Asbestos

Asbestos, you know it is a silent menace! But why? Our upcoming Lunch & Learn will provide some details making you more aware of the dangers, and what steps to take in handling it. | March 14, 2019

Speaker:

• Steve Page, Director of Operations Western Canada, G.U.S. Group

Strata Wind Up - Update: February 13, 2019: this seminar has been POSTPONED due to inclimate weather.  We apologize for any inconvenience.  We will keep you in the loop with more information as things unfold.

Come and hear from our experts about strata windups. 

Panel:

• Rene Cravioto, President of Seymour Estates
• Mitchell Cramp, Vice President, Strata Wind Up and Property Sales, CBRE
• Lisa Frey, Lawyer at Lawson Lundell LLP

Moderator:

• Sean Ingraham, Vice President, Community Development, FirstService Residential

Cannabis Legislation - What Does It Mean For Your Property?

Come and hear from our expert presenters what the new legislation means for your property | November 22, 2018

Speaker:

• Paul Mendes, Lawyer, Lesperance Mendes Lawyers

Topic: Building Communities - Is your strata a community or just a connection of homeowners?  

Many of the day to day challenges you face in administering your strata can be reduced by growing your community. The focus of this presentation will be on identifying the challenges of building a community within your strata.

• Do social events work?
• What about a community newsletter?
• Does your strata have a Facebook page? Should it?

Our presenters will share with you some tools you may wish to use to reduce challenges and build community.

Presenters:

• Jim Allison, Managing Broker, President & Property Manager Assertive Northwest Property Management Group Inc.
• Stephen Cassady, Owner, 247Condo & CondoPapers

Short Term Rentals in Condos

Come and learn about the new Short Term Regulations from the City of Vancouver and how they impact your strata | June 11, 2018

Speaker:

• Kathryn Kolbuch Holm, P.Eng., Director Licensing, Property Use Inspections & Animal Services, Chief Licence Inspector

Topic: Bylaws That Work  

• What is the evil you want to stop?
• How will you enforce it?
• What is the most straight forward method of control you can use?
• How can you word your bylaw so as to avoid any meaning except the one you intend?

Come and learn about this and more.

Moderator:

• Phil Dougan, Lawyer, Access Law Group

Panel:

• Sat Harwood, Lawyer, Lesperance Mendes Lawyers
• Alex Chang, Associate, Lesperance Mendes Lawyers
• Lisa Frey, Associate, Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP

Conflict Management

Come and learn about different types of conflicts that can occur in a strata setting and, more importantly, how to navigate these complex situations | April 12, 2018

Speaker:

• Sat D. Harwood, Lawyer, Lesperance Mendes Lawyers

Topic: Major Repair Projects: Strategies and Processes to Maximize Success  

Does your strata have a major project on the horizon? Come and hear our experts discuss the engineering and construction process, legal considerations, and funding options for a large repair and maintenance project.

Presenters:

• Paul Kernan, Managing Principal, Senior Building Science Specialist, RDH Building Science
• Jamie Bleay, Lawyer, Access Law Group
• Kelly McFadyen, Account Manager, CWB Maxium Financial

Disaster Planning

Are you ready?  Come and hear about ways to plan for a major disaster in British Columbia| Strata Disputes Educational Seminar | November 16, 2017

Speaker:

• Jackie Koosterboer, Author - My Earthquake Preparedness Guide and Emergency Planner at the City of Vancouver

FOR STRATA COUNCIL MEMBERS & STRATA OWNERS

Topic: Electric Vehicle Charging in Strata Properties

This Lunch & Learn will present information about electric vehicles (EVs) and the process of charging, now and in the future. We will also delve into the multi-family charging challenge, government’s response and resources available to support residents, stratas and property managers. There will be lots of opportunities to have all your EV questions answered and for shared learning on how various stratas have responded to this challenge. For those who are able to stick around after the lunch, we will be running ride-alongs in our all-electric Kia Soul and our plug-in hybrid Volts

Join us and learn more about EVs at this informative Lunch & Learn session!

