January 24: BCEA Discussion on BC’s Construction Forecast

Jan 13, 2019

Larry Gibson, President, Super Save Group will be sharing his wealth of experience with the construction industry at this British Columbia Electrical Association evening event in Coquitlam. With 30 years at Super Save Group, Larry has much enthusiasm about giving back to those in the construction community.

2019 is expected to be another banner year in BC for the trades. BC Hydro alone is expected to spend up to $1 billion this year on the Site C dam project and $300 million on a new transmission project (see BC Hydro Announces Shortlist for Site C Balance of Plant Contract for more on this).

The January 24 event is sponsored by BCEA’s U40 group. Networking opprtunities will take place after the discussion.
Find out more: https://files.constantcontact.com/b29f8372601/7aecfcbe-f9fe-4118-bca3-f727395e7191.pdf

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