Associations Archives - constructconnect.com Canada's construction news Fri, 27 Jun 2025 14:02:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.3 https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2021/10/cropped-favicon-32x32-1-32x32.png Associations Archives - constructconnect.com 32 32 The right ingredients: ORBA rolls out benchmarking project to bolster EPDs /dcn/news/associations/2025/06/the-right-ingredients-orba-rolls-out-benchmarking-project-to-bolster-epds Mon, 30 Jun 2025 10:00:57 +0000 /?p=488012 A long-time goal by the Ontario Road Builders’ Association to implement a program that addresses climate change in the roadbuilding sector has moved to the next level. For the past year-and-a-half or so the association has been working to bring Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for asphalt mixes to Ontario. Just a few weeks ago it […]

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]]> CCA, CCLI guide provides roadmap to addressing climate governance /dcn/news/associations/2025/06/cca-ccli-guide-provides-roadmap-to-addressing-climate-governance Thu, 26 Jun 2025 10:30:11 +0000 /?p=487831 OTTAWA — A new report released by the Canada Climate Law Initiative (CCLI) and the Canadian Construction Association (CCA) is calling on the construction sector to embed climate resilience into their core governance structures. Building resilience: A guide to climate governance for Canada’s construction sector aims to provide a roadmap to help industry leaders address growing […]

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]]> CAGBC policy panel examines green building priorities amid a chaotic landscape /dcn/news/associations/2025/06/cagbc-policy-panel-examines-green-building-priorities-amid-a-chaotic-landscape Thu, 26 Jun 2025 10:10:26 +0000 /?p=487800 Green building isn’t going anywhere but it is adapting to a shifting policy landscape. Sustainability thought leaders examined new green building priorities in a chaotic policy environment at the Canada Green Building Council’s (CAGBC) Building Lasting Change conference held earlier this month in Vancouver. CAGBC chief commercial officer Brent Gilmour moderated a panel titled, Building […]

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]]> TDSB budget would be better served with open tendering: PCA /dcn/news/associations/2025/06/tdsb-budget-would-be-better-served-with-open-tendering-pca Tue, 24 Jun 2025 10:25:44 +0000 /?p=487613 TORONTO — The Progressive Contractors Association of Canada (PCA) is urging the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) to support “open tendering” to help address its funding shortfall, just days after the board passed its budget with cuts in an attempt to eliminate a $34.4 million deficit. “It seems irresponsible for the board to close swimming […]

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]]> Alumicor’s Gusterson receives OGMA Lifetime Achievement Award /dcn/news/associations/2025/06/alumicors-gusterson-receives-ogma-lifetime-achievement-award Tue, 24 Jun 2025 10:10:52 +0000 /?p=487524 TORONTO — The Ontario Glass & Metal Association (OGMA) recently presented its Lifetime Achievement Award to Steve Gusterson, vice-president of pre-construction design in Canada for Apogee Architectural Metals and its Alumicor brand products. The award recognized Gusterson’s more than 50 years of dedicated involvement with the glass and metals industry. His career began with Alumicor […]

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]]> NVCA, BILD unveil working group to strengthen conservation, homebuilding and development /dcn/news/associations/2025/06/nvca-bild-unveil-working-group-to-strengthen-conservation-homebuilding-and-development Mon, 23 Jun 2025 09:55:52 +0000 /?p=487311 UTOPIA, ONT. — The Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority (NVCA) and the Building Industry and Land Development Association (BILD) have launched a new working group to strengthen collaboration between the conservation authority and the development industry. The focus is on Ontario’s homebuilding targets and development that’s sustainable. NVCA’s focus is on ensuring  development moves forward in […]

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]]> Steel industry groups say Carney’s retaliatory plan for U.S. tariffs ‘falls short’ /dcn/news/associations/2025/06/steel-industry-groups-say-carneys-retaliatory-plan-for-u-s-tariffs-falls-short Fri, 20 Jun 2025 12:34:40 +0000 /?p=487392 OTTAWA — The Canadian Steel Producers Association and United Steelworkers Union are panning Prime Minister Mark Carney’s response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s punishing tariffs. Their response came hours after Carney announced a tariff countermeasure plan Thursday that includes retaliation against Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs a month from now — depending on how much […]

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]]> COCA honours stalwarts with 50th anniversary awards /dcn/news/associations/2025/06/coca-honours-stalwarts-with-50th-anniversary-awards Thu, 19 Jun 2025 10:00:01 +0000 /?p=487210 The Council of Ontario Construction Associations has presented special 50th anniversary awards to six significant contributors to the association as a signature initiative marking its half century of advocacy. COCA also created a comprehensive binder documenting its 50 years and capped the celebrations with an anniversary dinner held June 12 at Toronto’s Woodbine Club. COCA […]

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]]> CLRA, Building Trades of Alberta reach four-year deal /joc/news/labour/2025/06/clra-building-trades-of-alberta-reach-four-year-deal Fri, 13 Jun 2025 10:10:54 +0000 /?p=486816 EDMONTON – Alberta’s construction employers and building trades unions have agreed to new collective agreements. The four-year agreements between Construction Labour Relations Alberta (CLRA) and the 16 affiliate unions of the Building Trades of Alberta (BTA) are the result of a collaborative collective bargaining process that focused on preparing Alberta’s construction sector for nation-leading growth. […]

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]]> MHCA appeals to members, partners to donate to evacuees /joc/news/associations/2025/06/mhca-appeals-to-members-partners-to-donate-to-evacuees /joc/news/associations/2025/06/mhca-appeals-to-members-partners-to-donate-to-evacuees#respond Tue, 10 Jun 2025 11:00:49 +0000 /?p=485786 WINNIPEG — The Manitoba Heavy Construction Association (MHCA) is asking members and its community partners to donate to the appeals for help as wildfire evacuees continue to resettle in Winnipeg and other communities. The MHCA reports Manitoba is going through unprecedented wildfires that have displaced roughly 17,000 Manitobans from their homes to date. Organizations assisting […]

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]]> /joc/news/associations/2025/06/mhca-appeals-to-members-partners-to-donate-to-evacuees/feed 0 Calgary Construction Association unveils adopt a shop pilot program /joc/news/associations/2025/06/calgary-construction-association-unveils-adopt-a-shop-pilot-program /joc/news/associations/2025/06/calgary-construction-association-unveils-adopt-a-shop-pilot-program#respond Mon, 09 Jun 2025 11:00:42 +0000 /?p=484371 CALGARY, ALTA. — The Calgary Construction Association (CCA) recently announced the launch of Adopt a Shop, a pilot program delivered in collaboration with the Calgary Board of Education.   This initiative is designed to strengthen connections between Calgary’s construction industry and the next generation of skilled trades professionals, states a release, by supporting educators and providing […]

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]]> /joc/news/associations/2025/06/calgary-construction-association-unveils-adopt-a-shop-pilot-program/feed 0 Site C dam wins major British Columbia engineering award /joc/news/associations/2025/06/site-c-dam-wins-major-british-columbia-engineering-award /joc/news/associations/2025/06/site-c-dam-wins-major-british-columbia-engineering-award#respond Fri, 06 Jun 2025 11:00:56 +0000 /?p=484311 BC Hydro’s Site C Clean Energy Project has won the 2025 Lieutenant Governor’s Award from the Association of Consulting Engineering Companies British Columbia (ACEC-BC). Site C is the third dam and hydroelectric generating station on the Peace River in northeastern B.C. Klohn Crippen Berger (KCB) and AtkinsRéalis (AR) created a joint engineering team that designed […]

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