Presented by:

• Eve Hou, Air Quality Planner, Air Quality and Climate Change – Metro Vancouver

Location:

5945 Kathleen Avenue, Burnaby
10th Floor Meeting Room

Topic: Financial Management

Does your strata need help with financial management?

Come and hear from our experts about Best Practices to help you navigate through the financial cycle of a strata corporation.

Seminar to be followed by a short CCI Vancouver AGM.

Presenters:

• Jim Allison, Managing Broker, President & Property Manager
  Assertive Northwest Property Management Group Inc.
• Venus Duplin, CPA, CGA, Shareholder
  Reid Hurst Nagy

Sponsors:

• WSP
• CWB Maxium Financial
• Superior Flood and Fire Restoration

FOR STRATA COUNCIL MEMBERS & STRATA OWNERS

Topic: Insurance Appraisals – What are they, and why do I need one?

The Strata Property Act requires Strata Corporations to always maintain insurance on common property, common assets, and buildings. Insurance appraisals exist to define the amount of insurance that is required to fully insure these items without spending too much on excess premiums (while having sufficient coverage). Appraisals can make insurance policies more responsive in the event of a loss. From eliminating co-insurance to un-locking your ERC coverage, insurance policies typically cover more when there’s a contemporary appraisal. Ensure that the appraisal you buy is of maximum value to your strata corporation.

Join us and learn more about Insurance Appraisals at this informative Lunch & Learn session!

Presented by:

• Tim Scoon, Suncorp Valuations

Location:
BFL Canada
1177 W Hastings St., Suite 200
Vancouver, BC

Topic: ARRRGGGGHH! There’s a leak in my unit. Now what?

Come and join an interactive insurance workshop and learn how to navigate through the process of detecting damage to your property.

Moderator:

• Jamie Bleay, Access Law Group

Panelists/Workshop leaders:

• Veronica Franco, Clark Wilson LLP
• Tony Esposito, BFL CANADA Claims Manager
• Gaelan Porter, FirstService Residential, Senior Manager, Insurance Western Region  

How To 'CRT'

Learn About The Civil Resolution Tribunal (CRT) Process And The Issues The Tribunal Is Dealing With | Strata Disputes Educational Seminar | April 27, 2017

Speaker:

• Richard Rogers, Registrar and Executive Director of the CRT

The Event Is Sold Out. Registration is closed.

Financing Major Repair & Maintenance Projects

Faced with a major strata repair project and a shortage in reserve funds?
Come and learn about an alternative to special levies.

Presented by:

• Paul McFadyen, CWB Maxium Financial Services
• Kelly McFadyen, CWB Maxium Financial Services

Location:
Canadian Western Bank Group
666 Burrard St., B17* (B1, basement floor)
Vancouver, BC V6C 2X8
* (note room change)

IMPORTANT NOTE:

The Seminar Venue Is Changed!

Due to the huge interest in the upcoming CCI Vancouver Educational Seminar on February 18th, the seminar venue is changed to accommodate more seminar attendees. Please see the new venue address and parking information on the seminar page and the updated seminar flyers.

Human Rights Complaints: Smoking, hardwood floors, pets, and ...

Come and hear about how to navigate common issues and, more importantly, how to avoid them.

Air BnB – Private Profit in a Strata Corporation

Is Air BnB legal in your strata?

Come and learn what to do if you want it and what to do if you don’t.

Speakers:

• Phil Dougan, Access Law Group
• Sean Ingraham, FirstService Residential

The Use and Abuse of Limited Common Property and Common Property

Come and learn how to use (or not use) the common property at your building.

Seminar to be followed by a short CCI Vancouver AGM.

Speakers:

Jamie Bleay, Access Law Group
Lisa Frey, Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP
Jim Allison, Assertive Northwest Property Management

Moderator:
Sean Ingraham, FirstService Residential

Repair, Maintenance and Updating Your Depreciation Report and Update on the Civil Resolution Tribunal

Speakers: 

• Kevin Grasty, P.Eng., LEED AP, WSP Canada Inc.
• Shannon Salter, Chair, Civil Resolution Tribunal

Who Does What? Responsibilities and the Strata Council’s Role

Nominations, Elections and Meeting Minutes in Strata Corporations

Speaker: Paul Mendes, Lesperance Mendes Lawyers

Please note we have decided to postpone our March seminar until April.  We will be holding a joint evening strata educational seminar at 7:00pm on April 21, 2016.  This topic for this session will be nominations and elections in strata corporations together with best pratices in taking strata minutes.   Event details and speaker information will follow shortly.

