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SPRING 2017 Vol. 7 No.1 PUBLISHER Dan Gnocato dang@mediaedge.ca MANAGING EDITOR Cheryl Mah GRAPHIC DESIGN Jody Sparkes CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Tariq Amlani Jackie Brown Iram Green B.C./ALBERTA SALES Dan Gnocato 604.549.4521 ext. 223

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Features 05 Cover Story

The View Royal Surgical Centre in Victoria was a unique and extremely challenging project for PML Professional Mechanical Ltd.

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Upgrading an Aging Facility A Nontraditional HVAC System

Departments 04 Executive Vice President’s Message 06 President’s Message 19 Safety Scene: Game-Changing Safety Tool 20 Association Corner 22 Industry News

ON THE COVER: View Royal Surgical Centre in Victoria

Dana Taylor EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Jane Andrew DIRECTOR OF MEMBERSHIP DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND EVENT PLANNING Vicky Noble COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING COORDINATOR Berry Lam ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Mechanical Contractors Association of BC (MCABC) 223 - 3989 Henning Drive, Burnaby BC V5C 6N5 Ph: 604.205.5058 Fax: 604.205.5075 Email: staff@mcabc.org Visit us Online: www.mcabc.org

Plumbing & Mechanical magazine is the official magazine of the Mechanical Contractors Association of BC published three times a year by MediaEdge Communications Inc. Opinions expressed in the magazine are those of the authors and not necessarily endorsed by the MCABC or MediaEdge Communications. Editorial inquiries should be sent to the editor at cherylm@mediaedge.ca.

executive vice president's message

Exploring Opportunities

W

ell, spring has sprung. Or at least we hope it has by the time this magazine is published, which truthfully, is almost summer. At the time of writing this, the air is still

chilly and the skies are opening with torrential rainfall that threatens flooding in the normally dry Okanagan.

This spring is the first with a new category of membership at MCABC: the non-voting affiliate member. There are now two options for affiliates. The first is full membership, with dues at half the contractor rate (a sliding scale) and includes voting status on all MCABC/MCAC business. The second non-voting status has flat-rate dues equal to those of associate members. A few existing members have chosen to change over to this new membership category and we have attracted some new members. As word continues to spread about this new lower-priced option, we hope to expand our membership even more.

Last year, we saw significant progress in the partnership with the Electrical Contractors Association to bring the onerous contract clauses to life. These documents will help contractors minimize legal risk in their contracts with clients. We plan to put these proprietary documents online and make them accessible to members but have been delayed with both technical issues and scheduling problems.

However, we promise a solution is close and we will be announcing how to access these valuable documents soon.

Trades harmonization has recently become an issue for our industry when it was discovered that the ITA had created a template for a gasfitter’s trade and plans to eliminate B-fitter license training in the plumbing curriculum. The purpose of this is to ‘harmonize’ the training of trades across Canada, to which (ITA argued) B.C. was committed. Many of our members remain unconvinced this is the best way to train our apprentices and a letter arguing against this initiative has been sent to MCAC to present to the national apprenticeship directors.

MCABC has followed up on our president’s initiative to explore opportunities to attract more service contractors into the association by engaging with UA Local 516 to develop a unique Service Contractor Services and Education program. It is clear that service contractors

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want much of what MCABC has to offer, but they are less clear about whether it is MCABC that should deliver those services. We remain in discussion with 516 on how to move forward with this initiative.

I would also like to address the recent B.C. provincial election but

Davidson Bros. welcomes the opportunity to provide our proven expertise from bid specifications work to any new existing HVAC, plumbing or specialized mechanical project that you might require. We would also be pleased to solve any of your urgent HVAC and or plumbing problems with our fully qualified service division.

At Davidson Bros. Mechanical we believe the future is bright for British Columbia and look forward to increasing our construction relationships, new or existing, over whatever project requirements you may have.

as of press time, the final results are still a little unclear. Whatever the politics, we will continue to pursue Prompt Payment legislation.

Through an email campaign we ran prior to the election, we now know where many of the former candidates, now elected MLAs, stand on the issue and we intend to hold them to their word. Positive progress has been made federally with the prompt payment bill having recently passed the senate and we intend to push for similar progress provincially.

I hope all our members continue to enjoy success in the mechanical contracting industry in the coming months with construction still going strong and many large projects on the go. While our provincial government leadership may currently present some uncertainty, the B.C. economy remains strong and we continue to count our blessings.

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Have a wonderful summer.

Dana Taylor Executive Vice President, MCABC

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president's message

Invaluable Education young workers with their Gold Seal certification, we have brought in a new course called Construction Industry Ethics that includes both a classroom and an online component.

Our first classroom session ran in May with good reviews. As you may know, as of January 1, 2017, all Gold Seal candidates will be required to have the Construction Industry Ethics course (or equivalent) in order to achieve Gold Seal certification so if you’re on that track, make sure you’ve got this course under your belt.

An exciting development in MCABC’s education department is that we now offer a selection of Gold Seal-certified courses online. If you need to top up your training, have a look at https:// www.mcabc.org/mcabcs-coursecatalogue for a full list of offerings.

Just contact MCABC to purchase a

BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2016-2018 EXECUTIVE President Dale Miller Division 15 Mechanical Ltd. Vice President Richard McLatchie Lockerbie & Hole Contracting Limited Vice President Brian Bradshaw, Altac Services Inc. Vice President Mike Ohlmann, Fred Welsh Ltd. Secretary Treasurer / Past President Wayne Davidson Davidson Bros Mechanical Contractors Ltd. Executive Vice President Dana Taylor

PIN and you can complete courses like Construction Management, National Construction Safety Awareness and

M

Construction Law at your convenience.

