ACA Replies to the Alberta Government 20 year Infrastructure Plan

ACA recently accepted an invitation to provide input to the Government of Alberta for the proposed Infrastructure Act and the legislated commitment to release and regularly review a 20 Year Capital Strategic Plan. We sent in a letter to the Infrastructure Minister outlining our recommendations on the legislation. Our letter introduces and expands on a […]

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, […]

Alberta Infrastructure Seeks Industry Input on 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, […]

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 […]

Input Requested on Proposed Code Changes

Public review to proposed changes to Codes Canada publications is now open. If these proposed changes are approved they will be published in the 2020 National Codes.  Members can provide formal comments to National Research Council before January 4, 2019. Please note the following changes in particular: Air leakageProposed Change 1335As of the 2020 code […]

Towards a Western Canada Growth Strategy

On Friday October 19, ACA submitted a letter calling on the Government of Canada to develop a Western Canada Growth Strategy. ACA answered a number of questions regarding what we see as ways to increase growth in the economy, development of representation of more underrepresented groups and  how to work together with stakeholders to create […]

Federal Government Seeks Input On Integrity Regime

In the fall of 2017 the Government of Canada sought stakeholder views on enhancing the Integrity Regime as part of a public consultation on addressing corporate wrongdoing. In the spring of 2018, the Government of Canada announced that the following enhancements to the Integrity Regime would be made, incorporating the feedback received during the fall […]