IN THIS ISSUE:
Advertise with TCA
TCA / YCL Event Line Up
The 2022 Buildings Show recap
TCA Annual Christmas Luncheon recap
Welcome New Members
TCA 2022 Innovative Product Award Winners Announcement
TCA Free Members' Networking Workshop: January 24, 2024 - RSVP
TCA Annual Ski Day: February 9, 2023
TCA Best of the Best Awards Registration
Join our Young Construction Leaders (YCL) Committee
CCA / COCA News
TCIC January 2023 Course Line Up
Project of the Month
Advantage Club Partners
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Advertise with us and grow your business!
TCA's monthly E-Connect newsletter reaches all of our members, partner associations, industry organizations, and buyers of construction services at all government levels - that's over 30,000 industry contacts!
In addition to reaching such a large audience, our monthly newsletter also lives on our TCA website and will be promoted on all of our social channels, giving you even more exposure.
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Upcoming TCA / YCL Events |
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Members Networking Workshop
January 24, 2023 - TCA Office
TCA's Annual General Meeting/Awards Presentation
February 21, 2023 - Richmond Hill Country Club
TCA Annual Ski Day
February 9, 2023 - Craigleith Ski Club
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*Due to the uncertainties surrounding COVID-19, we advise that you visit our website events page for updates on our future events!*
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Thank you for visiting us at The 2022 Buildings Show |
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Thank you for visiting us at The 2022 Buildings Show / Construct Canada, held at the Metro Toronto Convention, South Building, on November 30 – December 2, 2022.
We are grateful for the number of visitors who could attend and stopped by our booth during the exhibit. Our team of experts had the opportunity to share information about our membership benefits, networking events; education and professional development; marketing opportunities, and much more.
If you want more information or have specific questions, please do not hesitate to contact us by email at info@tcaconnect.com.
We thank you for your interest in our products and services and hope you enjoyed your visit! We look forward to seeing you all again soon.
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Recap: TCA 78th Annual Christmas Luncheon |
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On Friday, December 2, 2022, the TCA hosted its annual Christmas luncheon, which was finally back after a two-year halt due to the pandemic, and it did not miss a beat!
The event sold out, and 2400+ construction professionals from different backgrounds were in attendance and enjoyed all the entertainment, festivities, and networking opportunities.
The event's masters of ceremonies comedian Derek Sequin did an exceptional job and tickled everyone's funny bone with 40 minutes of stand-up.
Easily the highlight of the day was the appearance of former Mississauga mayor Hazel McCallion, who, at 101 years of age, delivered a powerful and inspiring speech before a thunderous standing ovation.
An event like this could only be fully realized with the contributions of our extraordinary sponsors. Special thanks go out to our presenting sponsor United Rentals, and the other companies that made this event as successful as it was; Home Depot, Geosolv Design/ Build Inc., Multiplex, Uponor, Trisura Guarantee, G&L, Graham Construction, and Pomerleau.
A huge thank you to everyone who participated.
We look forward to celebrating with you all again in 2023!
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Special Thank you to our sponsors
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Welcoming TCA's NEWEST Members
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TCA 2022 Innovative Product Award Winners Announced at Construct Canada |
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The Toronto Construction Association (TCA) 2022 Innovative Product Award (IPA) winners were announced at The 2022 Buildings Show on Thursday, December 1, 2022.
The IPA Award (formerly known as TIPTA) was established in 1994 by TCA and is open to any supplier demonstrating the development and/or the use of innovative technologies in their respective industries.
Congratulations to this year's top three winners:
First place winner: PCL Construction’s Job Site Access (JSA)
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PCL won the top spot with Job Site Access (JSA), an access-control software platform that supports safe and secure access to project sites.
Every time someone swipes a badge or passes through a facial-recognition access point, a time-stamped record is created that measures each person’s attendance and time on site. Available via laptop or mobile device, JSA can generate automated attendance reports and eliminate the need for manual sign-in sheets and related paperwork. It also allows for a quick scan-check to verify a worker’s training credentials.
By digitizing all the information about who is on a job site at every hour of the day, Job Site Access can help lower the risk to the general public from wandering onto the site. It can prevent theft and other disruptions by ensuring that only authorized personnel can enter. It is also invaluable in emergency situations, since it allows users to quickly account for the whereabouts of everyone in the area.
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Second Place Winner: Corfix
Corfix is a tech company based in Kanata, Ontario, and built on one innovative product: a desktop and mobile application designed to streamline job site management in construction. It is tailored to help small- and medium-sized companies join the digital revolution, freeing them from the labour of maintaining weighty binders full of SDS manuals, company policies, blueprints, and other stacks of paperwork. Instead, all the company's data can be collected, stored, and shared on a user-friendly platform that can be made available to anyone, anywhere.
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Third Place Winner: Bidmii International Inc.
Is there anyone who doesn't have a story about a home reno gone wrong, whether it's a homeowner billed for unexpected fees or a contractor hit with endless unplanned-for add-ons? Bidmii aims to change all that.
