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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.
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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...
THIS ELECTION VOTE FOR: MORE TRADES TRAINING FUNDING
October 15, 2024 GORDON MCINTOSH CRASHED INTO WELDING — almost literally. McIntosh was in his early 20s and working a “dead-end” job at an auto parts warehouse with only ten-cent annual raises on his horizon, when he rear-ended another vehicle, punching a hole in his...
Op-Ed
Executive Director’s Message – People Are Our Greatest Strength
October 25, 2022 THE PROJECTS WE BUILD are so impressive that we can often lose sight of the people behind them. Our members’ touch so much of the provincial landscape. It’s hard not to fill the pages of TradeTalk with pictures of our members erecting skyscrapers or...
President’s Message – Now We Organize
October 18, 2022 ON JUNE 2, 2022, we celebrated an important win for workers in our province. Bill 10 — the Labour Relations Code Amendment Act, 2022 received royal assent and became law, reinstating card check certification in B.C. Card check, or single-step...
College of the BCBT Apprenticeship Guide
College of the BC Building Trades Apprenticeship Guide
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- Explore our programs
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- 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
MEMBER RESOURCES
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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