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C&C #20: Ten Years of Megaprojects Just Ended. Now What?

C&C #20: Ten Years of Megaprojects Just Ended. Now What?

Site C. Coastal GasLink. Trans Mountain. LNG Canada Phase One. The wave of megaprojects that carried British Columbia for a decade has finished — basically all at once. A second wave is lining up behind it. But lining up isn't the same as starting, and somewhere in between is a stretch where the phone stops ringing.

Episode 20 of ICBA Coffee & Construction — the news that matters to the people who build British Columbia and Alberta, with ICBA's Jordan Bateman. A special regional edition: a full sit-down with Mike Davis, ICBA's Vice President, Regional, on the two-thirds of B.C. that gets too little attention from the media and government — Vancouver Island, the Okanagan, the Kootenays, the Interior and the north.

In this episode:

🗺️ THE MOOD. Mike tours this province constantly. Are people optimistic or white-knuckling it?

🌲 THE FORESTRY TOWNS. Cranbrook. Vernon. Williams Lake. Prince George.

🚧 WHAT'S QUEUED. The North Coast Transmission Line. LNG Canada Phase 2. Ksi Lisims. Cedar and Woodfibre already under construction. A run of mine permits and expansions. The work is real — the question is when it starts.

🤝 MEET THE GENERALS AND OWNERS, VICTORIA. ICBA's reverse trade show comes to the Victoria Conference Centre on Tuesday, September 15. The general contractors and owners sit behind the tables; everybody else works the room. 1,000 people.

 

🎟️ Register for ICBA Meet the Generals & Owners — Vancouver Island: https://events.icba.ca/2026Victoria

ICBA C&C #16: Jock Finlayson on What Actually Went Wrong in B.C.

ICBA C&C #16: Jock Finlayson on What Actually Went Wrong in B.C.

British Columbia's economic decline is explored in this episode of ICBA Coffee & Construction, featuring insights from Chief Economist Jock Finlayson.

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C&C #3: Condo Bailout Blunder

C&C #3: Condo Bailout Blunder

B.C. faces a condo crisis as the government plans a bailout. Discover the impact on construction jobs and major projects in the latest ICBA Coffee &...

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C&C #5: Billions and Billions

C&C #5: Billions and Billions

Ottawa backs the controversial Massey Tunnel cost increase. Discover its implications for construction in BC and Alberta in the latest ICBA Coffee &...

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