OGCA News

The League of Champions continues to gain momentum across Ontario. The League of Champions welcomes its newest Patrons: Infrastructure Ontario (IO) and the Canadian Institute of Steel Construction (CISC).

Recently, OGCA’s 78^th Annual General Meeting was held in Washington, DC from September 7-11, where the Canadian Ambassador to the US Mr. David MacNaughton signed and received his own League of Champions Jersey of Courage.

We are happy to announce that we have launched the League of Champions official Facebook page. Be sure to visit and like the page so you can continue to receive news updates and events in your newsfeed.

Our newest member is Matheson Constructors, giving us a total of 35 members, and 5 patrons.

This year, we did not present the Safety Awards during the AGM and Conference, as we usually do, but instead have opted to hold a separate event where the awards, as well as League of Champions charters and jersey, will be presented.

On Friday, September 30, please join us for breakfast from 7:30 a.m., at the Verdi Banquet Hall, 3550 Derry Road East, Mississauga, followed by presentation of the Safety Awards for 2015. This is your opportunity to be recognized by your fellow members for your success in achieving remarkable records of no lost time injuries. Several members will be recognized for reaching over 500,000 hours and over 1 million hours without an LTI. We are so very proud of our members! 

In addition to the safety awards, we will also be presenting jerseys and Charters to the newest members of the League of Champions. Those firms who chose to join the League are showing tremendous support for the work of Rob Ellis and the Our Youth at Work Foundation. If you wish to join, please visit www.theleagueofchampions.com 

Please join us on September 30 at Verdi's. To register, please contact Lyndsy Miceli (lyndsy@ogca.ca) 

At the recent Washington AGM, members considered two major motions that would substantially change the OGCA organization.

Recognizing that the WSIB will be eliminating the 723 Rate Group and that the role and definition of a General Contractor has changed, the motion to update our language and bring it in line with the reality of our world, thus giving the Board more flexibility in deciding who meets our criteria as a Contractor, was passed unanimously.

Visit https://www.naylornetwork.com/oga-nwl/articles/index.asp?aid=400571&issueID=52757 to view the full article online.

This year, First Vice Chair Paul Raboud of Bird Construction, was the recipient of the Chairman's Award of Recognition, for his exceptional integrity in his dealings with the construction industry. 

Without being asked to step down from bidding a project, this individual chose to decline the project as a result of complaints that they had provided pre-construction services to an owner on a job they were preparing to bid. 

As a result of this issue, OGCA will be developing a guideline for other contractors who may find themselves in a situation where they may be in a conflict of interest. 

This year's recipient was nominated by Ray Lawrence of Ledcor, who stated, "We are pleased to provide this nomination for Bill Currie, GSC, for OGCA's Jock Tindale Memorial Award for Integrity, in recognition of his steadfast commitment to the Canadian Construction industry and his dedication to the development of excellent working relationship and positive experiences with coworkers and direct reports, clients, trade contractors, architects and consultants.

Currie is also one of the newest Directors on the OGCA Board of Directors.