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  • Global Resin Supply Shortages Causing Cost...

    05/03/2021
    Due to manufacturing disruptions in the United States and Mexico, there is a major global shortage...

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  • Understanding Ontario’s New Excess Soil...

    05/02/2021
    In response to the new Ontario Regulation 406/19, On Site and Excess Soil Management, the Ontario...

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  • Health and Safety Guidelines for Meal and Break...

    28/01/2021
    The Ministry of Labour has updated Occupational Health and Safety guidelines for construction...

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  • Guidance on COVID-19 Vaccine Policies for...

    26/01/2021
    The federal and provincial governments have publicly stated they will not, at the present time,...

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  • YouTube Channel – What you need to know about...

    21/01/2021
    Check out our latest video on the new Excess Soils Regulation touching on what to watch for in your...

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  • Campaign to Secure Municipal Capital Works Funding

    18/01/2021
    We have partnered with the RCCAO on an intensive lobbying campaign to secure funding for...

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  • Ministry of Labour Updated Health and Safety...

    15/01/2021
    The Ministry of Labour has updated its Occupational Health and Safety guidelines for construction...

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  • Province Announces Enhanced Lockdown Measures

    12/01/2021
    On Tuesday, January 12, the Government of Ontario announced that it would instituting enhanced...

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  • Provincial Survey – Youth in the Skilled Trades

    05/01/2021
    The province has appointed three Youth Advisors to help to attract more youth into careers in the...

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  • Updated COVID-19 Resource Document: "What You...

    23/12/2020
    *The following document is a resource guide for construction employers, regarding programs and...

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  • Ontario Announces Provincewide Shutdown

    21/12/2020
    Further to today's earlier announcement on the province wide shutdown due to the spread of...

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  • Federal & Provincial Government Announce $695...

    17/12/2020
    On Wednesday, December 16, the federal and provincial governments jointly announced $695 million in...

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  • New Online Services for WSIB Reporting

    08/12/2020
    The WSIB has introduced a new way to report injuries, illnesses and exposures online. Through this...

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  • Extended Grandfathering Permits for Phase 4 SPIF...

    26/11/2020
    SPIF vehicles are designed to better protect bridges and pavement from excessive wear while...

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  • OSWCA RESPONSE TO THE MECP REGULATORY AMENDMENTS:...

    26/11/2020
    Learn more on the OSWCA's Response to the Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks'...

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  • MLTSD Release - Hygiene Sec. 29 Running Water and...

    19/11/2020
    The Construction Health and Safety Program of the MLTSD has just released a bulletin on Hygiene...

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  • OSWCA Submission to the Ministry of Environment,...

    19/11/2020
    The proposed amendments include exempting the pumping of surface water out of excavations and...

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  • Ministry of Environment, Conservation, and Parks...

    19/11/2020
    The attached presentation will provide an overview of the various elements for the excess soil...

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  • Big Changes Coming to Excess Soils Management –...

    19/11/2020
    One of the biggest shifts for the new Excess Soils Regulation is the responsibility of the...

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  • Health and Safety Seminar - Regulation 833

    11/11/2020
    The Occupational Disease & Research Labour & Management Health and Safety Committee is...

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  • Ontario Budget 2021

    06/11/2020
    On November 5th, the Government of Ontario released its 2020 Budget. While only accounting for the...

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  • New Electronic Logging Devices

    04/11/2020
    On June 12, 2019, Transport Canada published amendments to the Commercial Vehicle Drivers Hours of...

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  • Commencing an Adjudication Under Ontario’s New...

    02/11/2020
    By now, the majority of our members have experience operating under the new Construction Act...

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  • New Guidance on Using Masks in the Workplace

    27/10/2020
    The Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development has provided some new material in the Guide...

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  • OPS 101 Webinar

    22/10/2020
    The Municipal Engineers Association is offering a course/webinar on Ontario Provincial Standards...

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  • New Guidance Standard for ESC Measure...

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

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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 &...

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  • MOL to Inspect Every Tower Crane on Construction...

    09/10/2020
    Beginning August 31, 2020, through December 13, 2020, the Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills...

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  • Surety Association of Canada Recommending...

    07/10/2020
    Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a need for dramatic shifts in the methods...

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  • Canada Recovery Sickness Benefit

    06/10/2020
    The new Canada Recovery Sickness Benefit will provide $500 per week, for up to two weeks (available...

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  • Webinar: COVID19 in Construction On-Site...

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

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

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

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  • Daily COVID-19 Screening Now Required in Ontario...

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

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  • Ontario Set to Employ the Largest Number of...

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

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

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

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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...

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  • Falls Awareness Week - Prevention Council...

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

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  • Managing OHS Legal Risk for the Reintroduction of...

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

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  • Construction and Maintenance: Looking Beyond...

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

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  • OPS Drainage Committee is Seeking Feedback for...

    28/08/2020
    As representatives of specific organizations on this committee, this is your opportunity to reach...

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