51 DAMAGE CONTROL
International Erosion Control Solutions
offers an alternate technology for
remediating erosion issues
FEATURES
24 DOWN THE RANKS
Canada’s ranking in quality of trade
and transportation infrastructure
has been on a steady decline
30 A BUDGET OVERVIEW
Changes to the Saskatchewan provincial
sales tax are greeted with mixed feelings
from the construction industry
Contents
DEPARTMENTS
5 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
Paving the Way to a Better
Future in Saskatchewan
7 CHAIRMAN’S MESSAGE
Investing in Saskatchewan
9 NEWS FROM THE FIELD
19 MEMBER BENEFITS & RATES
22 SHCA MEMBER COMPANIES
23 SHCA EVENTS
55 INJURY SOLUTIONS
Are You Ready for the 2018
WCB Rate Model Changes?
57 HR DEPARTMENT
Make Better HR Decisions using
the Decision Triangle™
61 FINANCIAL FILE
Private Foundations
64 THE BOTTOM LINE
The Switzerland of Canada
PLUS
35 SAFETY FROM THE TOP
Study finds chief executive officers
wield significant influence over
organizational safety culture
39 WOMEN TO THE RESCUE
Women can be part of the answer to
upcoming industry labour shortfalls
43 SHCA’S SPRING MEETING
Find out where to access the information
presented at SHCA’s AGM
45 THE ACADIA GROUP OF COMPANIES
Putting the “success” in succession
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ON THE COVER
The feature articles in this issue of
Think BIG explore economic issues
at the national and provincial
levels. First, read about Canada’s
steady decline in the quality
of our trade and transportation
infrastructure on page 24. In our
second feature article, read about
how the changes to Saskatchewan’s
PST are being received with mixed
feelings from the provincial
construction community. That
article starts on page 30.
Q2 2017
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