Gavin Dew, candidate for the leadership of the BC Liberal Party, dropped by the ICBA studio to chat with Jordan Bateman about the state of the race, where the party is at, how he's preparing for next week's first debate, and much more. Check out his website at www.gavindew.ca

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ICBA CONVERSATIONS: Gavin Dew, BC Liberal Leadership Candidate

On this month’s edition of A Second Look, host Justin P. Goodrich is joined by Ben Maure, an Inspector with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and author of Leading on the Edge: True Tales from Canadian Police and Peacebuilding and Peacekeeping Missions around the World.  Together, they unpack the evolution of Canadian Peacekeeping in recognition of National Peacekeepers Day (August 9th).

A Second Look - with Ben Maure

ICBA's VP-Regional Mike Davis stops by the new studio to talk with Jordan Bateman about the latest developments in oil and gas, the Taylor Bridge, what's happening across BC, wildfires, and much more.

ICBA CONVERSATIONS: Talking Energy, Fires and More with Mike Davis

Steve Zahm of Procore Technologies -- a member of ICBA's 2021 Builders' Circle -- sits down with George Affleck to talk about Procore, tech, and the future of construction.

Constructive Conversations: Steve Zahm of Procore

 For construction to succeed, our industry needs top-notch suppliers and support. Fuelex Energy (www.fuelexenergy.ca) is one of those companies that is vital to the success of many of our ICBA members.   Jeff Adams is a Senior Sales Executive for Fuelex Energy, a local family-based company that is rapidly expanding across Alberta and British Columbia. He joined George Affleck for this Constructive Conversation. 

Constructive Conversations with Fuelex Energy's Jeff Adams

Sean Hodgins grew up in the construction business and is now the president of Century Group, a family-owned business that was started in 1957. The company is based in New Westminster, BC but has recently been doing a lot of work in Vancouver working alongside local communities and neighbourhoods to add flavour and housing as needed. The mid-sized real estate development and management company handles its own construction while also managing enough income-producing properties to balance the tables. Over the past few years, Sean has seen a lot, but nothing compares to the past 12 months as he has watched the construction process and housing market flip-flop in terms of local government and red tape. He commented that for a bit at the beginning it was almost refreshing to work with inspectors and the government as they waived some protocols and practices due to COVID. However, now the protocols and practices are back in place, and units are roadblocked waiting on permits. Sean commented that he would "like to think there would be a better way to deal with this process" and that "expediency isn't caught with due process" which makes it harder to survive. Interestingly enough, Sean works constantly with local governments despite acknowledging the difficulties with regulations, with the final goal of creating purpose-driven housing communities. He strongly believes that "local government needs to lead an intelligent discussion" to get local communities more involved in the planning processes. For example, if a neighbourhood feels they want better transit options then they need to be open to denser communities, which can be a difficult but necessary evil to address. His dream would be for local governments to really sit down with their people to discuss what they want upfront instead of waiting until people disagree with building permits and turn council meetings into a "shooting match at public areas." In fact, one of Sean's favourite projects while at Century Group was the construction of 3 Civic Plaza which is the largest project they created in Surrey. They worked closely with the Surrey City Development Corporation and identified a need to add sophistication to the downtown and the need for a hotel because there wasn't much to offer in the industry-focused area. Outside of improving government engagement, Sean reiterated the need to get more women into the construction industry stating that "we are much better, but we have to be better-er." He explained that they need the viewpoint of women to create better projects, and the construction industry in general needs to "really embrace and make a welcoming and inclusive environment" because this should not be "an alpha-male industry."

CONSTRUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS: Sean Hodgins and Century Group

ICBA board member Scott Jacob sits down with Constructive Conversation's George Affleck to talk about Jacob Bros and the BC construction market.

CONSTRUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS: Scott Jacob of Jacob Bros

ICBA President and CEO Chris Gardner is host George Affleck's first guest on Constructive Conversations. For the past four years, Chris has led ICBA and actively takes on policy development work, ensures employees have access to health and retirement plans, and encourages new graduates to actively consider a career within the construction industry. He believes that Canada offers "tremendous opportunities for young people pursuing a career in the trades" and that "the opportunities in construction are significant." www.icba.ca

ICBA CONSTRUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS: Chris Gardner

New evidence that Covid is starting to impact Canada's job market once more, Telus is sharing the wealth again, and more big profits in the forest industry.  Bob Price has it all in the November 6 Orca Business Beat, brought to you by Simply Computing. 

The Orca Business Beat - November 6, 2020

 ICBA's Chris Gardner and Jordan Bateman discuss why John Horgan decided to break his word and go to the polls a year early (and during a second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic). Spoiler alert: it's selfishness.   

ICBA Cast: Why are we doing an election now?

Chris and Jordan talk about how the economy (and job creators) survive the COVID-19 pandemic, and the return of NDP politics.

ICBA CAST: Who Will Survive/Win the Recovery?

Chris Gardner and Jordan Bateman talk about how the BC construction industry adapted to the COVID-19 pandemic. This episode was recorded for Merit Canada's Canadian Conversations Facebook series.

BONUS EPISODE: ICBA on Merit Canada's Canadian Conversations

Vanessa and Jordan talk about how COVID-19 is affecting everyday life, both in construction and at home. And we highlight four recent meetings we had, with Corporate Electric, Centre Electric, Concord Painting and City Projects. Plus kids sports talk...

MEMBER MONDAY: Meetings, COVID-19 (and construction and life)

Chris and Jordan discuss the continuing protests against Canadian oil and gas projects - and the coronavirus' effect on the Canadian economy.

ICBA CAST: Pipeline Gridlock and Coronavirus

Vanessa and Jordan chat about four recent visits to four amazing ICBA member companies - Robertson Walls & Ceilings, Corrcoat Services Inc., Kerkhoff Projects and Mardina Construction. Plus we tout our record as B.C.'s #1 sponsor of trades apprentices.

MEMBER MONDAY: Robertson Walls, Corrcoat, Kerkhoff and Mardina

The ICBA is British Columbia's voice of the construction industry. ICBA's Chris Gardner and Jordan Bateman talk BC news and politics from a free enterprise perspective.

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