Documents

Standard Documents

Prompt Payment and Construction Lien Act Plain Language Guides

Volume 1 – Builders’ Lien

Volume 2 – Prompt Payment

Volume 3 – Adjudication

Our industry experts are currently working on the final Plain Language Guide, Adjudication Process, which will be posted on this page once completed.

Kerry Powell of Gowling WLG prepared a series of FAQs for our members to access about Alberta’s Prompt Payment laws:
Explanatory Letter
FAQ 1
FAQ 2
FAQ 3
FAQ 4

All other ACA standard documents and guides are sold through the local construction associations only.  Their contact information can be found here.

CCDC 2 (2020), CCDC 3 (1998), CCDC 4 (2011), CCDC 5B (2010), CCDC 14 (2013), CCDC 17 (2010) and CCDC 18 (2001) Supplementary General Conditions for Use in Alberta
Supplementary General Conditions for the CCDC suite of contracts are required to align with lien legislation unique to each province.

CCDC has been modifying language as each contract in their suite of contracts is updated, which in turn simplifies the wording required in the ACA SGC.

The SGC for CCDC 2-2020 can be found here.

The SGC for CCDC 14-2013 can be found here and will require further modification once CCDC 14 is updated sometime in the next several years.

CCDC 30 does not require a SGC because the payment and holdback provisions are much less prescriptive than in the other CCDC contracts and there doesn’t appear to be any conflicts with Alberta’s lien legislation.

CCDC will be updating several of the remaining contracts in 2023 and ACA will release SGCs for each of these updated CCDC contracts in 2023.

Trade Definitions
Intended to assist companies in identifying work to be included or excluded in the bids of Trade Contractors.

For free download go directly to the site: www.tradedefinitions.com

ACA Form A	Agreement Between Contractor & Subcontractor Standard contract between the prime contractor and subcontractor. *Requires the Form A Seal* This document is available in either Electronic or Hard Copy version through the local construction associations.
Form A Seal	Form A Copyright Seal Required for use of the Form A standard contract
ACA Form B	Agreement Between Subcontractor & Sub-Subcontractor Standard contract between the Subcontractor and Sub-Subcontractor. *Requires the Form B Seal* This document is available in either Electronic or Hard Copy version through the local construction associations.
Form B Seal	Form B Copyright Seal Required for use of the Form B standard contract
Form C Sup 1	Certificate of Substantial Performance of Prime Contract Used by Prime Contractor to verify work is substantially complete and holdback monies withheld under the contract are to be released in accordance with timing stipulated by the Builders’ Lien Act. Work continues towards total completion.
Form C Sup 2	Certificate of Substantial Performance of Subcontract Used by Subcontractor to verify work is substantially complete and holdback monies withheld under the contract are to be released in accordance with timing stipulated by the Builders’ Lien Act. Work continues towards total completion.
Silica Guides	HSE Best Practice  Intended to help companies to protect themselves and their employees against silica dust.
	HSE Silica Operating Procedure  The purpose of this procedure is to specify methods to protect workers who may be exposed to respirable crystalline silica in construction activities.