Ontario Construction News staff writer
The Canadian Construction Association (CCA) has announced that Brendan Nobes is returning for a second year as chair of the board of directors. Nobes is the director of major projects for RCS Construction, a general contracting firm building landmark projects throughout Atlantic Canada.
He has led the board to create a robust governance manual, implement changes to CCA’s by-laws to allow for an option to extend the term of chair from one to two years, a more diversified board, and a refreshed three-year strategic plan.
In 2023, CCA will continue to focus “on building workforce capacity, advancing fair procurement and a long-term infrastructure plan, including trade-enabling infrastructure, while strengthening the bonds between CCA and our partner associations.”
The gold seal project manager and estimator is active in several industry associations and is CCA’s representative on the Canadian Construction Documents Committee. He is also past chair of the Construction Association of Nova Scotia and the 2017 recipient of the CCA Robert Saunders Trophy for his commitment and dedication to the industry, particularly to the general contractors’ sector.
Joining Nobes on CCA’s 2023-24 Board of Directors are:
- Francis Roy (vice-chair), president, Groupe Humaco (QC)
- David Bowcott, managing director and Co-leader, NFP Construction and Infrastructure (ON)
- Derek Brown, project manager, Cahill Group (NL)
- Charles Caza, senior vice-president, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, Bird Construction (ON)
- Nicole Chabot, vice-president, L. Chabot Enterprises Ltd (MB)
- Trevor Doucette, vice-president Stakeholder Management, Graham Construction & Engineering (AB)
- Steve Drummond, president, Capilano Highway Services Company (BC)
- Wayne Ferguson, senior vice-president, EllisDon Corporation (ON)
- Nadine Fullarton, president, CANB, Moncton Northeast (NB)
- Eric Gaulin, vice-president, Operations Building – Ontario, EBS (QC)
- Peter Grose, president and CEO, Westland Construction (MB)
- Quentin Huillery, chief operating officer, Ledcor (AB)
- John Mollenhauer, president and CEO, Toronto Construction Association (ON)
- Christina O’Donnell, vice-president and general counsel, Black & McDonald (ON)
- Cory Richter, president and CEO, Quorex Construction (SK)
- Amber Sandhu, regional underwriting officer, National Accounts Surety, Travelers Canada (ON)
- Brad Scott, vice-president, Finance, Basin Contracting Limited (NS)
- Ajay Sharma, project development engineer, GeoStabilization International (AB)
- Rick Wagner, president, Maxwell Floors Ltd. (BC)
Across Canada, CCA represents more than 20,000 member firms drawn from 63 local and provincial integrated partner associations.