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- 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
BCBT MEMBERS DELIVER BADLY NEEDED HEALTH CARE FACILITIES
June 27, 2025 IN THE FACE OF ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY and yo-yoing tariff threats from the United States, BC Building Trades members are supporting Canadian infrastructure and ideals through work on several pivotal hospital projects across British Columbia. Aaron Preik,...
OPEN LETTER TO BC FERRIES
We were deeply disappointed to learn that BC Ferries has selected China Merchants Industry Weihai Shipyards (CMI Weihai) to build four New Major Vessels (NMVs). Canadian jobs should always come first, but in today’s economic climate, it is more important than ever...
Op-Ed
Opinion: Behind BC’s historic mandate requiring flushing toilets at construction sites
November 3, 2023 Porta-potties have long been a source of frustration and anger for construction workers. They’re rarely cleaned and often filthy. They’re dark and they’re wet. They are too hot in the summer and too cold in the winter. Most of all, they are unsanitary...
Workers Advocate’s Message – Business community resistant to pro-worker WCB changes
May 25, 2023 CHRIS GARDNER, president of the Independent Contractors and Business Association (ICBA), wrote an op-ed in the Journal of Commerce on Dec. 21, 2022, taking the B.C. government to task for trying to fix the workers’ compensation system. Gardner also...
College of the BCBT Apprenticeship Guide
College of the BC Building Trades Apprenticeship Guide
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- Explore our programs
- Explore our training schools
- Learn about the College of the BC Building Trades advantage
Tradetalk
Read the Latest Edition of TradeTalk
Fall 2026 Vol. 29 No. 3
In this issue
- UA 170’s new Kelowna school
- Delivering healthcare infastructure
- APPRENTICESHIP SECTION
- Ironworkers and the PNE Freedom Arch
WE ARE INVOLVED WITH WORTHWHILE CAMPAIGNS ACROSS THE REGION TO ENSURE ALL OUR MEMBERS ARE PRIMED FOR SUCCESS IN THE COMING YEARS
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The BC Building Trades represents 50,000 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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