CABC had partners in crime this year

MCABC and MCA Canada are always

in hosting our annual conference.

looking to expand their course offerings. So,

For the first time in nearly 20 years,

if you have a course that we could partner

MCA Alberta members joined us May 4 to 6,

to offer to a larger audience, or are in need

2017, for A Royal Island Experience at Westin

of specialized training, please contact the

Bear Mountain Resort and Spa.

MCABC office for assistance.

There, we renewed acquaintances, made

Advocacy for the mechanical contracting

some new friends and colleagues within our

industry remains a priority for my final year

industry, and taught each other a few things.

as MCABC president. MCA Canada recently

“Let’s have a complimentary spa appointment

announced the passing of the Prompt Payment

for every delegate,” Alberta suggested. A great

bill through the federal Senate and the proposed

idea, but a logistical challenge when there are

legislation now enters the House of Commons for

almost 180 delegates and companions! While

deliberation. Provincially, we lobbied all election

B.C. always holds its annual general meeting

candidates on the issue and will continue to

at its conference, Alberta prefers to do theirs

press the new government for progress on this

separately. B.C. had done away with its pub crawl

important topic. It’s about doing the right thing.

years ago, but Alberta convinced us to resurrect

Allow me to take this opportunity to thank a

it and a fun afternoon was spent exploring a few

very dedicated and passionate board of directors,

of Victoria’s charming establishments.

our executive vice president Dana Taylor and the

Alberta usually doesn’t offer a children and teen

many committee members who volunteer their

program at its conferences, but B.C. showed them

time to make MCABC such a vibrant association.

what fun it is when delegates can bring their entire

Thanks also to the MCABC staff — Jane, Vicky

families. And once the band fired up after the

and Berry — for their hard work, especially as

president’s dinner, our Alberta colleagues showed

we head into golf tournament season! While

us some pretty fancy two-stepping dance moves.

we golfers just have to show up and enjoy these

Over the past several months, MCABC

days, a lot of work goes into their making. So if

has been busy with new incentives and

I don’t run into you in the field, I hope to see all

programs. The association has some invaluable

our members on the golf course!

educational program offerings and I encourage all members to take advantage of these. As

Dale Miller

part of the association’s commitment to assist

President, MCABC

DIRECTORS Associates Chairman Mark Humphrey Bartle & Gibson Co. Ltd. Associates Vice-Chairman John Fu Noble BC Director Brad Haysom Tight5 Insulation Contracting Ltd. Director Henry DeJong, ESC Automation Inc. Director Chad Kinsley R.H Jones and Son Mechanical Director Stuart Morrison Northland Mechanical Contracting Ltd. Director Len Voon Aarc-West Mechanical Insulation (2013) Inc. Director Andrew Wong Alpha Mechanical Contracting Ltd. MIRA Rep Mike Vesterback National Hydronics Group IMIRA Rep Dave Erb Erb Technical Contracting (Victoria)

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cover story

ONE-OF-A-KIND

CHALLENGE

BY CHERYL MAH

PUTTING A TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED SURGICAL CENTRE into an existing office building is highly unusual, but PML Professional Mechanical Ltd. was up for the challenge.

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The new View Royal Surgical Centre in Victoria is a 17,000-square-foot facility that occupies one and a half levels within a fivestorey office building. PML completed the base building in early 2016 before mobilizing again in October 2016 for the addition of the centre.

“This wasn’t a purpose-built building for a surgical centre ­— it’s an office building,” says Edwin Wong, project manager at PML. “In addition, this was a fast-paced project ­ — an accelerated schedule to put a hospital into a non-purpose-built building. That’s been our biggest challenge.”

Completed in April 2017, View Royal is the first private surgical centre in Victoria, providing outpatient surgical services. It is expected to perform 2,500 to 2,750 surgeries annually. Procedures will include carpal-tunnel surgery, hernia repairs, colonoscopy and other endoscopy procedures. It is part of Island Health’s larger strategy to reduce surgical wait times and improve care.

Located in Eagle Creek Village and next to

Victoria

General

Hospital,

the

facility

occupies level five and half of level four in the office building. It features five operating rooms, multiple endoscopy rooms and a dental procedures room. The facility also has four overnight rooms.

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PML was faced with installing multiple

peak there were 100 trades on the job and

complex and specialized systems with specific

coordinating everyone was another challenge.

requirements. The scope of work included

“For a 17,000-square-foot construction job,

medical gas, HVAC, plumbing, insulation,

that’s a lot of guys working in the same space,”

controls and fire sprinklers. The roof was used

he said, estimating PML peaked at a crew of 25.

to accommodate all the new equipment required to service the medical facility.

Prefabrication was necessary to meet the tight schedule. For example, sheet metal and welded pipe were prefabricated and then

PML was faced with installing multiple complex and specialized systems...

assembled onsite. There was also no room for error on the commissioning process because of the accelerated schedule.

“Everyone pushed hard on this job — working weekends and nights,” he says. “The consultants were also good at getting us answers — consultants being on the ground and solutionsoriented engineers.”

Omicron is the construction manager and the

“To accommodate all the changes, they had to

mechanical engineer is AME Group. Omicron is

upgrade all the structural steel in the building,

also the developer of Eagle Creek Village, a 10.4-

which already has tenants on the first two

acre mixed-use development that brings a host

floors. They ripped out the roof in the middle

of new retail, commercial and housing options

of December,” says Wong. “For the structural

to the area. Phase II is under construction and

steel upgrades, all the heat pumps that we hung

comprises 114 residential rental units.