Financial Management for Strata Corporations

Come join us for a practical seminar on strata financial management!

Speaker: Terrence Wong, CPA, CGA, Dong Russell & Company

Who Does What? Responsibilities and the Strata Council’s Role

This sold out seminar featured a presentation strata council roles and responsibilities.

Speakers: Jamie Bleay, Access Law Group and Sean Ingraham, FirstService Residential

PRESENTATION SLIDES ARE AVAILABLE HERE.

The Rights and Wrongs - How to Deal with Smoking in a Strata

Please join us for an educational seminar on how to deal with smoking issues at your strata.

Speaker: Veronica Franco, Clark Wilson LLP - Partner

Insurance Claims from Start to Finish

Insurance claims can be intimidating.

Come learn from a panel of industry experts and get valuable knowledge on the most efficient way to handle claims.

Please note that the CCI Vancouver Chapter AGM will follow immediately after the seminar.

Speakers: Tony Esposito, CIP, Steven Page, and Craig Segaric.

Steps Stratas Can Take To Prevent Conflict

Please join us for an educational seminar on reducing and resolving conflict at your strata.

Speaker: Paul Mendes, Lesperance Mendes Lawyers and Jamie Bleay, Access Law Group

Annual General Meetings — Revisited

• What is quorum?
• Counting the votes
• Elections — vote required for each nominee
• Rules of Order

Bylaw Enforcement — Revisited

• The goal of bylaw enforcement — available options
• How is it done? — the rules
• Do they work?
• How to collect the money
• Is there another solution?

Registration is closed now for this seminar.

An Introduction to the Civil Resolution Tribunal (CRT)

Please join us for an introduction to the Civil Resolution Tribunal (CRT), which will be Canada’s first online tribunal when it opens in 2015.

The tribunal will resolve strata property and small claims disputes through a variety of dispute resolution methods, allowing the parties to use the tribunal where and when it is convenient for them.

• Why the CRT was developed
• How it will work
• Some of the opportunities and challenges
• How the CRT might affect strata owners and managers

Speaker: Shannon Salter, the Chair of the Civil Resolution Tribunal (CRT)

Registration is closed now for this seminar.

The slides of this seminar are available under the Members Only area of the website.

Volunteers in Your Strata

• Committees - How should they be set up and function
• Insurance Perspective and Coverage for Volunteers
• Liability to Strata when using volunteers

Registration is Closed for this seminar.

Seminar's Slides and Materials:

The slides and materials of this seminar are available on the Members Only area of the website.

Contracts for Major Projects & Selecting a Contractor/Consultant

Most Strata Council members and most Strata managers are ill equipped to handle the complexities of major projects.

• How do you convince your owners to support the project?
• When do you need to have the funds in place? After the bid process or before or?
• Who determines if the work is being done properly?
• What is the deficiency holdback? Is it different that a performance holdback?
• What if the contractor does not finish the project when he said he would?
• What is the role of the management company?

This seminar will remove the mysteries around major projects giving you confidence to move your projects forward.

Note: The presentation slides are available on the Members Only Area of the website.

Strata Legal Issues and How to Prevent Them

This seminar will educate and assist strata council members, owners and strata managers with day to day legal issues and help them identify problems before they go “legal”.

Note: The presentation slides are available on the Members Only Area of the website.

Strata Insurance | Before and After the Loss

Learn about proactive steps your strata can take to control premiums and all is involved in a claim process.

The registration is now closed.

Topic 1: How to make implementation of mandatory composting easier in your strata

Topic 2: How to prepare a functional budget for implementing Depreciation Report and doing maintenance/repairs effectively in your strata

Topic 3: Legal Updates

Topic: Let's Get Ready to Rumble

Two lawyers who regularly advise strata corporations, strata owners and property managers on a broad range of strata law issues will be the presenters for this half day seminar.

