Employing more than 20,000 skilled construction workers across Canada, PCA members are recognized as leaders in industrial, commercial, institutional, and heavy civil construction and maintenance. We are the builders of Canada’s natural resource industries, roads and bridges, pipelines, water and wastewater treatment facilities, schools, hospitals, and the commercial buildings that form the backbone of our economy.
The unique and strong partnership our companies enjoy with their employees and the close collaboration of our workforce gives PCA members a distinct productivity and safety advantage over the competition. In short, we are building Canada together.
Action & Advocacy
We’re stepping up our efforts to raise greater awareness about the issues and projects that matter to our members. When it needs to be said, we’re making sure we’re heard.
Member Services
PCA’s comprehensive suite of advisory services helps our member companies turn those challenges into competitive advantage.
Our Vision
The PCA vision for fair and open construction competition is well-suited to help governments and the private sector meet Canada’s fiscal and economic challenges.
What’s New
Wasted! PCA Campaign Pushes Back on B.C. Government’s Infrastructure Rules #moneywellwasted
Vancouver (October 3, 2018) – The B.C. government’s plan to funnel billions of dollars in infrastructure projects to its union friends isn’t right or responsible, but it has earned the dubious distinction of ensuring public tax dollars are well wasted, according to...
read morePCA Celebrates Revival of Canada’s LNG Industry with Approval of Megaproject
(October 2, 2018) – The Progressive Contractors Association of Canada (PCA) whose member companies build major energy and natural resource projects is delighted that LNG Canada is moving ahead with its multibillion-dollar project in Kitimat, B.C. “This is a...
read moreResearch Shows Alarming Spread of Construction Labour Monopolies
Toronto (Sept. 27, 2018) – New research released today by the Cardus think tank confirms there’s no time to waste in plugging a legislative loophole that has allowed construction labour monopolies to gain control of a staggering $2.5 billion worth of construction...
read moreMajor WSIB Rate Cut Welcome News for Ontario Construction Contractors
Toronto (Sept. 26, 2018) – A major premium rate reduction announced today by the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) is welcome relief for Ontario’s construction employers, according to the Progressive Contractors Association of Canada (PCA), which represents...
read morePCA Fears Alberta About to Follow B.C.’s Lead with New Infrastructure Rules
Edmonton (Sept. 21, 2018) – The Progressive Contractors Association of Canada (PCA), whose member companies build major infrastructure projects across the province, today expressed its concerns about the Notley government’s plan to begin implementing Community Benefit...
read moreUnions battle over work on Sault Civic Centre project
Angela Gismondi September 13, 2018 Unions battle over work on Sault Civic Centre project A labour dispute over a civic centre recladding project in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. has pitted the only two unions eligible to do the work against each other. For 30 years, the City...
read moreIndustry Voices Op-Ed: Who really benefits from B.C.’s public infrastructure rules?
Earlier this summer, the B.C. government laid out the rules for building billions of dollars-worth of public infrastructure across the province. Future projects are to be built using a framework that’s supposed to boost apprenticeships, promote local hiring and help...
read moreNo Need to Subject Sault Taxpayers to Costly Labour Disputes
Sault Ste. Marie (Sept. 7, 2018) – A dispute between the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners and the Labourers’ International Union of North America (LIUNA) over who should be recladding the Sault Civic Centre, underlines the urgent need to fix outdated...
read moreWasted! PCA Campaign Pushes Back on B.C. Government’s Infrastructure Rules #moneywellwasted
Vancouver (October 3, 2018) – The B.C. government’s plan to funnel billions of dollars in infrastructure projects to its union friends isn’t right or responsible, but it has earned the dubious distinction of ensuring public tax dollars are well wasted, according to...
read morePCA Celebrates Revival of Canada’s LNG Industry with Approval of Megaproject
(October 2, 2018) – The Progressive Contractors Association of Canada (PCA) whose member companies build major energy and natural resource projects is delighted that LNG Canada is moving ahead with its multibillion-dollar project in Kitimat, B.C. “This is a...
read moreResearch Shows Alarming Spread of Construction Labour Monopolies
Toronto (Sept. 27, 2018) – New research released today by the Cardus think tank confirms there’s no time to waste in plugging a legislative loophole that has allowed construction labour monopolies to gain control of a staggering $2.5 billion worth of construction...
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