[during the base building], we had to take down

“It’s a beautiful location and there are water

and put them back up. So not only did we have

views from the fifth floor. It will be great for

new equipment, we had to take down existing

patients needing surgeries,” says Wong.

equipment and then hang them back up and recommission them.”

has

been

providing

mechanical

The facility requires multiple back-ups and

specialized expertise in healthcare facilities.

highly redundant mechanical systems, which

The company recently completed a hospital in

meant getting a large amount of equipment onto

Medicine Hat and their largest project to date is

the roof. Equipment includes two air handling

the Fort St. John Hospital.

units (weighing in excess of 11,000 lbs each),

“I’ve done care facilities and hospitals but

two 800,000 BTU heating boilers and a 1.5

I’ve never done something like this,” says Wong.

million BTU electric boiler.

“This is one-of-a-kind.” PM

“The air handling units are huge — 40 feet long — and they had to be craned up onto the roof and they sit on structural steel supports that are bolted to the frame of the building,” notes Wong. “There is a diesel generator in the parkade as well.”

A 270-ton mobile crane was necessary to lift all the large equipment onto the roof. “Anything that didn’t fit into the elevator had to be craned onto the roof. That was a challenge,” he says, noting they had to notify Victoria General Hospital whenever they were using the crane.

PML also had to run new lines to serve the centre. It does not share domestic hot water with the base building. It requires its own electric and gas domestic hot water heaters.

“We had to run a new three-inch domestic water main up from the parkade through an existing building. Finding a path and space was challenging,” says Wong. Once all the new equipment was added, “the natural gas had to be boosted from a two-pound system to a fivepound system, so that meant new meters — new regulators. A lot of things had to be changed out.”

An army of trades was on site to meet the aggressive schedule. Wong estimates at

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PROBLEM

SOLVING

EXPERTISE

BY CHERYL MAH

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Greg Chapman likes to solve problems. His knack for problem solving has led to a successful 33-year career in mechanical contracting.

“I like the challenge of going in... where no one can figure out why it doesn’t work,” says the 52-year-old owner of Chapman Burner & Heating Service Ltd. “I understand things quickly. I grasp the concept and then we try to make the square peg fit in the round hole.”

Born and raised in Vancouver, Chapman had an early interest in electricity and worked parttime as an electrician through high school. After graduating in 1983, he was offered a part-time job in the heating industry.

“My first day was 16 hours and I’ve never looked back,” he recalls. “Back then, you didn’t have to get a plumbing license to become a gas fitter so I started working on oil burners. When BC Hydro had the oil-to-gas rebate, we would do one or two appliances a day converting them from oil to gas.”

He would go on to work for different companies including Armstrong Pumps, Clear Brooks and was a part owner of Spears Sales & Service. In June 1999, he struck out on his own and founded Chapman Burner & Heating Service Ltd.

With established contacts and

clients, he grew the company to five employees within the first year.

The plumbing, heating and air-conditioning company

works

primarily

in

the

Lower

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Mainland but Chapman has done work from

retrofitting. But Chapman’s approach is to find

“One of the biggest boilers at Central Heat

California to Alaska and from B.C. to Ontario.

the most cost-effective solution that has good

burnt a hole through the front. VGH blew tubes

“We go where we have to,” he says. “During the

payback, decent energy savings and does what

in one of their high pressure steam boilers.”

energy crisis of 2001-02, I spent a couple of

the customer expects.

years in California helping down there.”

company. Current projects include the eighth

Some of the company’s highlight work

replacing whole appliances. The largest retrofit

plant and largest facility to date for Lonsdale

includes achieving a more than 40-per-cent

burners we’ve done were about 65 million

Energy Group and expansion work with

gas reduction in existing buildings. The

BTUs on high-pressure, super-heated steam

Creative Energy including ground piping for

reductions were so significant that it prompted

boilers,” says Chapman. “We find people want

new hot water grids.

investigations by FortisBC. “We’ve had several Fortis investigations to find out why energy consumption in existing buildings dropped so low. Several meters were changed because they figured the meters were broken,” says Chapman with a chuckle. “We specialize in the energy side of consumption and pollution reduction.”

“We also work with UBC, SFU, FortisBC,

Chapman’s expertise in district energy systems is sought after across Canada.

Located in Burnaby, the company has

BC Hydro and many of the large hospitals that have larger steam plants. We are involved with most of the district energy systems in the Lower Mainland,” says Chapman, adding they also do some work for breweries like Molson.

Chapman’s expertise in district energy systems is sought after across Canada. He has travelled to other provinces to help teams

established itself as a leader in industrial and

to tear out existing machines and they don’t

design systems and select equipment and

commercial repairs and installations, securing

realize the value of the machine. You can just

contractors. The company has worked with

much of its work through word of mouth.

upgrade the controls or burners to keep the

Lonsdale Energy, an award-winning district

Today, the company has a staff and crew of 16

existing machine.”

energy system, since 2003 — building and

including one of Chapman’s three daughters.

