Top Glass Conference & Exhibits
Registration for Canada’s architectural glass show is open and OGMA will be there! Join us on April 30, 2025, at the International Centre in Mississauga, Ontario, for a day full of great discussion with your industry peers. Now in its 11th year, Top Glass hosts glazing contractors, glass fabricators, architects, and façade designers for a day of exploration, education, and celebration laser-focused on building with glass. Stop by our booth to say hello and be sure to be on hand as OGMA announces the 2025 Awards for Excellence winners at the show!
Visit the Events page for more details and to learn how OGMA members can get a promo code to attend the event for free!
2025 Spring Golf Tournament
For the first time, TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley will host OGMA’s Spring Golf Tournament. The tournament takes place on May 29, 2025. This stunning venue will also be home to the 2025 RBC Canadian Open in June!
We’ll be playing on the Hoot course, a beautiful layout that offers a mix of tough challenges and scoring opportunities from start to finish. The Hoot provides an 18-hole journey full of breathtaking views and risk-reward holes that test golfers’ mental and physical abilities. With its wide fairways, expansive waste bunkers, and approachable yet challenging greens, the Hoot promises a memorable experience for golfers of all skill levels. Be sure to book your group early!
Visit the Events page for more details.
OGMA President's Response to Tariff Threat
OGMA President Blake Sanders addresses the threat incoming tariffs will have on our industry.
Visit the OGMA News page to read his statement.
OGMA Awards for Excellence in Design and Execution
It is time to consider your potential candidate projects for the 2025 OGMA Awards for Excellence. Nominations for the awards open in early January. We encourage our members to start thinking about current or recent projects they may wish to put forward for consideration in the new year, considering the perspectives of Design and Execution.
The 2024 OGMA Awards for Excellence in Design and Execution were presented at Top Glass on April 30, 2024. Awards went to Diamond Schmitt Architects and Applewood Glass.
Visit the Awards page for more details.
Prompt Payment Ontario - Ontario Construction Act - Trade Contractors Guide
OGMA has been an active participant in the Prompt Payment Ontario (PPO) initiative for the past six years, trade-related associations lobbied for improvements in the laws, liens, payment terms, and arbitration process related to construction contracts. Knowing the contents, and your rights and remedies, could be essential to the successful operation of your business.
To help you with this, PPO’s legal team took the Act and restated the key points in language we can understand. Click to download the Ontario Construction Act – Trade Contractors Guide for your reference.
GLAZING SYSTEMS SPECIFICATIONS MANUAL FOR ONTARIO
Ontario glass associations now have their own Glazing Systems Specifications Manual.