It's still two weeks from the big event, and the 30th Annual Awards of Excellence has sold out!. VRCA is proud to welcome more than 600 guests at the annual event showcasing and celebrating excellence in industrial, commercial and institutional construction. “We’re delighted that this year’s 30th anniversary gala is a sell-out event. This, [...]
With the nomination deadline for the 2018 VRCA Awards of Excellence – Outstanding Achievement categories just days away, we’re taking a last look back at the winners from 2017 to help inspire nominations for the award’s 30th anniversary. Nominations are due August 10. Construction Workplace Health and Safety Innovation - Graham Infrastructure LP In [...]
With the August 10 nomination deadline for the 2018 VRCA Awards of Excellence – Outstanding Achievement categories fast approaching, we’re taking a look back at the winners from 2017 to help inspire nominations for the award’s 30th anniversary. 2017 U40 Excellence in Construction Award Recipient - William Donnellan William Donnellan is an accomplished business [...]
It’s taken the judges working nearly full-time hours for the past five weeks, but they can now say they’ve reviewed all the nominee presentations for the 2018 Awards of Excellence. Now in it’s 30th year, the 2018 Awards of Excellence is the largest yet. This year’s awards attracted a record-number of project nominations – [...]
This year's VRCA Boat Cruise is aboard the largest charter boat on the West Coast - the Magic Spirit! Network with more than 200 current and future industry leaders on deck over cocktails and canapes while taking in spectacular views of our beautiful city. This year's cruise will get underway from a new location [...]
The Vancouver Whitecaps FC has launched a new ticket promotion for VRCA members that combines the ease of buying individual seats with all the benefits of group sales. Entitled VRCA Summer Nights, the Whitecaps have partnered with VRCA and Fevo to make it easier to organize a group to cheer on the ‘Caps in [...]
Judges for the 2018 Awards of Excellence have their work cut out for them after this year’s competition attracted a record-setting 205 nominations with a combined value of more than $2 billion. “It is the 30th Anniversary of the Awards of Excellence program and the response from our members this year has been fantastic,” [...]
Golfers at the VRCA’s annual golf tournament on Friday raised nearly $3,000 to benefit three local charities: B.C. Children's Hospital, Spinal Cord Injury BC and the Canucks Autism Network. This year’s golf tournament was another sell out event, with 288 golfers hitting the links at Surrey’s Northview Golf & Country Club. The rain held [...]
Do you worry about what’s the best way to present your Awards of Excellence submission to our judges? Well, there’s no need to – our judges are here to offer a few words of advice. VRCA hosted an Awards of Excellence information session on March 7 featuring awards chair Tony Everett and awards [...]
The Lean Construction Institute of Canada Annual Conference and Training Day will be in Vancouver April 24-26. VRCA members are eligible for discounted registration when three or more people from the same company are attending. Pay full price for the first two registrations and receive 50 per cent off the third registration from the [...]
VRCA - Vancouver Regional Construction Association is proud to have sponsored and participated in the 2018 Canada BIM Council (CanBIM) regional Vancouver conference happening today & focused on 'sustainability through BIM innovation'. Awesome presentations by Brad Badelt (keynote) - City of Vancouver, computational energy modelling by Mark Cichy from DIALOG, Site C update by [...]
Apprenticeship Week - November 6-10 VRCA gearing up to bust some deep-rooted myths to attract youth to the industry The importance of the construction industry to BC’s economy cannot be overstated. The $15billion industry generates 8% of the province’s wealth and employs more than 200,000 workers, making it BC’s largest employer. The industry is [...]
On October 4th, I had the pleasure of speaking with Jim Burgess of Keith Plumbing and Heating at the VRCA Awards of Excellence Silver Awards reception. Keith Plumbing received the Mechanical Contractor Silver Award for Projects Over $8 Million for their outstanding contribution to the North Island Hospital project as well as a Silver [...]
