b'CSAM NEWSTHE CFCSASharing construction safety resources and building safety harmonization from the bottom upAs a construction employer, youllorganization, the CFCSA representsendorsed a harmonized audit approach recognize at least one of thesea formidable force. The CFCSAfor COR certification. Similarly, a important construction safetyshepherds national programs suchmemorandum of understanding organizations helping you to work safer: as the COR accreditation standard,between CFCSA members providesBC Construction Safety Alliance and the National Construction Safetya simple path for companies who are Officer (NCSO) and National HealthCOR certified in their home jurisdictionAlberta Construction and Safety Administrator (NHSA)to apply to have that certificationSafety Association designation programs. In addition,recognized in any other jurisdiction,the CFCSA promotes awarenessat no cost. This allows companies to ASP (Association sectorielle paritaire)of construction health and safetybid on any project requiring COR Construction practices and programs, facilitatescertification in a jurisdiction where they information sharing and collaborativelydont have a permanent base Construction Safety Associationof Manitoba produces workplace health and of operations. Construction Safety Nova Scotia safety training, standards and information resources. The CFCSA exists to make safetyHeavy Construction Safetysimpler for all of its members, The CFCSA meets annually, and theMcKenna says. Theres a real benefit Association of Saskatchewan chairperson is typically the head offor employers who work acrossthe construction safety associationjurisdictions.Infrastructure Heath & scheduled to host the next annual Safety Association meeting. Standing committees meetJackie Manuel, CEO of thethroughout the year. Newfoundland & Labrador Manitoba Heavy Construction Safety Association, says Construction Association Sean Scott, Immediate Past Chair ofthat information sharing betweenNew Brunswick Construction the CFCSA, notes that the organizationassociations provides the greatestSafety Association takes on the difficult problemsbenefit to local members.Newfoundland & Labradorsurrounding the harmonization ofThe early sharing of COVID-19Construction Safety Association safety regulations across the country. resources by larger constructionNorthern Safety Association Construction safety regulations aresafety associations who had in-houseprimarily issued at the provincial orepidemiologists benefitted more thanNorthern Safety Network Yukon territorial level, so its a challenge tojust construction companies here, she Saskatchewan Construction get those jurisdictions to harmonizesays. Our website became the go-to regulations, says Scott. As a nationalsource for working during a pandemic Safety Associationorganization, we look at the largefor many employers in the province.If you printed each of these namespicture and advocate for that type ofWhen road contractors were asked on trading cards and sealed them inharmonization, and help our membersto perform night work on a provincial a wax pack, the wrapper would read:operating in different provinces tohighway project for the first time in the CFCSA: The Canadian Federation ofnavigate the remaining differences. provinces history, Manuel quickly sent Construction Safety Associations. Mike McKenna, Executive Director ofout a query to CFCSA members across The name may not be familiar tothe BC Construction Safety Alliance,Canada who already had experience everyone, but as a united umbrellanotes that the CFCSA has alsowith the practice.22 BUILD MANITOBAwinnipegconstruction.ca'