Announcements

Alberta Budget 2023 Capital Expenditure on AB Infrastructure Projects Capital Expenditure on AB Infrastructure Projects 2023-26 Capital Plan ($millions) Region $1,342,000 Calgary $760,000 Edmonton $634,100 Edmonton $541,000 Calgary $429,700 Calgary $320,600 Rural $166,000 Calgary $138,500 Rural $108,200 Rural $92,300 Edmonton $90,600 Edmonton $84,700 Calgary $84,100 Rural $83,400 Rural $77,200 Rural $63,600 Calgary $63,000 Edmonton $60,600…

Capital Region Partners Presentation – 2023 Recap The ECA was pleased to welcome several public & private partners to our virtual 2022 Capital Region Partners Presentation on Thursday, January 26th. Over 100 members & industry stakeholders joined us to understand more about upcoming construction spending and projects. Thank you to all who presented and attended.…

ECA – Tools for Schools The ECA, along with our partners The Home Depot, had a very successful first delivery day of 2023 this past Friday, with both Dickinsfield (Edmonton) and High Park (Stony Plain) receiving fully loaded crates of tools. Deliveries will continue the next several Friday’s with over 20 schools receiving supplies this…

2023 ECA Election Results 2023 Election Results We’re pleased to announce the election results for the 2023 ECA Board of Directors. On behalf of our board and our membership, I congratulate the following newly elected director under the engineering category for the 2023-2025 term: First term on the ECA Board:  Steven Oosterhof • DIALOG We would also like…

2023 ECA Board Nominations Nomination Form & Instructions ECA Board of Directors nominations will be accepted from October 18-26, 2022. We currently have one opening under the engineering classification and we hope that many of you will consider putting forth your name as a candidate. Subsequently, elections for the 2023 ECA Board of Directors will…

Canadian Leadership Institute (CLI) – Summary The ECA was pleased to welcome nearly 20 industry leaders at the Pomeroy Kananaskis last week for our first in-person Canadian Leadership Institute (CLI) since 2019.  All agreed that it was an excellent 3 days of learning.  Special thanks to our partner FMI for continuing to deliver first class,…

Raising Government’s Support for Alberta’s Construction Industry: A Town Hall Conversation with UCP Caucus Chairman Nathan Neudorf Alberta’s construction industry faces increasing challenges of profitability and secure employment in a post-COVID world. It is vital that our industry raise its visibility and priority with the Alberta Government during the leadership transition and beyond. ACA is…

NAIT 2020-2021 Student Award Recipient Letter ECA supports dozens of young men and women in their trade training and apprenticeship, through scholarships drawn from endowment funds built up by the ECA Board of Directors over many years. The hundreds of thousands of dollars committed to these funds underscores the ECA’s commitment to ensuring a vibrant and ready workforce, for…

ECA Eddie – Comic Strip ECA Eddie has found himself in many adventures since 2017, and we hope the comic provides a good chuckle and a light-hearted way to poke fun at our industry and it’s idiosyncrasies Categories Alberta Prompt Payment Announcements ECA GOVERNMENT RELATIONS AND ADVOCACY UPDATE – Q1 2024 April 25, 2024 Read…

Doug Hansen Greetings Valued Members & Industry Stakeholders, It is with great sadness that we write to share some heartbreaking news regarding one of our industry and community’s most highly regarded, inspirational, and loved leaders.  Doug Hansen, Project Director at Fillmore Construction, and the Edmonton Construction Association’s 2021 & 2022 Board Chair, passed away last weekend. …