Why Join the VRCA?

Networking opportunities

• Members of the VRCA have many opportunities throughout the year to participate in special events, networking opportunities, member meetings, and more, all at a 30%-35% discount. Getting involved in events allows you to meet industry professionals and make meaningful contacts that are great for professional and business development.

View our events calendar

BidCentral and Enhanced BidCentral

• Members of the VRCA have exclusive access to BidCentral which includes Pre Bid Reports, project descriptions, planholder lists and listings of specifications, addenda and blueprints. This platform allows members to search for plans from their desktop, and set automatic email reminders about jobs or products, for convenient access to the most up to date project information in the industrial, commercial and institutional sector in BC. Members can also access the two physical planrooms at our Vancouver and Abbotsford locations. Up to five employees can access BidCentral under each subscription.
• For an additional fee of $690.00 per year members can access Enhanced BidCentral. In addition to all ePlan services, Enhanced BidCentral allows you to view, print, mark up and export specs and blueprints into estimating software.

Learn more about BidCentral

Educational programs

• The VRCA and its members are committed to lifelong learning and to providing training opportunities for career development, skill enhancement, safety, and basic entry level skills for the construction industry. The Education Department works with the membership to identify regional training needs and utilizes the resources of construction organizations and both public and private trainers to provide workshops and seminars to the construction industry in the Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley. Member generally receive a 15%-25% discount on education offered by VRCA.

View our course calendar

Member Discounts

VRCA Members and their employees receive discounts with the following businesses:

• Accent Inns
• Bell Mobility
• Enterprise Rent-A-Car
• Mark's Work Wearhouse
• Journal of Commerce
• Hallmark Ford
• Mount Seymour
• Park 'N' Fly
• Petro-Canada Superpass Plan

Download VRCA's Member Affinity Program Brochure

BCCA Group Benefit Plan Package

For over 25 years the BCCA Group Benefit Plan meets the specific needs of association members. The package, which can be customized for individual employers includes:

• Dental Care
• Extended Health Care
• Weekly Indemnity
• Basic Life & Accident Insurance
• Optional Life & Accident Insurance
• Dependent Life Insurance
• Long Term Disability

Please contact Kevin Zakus for more information or visit the website www.BCCAbenefits.ca

Other VRCA Membership Benefits

• Current industry news and information
• Arbitration Services
• Download the procedure guidelines and application form
• Memberships to the BC Construction Association and Canadian Construction Association
• Job Centreaccess
• Members Only site
• Ability to renew your membership and ePlan, register for events at member pricing, add or change profile or employee profile, receive additional industry information and reports
• Discounts on CCD and CCA documents, with the option to order and print documents at a discount
• Plus Free Commissioner of Oaths signing of Statutory Declarations
• Meeting room rental available at both the Vancouver and Abbotsford offices