Builders’ Lien Prompt Payment Amendment Act Introduced
The Government of Alberta introduced today Bill 37: Builders’ Lien (Prompt Payment) Amendment Act, 2020. Alberta Construction Association supports legislative changes which: Mandate progressive release of holdback Extend the length of the period of liens protection Mandate a set length for payment timelines Mandate adjudication to resolve payment disputes ACA appreciates the opportunity to provide […]
Alberta Health Services PreQual Feedback Request
ACA is seeking your comments to the questions contained below by November 3rd, 2020. ACA will keep your response confidential and will combine individual responses into an association response. Please email your response to Jonathan.williams@albertaconstruction.org For context AHS has had this pre-qualification in place since 2014 and is currently re-designing the process for the pre-qualification with […]
ACA Advocacy Update
September 2020 Ken Gibson, Executive Director ACA advanced member interests on numerous advocacy fronts in 2020. Partnered to lead the commercial construction industry response in Prompt Pay consultations. Legislation is expected in the fall 2020 sitting of the Legislature. There is strong alignment among industry groups to adopt much of the Ontario legislative approach for […]
ACA Concerned About Past Contracts Clause
ACA has expressed concern that the Past Contracts Clause in recent procurements runs counter to the collaborative spirit that developed the Vendor Performance Management Framework. Please read our letter to Minister Panda: Infrastructure Minister Panda, May 27, “Past Contracts Clause in Alberta Infrastructure Procurements”
Alberta Infrastructure New VPM Program
A new Vendor Performance Management program (VPM) has been announced by Alberta Infrastructure which aims to ensure contractors and consultants do their best work on infrastructure projects for the Government of Alberta. VPM is a contract management practice used to track, analyze, and manage the performance of a vendor in an effort to control costs, […]
Your Associations Working to Ensure You Get Paid on Time
(updated February 21, 2020) What is Prompt Pay? Prompt pay legislation has been enacted in Ontario, Nova Scotia, Saskatchewan, and is currently under consideration by the Government of Alberta. This is in response to chronic problems due to increasing delays in payment for work properly performed and invoiced. GC’s, Trades and suppliers often wait 70 […]
Non-Standard Contract Clauses Workshops Final Reports
One of Alberta Construction Association’s (ACA) mandates is to support industry standard contracts. Recognizing that the vast majority of public construction projects use different forms of non-standard contracts that are often developed by the issuing body, ACA recognized it would be good membership value to bring awareness to all industry partners about the risks associated […]
Non-Standard Contract Clauses Workshop – Phase II
The vast majority of public construction projects use different forms of non-standard contracts often developed by the issuing body. Risk is frequently allocated contrary to the logic of assigning risk to the party best able to mitigate the risk. Often, the risk being transferred to the Contractor is unquantifiable and/or uninsurable, or beyond the reasonable […]
ACA Sends Congratulations to the Premier and New Ministers
With the Alberta Election behind us the ACA has begun efforts to reach out the new Premier and cabinet. As the government prepares for its first session the ACA is reaching out to each minister so that we can present our policy points and continue to build on our past collaborations. We look forward to […]
So What About Those Non-Standard Contract Clauses: Who Cares?
With funding from Alberta Economic Development to support small to medium size contractors to improve their understanding of risks in commercial contracts, Alberta Construction Association (ACA) in partnership with Edmonton Construction Association (ECA) hosted two more workshops on Oct 4th and Oct 12th. Why TWO more? The first sold out in the first few weeks […]