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The year ahead looks equally busy for the

“We do more conversion burners than

Working six days a week, Chapman is

designing their energy plants and energy

“We do typically a burner a month. We do

on the road most of the time, attending to

high end boiler plants — maintenance, service,

service calls. This past winter was their

“We’ve been involved in a lot of studies and

installation and design,” says Chapman, who

busiest ever. With the unusual cold snap in

brought in as experts for people like Corix and

is a Class A gas fitter. “Troubleshooting is our

the Lower Mainland, heating equipment was

other utility providers. I know where there’s a

specialty. Helping people is what excites me.”

stressed to the max.

tremendous amount of waste energy in all of

Often, when there is a problem, customers

“We had more calls than technicians.

automatically think of replacement versus

Everyone had problems this winter,” he says.

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transfer stations.

our utilities,” says Chapman, who also fields calls from other contractors seeking advice.

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The ongoing interest in energy efficiency and sustainability has led to many changes in

the

industry

from

regulations

and

standards to technology and new products.

Keeping up with technology, understanding technology and how to troubleshoot the new generation of equipment is important, according to Chapman.

“We’re finding that all this high efficiency

This Isn’t Practical

equipment — electric boilers, heat pumps — has so many problems,” he says, explaining often people select cheaper new products that are not robust and fail within several years. “It can be frustrating dealing with substandard equipment. You really need somebody who understands the whole system to be able to troubleshoot and offer solutions that won’t keep coming back to haunt people.”

Chapman also sees issues with some new products such as plastic compression fittings.

“We see a lot of failure of piping and venting systems or equipment itself. We are primarily still welding steel pipe so we do feel traditional methodologies have not let us down.”

Another trend in the industry is the growing demand for integration of building systems.

While it provides the benefits of greater efficiency

and

information,

integration

and programming various systems can be challenging, notes Chapman.

Working with gas and boilers can be dangerous so safety is paramount when it comes to equipment and plant operations. The company works closely with the B.C. Safety Authority, keeping up with new regulations

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and changes to the Safety Standards Act. “Safety

for

employees,

customers

and

equipment is our primary goal,” says Chapman.

With a specialty in troubleshooting, finding people with the right mindset can be difficult so Chapman prefers to recruit “greener” people and train them in-house. “Ask lots of questions

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hvac

Upgrading An Aging Facility

BY IRAM GREEN

O

riginally

built

Islands

Savings

in

1977,

Duncan’s

Centre

(ISC)

mechanical systems were in need

of major upgrades. The facility’s inefficient ice rink ventilation design — combined with an inadequate heating system, an aging ice plant and ineffective HVAC control systems — contributed to higher electrical and natural gas consumption compared with similar facilities.

The municipality hired Prism Engineering which provided a set of upgrades and designs that resulted in significant energy and cost savings.

INEFFICIENT RINK VENTILATION DESIGN Rinks in the 1970s were typically designed with less consideration for energy efficiency compared to rinks built today. In rinks of similar vintage, the change rooms at the perimeter of the building are served by unit ventilators that supply dehumidified rink air, providing makeup air to the showers' exhaust system. Rink air is then replaced with outside air that is often

plant operation, making it a great opportunity

redesigned and extended to recover heat in a

humid and warmer, imposing a significant load

for an on-demand DHW heat recovery system.

new large DHW preheat storage tank installed

on the ammonia ice plant compressors and

In these systems, the cold domestic water flows

in the community centre. The new preheat

the rink dehumidification system. A review of

through an ammonia heat exchanger to extract

domestic water tank is now equipped with an

ISC's refrigeration plant logs revealed that the

heat from the super-heated ammonia before

Electronically Commutated Motor (ECM) pump

refrigeration plant compressors were operating

entering the DHW storage heater. The challenge

that varies the flow of the preheated domestic

at levels more than twice those of a modern rink

with on-demand heat recovery systems is that

water through the de-superheater as heat

design of a similar magnitude and operation.

the heat cannot be recovered when DHW is not

recovery potential varies. In this configuration,

To address these issues, a system was

used. If patrons do not use the rink showers

the heat recovery system has the ability to store

designed that connected the nine change room

after ice activities, the heat from the ammonia

heat from the refrigeration plant throughout

ventilators’ intakes to a new fresh air duct

is not recovered.

the day and maximize the heat recovery

system which was installed along the rink

At ISC, the original on-demand heat recovery

corridors so as to avoid the use of dehumidified

system was decommissioned because water

rink air in the change rooms.

was overheating in the de-superheater, which resulted from limited DHW use following

ICE PLANT HEAT RECOVERY

potential. Figure 1 shows the upgraded heat recovery system.

OVERSIZED HEATING BOILERS

ice activities. To re-commission the heat

Prism used the natural gas consumption

Typically in ice rinks, the time of use of

recovery system and to maximize the heat

histories in a heating plant simulation to

domestic hot water (DHW) corresponds with ice

recovery potential, the on-demand system was

evaluate the existing plant load and seasonal

Figure 1: Ammonia Heat Recovery System Schematics

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efficiency. The heating plant included two

by the domestic hot water and the perimeter

cast iron sectional forced draft boilers, which

radiation systems (80°C). The technology also

are considered to have good performance.

allowed the system to take advantage of lower

However, the simulation revealed that the

hot water temperature loads (50°C) and achieve

boilers are extremely oversized, achieving

continuous condensing potential at the low

system seasonal efficiency below 50 per cent.

temperature return port of the new condensing

For the majority of the year, the heating load

boiler. To keep the upgrade within budget,

was well below a single boiler low firing rate,

the new design retained the existing constant

resulting in excessive cycling and poor boiler

flow secondary hot water systems. Variable

performance. The analysis suggests that even

primary flow was achieved by removing the 7.5

during the cold winter months the average load

horsepower primary pump and utilizing the

on the plant was below a single boiler minimum

existing secondary pumps and their associated

firing rate.

secondary three-way control valves, eliminating the need for primary or boiler pumps. The new

BOILER UPGRADE

boiler piping topology is shown in Figure 2.

