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- Residential and high-rise buildings
- Major institutional and industrial projects
- Roads
- Hydro electric construction
- And more
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Building it Green With Canada’s Building Trades Unions
May 22, 2024 IN 2023, WE SAW FIRSTHAND THE catastrophic effects of climate change, from wildfires to floods across Canada. As we enter 2024, it’s an important time to renew our commitment to fight climate change and reduce its impacts on our communities. Canada’s...
HEAT PUMP REVOLUTION – BUILDING TRADES MEMBERS UP TO THE TASK
April 24, 2024 JASON AMESBURY IS QUICK TO ADMIT he’s short on labour. He says the heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) work available in coming months is “astronomical.” Even on a rainy Tuesday in January there are between 50 and 60 open calls. “That’s...
Op-Ed
Editor’s message – Apprenticeship is no walk in the park, but you’re not alone in the journey
February 14, 2022 REMEMBER WHEN Bob Seger played in Vancouver in 1996? Not many people do. It was for an album that didn’t do all that well, and when it was over, Seger basically wasn’t seen again until 2006. I went to that concert though. I bought two tickets as a...
Workers Advocate’s Message – Severed fingers — severed trust
January 11, 2022 WHEN KEY MANDATES of the Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB) are to provide timely return to work and cost effectiveness, you know somebody is going to get hurt. That somebody, of course, is a worker. Oftentimes, it happens when the injured worker is...
College of the BCBT Apprenticeship Guide
College of the BC Building Trades Apprenticeship Guide
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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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