{"id":19732,"date":"2020-06-12T14:59:36","date_gmt":"2020-06-12T21:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vrca.ca\/?p=19732"},"modified":"2020-06-15T17:04:31","modified_gmt":"2020-06-16T00:04:31","slug":"construction-workforce-of-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vrca.ca\/blog\/2020\/06\/12\/construction-workforce-of-tomorrow\/","title":{"rendered":"Here Comes the Workforce of Tomorrow"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"19732\" class=\"elementor elementor-19732\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-422f9ffc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"422f9ffc\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-55ec1775\" data-id=\"55ec1775\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23adf05c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"23adf05c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Big changes lie ahead for British Columbia\u2019s $22 billion construction sector. But what will the shift mean for the people on the ground?<\/span><\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Between today and 2032, recent and forthcoming energy and climate regulations will fundamentally change the way we build, heat, cool, plumb, and connect new buildings in this province. As of that year, every new condo tower, hospital, retail centre, university building\u2014you name it\u2014will need to meet the highest attainable level of energy-efficiency performance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By the late 2020s, the majority of these new projects will emit no climate pollution whatsoever.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While we know a fair bit about the likely inner workings of these next-generation buildings, we don\u2019t know nearly as much about what lies in store for the people who excavate, assemble, pour, lift, hammer, bolt, and weld them together.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That\u2019s why the Vancouver Regional Construction Association is kicking off <\/span><b>The Construction Workforce of Tomorrow<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The research project aims to view the shift to high-performance buildings through the polycarbonate glasses of the workers who will put them together. Along the way we\u2019ll ask:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Which skilled construction trades will be in high demand in the zero-carbon world?<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Which will need retraining?<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When will the needed changes start to accelerate?<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Who will be impacted first?<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They\u2019re big questions, for sure. And In the coming months, with your help, we\u2019re going to get the answers \u2014 and share them with you as they come into focus.<\/span><\/p><h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here\u2019s How You Can Help<\/span><\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let us know what the future looks like from your vantage point! What do you see as the exciting opportunities? What keeps you up at night? Contact our research team directly via <\/span><a href=\"mailto:workforce@VRCA.ca\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">workforce@vrca.ca<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><b><i>Note<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: We want to hear from everyone, but especially general and trade contracting companies that work across the Lower Mainland.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1a976b5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1a976b5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-aace79b\" data-id=\"aace79b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b5261e elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"7b5261e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/business-46034469\" target=\"_blank\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/vrca.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/future-labour-skill-v1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-19744\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Future labour skills: utilizing machines to address dwindling labour<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d774ecc\" data-id=\"d774ecc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58a211a elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"58a211a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.globalconstructionreview.com\/trends\/japan-turns-construct7ion-rob7ots-workf7orce\/\" target=\"_blank\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/vrca.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/future-tools-v1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-19745\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Future tools (Lifting arm)<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Big changes lie ahead for British Columbia\u2019s $22 billion construction sector. But what will the shift mean for the people on the ground? Between today and 2032, recent and forthcoming energy and climate regulations will fundamentally change the way we build, heat, cool, plumb, and connect new buildings in this province. As of that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vrca.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19732"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vrca.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vrca.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vrca.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vrca.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19732"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/vrca.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19732\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19768,"href":"https:\/\/vrca.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19732\/revisions\/19768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vrca.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vrca.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vrca.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}