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Value-Added Services 5026P_ChiefsofPoliceAd_v2.qxd 7/9/07 12:47 PM Page 1 Polyanna Fok, Director of Membership (left), confers with TCA Assistant Vice President Mary Thorburn e m p l o y m e n t o c c u p a t i o n a l h e a l t h a n d s a f e t y h u m a n r i g h t s w o k p l a c e s a f e - y a n d i n u r a c e p a y e q u i t y i m m i g r a - t i o n Fi e mrp ls ot y mi n e n tL oa cb cou pu ar t i oL naw a l h e a l t h a n d s a f e t y h u m a n r i g h t s w o r k p l a c e s a f e t y a n d iSn is nu rc ae n c1 9e 5p 6a y e q u i t y i m m i m m i g r a t i o n e m p l o y m e n t o c c u p a t i o n - a l h e a l t h a n d s a f e t y h u m a n r i g h t s Toronto 416.862.8280 Sarnia 519.336.5447 Sault Ste. Marie 705.253.3711 Since being founded in 1956 as the Country’s first labour relations and employment law firm, Mathews Dinsdale has been dedicated to helping employers manage the increasingly complex laws relating to the workplace. For over 50 years, our lawyers have played a significant role in shaping labour – management relations. Today, with offices in Toronto, Sarnia and Sault Ste. Marie, Mathews Dinsdale continues to have one of the Country’s most highly regarded management labour and employment law practices. It continues to be our goal to help management manage – and succeed. www.mathewsdinsdale.com developments. The association finds it is able to react quickly to changes by offering seminars to members. “Whenever new legislation is passed, or a new or revised contract document is released,” says Mary Thorburn, Assistant Vice President, “we’ll offer a seminar on that topic, explaining how members will be affected. We get top-level content experts, like lawyers, to deliver the seminars so it’s a really effective way to help members stay on top of industry developments.” There’s also a strong legal and documentation dimension to the construction industry, and the TCA offers comprehensive resources for members so they can understand everything there is to understand about the laws that govern construction, how contracts are structured, and new issues and trends. The association publishes a series of “Layman’s Guides,” which explains specialized topics in clear, non-specialist terms. The TCA is working on a couple of new ones, including one guide that clarifies the sometimes controversial concept of “green building.” The TCA also provides a broad range of counselling services, offering advice to members on matters related to contract interpretation, dispute resolution, the Construction Lien Act and alternative types of recourse for members struggling to get paid for work. The association regularly deals with construction buyers on behalf of its members to resolve issues, both for individual members and on an industry-wide basis. Examples include situations where buyers impose excess accountability on the contractor when it properly belongs elsewhere. 8 | Builders' Digest Quarter 2 2009
Value-Added Services “We act to correct those situations,” Mollenhauer says, “but of course we prefer to pre-empt them if we can. When reverse auction tendering was popular, we wanted to mitigate its negative consequences for our members, so we intervened with buyers to prevent them from happening in the first place.” This year the TCA is beefing up this kind of ‘high-touch’ member service by revamping its long-standing alternative dispute resolution (ADR) practice. The new service will launch next year. THE GRASS ROOTS TCA membership has grown steadily over the years to about 2,200 member companies, but what’s remarkable is that more than a year into the most severe recession in decades, TCA members are just as convinced as ever of the value of being part of this association. “Most ICI construction industry businesses are down by a good percentage,” says TCA Executive Vice President Kim McKinney. “In spite of that, we can say that we have a strong membership that has remained stable.” That stability is no accident. The TCA makes a point of being aware of member needs and challenges, and has made adaptability a way of life. “Obviously with the recession there are people who go out of business or reduce staff,” says Polyanna Fok, director of membership. “So we have worked very hard with new people coming in at member companies to make sure they understand what the TCA services are all about. Facility tours are part of the agenda, so that new members feel that the TCA is their facility. We respond to members’ questions, to help them understand why TCA membership is a good decision.” When new members join the TCA, they’re automatically enrolled in the Canadian Construction Association (CCA) and the Council of Ontario Construction Associations (COCA) as well. These Lee Baker and John Mollenhauer compare notes “ We’re committed to being among the best in the country in the core services we deliver to the industry ” — John Mollenhauer, President, Toronto Construction Association Canada’s leading “SPECIALTY” Insurer CONTRACT BONDS We also offer: gcna.com Builders' Digest Quarter 2 2009 | 9
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