ICBA

Volume 16, Number 1 - Spring 2006

Training still necessary but only a mid-term solution
Immigration a solution to formwork shortages?
There's no construction slowdown in sight - BC needs to look elsewhere to fill immediate
needs.

'Toast & roast' $s donated to VRS
Vancouver Resource Society is $15,000 richer thanks to a "toast and roast" of Philip
Hochstein.

Lockwood Bros. Concrete Products to 'at least triple' in size
Major expansion of precast concrete producer chips away at skills shortages in the Okanagan
The current, major expansion of Lockwood Bros. Concrete Products will help chip away at certain skills shortages in the Okanagan.

Open Shop construction dominant across Canada
Quebec is the only holdout when it comes to benefitting from the efficiencies of Open Shop construction across Canada.

Emerging public tendering clause 'open to abuse'
Jim Laurence, ICBA's chair, sees a "disturbing trend developing ... that's potentially open to abuse of taxpayer's dollars."