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Lifetime Achievement Award

The ECA is transitioning the Claude Alston Award, which will now be recognized as the ECA Lifetime Achievement Award. The Claude Alston Award has served as a longstanding source of inspiration for many years and will continue to do so as the ECA Lifetime Achievement Award well into the future. It will be awarded at the Builder’s Connect Luncheon in February 2024 with the same common criteria.

The ECA continues to seek to recognize individuals whose accomplishments, leadership, and service inspires future leaders who espouse similar values and enable the best outcomes for the construction sector.

If you’d like to nominate an individual to recognize and honor their extraordinary leadership that has contributed to the “common good” of the Edmonton construction sector, please see below to view the criteria and submit your nomination.

Claude Alston and Award History

The Claude Alston Award is the ECA's highest honour, given in recognition of an individual's distinguished contribution to the Edmonton construction community. The ECA Board of Directors created the award in 1975.  

The award is named for Claude William Alston (1883-1975), a charter member of the Edmonton Builders Exchange (est. 1931 and renamed the Edmonton Construction Association in 1965). Alston, a General Contractor, was one of the association's greatest contributors, serving as its President from 1947 to 1949, at which time he retired from Poole Construction Limited. The following year, Alston was appointed Secretary-Manager of the Association, a position which he retained until 1960. He passed away in 1975. Shortly after he passed away, the ECA Board of Directors developed criteria for a special award in Alston's name.

The Claude Alston Award allows the ECA to celebrate and honor persons of extraordinary leadership contributing to the “common good” of the Edmonton construction sector. The ECA seeks to recognize individuals whose accomplishments, leadership, and service will inspire future leaders who espouse similar values and enable the best outcomes for the construction sector.

Presented by the Edmonton Construction Association for outstanding service and contribution to the Edmonton area construction industry.