ACA Submits Budget Recommendations
ACA submitted key recommendations for the Alberta Budget 2025 earlier this month, urging the provincial government to prioritize infrastructure investment, workforce development, and balance risk allocation in public projects. Here are our key recommendations: Consistent and Predictable Capital Investment – The ACA calls for stable, long-term funding for critical infrastructure projects, including Highway 3 twinning, […]
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. […]
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
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 […]
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 […]
Media Release – Prompt Payment Legislation
Over the past several years, the Alberta Construction Association has worked closely with the Government of Alberta in developing the Prompt Pay Construction Lien Act (PPCLA). This legislation was developed within the construction industry in response to chronic problems due to increasing delays in payment for work properly performed and invoiced. GC’s, Trades, and suppliers […]
Buildforce Highlights
Alberta’s construction sector continued its strong post-pandemic recovery in 2022, buoyed by further growth in its new-housing market and by increased activity across its non-residential sector. Market conditions remain strained, as a result, as many residential-sector trades, in particular, reported recruiting challenges. The outlook calls for construction employment to remain unchanged in 2023, before experiencing […]
ACA Announces a new Executive Director
Alberta Construction Association is very pleased to announce that Mr. Warren Singh becomes ACA’s Executive Director effective Monday December 4th. Warren brings extensive political, government relations, and policy expertise to ACA. His experience in academia, non-profit and the provincial government will serve him well as the new Executive Director. We would like to thank ACA’s […]
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Alberta Construction Groups Raise Policy Concerns
On April 26 ACA along with Progressive Contractors Association and ICBA Alberta sent a letter of concern to Alberta NDP leader Rachel Notley in regards to some of the promises being made by the opposition party ahead of the provincial election. On September 20, 2022 at a convention of the Building Trades of Alberta (BTA), […]