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O rganizations can spread awareness and educate workers about injury prevention, by using CCOHS web site, which has a collection of resources available at www.ccohs.ca/ events/rsi.

CLASSIC FIRE + LIFE SAFETY HIRING FOR NEXTSTAR ENERGY EV BATTERY PLANT

Classic Fire + Life Safety is pushing to recruit a minimum of 20 workers to help it deliver fire protection systems and services at the NextStar Energy EV batter y plant. The recruitment campaign kicked off February

24 at a hiring event.

“We’ve steadily grown our team over the past few years and we’re more than ready to onboard our next group of new recruits, this time from the Windsor area,” said Mike Van Eerde, Director of Construction Operations, Classic FLS. “I could not think of a better project through which to introduce our dynamic and exciting industry to new candidates.”

Classic FLS was named in July 2022 as the fire protection partner for NextStar. Located in Windsor, the EV battery plant is 4.5 million square feet and plans to begin producing modules in the first quarter of 2024 and battery cells in the first quarter of 2025.

Classic FLS has been brought into the project by Alberici/ Barton Malow to install the sprinkler system, fire pumps and special hazard suppression systems. On-site work for Classic FLS is expected to start in April of this year. The project is expected to last 18 to 24 months.

AWARDS

Ont., has won the Rethinking the Future Award 2022 in the Industrial (Built) category.

The 47,000 sq. ft. centre established a new sustainability standard for the company’s global portfolio of facilities. Official inaugurated in May, is also the first privately-owned project in Canada to pursue both ZCB Certification and LEED Gold simultaneously. It recently attained ZCB Certification, the standard demonstrating that a building has achieved zero carbon operations.

The site is anticipated to produce more energy than the facility will require on an annual basis. This is achieved through a combination of rooftop double-sided solar panels, heat pumps supplemented by a geothermal system, and energy conservation practices.

ENDRESS+HAUSER CENTRE WINS AWARD

Endress+Hauser Customer Experience Centre in Burlington,

The Rethinking the Future annual award program aims to promote outstanding work in the field of architecture and design worldwide.

Quality bearings are only one aspect of RBL’s product line. We take pride in our products that encompass bearings, rod ends, bushings, sprockets, roller and leaf chains along with a range of power transmission products. To assure product availability and the best possible service for our customers, we have extensive inventories at our five regional warehouses.