SICA Construction Review - Fall 2015

Summer 2015

The New

Normal

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Ministry of Transportation

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New biomass energy plant for B.C.

SICA’s HEO program

creating gainful employment for students and a shorter transition period for employers

Women in Construction:

The other half plays integral role in filling skills gap

The Future of Recruiting:

Employment Law:

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A word from SICA COO Bill Everitt A message from SICA Chair Phil Long

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www.sica.bc.ca

2015/16 sica executive committee Phil Long Chair Craig Main Vice Chair

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From the tools to the corner office – BCCA

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CCA hard at work in 2014

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Angela McKerlich Past Chair

2015/16 sica directors Martin Deheer Sam Elia David Hughes Matt Kormendy Tim Krogh Shane Mosley Gavin Rasmussen Diana O’Dare Jeff Shecter Roger Smith Vickie Topping Adam Zmudczynski alternates Cameron Betts Corey Care Ryan Fairburn Mark Hartwick Chris Owen John Powers Tom Spatola Justin Tanquay

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SICA Board of Directors

Injury management tips to keep B.C. working – BCCSA

Why short-term disability over EI? – BCCA EBT

Debra Dotschkat Secretary/Treasurer

Jason Henderson Executive Alternate

SICA Staff

SICA’s Gold Seal Certified

The other half: SICA’s Women in Construction U40: Maximizing potential

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COCA 2015 Q1 & 2 summary report

24 Preparing for take-off: Kelowna International Airport undergoes $92-million upgrade Top of the class: Painted Rock Estate Winery wins 2014 SICA Award of Excellence New athletic park for Coldstream, potential to host key events

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New biomass energy plant for B.C. Out with the old, in with the sewage: Fernie Sewage Treatment Plant upgrades

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One Houle, one company: Houle Electric stands united at 71 years strong Second phase of TransCanada Highway No. 1 improvements begin

On the Move continues: Ministry of Transportation funds North Okanagan roads

Secure-Rite wants to protect your worksite

Holdback accounts: Builders Lien Act

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Publisher: Jason Stefanik

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The future of recruiting: 16 astonishing facts plus Top 5 do’s SICA Education Department: Snapshots of a year in review

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Employment law: The one thing employers should know

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A word from the COO

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ur theme for this publication is “the new normal.” It’s reflected in the fact that although we are finally busy with projects, both public and private, we struggle with finding enough skilled labour to maintain schedules and quality of work.

Some of that pressure is relieved by a deflated oil patch, but we are kidding ourselves if we think that’s a long-term solution.

In part, one answer is tapping into traditionally under-represented segments of our construction population (i.e. women and First Nations), but we also need intensive new training initiatives supported by government and directed in part to have high school students recognize the trades as a viable career. Add one or more LNG plant in the mix and we will have to reconsider immigration policy to fill in the labour gaps.

The new normal may also mean short- or long-term partnering within the construction community as we have never really seen before. Contractors with a bevy of clients teaming up with contractors with none, all in the name of getting the job done. Other industries do this all of the time. In the end, what matters most to SICA is what matters to you, our members. Understanding that is our number-one challenge as an association.

One thing we do know for certain is that the new normal will cause us all to be more creative in the ways that we go about this age-old business of getting things built.

Best regards, Bill Everitt SICA Chief Operating Officer

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A message from SICA Chair Phil Long “Providing leadership and promoting excellence for the benefit of our industry.”

A

to “low bid” as a procurement method on

regional construction associations across

publically funded capital projects. This is

the province to create efficiencies that will,

an initiative spearheaded by Bill Everitt,

in turn, create value for our members. The

our Chief Operating Officer, who has been

website is looking fantastic! Both the board

s always, this year flew by too

meeting with several different interest

and staff are excited to debut the modern-

quickly. 2014-2015 was the last

groups.

ized and easy-to-use website in the fall.

year of our three-year strategic

2015 was also a successful year for SI-

I would like to personally thank COO Bill

plan and also saw a upturn in the econ-

CA’s education department, where we grew

Everitt, Clifford Kshyk (VP Operations) and

omy of the southern interior, a welcome

our educational reach by offering the Heavy

the entire staff for the volume of work they

change after a couple of years of uncer-

Equipment Operator (HEO) course with a

put into our association. This helps make

tainty. Three years ago we modernized our

focus on engaging First Nations groups in

my job as chair and the board’s job a whole

mission statement and our association’s

our region. You can read more about this

lot easier. SICA is on a good footing, and

branding. As a whole, as a board, member-

initiative on page 82 of this magazine. SICA

this is thanks to the operational staff’s ex-

ship and operationally, we have continued

staff continues to look at where we can ad-

ceptional work.

to focus on:

dress gaps in the training for skilled trades-

“Providing leadership and promoting

It has been an honour to have the opportunity to work with SICA’s volunteers and

persons.

excellence for the benefit of our industry.”

