The 2024 event was a huge success. Featuring incredible speakers, exhibitors, vital information, and networking with the top of the Canadian damage prevention industry. We look forward to more success at the 2025 CCGA Damage Prevention Symposium in Halifax, Nova Scotia

L'événement a été un énorme succès. La présence de conférenciers, d'exposants et de leaders de l'industrie canadienne de la prévention des dommages a permis de transmettre de l'information essentielle et d'offrir des occasions de réseautage incroyables. Nous sommes impatients de vous accueillir de nouveau au Symposium 2025 du Canadian Common Ground Alliance sur la prévention des dommages qui aura lieu à Halifax, Nouvelle-Écosse.

Source: On-Site Magazine

The Common Ground Alliance's annual DIRT Report shows less damage was done to buried infrastructure last year, but it remains set on the goal to halve the number of incidents.

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Source: On-Site Magazine

The latest Core Public Infrastructure Survey from Statistic's Canada puts a dollar figure on replacement valves, including billions of dollars of assets assessed to be in poor or very poor condition.

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Source: Trenchless Technology Magazine

"What's the problem that drives smoke testing?

Sewer collection systems consist of a network of pipes that connect residential and commercial buildings to a local wastewater treatment plant.  In a perfect world, this pipe network would be watertight - meaning no extra rainwater would be able to enter the system.

However, this is rarely, if ever, the case."

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The Canadian Common Ground Alliance is pleased to share the CCGA National DIRT (Damage Information Reporting Tool) Report for 2023. This report, based on data submitted by stakeholders from across the country, presents the state of Damage Prevention in Canada by analyzing information on infrastructure damages that occurred in 2023. The report shows another year of reduction in overall damages, the fifth year in a row that we see this promising performance!

CCGA DIRT Report English

CCGA DIRT Report French

On behalf of Canadian Common Ground Alliance board of directors, we wish to thank the Best Practices Committee, its chair, Mr. Gordon Campbell, and all Regional Partner Best Practices Committees, for their collaboration preparing and releasing version 5 of the CCGA Best Practices.

CCGA Best Practices Version 5.0

CCGA Pratiques d'excellence Version 5.0