BUILD WITH EXCELLENCE

Your connection to more than 45,000 highly skilled workers.

We build: 

  • Residential and high-rise buildings 
  • Major institutional and industrial projects
  • Roads
  • Hydro electric construction
  • And more

Learn how the BC Building Trades can help you bring your construction projects to the next level. 

Latest News

BC Building Trades statement on the passing of John Horgan

November 12, 2024 "The BC Building Trades would like to extend our condolences to John Horgan’s family and to all of those who knew and loved him. John was a pleasure to know and to be around. He was warm, genuine and direct. John was a champion of working people, and...

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THIS ELECTION VOTE FOR: PROJECT LABOUR AGREEMENTS

October 17, 2024 IN KATE LISCHERON’S HOMETOWN of Cobble Hill, B.C., most people have to leave to find work. Whether they’re heading to Alberta’s oil fields, getting sent to big projects in Northern B.C. or commuting to Nanaimo or Victoria, she says it’s rare for folks...

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Op-Ed

This election is personal – Executive Director’s Message

September 26, 2024 FOR ME, POLITICS IS PERSONAL. It’s not something that happens over in Victoria or Ottawa. It’s something that affects my family, my friends and my community. It’s been that way since I was 15. At that time, a right wing government was slashing jobs...

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College of the BCBT Apprenticeship Guide

TradeTalk Fall 2021

College of the BC Building Trades Apprenticeship Guide

Use this guide to:

  • Explore our programs
  • Explore our training schools
  • Learn about the College of the BC Building Trades advantage

Tradetalk

TradeTalk Summer 2024

Read the Latest Edition of TradeTalk

Fall 2024 Vol. 27 No. 3

In this issue

  • David Eby Interview
  • Trades Training Funding
  • Power to Vote for Health and Safety

The opioid crisis: words matter

People who work in Canada’s construction industry are impacted by problematic use of opioids. Treatment and recovery are possible, but stigma associated with opioid use can prevent people from getting help. Canada’s Building Trades Unions and Health Canada have teamed up to conquer stigma and get people the help they need.

Construction: the Last Frontier for Women

Less than five per cent of workers in the skilled construction trades are women, but Build TogetHER BC, the women’s committee of the BC Building Trades, is working to change that.

Use caution in the cone zone

You can replace the cone, but not the worker! It’s the responsibility of all of us to ensure the safety of workers in cone zones. 

WE ARE INVOLVED WITH WORTHWHILE CAMPAIGNS ACROSS THE REGION TO ENSURE ALL OUR MEMBERS ARE PRIMED FOR SUCCESS IN THE COMING YEARS

MEMBER RESOURCES

The BC Building Trades represents 45,000 highly skilled construction workers in British Columbia. Our members work in the industrial, commercial, institutional and residential sectors building our communities.

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ABOUT US

We represent 45,000 highly skilled construction workers in B.C., and we are part of a network of 500,000 unionized construction workers across Canada.

MEMBER RESOURCES

Members of a BC Building Trades union have access to health and welfare plans, pension plans, and mental health & addiction services.

BUILDING B.C. BETTER.

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Phone: (778) 397-2220
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2,000,000 skilled tradesperson hours = 1 new Pattullo Bridge!

Our members are delivering the critical infrastructure upgrades that B.C. needs! And they deserve to be celebrated. 🥳

Here's our ad on the approach to the Pattullo Bridge!

1600+ skilled tradespeople are working to bring you the Broadway Subway Project! And we're celebrating their contributions with a massive ad in the Broadway-City Hall Canada Line station. BC Building Trades members are delivering the infrastructure people count on! #WeBuildBC

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