Alberta Construction Association Calls for Workforce and Infrastructure Certainty in Budget 2026
As the Government of Alberta prepares Budget 2026, the Alberta Construction Association (ACA) is urging targeted investments to strengthen the construction workforce, provide capital-planning certainty, and ensure procurement practices support regional participation and project delivery. Alberta’s construction industry is under growing pressure from record population growth, with more than 202,000 new residents in 2023, and […]
Investment in Capital and Workforce to Address Demands
Edmonton, AB, February 28, 2025 – The Alberta Construction Association (ACA) acknowledges the government’s 2025 Alberta Budget, highlighting both commendable investments and areas requiring further attention to support infrastructure development across the province. Consistent and predictable capital funding is something ACA sees as essential to meeting the province’s rapid population growth and increasing infrastructure demands. […]
ACA Commends Alberta Government’s Amendments to Prompt Payment and Construction Lien Act and Public Works Act
Edmonton, Alberta – November 5, 2024 – The Alberta Construction Association (ACA) commends the Alberta government for its newly announced Bill 30 the Service Alberta Statutes Amendment Act, which will make amendments to the Prompt Payment and Construction Lien Act as well as to the Public Works act. ACA sees these changes as positive and […]
ACA Stands Ready to Build Schools
Alberta Construction Association (ACA) are pleased to see the Alberta government announcement that they will be boosting spending on school construction by $6.5 billion in capital funding, during Premier Danielle Smith’s address to Alberta last night. This funding will go towards the School Construction Accelerator Program boosting Alberta’s three-year capital spending to $8.6 billion. This […]
ACA Publishes Industry Alert Regarding Contract A Removal
The Alberta Construction Association (ACA) is issuing a province-wide industry notice following the confirmation of cases of removal of “Contract A” from the procurement process by some project owners, in the province. We have seen instances of municipalities and public agencies adopting this language and practice in their procurement process. We note with some alarm […]
Construction Industry Statistics Update
ACA has compiled the latest Construction Industry statistics. This is a summary of the key statistics and trends in Alberta’s construction industry. We will be continually revising them as we get updated information. You can find view the information below: https://albertaconstruction.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Alberta-Construction-Association-July2024-1.pdf
2024 Trade Definitions are Now Available
The 2024 Trade Definitions update is now available at their website: https://www.tradedefinitions.com/ Thank you to the committee for their hard work on this year’s version. They continue to modify and build on the work of past years. The following major revisions to select trade definitions, include the following: ▪ Metal Sheet Roofing▪ Roofing and Related Sheet […]
Former Chair Dave Kinley Passed Away
With heavy hearts we share the passing of former Chair Dave Kinley. Dave was chair in 2015 and served ACA for a number of years on our board. He was chair during a year of great change for our province and worked hard to represent Alberta construction with pride. His sense of humour and willingness […]
ACA Encouraged by Budget Direction
Today the Government of Alberta released Budget 2024 – A Responsible Plan for a Growing Province, while we are encouraged with the commitment to continuing funding of front-line services, ACA would hope that this will be met by continued capital investment. According to the Alberta Finance and Treasury Board “Alberta’s population is projected to surpass […]
New Chair and new energy at our AGM
At our Annual General Meeting yesterday we elected our new executive headed by our new Chair Jason Portas. Trevor Doucette moved to Past Chair, Jen Hancock became Senior Vice Chair, Lois Innes was elected Vice Chair. Thank you to John Winter our outgoing past chair who represented ACA on the board for many difficult years […]