CCA Updates
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...
Dealing with your corporate lawyer
As a business, I am sure that you have a corporate lawyer and if you don’t, you should get one. Now. This is not intended to be a solicitation of business by me or my fellow lawyers at Goodfellow & Schuettlaw. I am saying this because the value that a good corporate lawyer can provide you in your business is priceless when looked at in the long run. The proper legal advice can prevent you from having to declare bankruptcy, being sued, and having personal liability for your business dealings. It could also help you maximize tax savings while minimizing...
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...
HCM Contractors Celebrating 15 Years!
Congratulations to CCA Member HCM Contractors for celebrating a 15 year milestone! HCM Contractors Inc. is proud to be celebrating its’ 15 year anniversary in 2022. HCM is a Calgary based firm providing foundation services and specializing in excavation shoring, foundation piling, micropiles and ground improvement. HCM was founded in 2007 to provide excavation shoring for The Bow Tower and has since helped shape the Calgary skyline by providing services for some of the most prestigious projects in Alberta. We would like to thank our team members who are some of the most experienced people in our field and our...
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,...