All the best, The Editorial Team We will keep adding business units that enhance our offering and separate us from our competition. “ ” Editor From The Dear Reader, Welcome to the latest issue of Construction Source Canada, the magazine that highlights the best in building and building products across the country. In this edition, we’ve highlighted a true variety of companies and organizations from across the construction industry. In particular, we’ve taken a close look at the topic of ‘health and safety,’ and at some of the companies and organizations that are pushing the industry forward in that arena. Keystone Environmental is a strong example. They are a knowledge-driven, solutions-oriented environmental consultant firm with a history stretching back nearly 40 years. Externally, their services are all about keeping the environment healthy, or at least returning it to health, and internally they have continually emphasized and invested in the wellbeing of their staff. We spoke to President Raminder Grewal about that investment, what it’s entailed, and the strong returns they’ve seen on it. The BC Construction Safety Alliance (BCCSA), meanwhile, is all about health and safety. They are a not-profit organization serving their province’s construction sector with a mandate to engage employers and employees and assist them in making construction safe. Their current slate of services includes best-insafety programs, no-cost safety training, consultation services, and other tools and resources. All of the items in their offering are valuable and sought-after, but among the most sought-after is the Certificate of Recognition (COR®) program. Vernita Hsu, Director of COR® & Injury Management, talked to us about that certificate, its value to industry members, and the empirically proven results it has achieved on safety outcomes. The Canadian Home Builders’ Association (CHBA), is also currently highly focused on health and safety, and has been throughout the pandemic. We spoke to CEO Kevin Lee about that focus. We also discussed the other challenges facing the industry, and the work the association has been doing with government to address them. For more on those stories – and more stories like them, from across the construction spectrum – just keep reading.
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