BCIB hired its first skilled trades employee in 2019. Since then, we have grown into one of the largest and most diverse construction employers in BC. To date, BCIB has employed more than 4,000 qualified tradespeople. We’ve learned a lot along the way and have even earned an accolade or two.
For example, in December, BCIB’s Tina Khan accepted an Outstanding Employer Award from Options Community Services at Surrey City Hall.
“It was an honor to receive this award on behalf of the work BCIB is doing in our community,” says Khan. “This award symbolizes the organization’s dedication and commitment to share career opportunities with newcomers and equity seeking groups to build a strong and diverse construction sector.”
We are proud to have received the following awards:
- 2025 National Building Diversity Awards, Toronto Community Benefits Network: NexGen Builders Award for best Community Benefits Employer
- Canada’s Top Diversity Employer, 2025
- Read about why we earned that award in this article.
- BC’s Top Employer, 2025
- Read about why we earned that award in this Vancouver Sun article.
- 2025 B.C. Transportation Consulting Engineers Award: Quartz Creek and Chase Creek Road to Chase West.
- Kicking Horse Canyon Phase 4 –
- Shortlisted: 2o24 Premier’s Award for Innovation and Excellence
- 2024 Global Best Project Award in the Road/Highway category
- Read about it in this Parsons Corporation article.
- 2024 Building Diversity Awards, Toronto Community Benefits Network: Mentor award – Bubba Qwulshemut
- 2024 Building Diversity Awards, Toronto Community Benefits Network: Champion award – Brenda Ireland
- BC’s Top Employers, 2024
- Read about why we earned that award in this Vancouver Sun article.
- Canada’s Top Diversity Employers, 2024
- Read about why we earned that award in this Globe and Mail article.
- Diversity Award for Leadership and Inclusion, WorkBC Duncan, 2023 and 2024
- Read about why we were nominated for that award twice in this article.
- Outstanding Employer Award, Options Community Services, 2023
- BC’s Top Employers, 2022
- Irene Kerr, BCIB’s President & CEO, named to the BiV Top 500 Business Leaders list, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
- BC’s Top Employers, 2021
Watch this space as BCIB continues working to diversify and grow the skilled trades workforce in the province of B.C. by offering equitable job opportunities to Indigenous peoples, locals, women, and other underrepresented tradespeople.
