BY ROGER MARSLAND MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT YOUR GO-TO SOURCE FOR SCAFFOLD TRAINING Whether you want to become a journeyperson scaffolder, or are looking for basic scaffold training, CLAC Training has the courses you need. CLAC Training offers Scaffold & Access Industry Association Certified Industrial Scaffold Training courses, including • 3-year Journeyperson Scaffolder Training Program • Introduction to Scaffold Basic Competency • Competent Person Scaffold Training • End User Scaffold Awareness Training • Working at Heights Training (Ontario MOL Approved Provider) Learn more and sign up today. 1-800-700-7555 | Scaffolding@clac.ca | clac.ca/courses As a busy year in the construction industry ends and a new year of exciting changes is upon us, I hope that this issue of Access Canada will provide some valuable insights for you on how the Scaffold Industry Association of Canada (SIAC) and the industry as a whole have developed. It has been an incredible 37 years since SIAC’s inception and we have continued to ensure that through strategic partnerships, we are able to deliver on representing the scaffold industry and our members’ needs. With changes in government posing new opportunities and challenges, and technology advancing at an exponential rate, the construction industry has had to adapt. This issue is meant to address how our industry is developing in order to help our members translate change into opportunity. We tackle the following questions: How will changes to the Construction Act affect my practice? (featured on page 12); How will drones and virtual reality be used in construction? (featured on page 20); and What innovative solutions can we use to create a better TOOLS OF ADAPTATION 8 THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE SCAFFOLD INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF CANADA