CCA Governance

Board of Directors

Canadian Construction Association's (CCA)s board has a fiduciary responsibility to exercise industry leadership, manage finances with probity, and provide value-added services to the overall membership.
The affairs of CCA are governed by the board of directors, elected annually, who are broadly representative of the non-residential construction industry. In order to be eligible to sit on CCA’s board of directors the individual must be an employee, officer or owner of a member firm. The firm must be active in the construction industry and be in good standing with CCA.

Executive Committee

The executive committee consists of the five elective officers, the president and the chief operating officer. The chair may appoint up to eight additional directors. The practice has been to appoint a full complement of members-at-large including the four council chairs and up to four standing committee chairs.

The role of the executive committee is to “conduct the affairs of CCA subject to the approval of the board of directors”. The executive committee is responsible for providing the board of directors with advice and recommendations, and to act as a facilitator in the development of critical board decisions.
Meet the CCA executive committee members

Governance Committee

The Chair of the Board appoints a sub-committee of the Executive Committee to serve as CCA’s Governance Committee. The Committee includes only the Elective Officers of CCA.
The Governance Committee meets on a regular basis (monthly) with the President and Chief Operating Officer of CCA to monitor its activities and ensure staff’s progress with the implementation of Board decisions.

Management

Management of CCA operations falls within the purview of the president and the chief operating officer. Both the president and chief operating officer report directly to CCA’s governance committee.
View a list of CCA staff 

Councils and Standing Committees

CCA maintains several sectoral councils and standing committees to review and develop policy, and make recommendations to the board of directors. In addition, the board recently approved the creation of the Vertical Building Forum to help facilitate discussions of issues relevant to all those contractors engaged in ICI construction.

Vertical Building Forum

The Vertical Building Forum provides general and trade contractors as well as suppliers of products and services with a forum in which to debate and resolve issues of relevance to the ICI sector in a cooperative and integrated manner.

Councils

Councils exist to provide contractors and suppliers of services with a forum in which to discuss and debate issues of general interest to their specific sub-sector. The CCA maintains four councils:

1. General Contractors' Council
2. Trade Contractors' Council 
3. Manufacturers, Suppliers and Services Council
4. Civil Infrastructure Council

Standing Committees

In addition to councils, CCA maintains several standing committees where issues of broader application to the industry are discussed. Membership on the committees is varied and not confined to board members of one specific construction subsector.

1. Standard Practices Committee – responsible for the development of policy pertaining to industry standard practices and guides.
2. Innovation and Technology Committee – responsible for the development of policy and dissemination of information to the board on issues pertaining to the introduction of new technologies and industry innovation.
3. Business and Market Development Committee – responsible for the development of policy on issues pertaining to human resources, regulatory compliance and business development issues.
4. Industry Advocacy and Regulatory Affairs Committee – responsible for the development and promotion of industry policy positions on matter of federal legislation and regulation.

Special Committees

CCA also has maintains and supports three special committees:

1. Gold Seal Committee – the committee supports and directs the Gold Seal program on behalf of CCA.
2. Canadian Design-Build Institute – the committee supports the activities of the CDBI which was established to promote and share industry best practices involved in design-build construction.
3. Operations and Maintenance Council – the committee supports the development of public policies designed to increase the use of operations and facilities management services by the federal government.

Secretariat Services to Additional Committees

CCA is also responsible for providing secretariat services to the following committees:

1. Canadian Construction Documents Committee – the committee is responsible for the development of industry standard documents.
2. Institute for BIM in Canada – the committee is responsible for the development of programs to help promote and steer the introduction of BIM technology into the non-residential construction industry.