Tuesday, November 30, 2021
As 2021 draws to a close, TAC is looking forward to a new year and continuing to work with, serve and support our members in 2022.
We’re contacting members whose renewals are due by January, and I’m pleased to say that membership for the year costs no more than it did in 2021. TAC’s Board of Directors decided to forego an annual fee increase...
Tuesday, November 30, 2021
A new Executive Director will be hired to manage the work of the TAC Foundation (TACF), an independent registered charity established by TAC in 2003 to address the issue of shortages in the number of skilled people available for the planning, design, construction, operation and maintenance of Canada’s transportation infrastructure.
At its recent meeting...
Monday, November 22, 2021
The 2021 TAC Conference & Exhibition was held online from September 20 to October 1. Delegates from across Canada gathered to discuss and learn about a wide variety of topics, including the conference theme, Recovery and Resilience: Transportation After COVID-19.
The event saw good attendance with a total of 962 registered delegates, 32 exhibiting...
Monday, November 15, 2021
A new guide from the Transportation Association of Canada (TAC) will help improve utility coordination on P3 projects in Canada by helping project stakeholders create efficient and consistent processes for utility relocations, based on North American best practices.
Canadian road authorities manage the placement of utility infrastructure in their road rights-...
Friday, November 5, 2021
A new report from the Transportation Association of Canada (TAC) will help government agencies make complex spending choices that involve diverse transportation infrastructure elements such as roads, bridges, rail lines and garages.
Performance-Based Decision Making for Asset Management: Lessons Learned and Practitioner Toolkit summarizes current practices,...
Monday, November 1, 2021
Updates about people working in, or organizations serving, the transportation and road-related industries.
TAC welcomed the following organizations as members from July to September 2021:
Seero Engineering Consulting
EnRoad Engineering Services Inc.
Town of Ponoka
Headlight Consulting Inc.
CAP Engineering
Town of Drumheller
Township of Montague...
Monday, October 25, 2021
TAC is excited to announce new Technical Achievement Awards for 2022. Starting this fall, TAC member organizations can apply for nine prestigious prizes that recognize excellence in a range of disciplines.
Six awards highlighting TAC’s focus areas
Educational Achievement Award – for the use of education or training to improve individual...
Thursday, October 21, 2021
The Transportation Association of Canada (TAC) has launched a new pooled-fund project called “Mobility Pricing: Opportunities and Challenges in Canada” to help Canadian governments better understand how mobility pricing might be applied, and what impacts it could have on transportation system performance, carbon emissions, public health, social...
Monday, October 18, 2021
Adapting to a Changing World | Virtual | February 7-11, 2022
Join PIARC (World Road Association), Transport Canada, along with the City of Calgary, the 2022 host city, for the virtual XVI World Winter Service and Road Resilience Congress.
Connect with industry decision-makers, technical experts, administrators, academics, equipment...
Wednesday, October 13, 2021
Each year, TAC recognizes exceptional contributions by member organizations and individuals.
Transportation plays an important role in everyday life, getting Canadians to our jobs and connecting communities. Transportation has the power to directly influence our way and quality of life.
Canada’s best transportation projects make a difference for the...
Wednesday, October 13, 2021
Each year, TAC offers Student Paper Awards to recognize outstanding accomplishments, technical merit and writing ability of papers delivered by students at TAC’s annual conference. These awards are intended to encourage student participation in TAC.
Paper submissions are no longer required, all student papers accepted for the annual conference...
Thursday, October 7, 2021
As with most things this year, the 2021 Transportation Association of Canada (TAC) Conference & Exhibition was held online. From September 20 to October 1, delegates from across Canada gathered online to discuss and learn about Recovery and Resilience: Transportation After COVID-19.
The event saw good attendance with a total of 962 registered...
