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Your connection to more than 50,000 highly skilled workers.
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
Site C approval brings opportunity to turn project around, hire local workers & support apprenticeships
Date: Monday, December 11, 2017 The voice of B.C.’s unionized construction sector lauds the decision today by the B.C. NDP government to move forward with the Site C hydroelectric dam. “We recognize this has been a difficult decision for the newly...
Trade skills being used for sea turtle rescue
Date: Tuesday, November 28, 2017 Samuel Adams, a member of Millwrights Local 2736, has helped establish a sea turtle hatchery in Costa Rica. Samuel Adams, a five-year member of the Millwrights Local 2736 with 10 years experience in the trade, heard about the...
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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
Summer 2026 Vol. 29 No. 2
In this issue
- Expo 86: The build, the battle, the broken promise
- Supporting diabetes research and child care
- BC Conservatives’ bill to ban community benefits
agreement defeated amid strong union opposition
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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We represent 50,000 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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