Ottawa Construction Association
Founded in 1889, the Ottawa Construction Association is one of the largest regional construction associations in Canada with more than 1,100 firms active in all sectors of the region's $5-billion construction market. The OCA serves its members in four major ways –Construction Project Information, Education, Networking and Advocacy.
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Membership in OCA is your investment to growing your business! Explore our website to learn more about accessing thousands of bid opportunities, marketing your firm’s services or products, growing your business network, professional development opportunities in OCA’s Education program or the numerous cost saving OCA Affinity programs.
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Name: CSDCEO – Major Renovations – Ecole Elementaire Catholique Saint Joseph
Address: 1008, chemin Russell Nord, Russell ON, K4R 1G7
Closing Date: Thursday, February 27 2025, 2:00 PM EST
Name: CSDCEO – Major Renovations – Ecole Elementaire Catholique Saint Joseph
Address: 1008, chemin Russell Nord, Russell ON, K4R 1G7
Closing Date: Thursday, February 27 2025, 2:00 PM EST
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Tariffs – Well isn’t this nice?
Well now we are back to the same issues, dressed up in a different cause. With the Trump tirade of instituting a 25% tariff on all Canadian goods and the Canadian government’s retaliatory steps in matching those tariffs dollar for dollar, where does that leave Ottawa’s construction industry?
GCAO – OCA Letter to the City of Ottawa
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Every year thousands of construction projects representing several billion dollars is put out for bid featuring strict tendering and contract conditions. The OCA has traditionally played a key advocacy role to BUYERS of construction shaping those tendering and contract requirements to ensure fairness and transparency. Learn more about the issues that OCA engages Buyers in discussion with and the role of the OCA Standard Practices Committee.
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