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We are thrilled to announce that the Ontario Builder Awards will officially open for submissions on October 14th, 2025. Full details on this year's categories, judging criteria, and deadlines will be shared soon.

A huge thank you to PLATFORM for being our Lead Sponsor of the OGCA 2025 Leaders in Safety event! Your support helps bring together industry leaders, innovators, and dedicated professionals to shape the future of safety.

Thank you to NORCAT for supporting OGCA’s 2025 Leaders in Safety as a General Sponsor. Your support helps us honour safety leadership and celebrate our community’s commitment to safer workplaces. We appreciate your partnership.

What a fantastic day in Ottawa! OGCA’s Pathways to ICI team, Khamla Khamphengmeuang and Khoa Ly-Kilis, had a great time connecting with attendees at Career Fair Canada.

Today is World Mental Health Day. To our construction community: Your well-being matters. Let's continue to support each other, create safe spaces for conversation, and prioritize mental health alongside physical safety. Building minds, Building well-being!💚

Happy Thanksgiving from the OGCA! 🧡🦃 Today, we’re grateful for our members, partners, and the communities we serve. Wishing you a safe, restful long weekend with family and friends. #OGCA #WeBuildOntario #ThanksGiving #Gratitude

📢 OGCA Members! The Ontario Builder Awards 2026 submissions are officially OPEN! 👉 Enter here: ogca.awardify.io

OGCA’s Pathways to ICI team had great conversations about our programs at the Career Fair Canada in Kitchener. Thanks to everyone who stopped by our booth. Pathways to ICI is made possible with funding from the Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development.

📌 Mark your calendars for OGCA's largest construction event: the 15th Construction Symposium! Join industry leaders, innovators, and peers for critical insights, networking, and celebrating construction excellence.

Thank you to Rosenberg & Parker of Canada, Inc., our General Sponsor for the 2025 OGCA Leaders in Safety. Your support helps us champion safer, stronger worksites across Ontario. We appreciate your partnership and commitment to safety leadership.

Happy Halloween from the OGCA! We hope you have a wonderfully spooky and safe evening! 🎃 #OGCA #WeBuildOntario #HappyHalloween #TrickOrTreat

The Generals Fall Issue is HERE! 🍂 🔗 Read the full Fall 2025 issue: lnkd.in/eXPebWQh

The Ontario General Contractors Association (OGCA) and the Ontario Association of Architects (OAA) have released a new version of their co-authored OAA-OGCA Take-Over Procedures document (Document 100-2025). 👉 Learn more at: ogca.ca/2025/11/oaa-an…

The Fall 2025 issue of The Generals features “Prioritizing Safety: The Type 2 Hard Hat Movement” by John Martin, VP, Health, Safety & Environment at EllisDon. 👉 Read the feature and the full issue: actual-media.paperturn-view.com/01-30-generals…

Thanks to all safety professionals who joined the #OGCA Leaders in Safety event on Nov 7! We were proud to honor our members with the Distinguished Achievement Award and celebrate Brian Barron (CEO, Ontario Construction Secretariat) as the 2024 Douglas Chalmers Award recipient.

Budget 2025 reaction: Was the budget more hype than action? Ontario stakeholders ask for urgency in project delivery. Ontario General Contractors Association PCA RCCAO Council of Ontario Construction Associations tinyurl.com/2p34t6ra

On Remembrance Day, the OGCA honors the courage, service, and sacrifice of the Canadian Armed Forces, veterans, and their families. We encourage OGCA members to pause for a moment of silence at 11:00 a.m. today in honour of Remembrance Day. Lest We Forget. 🌹

Kevin Hamdan, Toronto’s top mentalist, is coming to the OGCA 15th Construction Symposium for an unforgettable performance. Registration details coming soon!

ISO 45001 or COR 2020? In the Fall issue of The Generals, Kevin Brown, Founder & CEO of Cobalt Safety, explains why these are accreditation frameworks, not safety systems. 👉 Read the feature and the full issue: lnkd.in/ec-PthTE