Bidmii is an online marketplace that connects homeowners and contractors to complete renovation and repair projects. Good home contractors are hard to find (especially in the GTA), and one in every 20 residential renovation projects in Canada ends with a lost deposit. Meanwhile, it takes an average of two months for contractors to collect payments owed for invoiced work. Bidmii not only helps homeowners and contractors find each other, it actually holds project funds in trust, protecting both sides from bad actors.
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Thank you to everyone who participated and submitted applications for the 2022 Innovative Product Award! |
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TCA Free Members' Networking Workshop: January 24, 2024 - RSVP for Free Now |
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*TCA Members Only*
TCA's first free members' networking workshop of the year is on Tuesday, January 24, 2023. Take advantage of an excellent opportunity to network, reconnect with your industry peers, and grow your business.
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TCA's Members' Networking Workshop aims to help you:
- Apply effective networking skills that help build and grow your business relations.
- Develop effective self-introduction and networking plans.
- Network with our sponsors and attend virtual networking sessions.
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For further details, click here, Or contact Polyanna Fok to RSVP Now:
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TCA Annual Ski Day: February 9, 2023 — Tickets are available for purchase now
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Ready for some winter fun? Join us for our 40th annual ski day event on Thursday, February 9, 2023, at the Craigleith Ski Club, in Collingwood. You will enjoy an exhilarating day skiing/snowboarding on one of the finest slopes, plus more!
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Skiing / Snowboarding Cost
TCA Member - $235.00 plus HST
Non-member - $298.00 plus HST
Ski & snowboard equipment not included in cost.
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Social Cost
TCA Member - $185.00 plus HST
Non-member - $200.00 plus HST
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For more details click here, Or please contact Jason Pelligra:
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TCA's 155th Annual AGM & "Best of the Best" Awards Presentation: Feb. 21, 2023 — Register for Free Now
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After a two-year halt, the Toronto Construction Association (TCA) 155th Annual General Meeting & "Best of the Best" Awards presentation will take place in person at a new location (the Richmond Hill Country Club) on Wednesday, February 21, 2023, at 5:00 PM EST.
At this important gathering, the TCA budget for 2023 will be presented along with a report on the audit for 2022 and the financial statements, followed by the "Best of the Best" Awards presentation, acknowledging members for their project achievements and outstanding contributions to our industry.
More details to follow soon!
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Please note that this is a TCA members-only event. |
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For all other inquiries, please contact Anna Mehrabian:
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Join our Young Construction Leaders (YCL) Club |
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To learn more about YCL and how you can get involved, click here.
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Save the date: CSC Building Expo - March 1, 2023 |
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The CSC Building Expo is scheduled for Wednesday, March 1, 2023, at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, South Building.
Details to follow for speakers, events and registration.
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Member Benefit: Virtual Commissioning of Stat Decs |
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Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, TCA is now commissioning statutory declarations virtually for our members.
If you require the signature of a commissioner of oaths, the virtual commissioning process will be as follows:
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Email us at statdec@tcaconnect.com to set up the video conference.
- Commissioning staff will ask for identification in order to verify the member's identity. Have your picture identification ready.
- Once confirmed you will sign the Statutory Declarations while the commissioning staff witness. You will then need to scan and send it by email.
- Once received, the commissioning staff will print and verify the signature that they witnessed and if everything is satisfactory, they will sign and email it back.
If you have any further questions regarding TCA's virtual commissioning process, please contact us by email: statdec@tcaconnect.com.
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The Council of Ontario Construction Associations (COCA), our provincial partner, aims to bring concerns of our members at large to the attention of Queen's Park. COCA is committed to working with the Provincial Government to ensure that Ontario's legislative landscape is one in which our industry can grow and prosper.
Highlights from COCA's monthly newsletter include:
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The Canadian Construction Association (CCA), our federal partner, aims to be the national voice for the Canadian construction industry, giving our industry a voice in public policy issues; legal and standards development; and goals of contractors, suppliers and allied business professionals working in, or with, Canada's non-residential construction industry.
CCA recently launched a new newsletter called CCA Plus+.
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Exclusive Discount for TCA Members on publishing Certificates of Substantial Performance (CSPs) in the Daily Commercial News (DCN)!
All certificates and notices published in the Daily Commercial News (DCN) are a flat fee of $300 (plus tax). Special Affinity Pricing of $200 per certificate is available to all ConstructConnect subscribers and TCA members.
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Click on the image for more details.
