Safety first, no judgment and lots of hand sanitizer

Safety first, no judgment and lots of hand sanitizer

April 16, 2020 If there is a bright side to the COVID-19 pandemic, Bay Hill Contracting seems to have found it. And it’s not just because the company specializes in lighting. “We’ve actually discovered better ways to do things by virtue of the constraints that have...

On the pathway to hope

April 15, 2020 Province Making Progress on the Opioid Crisis By Megan Terepocki EFFORTS BY THE B.C. GOVERNMENT to stop the escalation in opioid overdose deaths seem to be working. This is good news for the construction industry, which has seen its workforce...

No wash stations? Build ’em!

March 24, 2020 What do creative contractors and industrious construction workers do when they can’t source hand-washing stations for their job sites? They build their own! That’s what’s happening at six condominium sites in Victoria, where workers from Oceanview...

Workers have the right to refuse unsafe work

March 19, 2020 COVID-19 has brought the hygiene practices at construction sites into laser focus. It’s important to know that WorkSafe BC occupational health and safety regulations require workplaces to have either fixed or portable washroom facilities that...