CCA Update March 19, 2020

COVID-19

Dear Members and Colleagues,

CCA UPDATE

Over the course of Wednesday there were more announcements from federal and
provincial sources providing financial support and relief for individuals and business
impacted by the crisis.

Wednesday also saw our first Industry Leaders conference call with senior people from
many of the construction firms in the Calgary are including General Contractors and
Trade Partners.

Nearly 20 individuals joined the call and shared what they are experiencing and some of
the steps they have implemented in their offices and on site. We will be sharing a
Pandemic Best Practices Plan that summarizes all the great tips and ideas that were
shared.

We held our second Q&A call with CCA, Elevated HR and 17 member firms. We will be
continuing these throughout this week from 9:00 – 10:00 AM for business owners,
managers and supervisors – register here and feel free to join in any of them this week.
Feel free to call in every day if you wish.

We have sent out a “Save the Timeslot” notice for tomorrow – Friday March 20th from
11:00 – Noon for a virtual Legal Panel that will be discussing contractual implications of
this situation including Force Majeure and Risk Management – please reach out to me
directly if there are specific questions that you wish addressed.

We will announce registration for this free online webinar for members.
We are also in contact with other groups with financial expertise and other knowledge
and will add to our webinar/zoom menu of information sessions over the following days.

Yesterday we shared the letter that was sent by ACA on behalf of industry to the province
and it is posted on our industry update tab of the website. Make that link one of your
favourites and keep checking back as we are adding to it daily.

The CCA team are available to receive your calls and will make sure that we are able to
maintain our services for you as needed despite the situation. The office will be open
from 10:00 AM until Noon tomorrow for prearranged pick-up of prints, documents, seals
and signatures etc. Please call the front offices when you arrive 403-291-3350 as the
main doors are locked and someone will need to let you in. If you need anything please
contact the team today so they can be prepared.

We will be registering all who visit and will be asking them to acknowledge that they are
not experiencing any symptoms prior to entering the facility.

We will arrange times next week for similar pick up based on need and demand – please
plan well in regards to these so that we can meet your schedules.

Please contact the team with any other enquiries –
Membership, renewals and sponsorships – adriannagle@cgyca.com
Seals, documents and general enquiries etc – gabbymorden@cgyca.com
Education classes anneblair@cgyca.com
Events, marketing & communications lenahogarth@cgyca.com

For any other enquiries or to let us know how else we might be able to support you all at
this time, please feel free to contact myself directly on my mobile – 403 830 7477 – or
email at billblack@cgyca.com

Our community continues to step up and I am very proud to be part of an industry that is
comprised of so many committed people that are setting aside many of their own
priorities to also support and help others.

These days it feels like we are writing the script and the screenplay as we are acting in
the movie but tremendous progress has been made by all.

It is certainly taking its toll on many people and, whether business owners, leaders or
employees they have good reason to feel this way. We need to have higher empathy for
all right now.

Thinking of you all and wishing you the best in all this.
Sincerely,

Wm (Bill) Black B.Sc., CEC, LEED AP
President and COO