Welcome to your daily briefing on construction developments in BC. Today we're covering 12 key stories including updates on british columbia construction headlines, british columbia construction updates, background & context. Let's dive in.
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BidCentral is BC's largest construction bidding marketplace, featuring 1,000s of construction projects. Sign up to bid on construction jobs!
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Pre-bid construction projects, including conceptual and planning projects in pre-design, schematic design, design development, and construction documents stages from British Columbia. To see upcoming projects from other provinces and….
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The Major Projects Inventory lists private and public sector construction projects in the Province of British Columbia, Canada.
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Effective March 4, 2016 across BC, general contractors intending to construct single-family homes and small residential buildings must meet new requirements when applying for new residential builder licenses. They will need to present….
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Building Permits issued in the last 2 years.
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Building permits are required for new buildings, additions or alterations to existing buildings, and for demolitions or salvage and abatement work.As permit application processing is a collaboration between the customer / applicant and….
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Request For Qualification phase invites parties to submit responses indicating their interest in the project, and qualifications. Request For Proposals invi ...
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The Permit Connect B.C. page provides information about the B.C. government's permitting priority projects. From this page you can learn how to apply for permits or learn more about the permitting process, organized by each of the….
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Recordable injuries (OSHA 300 log entries) include any that require medical treatment beyond first aid. Reportable injuries — which trigger an immediate notification to OSHA — are limited to fatalities (within 8 hours) and inpatient hospitalizations, amputations, or eye losses (within 24 hours). The categories are not the same.
Confusing the two leads to either over-reporting (creating audit triggers) or under-reporting (which is itself a citation-worthy violation). Knowing the distinction protects both the safety record and the regulatory posture.
In most BC jurisdictions, the lien filing deadline runs from last day on the project OR last delivery of materials, whichever is later — but several states use a project-wide cutoff (substantial completion) regardless of when your specific work ended. Counting the wrong start date is the leading cause of waived liens.
A blown lien deadline drops your collateral down to a personal-guaranty claim, which often means recovery cents on the dollar. The window is short — 60 to 120 days in most states.
Most construction contracts require change orders to be in writing, but many states enforce an "oral modification" exception when the parties' conduct shows agreement — especially when the changed work is performed and accepted without protest. Continued performance without written change orders can waive the writing requirement entirely.
Contractors who do extra work hoping to "true it up later" routinely lose those claims because the conduct shows acceptance of the original scope. A signed change order before the work is the cleanest evidence of agreement.
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