. This course will help both new and seasoned property and building managers, maintenance staff, and administrators begin the construction process with knowledge of how each decision will affect building maintenance and operations upon occupancy. Participants will be able to answer some of the big questions facing non-profit housing providers today: Do we design and build new housing? Or do we repair, renovate, redevelop or divest our current sites to sustain affordable housing?

• Online, facilitated course
• Can be completed in up to 8 weeks (participants have up to 3 months to complete)
• This course is part of the Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Program (see bottom of page for more information on this program)

Topics Include:

Key Stages of Development & Construction | The Human Side | Preparing for Redevelopment | Building Regulations and Rating Systems | Trending Technologies | Barrier-Free, Accessibility & Universal Design Principles | Commissioning Process and Training | Construction Completion and Post-Occupancy

What You’ll Learn

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Describe the stages of development and construction
• Consider a plan to engage with tenants during planning, including relocation during construction and rehousing after completion
• List and evaluate a variety of redevelopment strategies
• Describe the factors involved in determining rehabilitation or redevelopment
• Explain the role of building code, local government regulations and building rating systems in design and construction
• Explain trending technology in residential design, construction and operation
• Understand how buildings contribute to a changing climate and how BC is responding with the Climate Change Accountability Act, the Energy Step Code, Passive House and Climate Ready Housing strategies
• Describe key features of high-efficiency equipment in relation to building maintenance
• Explain the commissioning process during construction and pre- and post-occupancy
• Explain the elements of construction completion and substantial performance of the work

Time Commitment

This course includes approximately 32 hours of content. It is recommended that you commit to studying for 3-4 hours a week in order to be done in 8 weeks.

However, you will have up to 3 months to complete within the course start and end dates. You can progress at your own pace, log in to do assignments, and participate in forum discussions whenever it’s convenient for you. Having said that, we do encourage you to stick to the posted weekly schedule so that most participants will be working on the same topic at roughly the same time.

Prerequisites

Some prior knowledge of Operations and Maintenance would be helpful.

Completion of Asset Management Foundations is recommended but not mandatory. As an online course, participants must have basic computer skills and have access to a computer with MS Office 2010 or later and a modern, safe browser. We recommend Chrome, however any updated browser will work. Templates used in this course may require MS Excel, MS Word and .pdf reader. This course is provided in English and requires reading and writing at a high school level.

Registration Details

To register, click on the button above to login to our secure Registration site.

Please note that all HousingU courses are for single-user registration only, as our learning management system requires a unique email address for each participant. This means you can’t enroll another person on your behalf. Each participant must set up their own BCNPHA account, register individually, and use their own email to receive their unique login details and course access.

Participants are welcome to either pay upfront or select “Pay Later” upon registration checkout and then forward the receipt/invoice to the appropriate party for reimbursement, if applicable.

Registration Assistance

For step-by-step registration instructions (PDF) and/or our cancellation policy, check out the Program Info: HousingU Registration page.

Registrants will receive course access instructions from learn@bcnpha.ca prior to the course start date.

Need help?

• Having problems with your account? Email webfeedback@bcnpha.ca.
• Having problems completing your online registration? Email events@bcnpha.ca.
• Having problems accessing your online course? Email learn@bcnpha.ca.

More Information

For more information about course content, contact Kate Nielsen – Education Lead, learn@bcnpha.ca