Operationally, SICA is preparing to

staff this past year. It is a great pleasure to

In October 2015 our board will meet at

launch a new website that will bring added

be involved with an organization that is de-

our annual planning retreat and develop

value to members and increase efficiency

voted to making the industry better. I look

another three-year strategic plan, which

for staff. This initiative has been devel-

forward to the many great things our asso-

will guide the operations staff and contin-

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SICA Staff

William E. (Bill) Everitt Chief Operating Officer weeeveritt@sica.bc.ca

Janice Haynes Kelowna Project Services Coordinator JaniceH@sica.bc.ca

Sandy Gauthier Membership Coordinator - Kelowna SandyG@Sica.bc.ca

Clifford Kshyk VP Operations ckshyk@sica.bc.ca

Aleda Styan Kamloops Project Services Coordinator Kamloops@sica.bc.ca

Jennifer Marte Director of Education JenniferM@sica.bc.ca

Tina Parker Membership Coordinator Kamloops TinaP@sica.bc.ca

Leanne Hendrickson Education Services Coordinator LeanneH@sica.bc.ca

Michelle Lemieux Membership Coordinator - Kelowna MichelleL@sica.bc.ca

Carolyn Mann Accounting Assistant CarolynM@sica.bc.ca

Kerry Scott Kamloops Planroom Assistant KerryS@sica.bc.ca

Monica Bognar Meetings & Events Coordinator MonicaB@sica.bc.ca

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SICA Board of Directors

Back Row (left to right): Justin Tanquay, Shane Mosley, Mark Hartwick, John Powers, Cameron Betts, Ryan Fairburn, Matt Kormendy, Rick Murray and Gavin Rasmussen. Front Row (left to right): Roger Smith, Tim Krogh, David Hughes, Jason Henderson, Debra Dotschkat, Phil Long, Angela McKerlich, Vicki Topping, Sam Elia and Tom Spatola.

EXECUTIVE

DIRECTORS

ALTERNATES

Chair: Phil Long Maple Reinders, Inc.

Gavin Rasmussen K & C’s Construction & Renovations Ltd.

Christine Balascak Delnor Construction Ltd.

Vice-Chair: Craig Main Maddocks Construction Ltd.

Matt Kormendy Inland Glass and Aluminum Ltd.

Tom Spatola Harris Rebar

Secretary/Treasurer: Debra Dotschkat Glass Canada Inc. Alternate: Jason Henderson Houle Electric Ltd. - Kelowna Past-Chair: Angela McKerich Capri Insurance Services Inc.

Diana O’Dare BA Dawson Blacktop Ltd. Shane Mosley Sawchuck Developments Co. Ltd. Tim Krogh TKI Construction Sam Elia Power Vac Services Adam Zmudczynski Kal Tire Roger Smith Ken Olson Ltd. (Olson Construction) Jeff Shecter Zap Welding David Hughes Forward Law LLP

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CCA hard at work in 2014 Here are a few of the Canadian Construction Association’s recent accomplishments: procurement RFP process to ensure suitability to construction (e.g. a true online and real-time system; modification and withdrawal of bids after submission but before closing, etc.)

4. Quality of Design Documents

• CCA has developed a checklist of what a complete set of design documents should include and is planning a series of seminars.

5. Public Sector Self-performance and Competition

• CCA has developed a checklist to ensure public owners include in their comparisons of in-house construction versus contracting-out all pertinent cost items.

The Right Honourable Stephen Harper and CCA President Michael Atkinson.

Photo courtesy of the Office of the Prime Minister.

6. New Standard Documents

1. Infrastructure Investment • Ensuring the smooth implementation of the Building Canada Plan. A key improvement was the indexation of the Gas Tax Fund.

