Thursday, November 27, 2025
Municipal Infrastructure Summit
GTSWCA and TARBA Municipal Infrastructure Summit February 10, 2026 Universal Event Space 6250 Hwy 7, Vaughan, ON Click HERE for more information.
Industry welcomes provincial commitment to standardize municipal construction practices
The Government of Ontario has introduced the Protect Ontario by Building Faster and Smarter Act, 2025 to help speed up the construction of new homes and infrastructure, including by streamlining development processes and reducing costs in close partnership with municipalities. The…
Builder associations call for standardized municipal construction practices
Amid rising construction costs caused by Trump’s tariffs, three associations representing municipal builders are calling for standardized road-building specifications and procurement practices at the municipal level to reduce costs through efficiencies and economies of scale. Ontario’s municipalities own and manage more…
2025 GTSWCA Municipal Infrastructure Summit
The Greater Toronto Sewer and Watermain Contractors Association (GTSWCA) held its second annual Municipal Infrastructure Summit, with presentations from representatives of the City of Toronto, Region of Peel, York Region, Durham Region, and Halton Region, who shared their insights into…
Toronto contractors call for improved construction practices to improve traffic
The Toronto and Area Road Builders Association (TARBA), the Greater Toronto Sewer and Watermain Contractors Association (GTSWCA) and the Heavy Construction Association of Toronto (HCAT)—whose members collectively are responsible for 75 per cent of the City of Toronto’s total construction…
What keeps the skilled trades satisfied?
Today is a critical moment to act on the future of the labour force in construction, says an industry group that has launched a survey to measure trades workers’ job satisfaction. “We’ve seen labour shortages on and off in different…
RCCAO, GTSWCA release The Real Dirt on Dirt
Ontario’s robust construction market generates almost 26 million cubic metres of excess construction soil every year – enough dirt to fill Toronto’s Rogers Centre 16 times. About $2 billion is spent annually to manage excess soil – which comes from…