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- Residential and high-rise buildings
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- Roads
- Hydro electric construction
- And more
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VANCOUVER DIVING LEGEND REMEMBERS HARROWING BRIDGE COLLAPSE RESCUE
April 28, 2023 NORTH VANCOUVER DIVING legend Phil Nuytten might just be the most famous British Columbian you’ve never heard of. He is the inventor of the world famous Newtsuit and Exosuit deep water dive systems, and the DeepWorker submersible vehicle. He’s dived to...
Insulators get brand new home with state-of-the-art training centre
April 26, 2023 THE BC INSULATORS UNION Local 118 has a brand new home. And it was a long time coming. After moving from the B.C. Institute of Technology (BCIT), to sharing a facility with the United Association Piping Industry College (UAPIC), the Insulators are now...
Op-Ed
COVID-19 and Canada’s New Deal
September 29. 2020 CANADA IS FACING unprecedented health, social and economic challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic. The over half a million highly-skilled women and men that make up Canada’s Building Trades Unions are committed to continue working on building the...
Pandemic places focus on site sanitation
August 25, 2020 Executive Director’s Message by Andrew Mercier THE PAST FEW MONTHS have been marked by the emergence of the coronavirus and an unprecedented public health crisis. Construction workers have been at the front line of the pandemic, continuing to do the...
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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