2. Labour Supply & Training • Ensuring that the policies are responsive to the industry’s needs in a timely fashion.

– Temporary Foreign Worker Program – Preserving the ability of accessing foreign-trained workers.

– New Federal Skilled Trades Program – Expansion of eligible trades.

– New Express Entry system launched in January 2015 - Ensuring employer access to the potential immigrant database.

• CCA lobbied for special consideration for smaller employers wishing to use the Canada Job Grant. SMEs will be eligible to either contribute 15% of the employer share in cash or deduct the trainee’s wages toward their contribution.

• CCDC will conduct seminars on CCDC 3 - Cost-Plus Contract, CCDC 29 - A Guide to Pre-qualification and CCDC 21 - A Guide to Construction Insurance. Other 2015 documents include an IPD contract and CCDC 2MA Master Agreement.

7. National Industry Ethics Course

• CCA is working with BuildForce Canada to develop a national construction industry ethics course.

8. New Technologies/Methodologies

• CCA continues to support the initiatives of the Institute for BIM in Canada (IBC) and Canadian Construction Innovations (CCI).

9. Industry Drug & Alcohol Programs

• CCA has developed a customizable drug and alcohol policy and a fact sheet on employee assistance programs.

10. Foreign Competition

• CCA convinced Finance Canada to permit EDC to continue to provide performance security guarantees to Canadian-based contractors for projects situated in Canada that require letters

3. Federal Tendering & Contracting Practices • CCA convinced the federal government to compile information on how many apprentices are currently employed on federal projects through a voluntary reporting system.

• CCA provided input into Defence Construction Canada’s e-

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of credit for performance security.

11. Prompt Payment & Lien Legislation

• CCA is developing guiding principles for prompt payment legislation as well as a set of model lien legislation principles. u

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From the tools to the corner office

By Manley McLachlan, BCCA President

T

he construction sector is widely recognized to be suffering from image problems. Today’s young people don’t see it as a rewarding career path. Perhaps more importantly, neither do their parents. This is old news but that doesn’t change the fact that something needs to be done about it.

Government is making an increasingly big noise about the trades but the truth is that unless construction employers make an even bigger noise, they’re not going to get the attention they need for the excellent jobs – and careers – they have to offer.

Take a look in the mirror. Use your rearview if you’re in the truck.

What are you doing to connect with your future employees? Are your shoulders chip-free? Do you see the potential in that young face, or just the hassle?

The BCCA 2015 Construction Business Survey makes it obvious that the image problems go two ways. B.C.’s construction employers don’t seem much more excited about today’s youth than the youth seem to be about the trades. Maybe this is a generational issue. My kids were never impressed that back in Saskatchewan I walked five miles to school in the snow barefoot, uphill both ways.

“Young people are looking for big money with no hard work. Show up, work hard, show an interest and you’ll quickly move off the broom and into tools and management.”

“The idea that a job in the trades is for those who ‘can’t’ do school is ingrained in high school. A career in the trades is rewarding and lucrative, students should be aware of this.”

“Kids these days want a cushy job designing video games. They don’t want to get their hands dirty.”

The fact is that if construction employers aren’t excited about the next generation, and the next generation isn’t excited about construction, then we are potentially at an impasse that doesn’t serve anyone or anything.

There are many smart, capable, hard-working young people out there who don’t consider construction trades because they don’t know what the potential is. They don’t know that there is huge opportunity to develop management and technical skills that can take you far.

Each and every one of us can do something to increase awareness – to open more minds. Let’s show off a little.

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If you started out on the tools and are now enjoying a successful career in management and leadership, if you have motivating experiences to share with the next generation, please contact us.

We’d like to hear your story, and if you’re willing, we’d like to share it.

Whoever you are, next time you’re being social with people outside of the industry, take the initiative to talk it up. Here are some points for you: • In B.C. today, only 1/85 students enter the trades after high school. We’d need that to be 1/5 in order to fill all the jobs available. (Meanwhile, we graduate 3,000 teachers for 500 jobs, every year.)

• Construction is increasingly a global industry. You can take your skills anywhere you want to go.

• In business you start in the mailroom and with grit and determination end up in the corner office. In construction you start on the tools and with grit and determination end up in the corner office – if you want, you can build it to suit your needs. Make it a penthouse.

