The Canadian Construction Association (CCA) has launched SignaSur, a digital contract lifecycle management tool designed specifically for CCA and Canadian Construction Documents Committee (CCDC) contracts, forms and documents used throughout Canada’s construction industry.

Four years in the making, SignaSur represents a significant step in the modernization of how construction contracts and standard documents are accessed, completed, executed and managed. The development of SignaSur was also driven by years of feedback from document users, who have been asking for a more digital, streamlined way to work with CCA and CCDC documents.

“SignaSur is the result of four years of hard work, collaboration and listening to the construction industry about what a modern contract experience should look like,” said Rodrigue Gilbert, president of the Canadian Construction Association. “We wanted to improve the way contractors work with CCDC and CCA documents without changing the trust, consistency and integrity that make these documents so important to our industry.

The platform supports the contract process from document creation through execution and management, including project and contract information, collaboration, electronic signatures, document tracking and version visibility. The digital copyright seal is also incorporated into the workflow.

Effective December 31, 2026, sales of traditional CCA and CCDC standard construction documents will be discontinued (except for CCDC 9 statutory declaration seals, which will continue to be available).

“Construction contracts are foundational to every project, and the documents themselves are not changing because of SignaSur,” said Gilbert. “What is changing is the experience around them. SignaSur gives the industry a digital tool to improve collaboration, communication and contract execution.”