The new heating system was redesigned

The

building

control

system

was

to incorporate a dual return, high mass

reprogrammed to reset the secondary loop's

condensing boiler and a variable primary flow

hot water temperature based on feedback

hot water system. The new boiler was resized to

from the various heating loads. The control

pre- and post-retrofit natural gas consumption

appropriately carry the building heating loads,

system utilizes a “Trim and Respond” algorithm

comparison.

while avoiding short cycling. A dual return

that “starves” the heating devices to lower

The annual savings total 4,000 GJ or 50 per

boiler technology was selected in order to satisfy

the hot water supply temperature as low as

cent per year for natural gas and 452,000 kWh

the high water temperature requirements

possible, while maintaining the desired space

or 16 per cent per year for electricity. The project

temperature setpoints. This allows optimization

also achieved significant operation savings

of the system performance by achieving the

with energy cost avoidance of approximately

lowest possible return temperature to the

$120,000 or 40 per cent per year. Finally,

boiler’s low temperature port, thus achieving

the project contributes significantly to the

maximum condensing.

municipality’s carbon emission reduction goals, saving approximately 209 tonnes or 47 per cent

IT’S ALL IN THE NUMBERS

of eCO2 on an annual basis. PM

This project demonstrates that improving

Figure 2: New Rink Boiler Piping Schematics

the energy performance of an aging facility can

Iram Green, PEng, is an energy management

be achieved with cost-effective and creative

engineer at Prism Engineering. Prism applies

upgrades. The energy efficiency upgrade was

a holistic approach to energy management

completed in August 2013 and the savings

integrating

were immediate. The chart below shows the

organization aspects.

technology,

people

and

Monthly Gas Use Comparison 1,500.00

Gas Use (GI)

1,125.00

2013

750.00

2015

375.00

0

January

March

May

July

September

November

Figure 3: Natural Gas Consumption Comparison

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hvac

A Nontraditional HVAC System Air-conditioning the exhaust air

BY TARIQ AMLANI

O

ur group of engineers, architects,

litres of fresh air per second. For each litre of fresh

builders, bankers and lawyers has

air we bring into the building, we need to exhaust

been fortunate to have had the

an equal amount, to keep the building balanced.

opportunity to design, construct and operate

That’s a lot of air. And it’s all nice and warm.

two new state-of-the-art hospitals to service

Common traditional solutions for recovering

the communities of Campbell River and

some of this available exhaust air heat include

the Comox Valley for Island Health. With a

glycol run-around loops, energy recovery wheels

total project budget of $602 million for both

and energy recovery plates. These systems work

hospitals, our proponent team was required to

by transferring heat directly from the exhaust

guarantee costs for the design, construction,

air stream to the fresh air stream. The amount

maintenance, operations, energy consumption

of heat they are able to recover fluctuates over

and housekeeping for 30 years, based on a

the course of the year, as the incoming air

schematic level design solution and in a public-

temperature changes and as the demand for

private-partnership contract form.

heating at the central air handlers varies.

With a total program that includes 248

For our project, however, we had a VAV

inpatient beds, 10 operating theatres, 27

reheat system and we found that the heating

isolation rooms, four trauma rooms, two MRI

demand at the central air handlers was

suites, two laboratories and pharmacies, two

relatively low (compared to the hydronic reheat

medical

departments,

load and the domestic hot water heating load).

four commercial kitchens, two helipads, lots

device

reprocessing

We were challenged by the fact that in the

on the evaporator side of the chillers produces

of supporting spaces and more than 750,000

shoulder seasons, when the incoming air was

a constant supply of chilled water at around

square feet of building, figuring out the

relatively warm and required little or no heating

6°C (varies slightly depending on demand and a reset). On the condenser side, we use a pump and three-way mixing valve to recirculate the leaving condenser water back into the inlet condenser connection of the machines. As this condenser water circulates around and around, it continually warms up, until it reaches about 43°C, at which point we crack the three-way valve and discharge the warm condenser water into the hydronic heating loop. Once the recovered heat is into the hydronic loop, we can use it to provide heating at the air handlers, at the reheat coils or to preheat domestic hot water.

For the North Island Hospital project, the

programming and distribution of the services

at the air handlers, the traditional air to air heat

use of the exhaust air heat pump heat recovery

was complex enough.

recovery systems would not be able to capitalize

system is projected to deliver more than

on the available thermal energy in the exhaust

$250,000 in energy cost savings annually,

air stream.

helping to earn the project more than $1.7

On top of that, the project agreement mandated that the design solution consume no more than about 300 kWh/m2 of total thermal and electrical energy per year. To put that

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Enter the exhaust air heat recovery heat pump system.

million in energy incentive funding from BC Hydro. As designed, the heat recovery system

into perspective, the current average energy

By installing cooling coils downstream of the

will result in an annual greenhouse gas savings

consumption for all of the existing acute care

exhaust air fans, we are able to ‘air-condition’

of more than 1,500 tons of carbon dioxide

hospitals on Vancouver Island is about 495

all of that warm exhaust air, from the normal

per year, versus traditional gas boiler heat

kWh/m2/yr and the theoretical design for the

discharge air temperature of 24°C, all the

generation used in the existing hospitals. PM

new Comox Hospital, designed only to meet the

way down to 12°C, before we throw it out to

current code requirements of ASHRAE 90.1-

the atmosphere. Unlike traditional air to air

Tariq Amlani is a mechanical engineer with

2010, would consume 394 kWh/m2.

heat recovery systems in which the amount of

Stantec and principal with the firm. Over

The good news is our integrated design team

available heat recovery varies depending on the

the past 10 years, he has played key roles on

was able to find a solution and one of the keys,

difference in temperature between the exhaust

the design, development, construction and

as counter-intuitive as it sounds, was to air-

air and the incoming air, this system provides a

commissioning of several new healthcare

condition the exhaust air before the used air

constant source of heat recovery year-round. In

facilities within B.C., including the Kelowna

left the building.

this case, a total of more than 2,500kW of heat.