• Canada has more university graduates earning below the poverty line per capita than any developed country. I call these the “philosopher baristas.” Kids and parents need to be making more informed, productive choices with their education. Educational institutions need to be making more relevant programs for their students.

• The unemployment rate for youth in B.C. is about 14%. Meanwhile construction unemployment rates are at decade lows and are getting lower.

• 2/3 people in construction today are getting close to retirement.

Successful construction companies are looking for smart young people to lead the way, and they’re ready to invest in training and experience.

Let’s agree: there’s huge opportunity ahead.

Leadership and advancement of employees is crucial to the development of the sector, but employers need to realize that the general public does not see construction as an advancement-friendly career path. We need to make career development more apparent, champion those that have climbed the ladder from the tools to the corner office or to owning their own company, and get that message actively out to today’s bright students. The investment banks and the insurance companies recruit hard at B.C. universities and colleges. It’s time to take a page out of their playbook. u

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Bill Gyles President Kinetic Construction

John Overbeck Senior Estimator Benton & Overbury

Rich Stanton Senior Project Manager Flynn Canada

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CONSTRUCTION’S RANK AS AN EMPLOYER IN BC’S GOODS SECTOR

$270

22,306

BILLION

Available capital cost of proposed construction projects

Number of companies in BC’s construction industry

93%

$81.7 BILLION

BC construction companies with less than 20 employees

TODAY

Value of current construction projects in BC

SPRING 2015

$15,500,000,000 Approximate contribution to BC’s real GDP by the construction industry

$11.3 billion Estimated cumulative yearly wages for the employees of BC’s construction industry

2018

ONLY

1 in 85

BC High School grads go directly into the construction trades

2024

31%

58,000

$55,600

25,400

Estimated increase in construction’s contribution to BC’s GDP by 2018

Average annual salary of a BC construction employee

$35,000

Average BC student debt after a 4-year degree - the highest in Canada

94%

BC construction companies planning to hire in 2015

Estimated number of job openings in BC’s skilled trades by 2024

Number of construction jobs in BC that will be unfilled due to labour shortages by 2024

2in3

Workers in BC’s skilled trades over the age of 45

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Injury management tips to keep B.C. working

By Mike Mckenna, Executive Director, BCCSA

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hen managed effectively, injury management and return to work (IM/RTW) initiatives

benefit employers, workers, and the industry overall by reducing and even eliminating lost time due to accidents.

the worker to take two weeks off and recommends physiotherapy to assist the healing process. He then files various compensation-related forms with WorkSafeBC. One-to-two weeks later, the claim is accepted and the worker makes an appoint-

A key reason for this is that they greatly

ment to see a physiotherapist. The thera-

reduce the ‘white space’ that surrounds

pist is concerned about the level of tender-

since the injury occurred. The worker has

workplace injuries – the time between

ness and swelling, and tells the worker to

spent most of this time at home, discon-

when an accident occurs and when the

make another appointment with the doc-

nected from the workplace. The employer,

compensation claim is accepted. Without

tor. The doctor agrees that there might be

who has been without an important mem-

an effective intervention plan, this white

more going on and orders an x-ray. A week

ber of his or her team, will have to wait

space can delay the return to work by

later, the results are in: the worker has

even longer for the injured worker to return

weeks or even months, depending on the

badly torn ligaments. The doctor tells the

to previous duties. It could be even worse

extent of the injury.

worker to take another three-to-four weeks

if the injury is even more complex and re-

Consider, for example, the following sce-

off and to continue with physiotherapy.

quires additional work, like a CT scan, to

nario: A worker is injured and sent home

He updates the compensation claim, and

properly diagnose. The more layers there

with instructions to see his or her doctor.

WorkSafeBC signs off on the revised claim

are to an injury, the more white space.

During the appointment, the doctor makes

one week later.

an initial diagnosis (sprained ankle), tells

It has now been three-to-four weeks

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While the scenario described is common, there are ways to minimize or even

eliminate the white space, and this is where IM/RTW programs can play such an important role.

to provide same-day diagnosis and treat-

hospital emergency rooms, doctors’ of-

ment;

fices, and walk-in clinics that represent the

• manage the claims process;

first stop for injured workers.

