The National Trade Contractors Coalition of Canada (NTCCC) plans to focus attention during the coming months on two ongoing priorities: prompt payment and promotion of standard industry documents.
The National Trade Contractors Coalition of Canada (NTCCC) plans to focus attention during the coming months on two ongoing priorities: prompt payment and promotion of standard industry documents.
The coalition of nine trade associations said in a statement it plans to arrange advocacy days both on Parliament Hill in Ottawa and at Queen’s Park in Toronto within the next several months.
The Parliament Hill event will concentrate on suggested additions to the federal government contract form specifically adding prompt payment provisions throughout the construction chain. The current federal contract only makes payment provisions from the owner to the prime contractor.
At Queen’s Park, the focus will once again be on backing industry initiatives to achieve changes to the Construction Lien Act and implement prompt payment legislation.
A draft of such legislation is currently in the hands of the provincial government, the coalition said.
The coalition intends to makes similar overtures to other provincial jurisdictions in the future.
“The intent is to talk to other jurisdictions as well,” said NTCCC spokesman Richard McKeagan, president of the Mechanical Contractors Association of Canada.
“But we have to make sure it’s done properly, with the local industry on side.
“We want to make sure the Ts are crossed and the Is are dotted.”
No dates have been set yet for the Parliament Hill and Queen’s Park events.
When it comes to promotion of standard documents, NTCCC plans to offer webinars on its newly revised guide to the Canadian Construction Association’s (CCA) standard stipulated price subcontract document.
The guide was commissioned by the NTCCC to assist its members in using CCA-1, the most widely used standard subcontract form in Canada.
Terms and conditions of the CCA document are reproduced on the left-hand pages. On the opposing right-hand pages are commentary on specific key provisions.
McKeagan said the coalition is seeking permission from the Canadian Construction Documents Committee (CCDC) to allow the use of the CCDC 2-2008 stipulated price contract between an owner and prime contractor for production of a similar guide.
The NTCCC was established in 2004 to provide an organized forum for Canada’s national trade organizations to share information, resources, and to collaborate on issues that are of common interest.
The membership includes the Canadian Roofing Contractors Association, Canadian Automatic Sprinkler Association, Canadian Masonry Contractors Association, Canadian Electrical Contractors Association, Mechanical Contractors Association of Canada, Interior Systems Contractors Association, Thermal Insulation Association of Canada, Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Institute of Canada Contractors Division, and the Ontario Sheet Metal Contractors Association.
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