Alberta Construction Association

The Construction Sector Council (CSC) has launched an important initiative that will be of interest to you as a member of the Alberta Construction Association.

The CSC is interested in understanding more about the supply of trained and experienced supervisors to assist the industry in planning for its current and future workforce requirements. The CSC is looking at ways to collect this information, how to keep it current, and what information could be made available to the industry.

Throughout this research, the privacy of those who complete the survey will be protected and individual identification information will not be accessible or published. The results of this research will support efforts by the Alberta Construction Association and others to ensure that the industry can successfully meet its need for trained and experienced supervisors.

This initiative has the support of the Alberta Construction Association and the Alberta Construction Safety Association. Financial support for the research has been provided by the Alberta government. Please follow the link below to participate in the short survey or provide your supervisors with the link.

http://www.prismsurveys.com/surveys/CSC-ACSA/CSC-ACSA%20Survey.htm

For some years, Alberta Infrastructure has been surveying industry for AI’s Basket of Goods to establish how prices have changed in the past, year by year. By partnering with ACA’s member associations and companies, we invite you to participate. With your help, planned enhancements to the survey include:

• Improved understanding of cost variations across regions within Alberta
• Adding short term forecasting of future costs
• Adding market conditions in terms of industry and workforce capacity

ACA and Alberta Infrastructure have also committed to sharing the survey summaries and forecasts with other public sector owners, such as municipalities and post secondary schools in order to improve their understanding of market conditions.

Price quotations for the Basket of Goods survey from individual suppliers will remain confidential. However, what you will receive as a participant includes:

• Influence understanding of public owners as to actual costs in response to changing market conditions
• Participation in industry roundtables (if you choose) to hear directly from your industry colleagues
• A summary report for the entire Basket of Goods along with the market conditions
• Updates on the Capital Plan

Please contact ken.gibson@albertaconstruction.net or 780-455-1122 #222 to confirm your organization’s participation, to identify appropriate contact(s), and to hear your suggestions on other information that you believe we should collect in order to further improve the outcomes for industry.