At the company level, having a program

• offer RTW options, and work closely with

While it will take considerable planning

means that an employee with a sprained

employers who do not have a formal IM/

and co-ordination, the hope is that such

ankle or torn ligaments might miss a few

RTW program in place and co-ordinate

a network will be built for the province of

with those employers who do; and

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days rather than a few weeks. This is because everything will be in place for him or her to safely return to the same duties, or

• provide physiotherapy and other rehabilitation services.

For further information, contact a

to modified or alternative duties that are

This kind of centralized, under-one-roof

safety and injury management

acceptable to him, his doctor, and the em-

approach would also help to remove some

advisor at 1-877-860-3675 or

ployer. Rather than leave it up to the sys-

of the pressures currently experienced by

email info@bccsa.ca

tem, the employer has decided to become actively involved in injury management and has put in place a program that is supported by all parties.

On an industry-wide level, clinics and facilities that either are dedicated to IM/ RTW or include an IM/RTW component can also make a significant difference.

Such approaches are beginning via initiatives such as WorkSafeBC’s Stay at Work (SAW) centres, which are being utilized at a number of Lower Mainland sites.

Developed in consultation with employers and worker representatives, the centres offer on-site diagnosis and treatment, assistance with claims, and other services designed to help injured workers return to current or modified duties as soon – and as safely – as possible.

However, while it is making a valuable contribution, the SAW initiative is best suited to mines and other workplaces with large, stationary workforces; it is not effective with small, mobile employers, who comprise the majority of construction employers.

There are also a few private medical clinics that include an IM/RTW component. They are able to provide same-day diagnosis and assist workers with the claims process. But their reach is also limited.

The ideal solution would be a network of regional facilities that are dedicated to injury management and return to work.

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Why short-term disability over EI?

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any companies have sick-

as EI, qualify for a reduction in their EI

If you would like to discuss this or other

leave

addressing

premium rate. Additionally, an insured

questions related to your benefits plan,

time off due to illness. When

short-term disability plan covers all em-

please call BCCA Employee Benefits

employees continue to be off work be-

ployees including owners, whereas EI

at 1-800-665-1077 or

yond the period covered by these policies,

only covers employees.

email info@bccabenefits.ca.

policies

many of these employees end up using

While the immediate savings on the

Employment Insurance (EI) as their in-

EI premiums are certainly an attractive

come source until they return to work. In

advantage, the long-term savings real-

prolonged periods of illness, EI bridges the

ized by an insured short-term disabil-

gap until employees qualify for long-term

ity plan are the real advantage. The real

disability – typically 120 days. EI “does

savings are realized over the long term,

the job,” but is it the best solution for your

through early intervention at the time

company and your employees?

of disability. The potential costs when

A short-term disability plan offers your

We are also online www.bccabenefits.ca.

an employee is off due to illness can be

company the flexibility of choosing an

many:

overall benefit maximum and waiting pe-

1) Loss of that employee’s production

riod that satisfies your company’s needs,

2) Increased workload for co-workers

strengthens your retention strategy, and

3) Increased LTD rates, potentially

protects your employees in a cost effec-

Early intervention can result in shorter

tive way. Companies providing an insured

disability periods and get employees

short-term disability benefit to their em-

back to work doing what they do best –

ployees, providing, at minimum, as much

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he Council of Construction Associations (COCA) represents most of British Columbia’s construction associations (19 in all) and acts on behalf of the construction industry in WorkSafeBC matters. COCA works to present a united front and a systematic approach to WorkSafeBC issues. COCA initiates and responds to legislative, regulatory, policy and practice issues within the workers’ compensation system in B.C. COCA also assists individual contractors with their WorkSafeBC concerns.

A summary of key activities/issues follows:

Q1 – January to March 1.

Dianna Miles is formally appointed WorkSafeBC’s CEO. 2. WorkSafeBC appoints four new board members to replace members that have finished their board term of office.

3. COCA Executive, in collaboration with BCCA and CLR, is looking into what the implications are to incorporate into a legal trust (connected to the BCCA).

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4. COCA submitted a discussion paper on Vocational Rehabilitation Policy Review – Phase I. In this paper we argue that management oversight should be used to ensure that the decisions made by Vocational Rehabilitation Consultants are made within the limits prescribed by the Workers’ Compensation Act and written WorkSafeBC policy – and that the VRCs are aware that their work will be reviewed when longer-term rehabilitation plans are contemplated.

