Continuing a legacy
CIRP was founded in the mid 1980s in response to a growing need to provide services to men and women in the construction industry with substance use issues. Since its initial inception the program has evolved and expanded, and today our mission is to provide not only the highest quality of mental health and addiction services for these men and women, but also services that are grounded in evidence and empirically based practices.
Who we are
We are a treatment program that has been in business for over 35 years providing care to the unionised construction industry. The program underwent an extensive redesign in 2016 to incorporate the latest in addiction treatment therapies. We continue to expand our services based on the needs of our population.
Our mission
We provide the highest quality of mental health and substance use care to members of the British Columbia unionized construction industry and their family members.
Our values
We pride ourselves with being a very forward thinking treatment program and we work holistically with our clients to ensure that they receive the treatment and care that works for them. We actively seek out innovation to assist in service delivery.
Our philosophy
Destigmatizing mental health and substance use. Everyone deserves to be treated with dignity and respect. For people who struggle with substance use and mental health issues, stigma remains one of the biggest barriers to receiving addiction treatment. We at C.I.R.P. are committed to providing an environment that is free of stigma.
Our approach
At C.I.R.P. we recognise that only you have walked your path, experienced the pain and
struggle that you have. We understand that whilst we have expertise in our field, we are not the experts of you. Only you are. We work in a collaborative way with all our clients, placing them at the center of everything we do.
Our Vision
We support the unionized construction industry by providing information and treatment on mental health and substance use. By 2024 we will be a Centre of Excellence providing the latest in treatment options through innovative service delivery that meets the needs of our diverse population in British Columbia.
We are a treatment facility with rich history
C.I.R.P. has a long history of helping it's brothers and sisters within the organized construction industry.
1980
In November of this year, the BC & Yukon Building Trades Council and the BC Construction Labour Relations Association agreed to start an industry-wide Rehabilitation Plan (C.I.R.P). This agreement mandated the parties to “…establish a rehabilitation fund to cover drug and alcohol-related problems in the construction industry of BC…”
1989
In March a Rehabilitation Centre was proposed. This proposal called for the establishment of a construction industry funded and operated Rehabilitation Centre.
In November of this year the Rehab Centre first opened its doors. The focus moved from just a referral service to provincial substance use resources, to providing the industry with its very own residential treatment Centre complete with 14-beds available immediately to help the industry’s own.
1992
The program became the familiar 8-bed ‘house’ as it became to be fondly known
2016
The program entered another phase of evolution, broadened and expanded in line with the best practice standards within the Mental Health & Addiction industry. It offers a wide range of services designed to recognise the complexity of addiction and the complex treatment it requires.