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Robert Landry appointed
to Trisura's board
pany is a Canadian specialty insur-
ance and surety company with of-
fices in Toronto, Montreal, Calgary,
Halifax, Quebec City and Vancouver.
Holcim Canada supports
the Canada Green Building
Council as Gold Level
national sponsor
Trisura Guarantee Insurance Com-
pany, a Canadian specialty lines insur-
ance and surety company, has
announced that Robert Landry has
joined the company’s board of direc-
tors. Landry is an experienced leader
from the insurance sector, having
served as president and CEO of
Zurich Insurance Company’s Cana-
dian operations for six years, retiring
in 2007, a Trisura news release said.
From 2006 to 2009 he was a director
of the Insurance Institute of Canada,
and he served as chair of that organ-
ization in 2007.
“We are very pleased that Robert
Landry has joined our board of direc-
tors,” said Mike George, president
and CEO of Trisura. “Robert brings a
distinguished career of leadership,
dedication and expertise in the Cana-
dian insurance industry, and as a fast-
growing company with unique
product offerings, Trisura will un-
doubtedly benefit from his experi-
ence and guidance.”
Landry holds the Fellow Chartered
Insurance Professional (FCIP) desig-
nation from The Insurance Institute of
Canada. In 2009, he received the
ICD.D designation from the Institute
of Corporate Directors. He currently
lives in Mississauga, Ontario.
The complete list of Trisura Board
of Directors is available on the Trisura
website: www.trisura.com/why-
trisura/board-of-directors. Trisura Guarantee Insurance Com-
The Canada Green Building Coun-
cil (CaGBC) has announced Holcim
Canada is a Gold level CaGBC Na-
tional Sponsor for the second year in
a row. Through its national sponsor-
ship program, the CaGBC provides
the building industry with opportuni-
ties to support the Council's goal of
accelerating the transformation of
the built environment to high-per-
forming, healthy green buildings,
homes and communities throughout
Canada. “Holcim has been a longtime sup-
porter of CaGBC in advancing sus-
tainable construction practices and a
trusted partner on various initiatives
over the past six years,” said Thomas
Mueller, CaGBC's president and CEO.
“Support from innovative, forward-
thinking companies like Holcim is
critical in helping to accelerate our
mission throughout Canada.”
Holcim Canada was a lead spon-
sor of the CaGBC National Confer-
ence 'Building Lasting Change' in
Toronto in June, as well as support-
ing chapter events in Ontario and
Quebec. The company has also
worked with the CaGBC to encour-
age Canadian sustainable construc-
tion projects to be recognized
globally via the Holcim Awards for
Sustainable Construction, a $2 mil-
lion (USD) international competition
recognizing and rewarding visions
and projects in sustainable construc-
tion. “Holcim works diligently to ensure
that sustainable development is inte-
grated into the business and into our
thinking,” said Ruksana Mirza, Hol-
cim (Canada) Inc.'s vice-president of
sustainable development. “We have
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a responsibility to drive sustainability
by providing innovative solutions that
will enable the industry to design,
build and operate sustainably. Part-
nering with the CaGBC allows us to
multiply our efforts and work to-
gether to help drive sustainable de-
velopment awareness and behavior
change in Canada.”
B.C. Construction
Industry Survey
The British Columbia Construction
Association (BCCA) has published re-
sults of the 2014 B.C. Construction
Industry Survey, with nearly 500 re-
spondents articulating the major
challenges and opportunities facing
BC’s construction sector.
Responses from construction
owners and employers, trade con-
tractors, and suppliers demonstrate
a united industry on key issues af-
fecting productivity and profitability
across the province: youth engage-
ment, succession planning, outside
competition, fair and transparent pro-
curement practices, foreign workers,
prompt payment, and others:
• 18 per cent of respondents
searched internationally for
skilled workers in the past year;
• About 50 per cent of respondents
in every region of the province
say they plan to hire in the next
year. Another 35 per cent in each
region say they might hire… leav-
ing only about 15 per cent of em-
ployers who aren’t hiring;
• On average, large companies are
planning to hire 35 tradespeople
each this year;
• 61 per cent of respondents say
that regional competition is hot-
ter than it was two years ago,
and 32 per cent say that interna-
tional competition has increased
as well;
• 74 per cent surveyed from Van-
couver Island responded they are
now using online bidding tools;
• More than 230 respondents
listed numerous trades and tech-