RESCON Area of Focus
The following is a listing of the areas of focus and the current initiatives underway for each focus area:
LABOUR RELATIONS AND COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
- Negotiations and Collective Bargaining Research and Preparation
- Trade Contractor Liaison Group
- Administration and Grievance Mediation and Arbitration
- Bill 148: Fairer workplaces, better jobs act.
BUILDING CODE REFORM AND TECHNICAL STANDARDS
- Six-storey mid-rise housing
- Building Approval Issues
- E-permitting initiative
- Accessibility
BUILDING SCIENCE AND INNOVATION
- Panelized Housing
- Window Wall
- Tall Wood Buildings
- Energy Efficiency and Low-carbon buildings
LABOUR SUPPLY, TRAINING AND EDUCATION
- George Brown College Endowment Program
- Humber College partnership
- Increasing the Supply of Skilled Trades
- Promoting of the skilled trades in high school and post-secondary
- The Ontario College of Trades
- Women in Skilled Trades program (WIST)
MARKET HOUSING AFFORDABILITY & LAND SUPPLY ISSUES
- Government imposed costs on Housing
- Land Supply
- Affordable Housing
HEALTH AND SAFETY
- Infrastructure Health and Safety Association (IHSA)
- Construction Employers Coalition participation (under the WSIB)
- Impacts of recreational cannabis legalization (Bill C-45)
LIASON WITH GOVERNMENT
- Lien Act review
- Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) review
- Tarion review