The Canadian Construction Association (CCA) has named nine companies that will participate in this year’s CONtact innovator mentorship program.

The firms range in size and location from across the country, and provide a variety of services—from artificial intelligence applications to advanced building materials—representing the diverse and technology driven solutions available to the industry.

“With a heightened drive for innovation, the CONtact mentorship initiative provides the perfect platform to nurture innovative solutions to transform the industry,” said Mary Van Buren, CCA president. “We are excited to help the 2020/21 mentees’ products and solutions progress to the next level by increasing their exposure to industry experts.”

Selected to participate as mentees for this year are:

• CHEKit Ltd. – Calgary 
• Deformance Design Labs Inc. – Vancouver 
• Eterio Realities Inc. – Victoria 
• Grand River Business Intelligence Inc. – Waterloo 
• Harbr Inc. – Halifax 
• MEPvity Inc. – Saint John 
• Persistent Ventures Inc. – Fredericton 
• Robolution Technology Inc. – Edmonton 
• RoCo Industries Inc. – Ottawa 

The association received 17 applications from mentees for this year’s program, and selected those nine companies based on their innovative industry solutions.

The top three will also have an opportunity to present their solutions at a ‘Construction Den’ session at the 2021 CCA annual conference, which will again be conducted virtually.

Launched earlier this year, the CONtact mentorship program helps entrepreneurs and innovators to launch, modify or expand their products or service for adoption by construction companies.

The CCA will connect those companies selected to be mentees will be connected with appropriate mentors that will enable them to expand their networks and connect with industry professionals with the goal of refining their product or service offering.