Sustainable Building Upgrades — Energy Incentives

Presented By:

• Warren Knowles, RDH Building Engineering Ltd.
• Jeff Chiu, BC Hydro
• Wes Nienaber, Fortis BC

Asbestos in Your Condo Buildings

Presented By:

A panel of Experts

Depreciation Reports - What having one means; what not having one can mean for Strata owners

Presented By:
Kevin Grasty, Project Manager, Halsall Associates

The AGM will immediately follow the presentation.

Parking Spaces and Storage Lockers

Presented By:

Jamie Bleay, Access Law Group

Dispute Resolution 101

• Dispute Resolution Under the Strata Property Act
• The Civil Resolution Tribunal Act and Strata Disputes
• The Importance of Dispute Resolution in Strata Communities
• What is Section 34.1 Hearing Anyway?

Resolving Disputes in Strata Communities

Presented By:

Deborah Howes, B.A., LL.B., ACCI, FCCI, CTAJ, C. Med., C. Arb., High Clouds Incorporated

The New Limitation Act and Practical Solutions for Collecting Money Due and Owing

Presented By:

Jamie Bleay, Access Law Group

Q & A With Strata Lawyers

• Do you have a long list of questions you have been anxiously waiting to ask a lawyer but have never had a chance to ask?
• Are you still confused about your legal rights and remedies when it comes to insurance?
• Would you like an opportunity to hear about the most recent condo case law decisions in B.C.?
• Have you heard about the new Limitation Act and how it will likely impact on strata corporations?
• Do sections and types confuse you?
• What steps do you need to take under the Strata Property Act to become a type or a section?

Managing Future Strata Costs

Stratas are faced with major challenges as they look to the future. Managing future costs is central to the well-being of both their financial and physical structures. CCI Vancouver is committed to providing the strata community with tools to assist them in meeting these challenges. Our upcoming seminar discusses two key topics: Strata Insurance and the Strata Property Act mandated Depreciation Studies.

Court appointed Administrators under the Strata Property Act

FEATURE PRESENTATION

• Ever wondered what a Strata Administrator, under the Strata Property Act, does when appointed by the Supreme Court of British Columbia?
• Does he or she replace the strata council?
• Can an administrator usurp the voting rights of the owners generally?
• Who does the appointed person report to?
• How are they paid?

Strata Annual General Meetings

• Have you ever experienced problems with running an efficient general meeting?
• Have you had problems handling difficult owners at general meetings?
• Do you really know what a proxy form is and how it is to be used?
• Do you have owners turn in their own version of a proxy form when they register for general meetings?
• Are your strata council meetings running efficiently and on time or do they turn into long drawn-out meetings routinely interspersed with arguments and bickering?
• Do you struggle with strata council and general meeting minutes — what should or should not go into the minutes and keeping them effective and succinct?
• Annual meetings for sections — how do we do that?

STRATA PROPERTY INSURANCE CLAIMS

JOIN US FOR A DYNAMIC AND OPEN PANEL DISCUSSION ON STRATA PROPERTY INSURANCE CLAIMS

PAUL DUCHAINE of BFL Canada Insurance Services moderates a panel of experts from the legal and insurance industries addressing the topic of Strata Property Insurance Claims.

Did you know that new regulations have been passed under the Strata Property Act for depreciation reports?

Did you know that, as of March 1, 2012, the Form B will require strata corporations to disclose information regarding rules, the annual budget and developer's rental disclosure statement and (at a later date) the Form B will have to include additional information to purchasers regarding parking and storage allocation?

Did you know that the Government is proposing the introduction of a new dispute resolution model to allow owners and strata corporations to take their disputes to a tribunal?

What do you really want to know about audits, financial statements and how the CRA treats strata corporations' income?

CCI Vancouver is hosting an all-day seminar to address each of these topics and provide you with an engineering, accounting and legal perspective. There will be an opportunity to participate in a Q & A panel discussion and learn firsthand what your strata corporation will have to do to understand and start planning for the implementation of the required changes.