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Time to put the brakes on uncertified tradespeople

by BC Building Trades | Jun 11, 2021

June 11, 2021 By Brynn Bourke & Melissa Chirino DO YOU WANT someone without training to work on the electrical wiring of your home, your child’s school, or the hospital in your community? Or how about the brakes on your car, or on the 18-wheeler behind you as you...

Free menstrual products to be offered on some public construction sites

by BC Building Trades | May 27, 2021

May 27, 2021 IT’S THE RIGHT thing to do. Period. On the eve of global Menstrual Hygiene Day May 28, BC Infrastructure Benefits (BCIB) announces it will provide free menstrual products to its employees, removing a barrier for people on some of the biggest...

Modernizing toilet facilities in construction long overdue

by BC Building Trades | Apr 21, 2021

April 21, 2021 EVERYBODY DOES IT, but only construction workers are expected to do it in a filthy portable toilet. “We’re talking about the sanitation practices for workers on construction sites,” said Brynn Bourke, interim executive director for BCBT. “The time has...

BCBT pleased with Budget 2021’s investment in capital projects and skills development

by BC Building Trades | Apr 20, 2021

April 20, 2021 THE BC BUILDING TRADES applauds the BC NDP government for investing in essential infrastructure, jobs and skills development. Budget 2021 commits a record $26.4 billion to capital spending over three years. This investment in hospitals, housing,...

Workers, families, dignitaries gather virtually on 40th anniversary of Bentall IV construction tragedy

by BC Building Trades | Jan 6, 2021

January 7, 2021 Vancouver, BC — Forty years ago, four men went to work building one of Downtown Vancouver’s most iconic highrises: the Bentall Centre Tower IV. Those men never came home. They were carpenters Gunther Couvreux, Brian Stevenson, Donald Davis and Yrjo...

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