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Strengthen and promote the status of the Ontario Sheet Metal and Air
Conditioning Group within the Construction Industry.
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Comply with the municipal, provincial and federal regulations and legislation.
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Protect the interests of Owners, Architects, Engineers, other Contractors and
the public from industry disputes.
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Provide fair employment and good working conditions for their employees.
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Assure the safety of their employees and the public at all times.
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Conduct themselves with honesty, courtesy and good faith toward all parties.
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Place no obstacles in the way of ethical businessmen doing or planning to do
business in the industry.
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Uphold the principle of adequate compensation and obtain reasonable payment for
services.
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Submit competitive tenders, negotiate and accept contracts only for work which
they are competent to perform because of experience, personnel and financial resources.
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Quote prices that include all costs and a fair profit in relation to the
investment required to do the work.
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Maintain the tendered price, after closing of tenders, unless the scope of the
work is changed.
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Maintain the tendered price, if the low bidder withdraws or is not accepted.
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Meet the quality and type of materials specified in the contract agreements,
plans and specifications.
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Avoid soliciting tenders from subcontractors or suppliers they do not intend to
use.
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Treat as confidential all tenders and quotations received from subcontractors
and suppliers.
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Award the contract or the order to the qualified subcontractor or supplier that
has tendered the lowest acceptable price.
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Guard the industry against
any member whose ethics violate this code
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to provide a provincial organization of sufficient scope to embrace all facets
of the sheet metal and air handling industry in Ontario; and to consider and deal with the
common problems of its members and any other persons whom the Group may be entitled to
represent and to be the provincial spokesman for the sheet metal and air handling
industry;
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to represent the sheet metal and air handling industry with other Ontario
organizations;
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to assist all Local Associations in Ontario in the implementation of their
programs;
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to provide specialized and other information services to the sheet metal and air
handling industry in Ontario;
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to be the Coordinator at the Provincial level of the activities of the Local
Associations;
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to develop Labour Relations programmes at the provincial level;
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to administer and protect the members' interest and the interest of any other
persons whom the Group may be entitled to represent in all labour matters;
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to continue as a designated employer bargaining agency under the Labour
Relations Act, as amended from time to time, or any legislation substituted therefore and
to regular relations between employers and employees in the sheet metal trade and all
ancillary and allied trades and represent such employers in collective bargaining within
any sector or sectors in any geographic area or areas as defined under the Labour
Relations Act or as determined by the Labour Relations Board;
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to develop and promote methods to improve quality, efficiency and productivity
within the industry and to study and implement the development of codes, regulations,
standard business practices and specifications pertaining to the sheet metal and air
handling industry;
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to improve existing rules and to encourage more efficient procedures and lawful
practices for tendering and other related matters;
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to raise money by subscription, and to grant any rights and privileges to
subscribers;
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to represent the sheet metal and air handling industry with the Government of
Ontario;
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to foster and encourage with the Provincial and the National Government such
legislation as may be necessary for the best interest of the public and of the industry;
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to represent the sheet metal and air handling industry of Ontario at the
National Association;
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to foster and promote educational programmes for members of the Group, and any
other persons whom the Group may be entitled to represent;
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to develop and promote recognition of the sheet metal and air handling industry
as an entity among professional and regulatory bodies, and to provide representation to
any related association in order to promote such recognition;
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to promote the overall welfare of the sheet metal and air handling industry in
all reasonable, lawful and proper ways.
