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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. 

Latest News

First all-Indigenous cohort graduates EJTC

February 29, 2024 SOME OF WAKENNIOSTA COOPER’S earliest memories are hiding behind her grandma’s living room couch doing puzzles. “I’ve been doing puzzles since I was a kid ... it was one of my favourite things to do,” Cooper said. “I’ve always liked problem solving...

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IBEW 993 Lights Up Women’s Shelter

February 21, 2024 THE LIGHTS IN A WOMEN’S SHELTER in Kitimat, B.C. are shining brighter this winter thanks to Alyssa Rogers and a sisterhood of electricians from the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 993 (IBEW 993). Rogers is a second-year...

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Op-Ed

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 Spring 2023

Read the Latest Edition of TradeTalk

Spring 2024 Vol. 27 No. 1

In this issue

  • PPE That Actually Fits
  • Underground Economy
  • Building it Green

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.

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

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Way to go, member Jasmine Ross, who just won the annual Build TogetHER (@WeBuildBC women's committee) Indigenous scholarship:

"In everything I do, I carry my Indigenous roots with me. They give me strength and inspire me to keep going."

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