WCA News

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To all WCA Members: 
In order to comply with the requirements of the Ontario Not-for-Profit Corporations Act (ONCA), we have undertaken a comprehensive review and revision of our current bylaws. These revised bylaws have been carefully crafted to ensure alignment with ONCA regulations, aiming to enhance transparency, governance, and operational clarity within the WCA..
We are pleased to announce that the revised bylaws will be presented for your review and approval at the upcoming General Meeting scheduled for mid September  We encourage all members to review the revised bylaws. They are also availabe for review in our weekly newsletter. 

The WCA has received, from the City of Windsor, links to two apps:

MappMyCity
Learn about Windsor from underground up! We have apps that display our sewer system, roads, sidewalks, addresses, buildings, parks, trails, bike lanes and routes, waterways, schools, government offices, parking lots, playgrounds, public washrooms in parks, and much, much more.

The new MappMyCity application has combined the old applications into one new and fluid experience. In the new MappMyCity, you will find the old:

• MyCity
• MySchoolNeighbourhood
• MySewer
• MyParks
• MyBikesAndTrails
• MyDetour

We’ve also mapped things you can’t feel or see, like ward boundaries; street centreline with information about roads, speed limits, direction and more; districts of many types; property descriptions and info; services, size and distance for a number of features; and aerial photos over the years since 2000.

Visit us often! As needs expand, so will the new easy-to-use MappMyCity app.
You can find this here

City of Windsor Open Data Catalogue
Citizens are encouraged to use or repurpose the City of Windsor's open data for research purposes or to improve their interaction with municipal services and facilities. Members of the community can use the raw data provided here to create and share resources from maps to applications and more.
You can find this here.

https://www.iheartradio.ca/am800/news/amherstburg-council-moving-ahead-with-next-steps-in-belle-vue-process-1.20353570

The "GREEN BOOK" is available for Direct Print or Download from the Government website. 

Click here to get it. 

Payment delays and disputes can cost your business a LOT of time and money. That’s why Ontario has added Prompt Payment and Adjudication to the Construction Act.

For construction, the law now requires payors to pay invoices according to fixed timelines. If your payor does not make payment when it is due, you can choose to use adjudication to enforce your right to payment. It’s a fast and inexpensive way to resolve construction payment disputes.

Prompt Payment and Adjudication rules took effect on Oct. 1, 2019 and apply to all construction projects, with few exceptions.

You can find fact sheets on Prompt Payment and Adjudication here

https://mailchi.mp/wca/important-information-for-link2build-plansroom-members

Government improving access to care for local patients and families

The Windsor Construction Association Board of Directors is pleased to offer to the members of the WCA and HCA a new valuable, member feature. 
We know many of you are looking to hire new staff, from in house employees such as estimators, project managers, or office staff, to shop workers, warehousemen, drivers, to tradesmen of all kinds  and we are aware of the challenges you are facing to find the right new hire.

This guide helps you understand and adapt to Ontario's new Construction Act, which came into full effect October 1st.