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“We have local construction associations in
the province, much like other provinces where
major cities have construction offices that are
100 years old. Out of these associations grew
a need for a provincial body to advocate on
behalf of all the locals with respect to govern-
ment and good policy to influence decision
makers to build around infrastructure and to
encourage owners to build in the province,”
explained Doug Folk, Vice President of Indus-
try Workforce Development for the SCA.
“The other important aspect concerns
workforce development, which really came
on board around 2005 to 2007. The industry
workforce development piece came into play
when the province started to boom in the in-
dustrial sector,” he said.
Folk has been working with the SCA for eight
years after retiring from a 30-year career as a
principal in various high schools and technical
schools in the province. His involvement over
the years in some of the workforce initiatives
in apprenticeship and trades training programs
led him to take a leadership position within the
SCA.
Some of the strategies of the new plan are
aimed directly at building the workforce and
