by Kenzie Andrews | May 4, 2023 | Around Town, BC Construction Association, Blog, Industry Survey
Your Weekly Construction Briefing The BC Construction Association has released its annual Industry Survey offering insights from construction employers and tradespeople. According to this year’s survey, the top issues facing the industry are skilled labour shortages,...
by Kenzie Andrews | Nov 24, 2022 | BC Construction Association, Blog, Stat Pack, Statistics
Your Weekly Construction Briefing The BC Construction Association has released their Fall 2022 Industry Stat Pack. Construction continues to rank as BC’s number 1 employer contributing to over $15.6 Billion in wages in 2022. Image courtesy of the BC...
by Kenzie Andrews | Oct 13, 2022 | Apprenticeships, Around Town, BC Construction Association, Blog, Mentorship
Your Weekly Construction Briefing The BC Construction Association announced a province-wide mentorship program to encourage skilled trades as a career path. The program is funded to run for three years and expected to support 300 mentees...
by Kenzie Andrews | Sep 29, 2022 | Apprenticeships, Around Town, BC Construction Association, Blog
Your Weekly Construction Briefing Effective today, BC’s construction employers can begin to access up to $40,000 through the BC Construction Association to offset the costs of onboarding and training first-year apprentices in 39 Red Seal trades. Funding through the BC... by Kenzie Andrews | Sep 1, 2022 | Apprenticeships, Around Town, BC Construction Association, Blog
Your Weekly Construction Briefing The BC Construction Association (BCCA) has received over $21M in funding from the Government of Canada’s Apprenticeship Service to enable small and medium sized employers in BC’s construction industry to hire and register first-year...
by Kenzie Andrews | Apr 21, 2022 | Around Town, BC Construction Association, Blog, Industry Survey
Your Weekly Construction Briefing According to the BC Construction Association (BCCA) annual Industry Survey results released last week, the industry is experiencing a 79% increase in the value of current projects from five years ago, and a 17% increase from...