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  • April 1st Carbon Tax Increase - What You Need to Know.

    27/03/2024

    As you have heard, the federal carbon tax is set to increase by 23% on April 1st , 2024. The carbon tax is presently...

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  • Submission to the Ministry of Environment, Conservation, and Parks

    21/03/2024

    The OSWCA represents 800+ member companies ensuring clean water and sanitation across Ontario's 444 municipalities....

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  •   BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE SAFELY ACT, 2024 RECEIVES ROYAL ASSENT

    14/03/2024

    The Government of Ontario recently announced that Bill 153 - Building Infrastructure Safely Act, 2024 has reached royal...

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  • TARBA, GTSWCA & HCAT Presents: Using Recycled Crushed Aggregates Technical Seminar

    13/03/2024

    Asphalt and concrete are 100% recyclable and can be reused as valuable construction materials, rather than end up in...

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  • Young Executive Committee Technology Review Panel ‘Work Xid’

    07/03/2024

    OSWCA's Young Executive's Committee heard a presentation at its March meeting from work xid. This company has a mobile...

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  • RPRA’s 2024 fees for Excess Soil Registry Posted

    07/03/2024

    As part of the Excess Soil Regulations that were passed in 2019 (O.Reg. 406/19), the provincial government gave...

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  • Ontario One Call Webinar – Upcoming Changes to the One Call System

    01/03/2024

    Ontario One Call will be hosting a webinar next Wednesday, March 6, 12:30-1:30pm, regarding the upcoming regulatory...

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  • City of Toronto “No Fly Zone”

    01/03/2024

    The City of Toronto will be imposing a temporary moratorium on all non-emergency utility work/street occupation, which...

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  • L183 Sewer and Watermain Trainees

    29/02/2024

    The LiUNA Training Centre is currently running the sewer and watermain skills program with 12 trainees are enrolled.

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  • Pre-apprenticeship Graduates Seeking Employment

    29/02/2024

    Building Up is running a pre-apprenticeship program with 16 refugee claimants that will graduate on March 28th. While...

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  • Municipal Infrastructure Summit Outlines

    29/02/2024

    Please see in the links below the tender lists from the following regions and the main PowerPoint slides from the...

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  • HCAT, GTSWCA and TARBA Presents: Cyber Resilience Blueprint: Strategies for Safeguarding your Business

    22/02/2024

    As cyber threats continue to rapidly evolve, the need to proactively safeguard against cyberattacks remain top of mind....

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  • MODERNIZATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS FOR MUNICIPAL INFRASTRUCTURE

    22/02/2024

    On February 16th the Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP) proposed to revoke the Municipal Class EA...

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  • BILL 88 - HOW TO PROTECT YOUR CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS

    22/02/2024

    Construction firms and contractors face more risk than ever, with continued supply chain delays, fluctuating inflation...

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  • 2024 Engineers’ Night (Partners in Service Evening)

    21/02/2024

    The GTSWCA cordially invites all Contractor members to attend their 2024 Engineers' Night annual (Partners in Service...

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  • Locked2024 GTSWCA Payroll Burdens for Locals 183, 230 and 793

    08/02/2024

    On May 1st, 2024, the new rates for the GTSWCA Collective Agreements with Locals 183, 230, and 793 will take effect....

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  • Buildwitt Survey – Help us to create an industry promotion campaign that reflects what you do

    07/02/2024

    We invite you to share your feedback with us about working in the sewer and watermain construction industry. By sharing...

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  • ‘Pipe dream’: fixing water and sewer infrastructure with corporations

    02/02/2024

    Momentum is building behind the idea of taking responsibility for building and operating local drinking water and...

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  • INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVES OP-ED: GROWING NUMBER OF VENDORS REQUIRE OHSMS, BUT NOT ALL ARE CREATED EQUAL

    24/01/2024

    "In an era marked by technological advancements and rapidly evolving construction practices, a growing number of...

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  • GTSWCA Health & Safety Conference

    18/01/2024

    The Conference will feature presentations from construction health and safety experts on a range of topics that are...

