Merit Alberta

MERIT BASED   By Anna Guy Merit Contractors was born out of a plight for competition, fairness and transparency in the construction industry. During a very difficult time in Alberta’s economy in 1986, 15 prescient contractors banned together to help keep Albertans working in the province’s struggling construction industry. They did so by, creating [...]

2018-04-22T20:48:20+00:00

TradesNL – The Building Trades of Newfoundland and Labrador

Pride and Profesionalism   By Anna Guy Trades NL: The Building Trades of Newfoundland and Labrador provides highly trained, diverse, safe and highly productive working tradespersons to the Newfoundland and Labrador Building and Construction industry by fostering pride and professionalism in the trades through training for life-long career opportunities. Trades NL: The Building Trades [...]

2018-03-26T17:16:28+00:00

Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)

Improving Canada's Transportation and Mobility By Anna Guy The Transportation Association of Canada (TAC) is a not-for-profit, national technical association that focuses on road and highway infrastructure and urban transportation with over 500 corporate members in all levels of government, private sector companies, academic institutions, and other associations. When TAC was founded in 1914—yes, [...]

2018-10-17T03:31:08+00:00

Progressive Contractors Association of Canada (PCA)

Governments That Take On Construction Labour Monopolies Deserve Recognition   By Paul de Jong, President of the Progressive Contractors Association of Canada (PCA) One might be hard pressed to connect the dots between Northern Ontario’s third largest city, and one of Canada’s three prairie provinces. But it turns out Sault Ste. Marie and Manitoba [...]

2018-03-26T21:03:40+00:00

Canadian High Arctic Research Station (CHARS)

Three Cheers for CHARS   By Anna Guy CHARS ushers in a new era of Artic research. The Canadian High Arctic Research Centre—otherwise known as the CHARS campus, was an ambitious project from the onset. In 2010 when Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) announced Cambridge Bay as the location for a research station [...]

2018-01-08T01:05:41+00:00

Organization of Canadian Nuclear Industries (OCNI)

Clean Energy For a Low Carbon Economy   By Anna Guy In early 2016, the Ontario provincial government committed $12.8 billion for the refurbishment at the Darlington Generating Station, one month after committing $13 billion to refurbish six of eight Bruce Power nuclear reactors in Kincardine, Ontario. Both investments combined are estimated to contribute [...]

2018-01-08T01:20:52+00:00

Vancouver Regional Construction Association (VRCA)

By Anna Guy The Vancouver Regional Construction Association (VRCA) is the oldest and largest construction association in British Columbia with a rich history that spans almost 90 years. It is the 5th largest in Canada serving almost 700 general and trade contractors, manufacturers, suppliers and service providers such as architects, engineers and insurance providers, [...]

2018-01-08T01:22:07+00:00

Ontario General Contractors Association

Standing For Safety   By Anna Guy With a 78-year history of advocating for safety in the industry and for its members, the Ontario General Contractors Association takes on its next big challenge: legalized marijuana. Health and Safety of it members, fair procurement and dispute resolution, construction excellence in Ontario’s Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional [...]

2017-11-19T22:35:22+00:00

The Canadian Council of Public and Private Partnerships

By Anna Guy The Canadian Council of Public and Private Partnerships promotes smart, innovative, and modern approaches to infrastructure development and service delivery through public-private partnerships (P3s) with all levels of government. Formed in 1993, the Canadian Council for Public and Private Partnerships (CCPPP) promotes smart, innovative, and modern approaches to infrastructure development and [...]

2017-11-19T22:38:19+00:00

Manitoba Building Trades

Getting The Job Done   By Anna Guy The Manitoba Building Trades is training a workforce to support public and private infrastructure projects in Manitoba. A thriving construction industry is the cornerstone to a thriving economy. An understanding of economic role that unions and trained works can has made the Manitoba Building Trades (MTB) [...]

2017-11-19T22:42:12+00:00
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