CCA Updates
Stormtec AB Filtration Project Highlight
Check out what CCA Member Stormtec AB Filtration Inc. has been up to! Below is a project video showcasing the Sanitary Bypass- 15th Ave Relining project. Also take a look at the Stormtec interactive document that highlights departments and major projects! Stormtec Filtration has been providing Calgary’s construction industry with practical, cost-effective, and environmentally conscious water management solutions for more than 15 years. By choosing to work with Stormtec, you can count on our range of services and products, skilled field technicians, and knowledgeable team to help solve even the most complex water management issues. Stormtec is a COR certified...
Alberta wants to expand use of apprenticeships into a wider variety of jobs
Advanced Education Demetrios Nicolaides introduced new legislation to replace a 30-year bill governing trades. (Legislative Assembly Pool Feed ) Via CBC News ‘Business, marketing, finance, banking’ could tap into this form of mentoring. Alberta wants to use the apprenticeship model for training more occupations than the traditional skilled trades. Bill 67, the Skilled Trades and Apprenticeship Education Act, replaces outdated legislation that made this shift impossible. The government said apprenticeships — a type of on-the-job mentoring — only applied to trades like plumbing and hairstyling under the current Apprenticeship and Industry Training Act, which was implemented in 1991. Advanced Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides said the use...
Early construction involvement key to success on Graham project
GRAHAM CONSTRUCTION — An aerial photo shows the McLeod Trail Project in Calgary. via Journal of Commerce by ConstructConnect A recent case study by Graham Construction on Calgary’s Macleod Trail and 162nd Ave. SE Interchange Project shows what early construction involvement (ECI) can accomplish. Bryce McKay, Graham’s senior construction manager of civil infrastructure in Calgary, explained that the company was well prepared for ECI after its team had cut its teeth on similar projects like the Calgary West LRT. “We learned a lot on the project,” said McKay. “It was a particularly complex job with a compressed schedule. That experience...
Builders’ Lien Act Amendments Introduced
via Alberta Construction Association In fall 2020, the Government of Alberta passed changes to the Builders’ Lien Act to address payment issues in Alberta’s construction industry and introduce an adjudication process for non-payment that will provide business owners an alternative to court. The goal is to reduce the need for liens and court actions, unlock cash flow, and provide certainty to this multi-billion dollar sector of Alberta’s economy. In spring 2021, additional changes are proposed as part of the Red Tape Reduction Implementation Act to address the proposed adjudication model and application of the Act to public-private partnerships and professional...
Celebrating 70 years of EllisDon!
CCA would like to congraulate long time member EllisDon on it’s 70th anniversary! What an incredible celebration! EllisDon President and CEO Geoffrey Smith shares a few words on how his father, uncle, grandmother, and employees have built EllisDon from the ground up in his latest blog post. You can read his blog here: https://lnkd.in/dtJa7KC And, if you would like to learn more about EllisDon’s rich history with a few notable firsts for the Canadian and global construction market, click here: https://lnkd.in/duHgJAP
Steel Market Insight March 2021
Steel Market Insight March 2021 As a passionate observer of economics and finance it is a pleasure to contribute to an ongoing quarterly newsletter column regarding historic, current, and future trend perspectives on various material and commodity inflationary and deflationary impacts on the building and infrastructure sectors on behalf of the Calgary Construction Association. In this article, attention is specifically devoted to examining the use of steel in building and infrastructure projects. Starting with some facts drawn from the 2020 World Steel Organization and other sources, one begins to better appreciate the global big-picture and the inflationary risk pressures lying...