General Hospital, the Vernon Jubilee Hospital,

In order to ventilate the two buildings, on

In order to make it all work, we designed a

the Comox Valley Hospital and the Campbell

average we are introducing a total of 200,000

central heat recovery (screw) chiller plant, which

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River Hospital.

satey scene

Game Changing Safety Tool BCCSA’s Silica Control Tool now available

BY JACKIE BROWN

W

alk onto any construction site and you’re bound to encounter silica dust, well recognized as a potential

occupational disease hazard. Until recently, controlling exposures to the substance had been kind of hit and miss: contractors knew it was a problem but weren’t always sure when, how, or even if they had to deal with it.

Now, thanks to generous support from the BC Construction Safety Alliance’s (BCCSA) Research Development and Opportunity Fund, companies have access to a free, made-in-B.C. computerized solution that can be used to quickly and easily assess the risks and identify precautions required to protect workers.

Developed by the BCCSA in conjunction with WorkSafeBC and researchers from the University of British Columbia, the first-of-its-kind webbased Silica Control Tool (ST) brings into one place existing monitoring data gathered from an array of industry surveys and studies on worker exposures to silica dust. As users enter project-related

been completed. As a concrete-based company, we

Health, who is principal investigator for the

information (including such variables as weather

will be using this tool as part of our daily planning.”

Canadian Workplace Exposure Database project.

conditions and existing control mechanisms) into

Echoing Riddell’s positive assessment is Gina

Although the original idea was to help contractors

the online platform, the ST draws on the extensive

Huber, health and safety coordinator for Conroy

source the Internet and other sources for existing

database to create an exposure control plan (ECP)

Exteriors in Kelowna. Huber put the ST to the

silica dust exposure data they could use to develop an

that fits the job and affords worker protection in

test for the first time on a recent project that

ECP, it soon became apparent the data available was

line with WorkSafeBC regulations.

involved cutting fibre cement siding. “We got clear

inadequate. Discussions then turned to collecting

The ST, which can be accessed via computer or

statements about the risks, exposure levels, and

and bringing as much data as possible into one place

smartphone, is available at www.silicacontroltool.

precautions we needed to take,” she said. “The

and creating an easy-to-use online tool. The Silica

com. After creating a password, users have full

ECP was easy to read and follow — especially for

Control Tool Committee was created and included

access to all its features.

the installers — and navigating the site was super

McKenna and Lyth; Davies; Don Schouten and Colin

“We are very pleased and proud to announce the

easy. This is going to save a lot of administrative

Murray from WorkSafeBC; and project manager

release of the Silica Tool, which has been three years

time because I can simply go online when we have

Nancy Harwood of the Harwood Safety Group.

in the making and offers easy-to-generate, real-time

a new job, fill out the information and print off the

solutions to a long-standing issue for the construction

ECP for workers to review and take to site.”

WorkSafeBC

vice-president

of

prevention

services, Al Johnson, said the key to the project’s

industry,” said Mike McKenna, executive director of

For both Huber and Riddell, the ST performed

eventual success was the tripartite approach. “This

the BCCSA. “Silica is everywhere but managing it

beyond pre-launch publicity and expectations.

was essential. BCCSA guided the project from a needs

can be challenging, especially for projects of shorter

Indeed, it is expected to be a game changer for

and application basis, providing insight into what

durations. This tool will go a long way towards

many companies.

the employers required; UBC provided academic

removing the uncertainty.”

The release of the ST — a first-of-its-kind in B.C.

and research support to source and develop the data

Although it’s only been “live” since April 10, all

and Canada — coincides with and was driven by

for coding, information, and mitigation categories;

indications point to the ST being a winner when it

WorkSafeBC’s May 1, 2017 update of the OH&S

and WorkSafeBC provided technical, development

comes to quickly, easily, and concisely managing

regulation to clarify employer requirements for

and review support that included establishing data

silica dust exposure. Among its proponents so

protecting workers from silica dust and allow

validation criteria and a process to ensure all sourced

far is Anita Riddell, safety manager of Scansa

creation of ECPs based on existing monitoring data.

data was accurate and applicable to the tool and in

Construction Ltd. in Victoria, who had been “eagerly

Back in 2013, when WorkSafeBC announced the

line with the occupational exposure limits (OELs)

awaiting” the roll out of a tool that promised to take

planned change, BCCSA’s McKenna and Jeff Lyth

and regulatory requirements.”

the guesswork out of silica planning.

