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Calgary focuses on transportation projects for 2022
via Journal of Commerce by ConstructConnect CITY OF CALGARY — An aerial photograph shows work on building interchanges for Airport Trail in Calgary. It is one of the many transportation network improvements the city noted that it will be focusing on for 2022. The City of Calgary’s transportation networks will be a major focus for construction crews in the coming year. “The population of the city of Calgary continues to grow, and the City of Calgary and the Government of Alberta must continue to invest in our infrastructure – especially as population demand continues,” said Bill Black, president of the...
Budget Highlights- Federal Budget 2022
View document On April 7, 2022, the Government of Canada released Budget 2022. The following analysis highlights key aspects and considers the impact of this budget on Calgary’s construction industry. On achieving the national net-zero emissions goals through greener buildings, homes, and building standards: $150 million over five years, starting 2022-23, to Natural Resources Canada to develop the Canada Green Buildings Strategy. The strategy will include initiatives to further drive building code reform; accelerate the adoption and implementation of performance-based national building codes; promote the use of lower-carbon construction materials; and increase the climate resilience of existing buildings. $200 million...
CCA Advocacy Update Q1 2022
Download CCA Advocacy Update Q1 2022 An update on our advocacy efforts – Q1 2022 Raising Your Voice – Calgary Construction Association To start this year right, our advocacy efforts were focused on familiarizing ourselves with the policy environment in Calgary, while creating key connections with stakeholders in the City of Calgary. To that end, we’ve developed important relationships with many City Councillors, senior officials in the Mayor’s Office, the Green Line LRT Board, and other key figures in City Administration. Here is an update on the positions we’ve taken, our media coverage, and what we’re looking at in...
City of Calgary- Inspection Booking/Reminder
We are pleased to announce that effective April 1, 2022, inspections for all building, electrical, plumbing & gas inspections can be booked using our enhanced online Inspection Booking System (https://inspections.calgary.ca). Planning & Development Services has made it a priority to transition to a tool that allows for our customers to book all their permit related inspections. We are using a phased approach to transition our customers to the online Inspection Booking System and have now entered our third phase with the onboarding of Commercial Multi-Family and Demolition inspections. More work is underway to get Development Completion Permit inspections onto the...
Calgary Construction Association Responds to RFQ for Phase 1 of Green Line LRT Project Release, Raises Concerns About Development Partner Selection
Download Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – March 31, 2022 Calgary Construction Association Responds to RFQ for Phase 1 of Green Line LRT Project Release, Raises Concerns About Development Partner Selection Calgary, AB – The Calgary Construction Association (CCA) acknowledges that the Green Line LRT Project has released the Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for Phase 1, from Shepard to Eau Claire. The CCA remains concerned about the procurement of this project and the impact on Calgary’s local construction industry. We remain steadfast in our position: we believe that the Province of Alberta’s unilateral insistence on a large, bundled mega-project has effectively...
Construction New Talent Program – Spring 2022
Download document Looking to hire new talent? Your Construction Associations have received funding from the Alberta Government to support Work Integrated Learning placements in the construction industry. We’ve funded 65 student placements so far, and have spent 80% of the available first year funding. Wage subsidies of 50% (maximum subsidy $5,000) are available to hire current post-secondary students and recent grads (up to 6 months) for temporary work experience placements at least 3 weeks in length which can take place at any time during the year. Placements can be engineers, technologists, accounting and finance, human resources, IT, logistics, procurement, safety,...
Alberta’s construction recovery will be modest through 2027, with employment sustained by demographics
Via GlobeNewswire OTTAWA, March 17, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Alberta’s construction market showed signs of a long-awaited recovery in 2021, thanks to a strong rise in residential-sector investment and increased major-project requirements. That growth and increasing heavy-industrial maintenance requirements should lead to an even stronger pace in 2022, before moderating through 2027. BuildForce Canada released its 2022–2027 Construction and Maintenance Looking Forward report for Alberta today. The report focuses on a six-year horizon for provincial labour market data as opposed to the 10 years studied in previous reports. The shortened forecast period allows the report to focus more clearly on short- and...
Sidebar: The struggle for construction labour continues
Via ConstructConnect OTTAWA — In its latest workforce report, BuildForce Canada projects that overall hiring requirements in the industry are expected to approach 172,000 due to the retirement of approximately 156,000 workers, amounting to 13 per cent of the current labour force, and growth in worker demand of nearly 16,000. Factoring in projections for new entrants that will leave a possible retirement-recruitment gap of 13,000 workers, the industry may be short by 29,000 workers by 2027 – a more manageable number than seen in previous 10-year forecasts. “It’s going to be an ongoing challenge, particularly as we start to see...
Calgary construction shows strong recovery signs
via Journal of Commerce by Construct Connect PROVINCE OF ALBERTA — Crews work on the Calgary Cancer Centre in 2020. The city says building permit values show construction in the city has greatly increased after taking a hit during the start of the pandemic. CALGARY, ALTA. — Calgary has seen strong building permit recovery in the years since the COVID-19 pandemic emerged. According to the city, its latest building permit data shows strong year-over-year growth in 2021. The total construction value of $5.7 billion is up 68 per cent compared to the $3.4 billion reported in 2020. “Calgarians are optimistic...
Alberta builders welcome 2022 budget
via Journal of Commerce by ConstructConnect PROVINCE OF ALBERTA — Alberta Premier Jason Kenney announces funding for an expansion of Red Deer’s hospital as part of Budget 2022. Alberta’s 2022 budget has arrived and many in the province’s construction sector were pleased to see spending on capital projects and workforce development. “Through new funding commitments to capital projects and steps to address the looming skill shortage crisis, we remain hopeful of the direction taken in the budget,” wrote the Calgary Construction Association (CCA) in a statement. Some of the new capital project spending the CCA highlighted included: $41 million for...