4 6 | C O C A 2 0 1 7 Y E A R I N R E V I E W MEMBER PROFILES ARCHITECTURAL GLASS & METAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION Founded in 1979, the Architectural Glass & Metal Contractors Association (AGMCA) is a non-profit organization, established to assist its members in maintaining high business standards and to offer a source of knowledge with respect to its members’ day-to-day business environment. AGMCA members are provided with a broad range of benefits for the individual growth and the advancement of their profession. •  A channel of communication within the profession and with important audiences outside the profession. •  Supports Architectural Glass and Metal Technician apprenticeship programs in conjunction with the Ministry of Training, colleges and universities. •  Provides educational opportunities for Association members. •  Develops industry standards. •  Supports and participates in local, provincial and national construction forums. •  Actively involves its members in attaining improved safety performance and standards. •  Promotes a fair standard form of warranty for workmanship. AGMCA is the recognized bargaining agent representing glazing contractors in Ontario, who are signatory to Collective Agreements with the Ontario Council of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades. To achieve what is expected of subcontractors today, owners, general contractors, and consultants have an increasing awareness of factors other than price. They turn to AGMCA members for benefits that include track records of performance, reliability, Workers’ Compensation, a trained and stable work force, supervision, standards and ethics, awareness of changing technologies and numerous other factors. Address: 619 Liverpool Road, Pickering, ON, L1W 1R1 Phone: (905) 420-7272 Fax: (905) 420-7288 Website: www.agmca.ca Email: info@agmca.ca THE ACOUSTICAL ASSOCIATION ONTARIO The Acoustical Association Ontario (AAO) is an Employers’ Association, which represents approximately fifty (50) unionized contractors engaged in interior finishing construction in the Industrial, Commercial and Institutional (ICI) sectors of the construction industry in Ontario. Specifically, AAO members perform drywall, acoustic, insulation and fireproofing work throughout the Province of Ontario, including such areas as Windsor, London, Cambridge, Kitchener, Waterloo, Niagara, Hamilton, Toronto, Oshawa, Kingston and Ottawa. Operating since the early 1960s, AAO was established to represent its members in labour relations and to promote an employer- employee policy that would lead to a sound and harmonious relationship with any employee bargaining agent representing the employees of its members. As a constituent member of the Carpenters’ Employer Bargaining Agency and the Painters & Allied Trades Employer Bargaining Agency, AAO represents its member employers in province-wide collective bargaining, respectively, with the United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America and the International Union of Painters & Allied Trades. In addition to its industrial relations role, AAO works to promote the welfare and enhance the interests of its members and the industry at large by: •  The collection and distribution of useful and reliable information. •  Endeavouring to establish uniform trade practices. •  Promoting and maintaining improved methods of business. •  Attempting to improve the knowledge, skill and proficiency of members and their employees. Address: 32 Vancho Crescent, Etobicoke, ON, M9A 4Z2 Phone: (416) 605-6417 Fax: (416) 246-1993 Website: www.aao-online.ca Email: info@aao-online.ca