b'INTERVIEW WITH THE CHAIRMANIN HISOWN WORDS By Sarah B. HoodSPOTLIGHT ON TCA CHAIRMAN JEFF MURVATHE WORLD HAS SHIFTED, andthe changing needs of our members, and TCA has shifted with it. Everythe landscape is changing rapidly. Weve aspect of work on the jobsite, in the backseen our bylaws change. There are taxes office and the boardroom table has beenand levies that drive the cost of production affected by the changes forced on theup. There is now a high concentration industry by the global COVID pandemic, asof residential downtown. It used to be well as by astonishingly rapid transitions inmore commercial, and now the politicians construction-related products and systemsare sensitive to the needs of folks whofrom robotics and AI to 3D printing andare living downtown. Its a complicated innovative mobile technologies.situation because youve got prioritiesthat conflict. Through this transition, Jeff Murva has served on the TCA Board of Directors. InIn this complicated landscape, the this issue of Builders Digest, we offer aexperience of an industry leader of Murvas closer look at Murva and his approach tocalibre is invaluable.the new construction landscape.BUILDERS DIGEST (BD): What do you view AS BEFORE AND ASTCAs current chairman is president of hisas top priorities for TCA in 2023?own firm, J. Murva Consulting Ltd. WithJEFF MURVA (JM): As before and as ALWAYS, WERE HERE TOmore than three decades of experiencealways, were here to serve our members in the construction industry, he has heldand to support them in the industry as senior management positions with atheir needs present themselves. Certainly, SERVE OUR MEMBERS ANDnumber of Canadian companies, includingthe industry changes, and there have been PCL, CBRE, Freed Developments andsome very interesting times since COVID TO SUPPORT THEM IN THEFirstCon Group. He has served on the TCAbegan to fade away. We at TCA are now Board of Directors for over 10 years. helping the members deal with many of the INDUSTRY AS THEIR NEEDSJeff is a godsend for TCA, because hecurrent challenges that we face.brings a particular perspective in the Shortage of skilled labour; remarkable cost escalations; challenging procurement PRESENT THEMSELVES high-rise condo market and has workedand delivery durations for materials with clients who have found new andand equipment; challenging municipal - JEFF MURVAdifferent ways to manage the costs aroundapprovals processes; the ever-increasing these projects, and that has been very TCA CHAIRMAN helpful to us, says TCA president and CEOdownloading of risk to our members; and John Mollenhauer. certainly the financial recovery of our members from the challenging times that Toronto is a superheated market andwe all dealt with. Some were more difficult Southern Ontario is a superheated market,than others in terms of COVID and the in large part because of all the high-riseadditional costs borne by our members as condo construction, and Jeff knows morethey honoured their contracts.about that market than anyone I know,BD: What do you believe is TCAs most Mollenhauer adds. The high-rise condovaluable contribution to the local sector makes up a huge part of the GDP,construction industry?and its nice to know we have a chair who has so much experience in the sector thatJM: Even before I became a member, I is now contributing so much to the Ontariocertainly held in high regard what TCA economy. Were delighted to have does for the industry and its members. his insight. Its always been plentiful in terms of what members get from TCA. In fact, I believe In addition, says Mollenhauer, as anTCA serves the construction industry in association, we need to evolve to meetthe GTA and beyond as well as, or perhaps 20Quarter 22023 BUILDERSDIGEST'