CCA Updates
Parker: Calgary construction industry builds a plan to keep working through pandemic
Parker: Calgary construction industry builds a plan to keep working through pandemic Bill Black, Pres/COO Calgary Construction Association. David Parker • Calgary Herald The office of the Calgary Construction Association is normally a busy place, with members needing to visit for day-to-day business plus attendance at CCA education seminars. President and COO Bill Black quickly realized that due to the COVID-19 pandemic he had to manage the constant flow of people — closing the office and having his staff work from their homes. Those members needing documentation are given a two-hour window per week, by appointment only. But Black knew there...
Canada’s construction industry is putting safety and health first
OTTAWA, March 25, 2020 – The health, safety and well-being of our workers, their families and friends, and the communities we operate in is always the top priority of the Canadian Construction Association (CCA) and its more than 20,000 member firms. This has never been truer than it is right now. From the construction and renovation of hospitals, to keeping roads safe, to bringing power and clean water to homes, the construction sector builds communities and delivers projects that are essential to Canadians’ quality of life and to the success of our country. The CCA and our provincial and municipal...
City of Calgary- Suspension of construction sites
Mar. 25 – Update on Inspections, and Suspending Sites View Newsletter here Suspension of construction sites If you are suspending activity on a construction site, please inform The City of Calgary by calling 311. Building inspectors will attend multi-family and high-rise sites that would have higher risk to public safety should construction activity be stalled at this time. Inspectors will review public access, loose debris, and security of the sites. 311 is prepared to respond to these calls and track all suspended sites. Please refer to the Calgary Construction Association resources for site suspension and pandemic planning: COVID-19 Project Suspension Impact...
PANDEMIC PLANNING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY.
Construction Pandemic Planning 2.0 PANDEMIC PLANNING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY – A GUIDE. Version 2.0 – March 24th, 2020 INTRODUCTION. At the beginning of last week it was obvious to many of us that we were moving into unknown territory and, from a safety and health perspective, we as an industry were going to have to develop new protocols and best practices for our new reality. Many organizations in our industry do not have internal resources to create such content while other larger organizations do. In a display of community leadership many of these larger organizations have been willing...
Proactive Documentation of Impacts of Covid 19 – Revay
Proactive documentation and monitoring of the impacts of COVID-19 on construction projects Project Management and Construction Claims Services Montreal, Québec: montreal@revay.com Ottawa, Ontario: ottawa@revay.com Toronto, Ontario: toronto@revay.com Calgary, Alberta: calgary@revay.com Vancouver, British Columbia: vancouver@revay.com March 24, 2020 As COVID-19 continues to impact the construction industry, not only in terms of the health of its workers, but also in terms of project schedule and cost, Revay would like to remind all our clients of the importance of keeping detailed daily records of the events and their impacts on your projects. Over the past few weeks, we are aware that construction projects...
Alberta construction groups urge province to keep sites open
Alberta construction groups urge province to keep sites open March 23, 2020 CALGARY, ALTA – As the federal government weighs its options to deal with the COVID-19 crisis, Alberta builders are urging officials to keep job sites open. In a letter to Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, the Alberta Construction Association (ACA) and eight local construction associations called on the province to not suspend construction work. “There are different groups looking to the government to suggest shutting down construction as an industry. The federal government has already pushed that off to provinces and suggested it’s a province by province issue,”...