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  • New Guidance Standard for ESC Measure Installation and Maintenance Coming this Fall

    14/10/2020
    A new standard, CSA W208, Erosion and Sediment Control Installation and Maintenance is set to publish this November.

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  • Excess Soils Webinar

    14/10/2020
    On November 17th 10:00 A.M The Ontario Waste Management Association (OWMA), Ontario Sewer & Watermain Construction...

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  • Updated COVID-19 Resource Document: "What You Need to Know”

    30/09/2020
    With many COVID-19 related financial relief deadlines extending and others expiring, the Association has reviewed the...

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  • Webinar: COVID19 in Construction On-Site Safety During the Second Wave

    30/09/2020
    As new COVID19 cases continue to rise in Ontario, it is important for the construction industry to remain vigilante,...

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  • Impact of COVID-19 on the Supply of Ready Mixed Concrete

    29/09/2020
    Many sectors of our economy continue to suffer the unprecedented impacts of the global COVID-19 pandemic. Businesses...

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  • Daily COVID-19 Screening Now Required in Ontario Workplaces

    28/09/2020
    Effective September 26, 2020, each Ontario workplace is now required to pro-actively screen employees for...

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  • Ontario Set to Employ the Largest Number of Labour Inspectors in Provincial History

    23/09/2020
    The Ontario government is launching a recruitment campaign to increase its team of frontline health and safety...

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  • Form Letters to Local MPs and MPPs 'The Need for Infrastructure Stimulus'

    23/09/2020
    There is a growing concern over the declining number of capital works projects being tendered in municipalities across...

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  • Wastewater Infrastructure Capacity – Podcast

    18/09/2020
    In August, OSWCA/GTSWCA Executive Director Patrick McManus was interviewed as part of an ongoing podcast series on the...

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  • Falls Awareness Week - Prevention Council Statement

    18/09/2020
    Falls continue to be one of the top causes of injury, disability and death in Ontario workplaces. The Prevention...

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  • Managing OHS Legal Risk for the Reintroduction of Limitation Periods

    18/09/2020
    Effective September 14, 2020, when the limitation period suspension is lifted, there will be a number of new OHSA and...

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  • Construction and Maintenance: Looking Beyond COVID-19

    18/09/2020
    At the start of 2020, the Canadian construction and maintenance industry was anticipating another year of continued...

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