$180 billion in Alberta construction. 59,000 workers missing to build it. And that’s not the real problem.

The story changed. The conversation didn’t.
Here’s what the research actually shows:
→ Projects don’t derail because of missing funding → They derail because of competing interests between government, municipal, and private actors → They derail because personal ambitions and professional reputations quietly override the project’s goals
Professor Lavagnon Ika at the University of Ottawa’s Telfer School of Management puts it clearly:
“Each actor has its own project within the project.”
The segment taking the hardest hit? Not the budget line. The coordination layer.
What actually goes wrong?
Uncertainty is managed poorly. Power is distributed without accountability. And when problems arise — and they always do — nobody owns the decision.
For anyone building in Alberta right now — developer, contractor, owner — one question matters more than the pipeline numbers:
WHO is actually running this project end to end?
Not “is Alberta growing?” It is.
But growth doesn’t mean every project gets delivered. Governance does.
If you’re scoping a project in Alberta and want a second read on the structure — I’m happy to take a look.
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