(former senior safety advisor, who played a key

When asked if the ST could be expanded to

“Prior to the ST, we used standardized forms

role during the early stages of development) began

include risk assessment and mitigation strategies

to develop ECPs for each project, but there was

brainstorming about how to ensure contractors

for other hazardous materials, such as lead, Johnson

always a chance of missing a step in the controls

would be able to effectively respond. They

said a number of considerations would first need to

and information process,” said Riddell. “With the

eventually connected with Hugh Davies, associate

be met. But he agreed the idea has potential. PM

ST, everything is in one place and it’s impossible to

professor of Occupational and Environmental

advance to the next level until the previous one has

Health at UBC’s School of Population and Public

Visit bccsa.ca for more information.

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association corner

MCABC AND ALBERTA TAKE VICTORIA BY STORM The 2017 conference was a reunion of sorts as the MCAs of British Columbia and Alberta joined forces to host A Royal Island Experience in Victoria, B.C. It had been nearly 20 years since a joint conference was held and it was great to meet up with colleagues from our neighbouring province and make some new connections!

The conference was held at Westin’s Bear Mountain Resort and Spa, taking advantage of amenities like the fabulous Nicklaus-designed Valley Golf Course and luxurious Santé Spa. The three-day event saw everything from gorgeous sunshine for our outdoor welcome reception (phew!) and hail for the golf tournament. Activities included a walking tour of Victoria with lunch in Chinatown, zip lining through the forest canopy of Sooke and a cooking lesson and wine pairing with Westin Bear Mountain’s executive chef.

New this year was a complimentary spa appointment for each delegate with their choice of a relaxation massage, pedicure or manicure. The pub crawl was revived at the request of our Alberta colleagues with much socializing at some of Victoria’s finest public establishments.

B.C.’s associate members held an event to remember with the theme of Treasure Island. Why are pirates the best? They just aaargh! Oh yes, we also held some meetings, including our annual general meeting.

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association corner

Members Corner Snowboard

cross

Olympic

hopeful

sponsored by Division 15 Mechanical Ltd.

management, operations, IT support and customer

“AFCON’s history of being an innovator and

service will serve him well in his new role.

producing contractor-friendly products made this a

Since fall of 2015, Division 15 Mechanical Ltd.

perfect fit for our company,” said Tom Fish, CEO of

has been proudly supporting local athlete Carle

Anvil International. “Our new ownership, One Equity

New MCABC members specialize in creating

Brenneman in her goal of competing in the 2018

Partners, asked us for meaningful acquisitions and

manuals Dawn and Tom Turner of New Dawn

Winter Olympics. Carle is a snowboard cross athlete

AFCON was first on our list.”

Manuals Ltd. are very pleased to be new members of

and a member of the Women’s Canadian National

MCABC. The long-time Calgary creators of mechanical ECCO Supply enters a strategic agreement

Snowboard Cross Team.

Carle ranked eighth in the world following the World Cup in Veysonnaz, Switzerland, in March 2017.

with

RedZone

Products

making

operation and maintenance manuals are expanding

them

operations to B.C. with a new office in Metro Vancouver.

exclusive distributor for Western Canada

Her finish at the Nor-Am Cup held in Tremblant,

RedZone is a Canadian-made high performance

Quebec on April 5th ranks her as second in North

hydronic furnace, CSA P.9-11 tested and certified for

America! Everyone at Division 15 eagerly awaits

package combination (space heating and domestic

winter 2018 to see what successes will come for Carle.

hot water systems). Utilizing condensing tankless

UPCOMING EVENTS JUNE 14 Joint MCABC & BCEA Okanagan Golf Tou MCABC Classroom, Burnaby

water heating technology from two industry Merger allows for a broader range of services

leaders – Rinnai and Bosch – this furnace offers

Last year, Johnson Controls and Tyco merged

high efficiency, lower operating costs, simplified,

to provide customers with smarter, safer and more

cost-effective installation and gentle heat that is

sustainable solutions for buildings and businesses.

less dry than typical forced-air. These systems

With the combining of these companies, Johnson

are positioned to become a strong alternative to

Controls will now be able to provide a broader suite

traditional heating.

JUNE 15 Proactive Service Workshop MCABC Classroom, Burnaby AUGUST 26 MCABC & ECABC Joint Golf Tournament Prince George Golf & Curling Club

of offerings which include fire protection, security, life safety solutions, HVAC, integrated solutions

SEPTEMBER 8 MCABC Island Golf Tournament Olympic View Golf Club, Victoria

Hy-Line Sales has new general manager

and energy storage. Johnson Controls will be better

Hy-Line Sales Ltd. announces the appointment

positioned to serve customers including large

of Darren Brkich to the position of general

institutions, commercial buildings, retail, industrial,

manager. In 1999, Darren started with Hy-Line in

small business and residential.

quotations after working with Fred Welsh Ltd. in the

SEPTEMBER 19 MCABC & CIPHBC Joint Golf Tournament Meadow Gardens Golf Club, Pitt Meadows

estimating department. His experience in warehouse Houle requalifies with gold status as one of Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies Houle has retained its gold-level status in March 2017 as one of Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies.

Houle first achieved status in 2012 in Deloitte’s Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies program.

Gold status came after achieving the honour for five consecutive years. Now, the 73-year-old contracting firm sets its sights on achieving platinum status in 2020, which would place Houle in the company of several other highly successful organizations.

“The accolades for this recognition by the Canadian business community go out to all of our staff for making Houle ‘The Best’ each and every

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day,” comments Rois Rizzo, Houle’s vice president of finance and CFO. Rizzo leads the team in assembling Houle’s submission for “Canada’s 50 Best” each year.

Anvil International Acquires AFCON Anvil

International,

one

of

the

largest

manufacturers of pipe fittings, pipe hangers and piping support systems in the world, announced in April 2017 that it has acquired AFCON, a leading provider of patented fire protection pipe hangers and

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seismic bracing products.

