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This Best Practice has been prepared as a guideline for Owners and Contractors (re: their sub Contractors) to facilitate the development of Contracting Strategy for industrial Projects in Alberta. Its purpose is to ensure that Project Owners have comprehensively considered Project specifics (goals/objectives, work environment, scopes of work, Project and contract risk allocation), weighed the… Read more »
Industrial Construction Crew Supervisor (ICCS) is a designated occupation administered and certified by the Government of Alberta. It verifies a foreman is knowledgeable in the key competencies required of a frontline supervisor working in the industrial construction industry. ICCS is also a recognized best practice of Construction Owners Association of Alberta (COAA). Alberta Apprenticeship and… Read more »
This presentation summarizes the main deliverables of the COAA Contracts committee including the EPC contract, EPCM contract, Non-disclosure Agreement and Stipulated Price Contract. Year: 2016 Version: v1 File size:
The Physical Demands Analysis (PDA) project is a COAA initiative intended to promote industry adoption of fitness testing as part of a well designed safety program. PDA’s help to fairly and accurately determine the physical requirement needed to a worker to safely perform specific tasks. These assessments help employers assign the right resource to the… Read more »
This tool targets reducing overall project direct cost of redoing work. Supported by research, this tool targets the highest factors causing rework on a project by conducting project assessments at key points during the project. The resulting project rating helps identify areas of weakness that need to be addressed before the problem becomes a reality… Read more »
Download this best practice for the User Guide and the Validator Guide. To use the excel (macro-enabled) tool, download the document Construction Management Competency Tool Excel.xlsm. *Please note that not all browsers support downloading this file, we recommend trying another browser if the download is not working.
The Canadian Model for Providing a Safe Workplace (the Canadian Model) is a Best Practice Alcohol and Drug Policy that stakeholders in the Canadian construction, maintenance and oil and gas industries can adopt and follow. The purpose of the Canadian Model is to ensure a safe workplace for all workers by reducing the risks associated… Read more »
The purpose of the Absenteeism Tracking Tool, which has been development in Microsoft Access 2007, is to keep track of and analyze absenteeism data gathered through Workplace Satisfaction Surveys. The surveys are to be help periodically on pre-defined time periods to enable adequate analysis of absenteeism causes and to measure effectiveness of mitigation strategies implemented… Read more »
This best practice provides methods to measure a foreman’s skill level in six key areas of responsibility. The Foreman Skills Development Tool consists of three questionnaires for self-assessment, peer review and supervisor review and also incorporates project performance data in order to provide baselines and support to a foreman training program. This tool was developed… Read more »