5. In collaboration with BCCA and BCCSA, COCA supports the exploration process with Hydro to move away from third-party tendering in favour of a hybrid B.C. COR certification for construction proponents. This approach builds on the success of the COR program and ensures it remains relevant to industry.

6. COCA continues to work in collaboration with the Employer’s Forum on numerous working groups to ensure the Macatee recommendations are implemented in a reasonable way for industry.

Q2 – April to June 7. COCA helped provide industry feedback on the new legislation introduced to support the Macatee recommendations. On balance the new legislation reflects the Macatee report recommendations that there are no provisions for Orders to Workers.

8.

COCA reviewed the discussion paper on long-term average earnings for GECA Workers. No significant changes were recommended.

9. COCA submitted six Journal of Commerce articles on the claims process (from an industry perspective). There are two more articles related to this educational series that are slated to come out in subsequent months.

10.

COCA is tracking the developments from the Lakeland inquest for potential issues for construction.

11.

COCA is tracking the work of the WSBC Claims Committee in particular the duration of claims data. We remain vigilant and supportive to strategies and initiatives designed to design to reduce overall duration.

12.

COCA is reviewing jurisdictional implications concerning an employer’s liability as it concerns travel to and from worksites. A brief environmental scan of other jurisdictions has been completed.

13. COCA is reviewing a WorkSafeBC decision that used a worker’s earnings from outside of Canada in order to calculate Average Earnings. COCA believes that the Workers’ Compensation Act is intended to provide workers’ compensation based on verified earnings within B.C. 14.

COCA submitted a discussion paper concerning regulatory amendments relating to WHMIS 2015. In our submission we support the new amendments as they create consistency across Canada.

15.

COCA provided an industry rep for WorkSafe BC’s small business consultation group. This group will specifically look at how the interests and issues of small business can be more effectively addressed.

16. COCA continues to support BCCSA’s development of a new silica resource.

We are particularly interested in the impact of the current silica level on mitigation strategies to ensure it is workable for industry.

17. COCA attended the Day of Mourning ceremony on Tuesday, April 28 th.

18. COCA resolved its structural issue. It will remain a consortium with administrative assistance from BCCA. 19. Supported the development and publication of a JOC article entitled “What Makes Good Regulation?” by Kent Hillman.

20. COCA provided industry feedback on the new WorkSafeBC regulations that interpret the new amendments under Bill 9.

21. COCA provided a consultation session at the May 20th Construction Networking and Lunch Event held at the Delta Chamber of Commerce.

22. COCA is preparing for a series of preconsultation sessions: Part 14 – Cranes & Hoists – Load Limit Devices, and Part 13 and 14 – Cranes & Hoists. u

COCA continues to support individual companies with specific WorkSafeBC matters/issues. For more information, visit our website www.cocabc.ca or contact the COCA office: #203 - 318 Homer Street Vancouver, B.C. V6B 2V2 Telephone: (604) 683-0556 Fax: (604) 683-0557 Dr. Dave Baspaly, President Email: dave@cocabc.ca

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Building construction management excellence with Gold Seal certification

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s the industry’s own certification program for construction management excellence, the Gold Seal Certification program is constantly adapting alongside an evolving construction industry. This past year was no different for Gold Seal, as we worked hard to raise awareness, showcase the benefits of Gold Seal Certification, and to add increased value for certificate holders across Canada.

Certification Wizard helps

potential applicants

in pursuing their certification.

Professionals interested in the Gold Seal Certification program can now easily gauge their eligibility by using the new certification wizard available on the Gold Seal website at goldsealcertification.com. The wizard walks the applicant through a series of questions to determine the most appropriate stream for them to pursue. This, combined with the easy-to-use online application system, has helped construction management professionals across Canada

Gold Seal Projects showcase construction management excellence This past year also saw two new Gold Seal Projects: the National Music Centre in Calgary, being built by CANA Constructions, and the Humber River Hospital in Toronto, being built by PCL Construction.