“This acquisition strengthens Anvil International’s hanger and seismic bracing product line to offer the best fire protection package in the industry,” said Dean Taylor, vice president of Anvil International.

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industry news

PROMPT PAYMENT ACT PASSES THIRD READING Bill S224, the Prompt Payment bill, passed the Senate on May 4 and is now headed for debate in the federal House of Commons.

If

passed

by

Parliament,

federal

government project owners will have to make progress payments to a contractor on a monthly basis, or at shorter intervals provided for in a contract. The payment requirement

is

consistent

down

the

contractual chain, notes a media statement from bill sponsor Senator Don Plett. The bill also accounts for milestone payments, when applicable, and allows contractors to suspend work, terminate a contract and collect interest on late payments.

"It's a great day for Canada's construction industry,” said Del Pawliuk, president of the Mechanical Contractors Association of Canada, in the Journal of Commerce. “We thank the Senate for their support on this industry priority and we look forward to working with Members of Parliament on the next phase. It's all about doing the right thing."

NEW LIONS GATE PLANT CONTRACT AWARDED Metro Vancouver has awarded the contract for the new Lions Gate Secondary Wastewater Treatment Plant to ADAPT Consortium at a cost of $525 million.

Construction is expected to begin in the spring of 2017 with completion in December

ADVANCING COOLING AND HEATING TECH

2020. The existing wastewater treatment plant will be decommissioned beginning in 2021 and the lands turned over to the Squamish Nation.

ASHRAE and the Institute of Refrigeration (IOR)

signed

a

new

Memorandum

The ADAPT team has been selected to design and construct the new plant, which will

of

provide secondary sewage treatment services to a population of about 200,000 residents of

Understanding (MoU) which outlines how

three municipalities and two First Nations on the North Shore. The plant will be situated on

the two groups will work closer together to

a 3.5-hectare site located on West 1st between Pemberton and Philip Avenues in the District

promote the advancements of cooling and

of North Vancouver.

heating related technologies.

On

the

conferences

agenda and

are

The design for the new facility illustrates Metro Vancouver’s commitment to creating a

goals

meetings,

like

training

joint

plant that is welcoming to the community and uses liquid waste as a resource, protecting

and

the Burrard Inlet by recovering resources from the treatment process and releasing a higher

education programs, publication distribution and chapter collaboration.

quality of water after treatment.

The new secondary wastewater treatment plant on the North Shore will be designed to

“Both organizations are committed to harnessing and adapting new technologies

meet the latest seismic standards, and account for future sea-level rise. The facility will also feature a public plaza as well as education and community meeting spaces.

and research to create a future where

The existing Lions Gate Wastewater Treatment Plant is required to be updated to

the built environment is healthier, more

secondary treatment no later than December 2020, as per Metro Vancouver’s Integrated

comfortable and more energy efficient,” says

Liquid Waste and Resource Management Plan, which was approved by the B.C. Environment

ASHRAE president Tim Wentz. “The strides

Ministry in May 2011.

our organizations are making to produce a more sustainable world are exciting, and both ASHRAE and IOR are poised to support each other’s objectives immediately and into the future.”

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LEADERSHIP SEARCH FOR CANADA INFRASTRUCTURE BANK

As part of the agreement, ASHRAE and IOU

As part of the Government of Canada’s

Canada Infrastructure Bank operational in

will explore ways to make technical information

historic Investing in Canada plan to invest

late 2017, subject to parliamentary approval.

more accessible to both memberships. The

more than $180 billion in infrastructure,

Through these processes, the government

MoU additionally places special focus on

the Canada Infrastructure Bank is a new

will first select a chairperson of the board,

continuing

the

tool for provincial, territorial and municipal

followed by the board of directors and chief

organizations’ global networks. As ASHRAE

partners to finance the infrastructure that

executive officer.

and IOR continue growing their memberships

Canadians need.

to

build

and

strengthen

The bank will be located in Toronto,

internationally, the possibility of joint events

An open, transparent and merit-based

which has established a global reputation

would benefit both groups, such as co-hosting

selection process has been launched by the

for excellence as a centre for infrastructure

a conference or meeting that would directly

government to identify the bank’s senior

financing. The bank will be set up to be able to

support global collaboration.

leadership with the goal of having the

finance infrastructure in all parts of Canada.

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2016-2018

MCABC BOARD MEMBERS President Dale Miller Division 15 Mechanical Ltd.

Executive Vice President Dana Taylor

Vice President Richard McLatchie Lockerbie & Hole Contracting Limited

Vice President Brian Bradshaw Altac Services Inc.

Vice President Mike Ohlmann Fred Welsh Ltd.

Secretary Treasurer / Past President Wayne Davidson Davidson Bros Mechanical Contractors

Associates Chairman Mark Humphrey Bartle & Gibson Co. Ltd.

Associates Vice-Chairman John Fu Noble BC

Director Brad Haysom Tight5 Insulation Contracting Ltd.

Director Henry DeJong ESC Automation Inc

Director Chad Kinsley R.H. Jones and Son Mechanical

Director Stuart Morrison Northland Mechanical Contracting Ltd.

Director Len Voon Aarc-West Mechanical Insulation (2013) Inc.

MIRA Rep Mike Vesterback National Hydronics Group

IMIRA Rep Dave Erb Erb Technical Contracting (Victoria)

Director Andrew Wong Alpha Mechanical Contracting Ltd.

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