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  • Supervisor Due Diligence: What is it, and how to Achieve it?

    16/01/2024

    Join us on Feb. 27th for one of the most in-demand courses for supervisors in Canada, covering all of the critical...

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  • SHARING LOCATES: TIPS AND TRICKS WITH ONTARIO ONE CALL

    16/01/2024

    Did you know that excavators can share locates? By sharing locates, multiple excavators can dig in a designated area...

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  • GTSWCA, TARBA, and HCAT Presents: Making the Construction Act Work for You Webinar

    15/01/2024

    The key objective of the recent changes to the Construction Act was to move cash more quickly to the contractors doing...

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  • COR RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO CERTIFIED MEMBERS

    11/01/2024

    The IHSA offers a number of free resources to member companies that are COR certified. READ MORE

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  • HALTON REGION VENDOR PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT

    10/01/2024

    Halton Regional Council has approved a new procurement by-law which will come into force February 1st, 2024. READ MORE

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  • CHANGES TO REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO CRANES USED AT CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

    09/01/2024

    Amendments to various crane-related provisions of O. Reg. 213/91 (Construction Projects) under the Occupational Health...

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  • FEDERAL PROMPT PAYMENT LEGISLATION

    09/01/2024

    The Federal Prompt Payment for Construction Work Act is now in force as of December 9th, 2023. The legislation applies...

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  • NEW LOCATE REGULATION

    05/01/2024

    The Minister of Public and Business Service Delivery has recently approved a new regulation under the Ontario...

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  • NEW CONSTRUCTION REGULATION AMENDMENTS IN EFFECT JAN 1, 2024

    04/01/2024

    Effective January 1st, 2024, Ontario Regulation 241/23 section 150 is amended by adding "mobile" immediately before...

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  • REGULATORY AMENDMENT: BUILDING CODE FEES FROZEN FOR 2024

    04/01/2024

    Effective January 1st, 2024, Ontario Regulation 322/12 is amended. The amendments will freeze all Building Code fees at...

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  • Assessing the Enforceability of Pay-When-Paid Clauses

    07/12/2023

    Although our analysis will apply consistently at lower rungs of the construction ladder, in this Article we will...

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  • GTSWCA Municipal Infrastructure Summit

    25/11/2023

    The inaugural GTSWCA Municipal Infrastructure Summit will feature presentations from the City of Toronto, Peel Region,...

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  • WSIB Rates Remain Frozen for 2024

    23/11/2023

    WSIB Premiums Rates for contractors classified under the G2 – Infrastructure Contractors rate class will remain...

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  • In The Trades Grant Funding for 1st Year Apprentices

    23/11/2023

    The Canadian Building Trades Union (CBTU) is running a federally funded Apprenticeship Grant Program to help first-year...

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  • MAXIMUM FINE FOR CORPORATIONS NOW $2 MILLION UNDER OHSA

    01/11/2023

    On October 26, 2023, Ontario's Bill 79, Working for Workers Act, 2023 received Royal Assent and passing into law the...

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  • A CONCERNING DECISION OSWCA MEMBERS NEED TO BE AWARE OF

    23/10/2023

    The Divisional Court has recently upheld the ruling of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal. This...

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  • SUPREME COURT RULING ON THE IMPACT ASSESSMENT ACT

    23/10/2023

    The Supreme Court of Canada issued its ruling on October 13, 2023, in response to the constitutional challenges...

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  • LiUNA AZ & DZ License Training Program in November

    20/10/2023

    LiUNA Local 183 Training Centre is working with Zavcor Training Academy to facilitate AZ & DZ licensing. The driver...

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  • GTSWCA Scholarship 2023

    31/07/2023

    The Greater Toronto Sewer and Watermain Contractors' Association (GTSWCA) 2023 scholarship program is now accepting...

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  • Clause 14.7.b) Missing from Final Version of GTSWCA-Local 793 Agreement 2022-

    01/06/2023

    It has come to our attention that a clause was unintentionally deleted from the final version of the 2022-2025...

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