What is APIN?
The Alberta Projects Improvement Network (APIN) is a cross-industry network of progressive organizations and leaders working together to improve industrial construction practices in Alberta.
APIN works to improve Alberta's and Canada's track record of delivering successful, productive and capital-efficient industrial construction projects. More specifically, APIN and its founding organizations share a common mission to make Alberta's industrial construction sector Twice as Safe, Twice as Productive and Internationally Competitive by 2020.
We encourage project owners, engineers, contractors, suppliers, and all industrial construction stakeholders to join our network (it's free!). Through this site, you can sign up to become part of the network, access a comprehensive library of industrial construction resources (best practices, case studies, articles, tools and more); connect with other members of the network, and contribute your own ideas, knowledge and lessons to help other improve. Please explore this site to learn more and then join us!
Spotlight
October 04, 2018
Universities Offer Untapped Opportunity To Improve Engineering And Construction Performance Accessing new skills and capabilities is often the most strategic pathway to achieve increased performance and reduced costs in major project development, a University of Calgary professor told a Speaker Series event this week. The academic community offers a means…
June 29, 2017
We are pleased to announce the completion of this PAAD project and final report now posted. Shared Risk Register - what happens when you combine collaboration with routine risk reviews (risks to completing project on time and on budget) Click here to access the report!
March 22, 2018
After a successful collaborative contracting event, a new article has been posted on the results of that event! Read the whole article here!
June 24, 2016
The main goal of this report is to study the potential for lump sum contracting and to answer the question whether lump sum contracting increase the efficiency and cost and schedule predictability of on major projects in the Western Canadian oil and gas sector. Download the report here:
June 28, 2017
According to the Construction Industry Institute (CII), field rework adds 10 per cent to construction-phase costs on major projects. In an effort to keep projects on time and on budget, the Construction Owners Association of Alberta (COAA) created a free project rework reduction tool that tracks a project’s potential rework…
March 22, 2018
Registration is now OPEN for COAA’s 2018 Best Practices Conference being held on May 8-9th at the Shaw Conference Centre in Edmonton. This year, the focus and awards will relate to leadership in workforce development with a theme of Twice as Safe, Twice as Productive. A few highlights of this…