**IMPORTANT: To apply the discount, please mention the offer at the time of order placement.**
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The Construction Institute Of Canada Course Line Up |
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TCIC is pleased to offer you the following courses, seminars and workshops taught by senior industry professionals:
January 2023 (live webinars)
Jan. 11 & 18 | Wednesday | 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM EST
Effective Construction Meeting & Meeting Minutes
Jan. 12 | Thursday | 12:30 PM – 4:00 PM EST
Jan. 17 & 19 | Tuesday & Thursday | 8:30 AM – 1:30 PM EST
Jan. 17 – 19 | Tuesday - Thursday | 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM EST
Jan. 18, 25, Feb. 1 & 8 | Wednesday | 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM EST
Jan. 19 | Thursday | 1:00 PM – 4:30 PM EST
Jan. 24 | Tuesday | 1:00 PM – 4:30 PM EST
Jan. 24 & 25 | Tuesday & Wednesday | 11:30 PM – 3:30 PM EST
Jan. 24 & 25 | Tuesday & Wednesday | 12:30 PM – 3:30 PM EST
Jan. 24 – Mar. 28 | Tuesday | 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM EST
(Lean Construction – a Last Planner™ Simulation)
Jan 25 | Wednesday | 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM EST
Jan. 25 & Feb. 1 | Wednesday | 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM EST
Jan. 25, Feb. 1, 8 & 15 | Wednesday | 1:00 PM – 4:30 PM EST
Jan. 25 – Mar. 29 | Wednesday | 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM EST
Jan. 26 & 27 | Thursday & Friday | 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM EST
Jan. 26 & Feb. 2 | Thursday | 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM EST
Jan. 26, 27, Feb. 2 & 3 | Thursday & Friday | 8:00 AM – 11:30 AM EST
Jan. 26, Feb. 2 & 9 | Thursday | 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM EST
Jan. 30 & 31 | Monday & Tuesday | 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM EST
For TCIC inquiries, please contact:
Faith Chen, Manager, Professional Development
416-847-9162
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TCIC Featured Courses Of The Month |
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Blueprint Reading & Estimating – Level 1
Blueprint reading and estimating is vital in the construction industry and the Level 1 curriculum includes the fundamentals; namely:
- How to read and interpret plans and specifications
- Understanding construction terminology
- Understanding bidding protocols and the bid preparation process
Blueprint Reading & Estimating Level 1 teaches students how to read and interpret bid documents, compartmentalize the scope by trade and practice locating information on a set of construction drawings. Students will become familiar with terms and protocols and practice taking off quantities.
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Click here, for more details.
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Project Bid Opportunities |
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Six-year Silverthorn storm trunk sewer build at halfway point
A severe storm which hit Toronto almost 20 years ago causing major property damage is the driver of a massive infrastructure project.
Designed by CH2M Hill Canada Ltd (now Jacobs), the $400-million Fairbank Silverthorn Storm Trunk Sewer project is an undertaking which took years of planning and design, required shipping a tunnel boring machine from France, and is only about the half-way point of approximately six years of construction.
Its purpose is to protect more than 4,600 homes and businesses in a 140-hectare section of the Fairbank Silverthorn community of northwest Toronto from basement flooding. When the project is completed in 2026, the amount of storm water flowing into Black Creek on the western edge of the community will be cut by approximately 40,000 cubic metres.
The most high-profile—although invisible to the general public—component will be the construction of an approximately three-kilometre-long, 4.5-meter-diameter trunk sewer by EBC Bessac Joint Venture using an Earth Pressure Balancing TBM.
Construction of the trunk sewer, at depths ranging from between 15 to 40 meters below the ground, is scheduled to start next March and take until the end of 2024 to complete. Excavating between seven to 10 metres day in an east-to-west direction, the TBM will operate on a 24/7 schedule to prevent idling in the soft ground in the area. As well, 20 tunneling and micro tunneling shafts will be constructed by Ward & Burke Microtunnelling Limited of Mississauga Ontario (TCA member).
Preliminary work began in 2020/2021 with the installation of 65 inlet control devices—with a total of 330 planned—to restrict storm water from entering combined sewers, reducing combined sewer overflow and the risk of basement flooding. Early next year excavation of the retrieval shaft, at a fenced off compound in a parking lot near a local school, will commence.
The project is part of the city’s Basement Flooding Protection Program which the city approved 2021 and covers 67 basement flooding study areas. By the end of this year approximately will have been spent on the construction of recommended solutions for various areas. This one is funded, in part, by a $73.2 million federal government through the Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund.
Owner: City of Toronto
Consultant: CH2M Hill Canada Ltd (now Jacobs)
Estimated value: $400 million
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TCA Advantage - Group Home & Auto Insurance Program
Personalized coverage to meet your needs
As a member of the Toronto Construction Association, you have access to preferred rates and personalized service on home and auto insurance. With TCA's group insurance plan, you can protect the things you value most and keep more money in your pocket. Contact Westland MyGroup today for a quote!1-844-999-7687
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TCA Advantage - Incredible savings on your office supplies
GREAT savings on your everyday office supplies! TCA's partnership with Staples Advantage offers you up to 60% off! Contact us today for more information.
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TCA Advantage- Fleet Pricing on ALL Fiat, Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep
Advantage Club members enjoy FLEET PRICING on the purchase of a Fiat, Chrysler, Dodge or Jeep Vehicle! TCA's partnership with Chrysler offers substantial savings! Contact us today for more information.
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We're here to help... please contact us: |
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TORONTO CONSTRUCTION ASSOCIATION
70 Leek Crescent
Richmond Hill, ON L4B 1H1
Telephone: (416) 499-4000
Fax: (416) 499-8752
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Important Reminder to TCA Members
In an effort to keep you updated on TCA membership products and services, please contact us if staffing information changes—this is the best way for you and your colleagues to find out what's happening at TCA!
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