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Contactor2018 President’s Message t was an eventful first quarter for the deadline and information was able to get through to aid in this process. Thank ECAA starting with our first Provincial you to all who responded and helped our industry's voice be heard. IBoard meeting of 2018 held on January 19th. We were delighted to welcome 2 March has been busy as Sheri McLean and Terry Milot have been touring new Board members to the table. Our the province with Joel Fundytus from the Electrical Industry Training Centre new Public member from Edmonton, presenting on the solar rebate program. I was fortunate to catch the first Susan Rockwood and newly elected presentation in Red Deer and the fifth in Lloydminister. The presentation Lethbridge Chapter President Tim Fehr. touches briefly on all of the aspects of a solar installation including who is a It was also nice to see so many stay qualified installer in the province of Alberta. the weekend to attend the Edmonton Chapter Presidents Ball on January On March 16th Sheri, Terry and myself were in Calgary again to attend a 20th. With greetings and representation presentation on Prompt Payment Legislation by Singleton Urquhart Reynolds from all three levels of Government. A Vogel LLP. The presentation was organised by the Alberta Trade Contractors special thank you to Honorable Lori Coalition and held at the Calgary Construction Association office. It was well Sigurdson (Minister Seniors & Housing); attended by representatives from multiple trade disciplines. The ECAA was well MLA's Jon Carson and Rod Loyola; C. Eric Fadden, PEC represented with 8 members from Calgary also joining us. The presentation gave Members of Parliament Matt Jeneroux time for discussion and feedback which was collected as part of the meeting and Kelly McCauley; and Councillor Mike Nickel for attending. Hosted by Brent as the presenters are forwarding the information on the Federal Government. and Monique Connell it was most certainly an evening to remember. For those who are planning to attend the out of country convention in France, The adventure continued in February with our Board meeting in Calgary on the Uniglobe and ECAA will be hosting a meet and greet at the UNIGLOBE One 8th, the day the City administration officially told people to take the day off and Travel, Edmonton Office: 10237 109 St. May 15th at 6:30PM to give us a stay home due to the extreme weather. That didn't stop 7 Board members from chance to review the itinerary and get our ticketing details for travel. I will see Edmonton to meet with the 3 Board members from Calgary who in spite of the you all then. severe weather, braved the storm to be there. Kudos to our Calgary friends for risking life and limb to be there. That same evening we all stayed to attend the With most of the details for the upcoming AGM in Edmonton finalized both Rose Calgary chapter industry night. and I are increasingly excited as May 24th draws nearer. If you haven't already registered please take the time to do so. This event promises to be a great end One of the most discussed topics that came up in February was on trade definitions to our year with a fully packed and informative Training Day and festivities in the with the Alberta Construction Association via the Edmonton Construction heart of downtown Edmonton at the Fairmont Hotel MacDonald. Association. Several of our members have put a lot of effort into this both recently and in the past to provide accurate feedback from our industry in standardizing Until we connect again trade definitions when bidding. Emails went out prior to the February 23rd Yours in Service Chapter Reports Calgary Andrew McGuire he last couple months have been exposure for a business and steps to mitigate the risk. Reza also informed us of fairly eventful for the Calgary possible insurance coverage available to businesses. TChapter. February 8th we held our annual casino themed Industry At our March 8th meeting, Mark Lipton from Mersen Canada provided the pre- night. Despite the bad weather we had presentation and gave a detailed talk about Surge Protection. The meeting a great turnout, about 80 potential new presentation was given by David Pedora of FBC Canada. He spoke about and existing members came out for audit triggers and tip’s to both avoid them and what to do if you happen to get the party. Prior to the casino event we audited. The presenters drew out a large crowd of about 60 members to hear had a few reports and presentations. the information they had to offer. Terry Milot joined us from the Provincial Board Cindy Cameron and David Spratt, PEC to give a brief update about the Prompt Payment Legislation. An information shared the stage with me to speak meeting on was held at the Calgary Construction Association (CCA) office on about the benefits of being a part of the March 16th. At that meeting Singleton Reynolds presented us with a detailed ECAA. Cindy spoke on the behalf of the description on how the prompt payment is expected to look. Associate Members, about the value of building relationships and having a voice During the last two meetings we added a new contractor, C&J Electric, Clarke within the ECAA. David spoke about the benefits of the Professional Electrical Falk and a new PEC, David Arkell. Our next meeting will be held on April 12th Contractor (PEC) education and the valuable experience to be gained from the at the Port O’Call. We will have presentation from both Carma Industries about program. Reza Kamrani of Federated Insurance provided a special presentation Utility Sub Metering and Brad Biollo who will speak about Bluebeam ReVu. on the risks of Cyber Attacks. He gave us a brief understanding of the current Please come out and join us for the good food and conversations. Central Chapter Darcy Teichroeb, PEC, CME he Central Chapter held a meeting on March 7th, were also updated on the activities of the Electrical Sub 2018 with a very positive attendance of 35 members. Council and Gene Sale updated members on some T The meeting was sponsored by Eecol Electric and we changes happening in the City of Red Deer relative to were presented with a very informative session on Solar Electrical Permitting and Inspections. The meeting was Energy and how the Electrical Contractors will be involved very busy with networking and social communications with the installation and maintenance of these systems. between contractors, suppliers, and guests. Terry Milot, CECA and Legislation Chair, updated the Thank you to Provincial President Eric Fadden, Terry Milot, membership on all the work and efforts of the ECAA and Sheri McLean for traveling down from Edmonton to regarding legislation activities and the progress of the support the Central Chapter Meeting. Thank you to Eecol Prompt Payment Legislation. Eric Fadden, ECAA Provincial President, Electric, Trevor Hartley, for sponsoring the meeting and the Solar Presentation updated the membership on activities of the Provincial Board and the by Joel Fundytus. The next meeting will be held September 26th, 2018 upcoming AGM in Edmonton and the out of country trip in June. Members Edmonton Brent Connell, PEC hristmas 2017 came and went up for this event that saw twenty-three of our Associate Members set up table and we are well into 2018 now, top displays with the latest products our industry has to offer. We had the Cand there has been lots going following star-studded individuals provide the following updates: on at the Edmonton Chapter. First was some sad news. On December • Eric Fadden brought greetings from the Provincial Board 28th, 2017, John Gullion passed away. • Bob Clarke – benefits of Associate Membership John was the President of the Wirtanen • John Knoll – benefits of Contractor Membership Training Foundation and was a regular • Bob Maslanko – benefits of PEC attendee and big supporter of ECAA • Terry Milot – updates on Legislation, Energy Efficiency Alberta, and Solar events. John will be missed. • Jeanette DeBruin – showed a video to kick off the marketing campaign Next was our January 15th, 2018 Our main speaker for the evening was Simon Rinaldi from Federated Insurance Chapter Meeting where 49 guests and the topic was Cyber Attacks, the risks, and some methods of protection. attended. Bob Maslanko provided an update on PEC and Larry Cantelo on March 19th, 2018 was our most recent Chapter meeting. The pre-meeting Training Day at the upcoming AGM. The evening presenter was Pat Barnes presentation was on Surge protection by Mark Lipton from Mersen Canada and who spoke on behalf of the “People in Need Shelter Society”. This is a non- 67 attended. The evening meeting was also well attended when 59 showed profit organization that provides assisted living to +/- 129 residents with special up to hear Dave Bentley from Marsh Canada talk to us about some of the needs. They are currently in the construction phase of a new facility and are developments that have occurred in the bonding world since the downturn in looking for any financial support, large or small, from our membership to help the economy. support their organization. Skills Canada is looking for material donations to be used at the upcoming Shortly after was the Presidents Ball on January 20th, 2018. What a fabulous Provincial Competition on May 31 & June 1, 2018 here in Edmonton. Materials evening it was. Awesome food, great entertainment, and politicians from every are preferred over cash donations as materials are used specifically for the level of government not seen at one of our events before.
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