CCA Updates
Construction New Talent Program – Fall 2021
Construction New Talent Program- Fall 2021 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 44 student placements so far, and have spent 50% 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,...
Congrats to RGO on 55 years!
Congratulations to CCA Member RGO on celebrating a huge milestone….55 years and still growing! RGO was also named one of Canadas Best Managed Companies- platinum member. calgary.rgo.ca
Canada’s Top Growing Companies 2021
Congratulations to CCA Members Rayner Construction Services, Ryan Murphy Construction and Zoom Paining for landing on the Globe And Mail Canada’s Top Growing Companies list! The Globe & Mail released the third annual Report on Business ranking of Canada’s Top Growing Companies. Among the 448 businesses on the list, there are four breweries, six insurance brokers, five apparel designers (four for humans, one for dogs) and one maker of robots. Regardless of where they’re located, what they make or whether they’ve been operating for five years or two decades, all these companies have one thing in common: Each managed to...
Calgary construction industry booming during pandemic
via CTV News Home improvement and construction projects are proving to be popular in Calgary during the pandemic. The first eight months of 2021 have seen $4.2 billion worth of construction in Calgary, nearly double the $2.2 billion seen over the same period a year earlier. The number of building permits is also up 29 per cent, year-over-year, according to data released Monday. “In 2020, we experienced a permit value decline,” said Brenda Desjardins, director of Calgary Building Services. “However, during the pandemic, Calgarians have been investing in home improvement projects, such as installing hot tubs, garages, swimming pools, retaining...
Three tips to keep your business insurance effective
Three tips to keep your business insurance effective It’s a well-known adage that the worst time to review your insurance policy is when you need it. Here are three tips to make sure your coverage – and your premiums – perform the best for you now, during and after an event. Tip #1: Review your existing insurance policy The biggest step you can take to reduce your losses and get back to business after an interruption is to have an up-to-date insurance policy. It is important to get help analyzing your coverage for specific loss scenarios, review limits and co-insurance...
VAN BUREN: It’s time to focus on the elephant in the (economic recovery) room
Via Calgary Sun It is critical that investments in infrastructure continue and a skilled workforce is an important part of the equation. Mary Van Buren, president of the Canadian Construction Association. PHOTO BY HANDOUT /Postmedia As the weeks of this short, mostly summertime, election campaign slipped by, it was frustrating to see pressing and important conversations being derailed as campaigns focused on much less fundamental matters. The essential question of Canada’s economic recovery — the issue that the prime minister cited as the basis for an early election call — got little attention as other issues ate up space in newspaper columns...