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The newly-formed Owner’s Construction Manager (OCM) certification captures both the traditional Owner’s Project/ Construction Managers, and those professional managers from private firms that provide the same service to, and for, owners. Watch an interview with past Gold Seal Chair Terry Brown discussing the new designation at www.youtube.com/

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Gold Seal certified Ambrozy, Andrew – Project Manager, General Ansell, Timothy O. – Project Manager, Roadbuilding Arnold, Jeff – Project Manager, General Ashley, Douglas – Project Manager, General Ashmore, Charlie – Superintendent, General Avery, Terry – Superintendent, General Balfour, John F. – Project Manager, Mechanical Balfour, Kevin – Estimator, Roadbuilding Barnes, Glenn – Project Manager, General Barry, Joseph – Superintendent, Roadbuilding Barry, Tim – Superintendent, Roadbuilding Becker, Rocky C. – Project Manager, Insulation Bennison, Graham S. – Project Manager, Roadbuilding Bentzen, Howard – Superintendent, General Beruschi, David D. – Project Manager, General Betts, Gerry – Project Manager, Electrical Bilawchuk, Wayne – Superintendent, General, Project Manager, General Blewett, Victor R. – Superintendent, General Blonarowitz, Collin John – Superintendent, Roadbuilding Bonderud, Chris – Superintendent, Roadbuilding Bossert, Theodore W. – Estimator, General, Project Manager, General Boston, Shannan – Construction Safety Coordinator Bourassa, Mike – Construction Safety Coordinator Bouwmeester, Cornelis J. – Superintendent, General Bradford, Paul – Estimator, General, Superintendent, General Bridge, Jody Dennis – Project Manager, Roadbuilding Brown, Terry – Project Manager, General Brydon, Scot M. – Project Manager, General Bucknell, Charles H. – Superintendent, Mechanical, Project Manager, Mechanical Burleigh, Jason Paul – Construction Safety Coordinator

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Butler, Stephen M. – Superintendent, Door/ Wind/Glaze Callahan, Doug – Project Manager, Roadbuilding Carels, Shawn – Superintendent, General Caul, Gerald B. – Project Manager, Electrical Cesnik, Joze – Superintendent, General Chernoff, Nick Peter – Project Manager, Concrete Chester, Wayne Douglas – Superintendent, Electrical Chevalier, Darren Brent – Project Manager, General, Estimator, General Christensen, Roy A. – Owner’s Construction Manager Christman, Ron – Superintendent, Mechanical Church, Lloyd Cameron – Superintendent, General Clark, David – Project Manager, Electrical Comeau, Philippe Leonard – Superintendent, Sheet Metal Cook, Bevan – Superintendent, General Corcoran, Dave R. J. – Project Manager, General Corke, George – Project Manager, General Cousins, Stephen Ward – Estimator, General, Project Manager, General Cox, Sari – Project Manager, Mechanical Crawford, Doug R. – Estimator, Electrical, Project Manager, Electrical Cruickshank, Greg – Project Manager, Roadbuilding Cumming, Thomas A. – Project Manager, General Cuzzocrea, Joseph – Superintendent, Roadbuilding Dalgleish, Robert Ian – Project Manager, General Dalgleish, S.B. (Sinc) – Estimator, General, Project Manager, General Darche, Simon L. – Superintendent, General Darling, Don – Owner’s Construction Manager Davies, Leslie – Project Manager, Mechanical Davies, Robert H. – Project Manager, Mechanical Davy, Ken – Superintendent, Roadbuilding de Rooy, Ken – Project Manager, Struct. Steel

