View and download a PDF of the complete issue. Features Construction Outlook 2025BC and Alberta anticipate growth and labour challenges going into 2025. Trial by FireRocky Point Commercial HVAC lost equipment, supplies, and time while […]
British Columbia and Alberta see growth and labour challenges moving into 2025 By / Robin Brunet The good news is that British Columbia’s construction sector, which accounts for 10 percent of the province’s GDP and […]
A devastating blaze tested Rocky Point HVAC’s resilience and the value of solid insurance coverage By Natalie Bruckner In 2024, Curtis Ahlsten, owner of Rocky Point Commercial HVAC Inc. and a member of SMACNA-BC, found […]
Antonio (Tony) Paris, at the age of 92, peacefully passed away on December 28, 2024, surrounded by his loving family. He will be deeply missed, but there is comfort in knowing he is reunited with […]
Scott Mosher, advisor with RBC Dominion Securities, presented a Financial Basics workshop to the SMACNA-BC membership at a dinner meeting in November. By Jessica Kirby As business owners, we often look to the future and […]
By / Jeremy Hallman • Executive Director, SMACNA-BC Our industry continues to face a rapidly evolving landscape as we start 2025. Just as I started to think we could pull off a “soft landing” and […]
In Canada, men experience the highest rates of opioid overdoses, and trades workers are more impacted by substance use and addiction than other fields of work. Trades work is physically demanding and stressful. Its culture […]
By Norm Grusnick, PEng • Commercial Business Development Representative, ECCO Supply The goal of a good room air distribution system is to provide thermal comfort and a healthy living environment for occupants in the space. […]
By Dave Halabourda, Project Manager and Project Optimization Specialist at Apollo Sheet Metal When it comes to inefficiency, construction is in a league of its own. Cost overruns, delays, and material waste are so common they’re […]
In the modern workplace, the importance of diverse leadership cannot be overstated. However, when we talk about diversity, we refer to a broad-spectrum of identities encompassing race and ethnicity, gender, cultural background, age, sexual orientation, […]
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