The Canadian Construction Association (CCA) is partnering with the National Trust for Canada in an initiative that aims to improve communities and save places that matter to Canadians.
As part of its 100th anniversary celebrations, the CCA has signed up as the sponsor for the National Trust’s 2018 Top 10 Endangered Places List.
“It is a nationwide call for buildings and structures that should be protected and are in danger,” explained CCA chair Chris McNally.
“It’s got to have some historical significance, it’s got to be at risk for some reason — weather, rot problems or tearing it down to put something else in its place. But it’s a historic building that should be honoured and built around or repaired and used.”
The National Trust is a charitable not-for-profit organization in Canada that offers tools to save and renew historic places, states the trust’s website.
The CCA wants to engage its members and the public to nominate places that matter to them that are at risk in their local communities and, if possible, to go one step further.
“Hopefully our members will get involved and contribute to the identification of the buildings and then, if one is in their neighbourhood, to help make sure that the building or structure is secured for future use,” McNally explained, adding the initiative will be promoted at the association’s conference in Banff, Alta. in March, online and through information circulated to members.
“For those associations and members who are close to one of the buildings that makes the list, it gives them an opportunity to do volunteer hours and contribute back to the community, be recognized and be doing something, not just writing a cheque and handing it over.”
Each year, the top 10 list shines a national spotlight on historic places at risk due to neglect or lack of funding. The initiative aims to preserve historic places that were built by the Canadian construction industry, McNally pointed out.
“We’re 100 years old…the people who built the building may well have been members or part of our association and therefore we’re protecting our own history,” McNally said.
“The Endangered Places List also aligns with our industry’s focus on corporate social responsibility. We encourage our members to undertake initiatives that enable them to operate in an economically, socially and environmentally sustainable manner.”
This year’s Top 10 Endangered Places List will be announced in May. Nominations are now open at nationaltrustcanada.ca/what-we-offer/endangered-places until March 27.
The public can nominate an endangered place for inclusion on the 2018 list by submitting a nomination form or tweeting a picture and a description of the place with #10endangered.
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