ACSA-Alberta Construction Safety Association

ACSA-Alberta Construction Safety Association Alberta Construction Safety Association (ACSA) is your trusted partner in construction safety.

A construction industry where safety is foundational to everything we build.

What can we learn from an incident, and how can the investigation itself support better learning?Looking beyond the imme...
09/01/2026

What can we learn from an incident, and how can the investigation itself support better learning?

Looking beyond the immediate event can help uncover the conditions, conversations and decisions that shaped what happened. How an investigation is approached can also influence what people are willing to share and what organizations learn from it.

Two breakout sessions will explore incident learning from different perspectives:

◼ PACE: Learning Through Incident Investigations at Dow
Shane Farrah, EHS Delivery Manager for Dow's Fort Saskatchewan Path2Zero expansion project, will share how PACE uses meaningful conversations, open-ended questions and psychological safety to create space to speak openly, identify underlying conditions and develop more meaningful corrective actions.

◼ Industry Learnings from Serious Incidents
Drawing on their experience leading serious injury and fatality investigations, Sanam Aujla and Sean McIntyre of Alberta Occupational Health and Safety, part of YourAlberta (Government of Alberta) will debrief a serious workplace incident involving an arc flash and explore practical lessons around communication, collaboration and the roles of work site parties.

Join Alberta’s construction industry Oct. 28–29 at the JW Marriott ICE District in Edmonton for the , two days of practical, construction-specific safety learning and industry connection.

Explore the program and register: https://utm.guru/urOIh

Some conversations on the work site are harder than others—but knowing how to approach them matters. When multiple empl...
08/31/2026

Some conversations on the work site are harder than others—but knowing how to approach them matters.

When multiple employers work side by side, different procedures, priorities and expectations can make communication more complex. At the individual level, knowing how to raise a concern, listen and respond can make difficult conversations easier.

Two Conference breakout sessions will give attendees practical strategies for navigating these conversations:

◼ Beyond Logos: Building Shared Safety on Multi-Employer Job Sites
Drawing on more than 40 years of experience in construction and heavy manufacturing, Lisa Nakamura will explore practical leadership strategies for strengthening communication, aligning teams around common expectations and building accountability across employer boundaries.

◼ Psychological Health and Safety: Prevention and Response
With construction-specific scenarios, Cassie Apostolidis and Trevor Moses of Opening Minds - Changer les mentalités will lead attendees through recognizing concerns, starting supportive conversations and responding when someone is experiencing a crisis.

Join Alberta's construction industry Oct. 28–29 at the JW Marriott ICE District in Edmonton for the , two days of practical, construction-specific safety learning and industry connection.

Explore the program and register: https://utm.guru/urOIh

Early registration pricing for the Conference ends tomorrow. Whether safety is your full-time focus or a part of how y...
08/24/2026

Early registration pricing for the Conference ends tomorrow.

Whether safety is your full-time focus or a part of how you lead your team, join Alberta’s construction industry Oct. 28–29 for two days of practical, construction-specific learning built around a common safety language.

This year’s conference brings contractors, industry partners, owners and purchasers into the conversation—exploring how stronger collaboration can support safer work and business excellence across shared work sites.

Register by Aug. 25 to access early registration pricing: https://utm.guru/urOIh

First-year workers are more likely to ask questions and raise concerns when they know their crew will listen. Clear comm...
08/21/2026

First-year workers are more likely to ask questions and raise concerns when they know their crew will listen.

Clear communication, practical guidance and regular check-ins can help newer workers understand expectations, recognize hazards and build safer habits from the start.

Use this backgrounder to guide a crew conversation about supporting first-year workers, then explore more practical resources at firstyear.yourACSA.ca.

After the rain, take another look at your work site.Summer storms have been a frequent part of Alberta's weather lately....
08/20/2026

After the rain, take another look at your work site.

Summer storms have been a frequent part of Alberta's weather lately. Changing conditions can introduce hazards that weren't there before.

Before work resumes after wet weather, use the quick checklist below as part of your post-storm site review.

Alberta OHS' Working in Summer resource also covers other seasonal hazards, including heat, sun exposure, insects and wildfire smoke.

Access the resource and share it with your team: https://ohs-pubstore.labour.alberta.ca/gs015

YourAlberta (Government of Alberta)

08/19/2026

Tools help get the work done. Strong crews help everyone do it safely.

Shared responsibility shows up in everyday actions: answering questions, speaking up about hazards and looking out for workers who may be less familiar with the task or site.

Use this video to start a crew conversation about what shared responsibility looks like on your site, then explore more than 40 practical injury prevention resources at firstyear.yourACSA.ca.

Is everyone on your work site speaking the same language when it comes to safety—and in the same mental mode to communic...
08/17/2026

Is everyone on your work site speaking the same language when it comes to safety—and in the same mental mode to communicate effectively?

Different crews, employers, roles, experiences and conditions can bring different expectations to the same work site. How do you translate safety systems into a shared understanding of what safe work looks like in practice? How do your teams share information, especially when they see risk increasing?

At the Conference, keynote speaker Lisa Nakamura will explore how a common language for safety sharpens leadership and performance on site.

Drawing on decades of construction, manufacturing and utilities experience across safety, human resources, leadership development and Human and Organizational Performance (HOP), Lisa brings a practical, industry-informed perspective on closing the gap between safety systems and impacting how work actually happens on site.

Hear Lisa at , Oct. 28–29 at the JW Marriott Edmonton ICE District.

Register now to access early pricing: https://utm.guru/urOIh

🎉 A team challenge, a shared lunch and a great way to bring people together. Congratulations to Integra Engineering Ltd....
08/14/2026

🎉 A team challenge, a shared lunch and a great way to bring people together.

Congratulations to Integra Engineering Ltd. one of this year’s Safety Showdown team lunch winners. Their team shared:

“This turned out to be such a great team bonding experience and built camaraderie between the team! We won lunch, which served as a wonderful way to wrap up the challenge. Thank you, ACSA—see you next year!”

Thank you to Integra Engineering and every team that brought first-year worker safety into conversations across their worksites this year.

The challenge may be over, but the work continues. Find practical resources to support first-year workers and keep safety top of mind at firstyear.yourACSA.ca.

Welcome back to Opening Minds as the Tradeshow Gold Sponsor for the Conference, Oct. 28-29, 2026, JW Marriott Edmonton...
08/13/2026

Welcome back to Opening Minds as the Tradeshow Gold Sponsor for the Conference, Oct. 28-29, 2026, JW Marriott Edmonton ICE District.

For the fourth consecutive year, Opening Minds is supporting the conference and helping strengthen conversations around psychological health and safety in Alberta's construction industry.

A division of the Mental Health Commission of Canada Commission de la santé mentale du Canada, Opening Minds provides evidence-based training and practical tools that help workplaces talk more openly about mental health, reduce stigma and build psychologically healthy and safe workplace cultures.

We appreciate Opening Minds' continued partnership and look forward to welcoming their team back to .

Join Opening Minds as a conference sponsor. View the 2026 Conference sponsorship package: https://utm.guru/urOIh

Safety is reinforced through the reminders crews see and discuss every day. Post this safety poster in a shared space—su...
08/13/2026

Safety is reinforced through the reminders crews see and discuss every day.

Post this safety poster in a shared space—such as a break room, site office or toolbox-talk area—to keep these reminders top of mind and support ongoing conversations with first-year workers.

Download more ready-to-use resources for your crew at firstyear.yourACSA.ca.

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