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DeCol, Guiseppe – Superintendent, General Descheneau, John Robert – Estimator, Electrical, Project Manager, Electrical Dibella, Mario Joseph – Project Manager, Electrical DiPasquale, Dennis – Estimator, General Dool, Walter F. – Project Manager, General Dorssers, Dan – Superintendent, Roadbuilding Douglas, Scott W. – Estimator, Roadbuilding Downward, Peter John – Estimator, General, Project Manager, General Duncan, Graeme A. – Superintendent, General Dutil, Richard J. – Estimator, Electrical Eisele, Anton – Project Manager, General Elliot, T. Alistair M. – Superintendent, Roadbuilding Eng, Kenneth R. – Project Manager, General Ernewein, Gordon – Superintendent, General Falladown, Tom – Project Manager, Roadbuilding Fallowfield, Ron – Superintendent, General Feller, D’Arcy – Superintendent, Mechanical Finnson, Richard – Superintendent, General Fish, Dale – Project Manager, General Flamand, Oscar – Project Manager, General Forsyth, James R. – Superintendent, General, Project Manager, General Fournier, Mike – Superintendent, Roadbuilding Franzen, Rick – Superintendent, Roadbuilding Fraser, Clement – Superintendent, Sheet Metal Freeman, Geoffrey Bernard – Superintendent, Mechanical Fretz, Daniel – Estimator, General, Superintendent, General, Project Manager, General Froess, Bob C. – Superintendent, Roadbuilding Galbraith, Adam – Project Manager, Roadbuilding Galigan, Philip A. – Superintendent, General Gawne, Larry – Superintendent, Roadbuilding Gervais, Janot – Project Manager, General Gilowski, Ron – Superintendent, Roadbuilding Ginter, Ron W. – Estimator, General Glave, Ron – Construction Safety Coordinator Gorman, Terrance – Superintendent, General Gothe, Ronald – Project Manager, General Goulet, Garth – Superintendent, General Govett, Greg – Project Manager, General Graham, Donald David – Owner’s Construction Manager Graham, Gwen – Project Manager, General Graham, Robert – Project Manager, General Greenall, John – Project Manager, General Gulak, Brian Charles – Superintendent, General Gutsche, Steven A. – Project Manager, General Haggkvist, Don – Superintendent, General Hall, Robert Scott – Owner’s Construction Manager Hansum, Julia Reluca – Project Manager, General Hardwicke, Wayne – Estimator, General, Project Manager, General

certified Harnett, Randy Terry Marvin – Superintendent, Roadbuilding Harrison, Brian Edward – Project Manager, Sheet Metal Hartskamp, Dean – Superintendent, General Hayashi, Brian Paul – Project Manager, General Hayes, David L. – Superintendent, General Hayter, Marvin C. – Project Manager, Roadbuilding Hayter, Scott Myles – Superintendent, Roadbuilding Head, James – Project Manager, Roadbuilding Healey, Bruce – Superintendent, General Heigers, Jacobus Johannes D. – Project Manager, General Helmer, Maximilian Kasi – Superintendent, Roadbuilding Henderson, Justin W.C – Project Manager, Mechanical Hett, Jordan – Superintendent, Electrical Hickling, John Thomas – Owner’s Construction Manager Hilderbrant, Anthony Alan Victor – Superintendent, Roadbuilding Hoiland, Bill – Owner’s Construction Manager Hornung, Doug – Superintendent, General Horochuk, Daniel – Owner’s Construction Manager Horsfield, Scott C. – Superintendent, Roadbuilding Hrabchuk, Chris – Superintendent, Roadbuilding Hrabchuk, David Andrew – Superintendent, Roadbuilding Hrabchuk, Larry – Superintendent, General Huolt, William Scott – Superintendent, General Hutton, Glenn Allan – Project Manager, General Imthorn, Kevin John – Project Manager, General Jackson, Beau – Superintendent, Roadbuilding Jackson, Steve W.J. – Owner’s Construction Manager James, Michael – Superintendent, General Jensen, Hans Kristian – Estimator, Masonry, Superintendent, Masonry, Project Manager, Masonry Jepsen, Bryan Paul – Project Manager, General Johansen, Martin – Owner’s Construction Manager Johnson, Warren Dale – Superintendent, General Kabotoff, Lionel – Superintendent, Roadbuilding Keith, Douglas Brian – Project Manager, General Kenyon, Doug – Estimator, General Kenyon, Larry – Project Manager, General Kenyon, Matthew – Project Manager, General Kinnee, Kim Ellis – Project Manager, Mechanical Klotz, Shaun C. – Superintendent, Roadbuilding Koeck, Ernie – Project Manager, General Kooyman, Cornelis – Estimator, Struct. Steel Kostiuk, Andy – Superintendent, Roadbuilding Krak, Allan – Project Manager, General Krogh, Tim – Project Manager, General

LaBar, Len – Superintendent, General Lacroix, Serge – Owner’s Construction Manager Laird, James E. – Superintendent, Roadbuilding Lalonde, John Grant – Project Manager, Mechanical Langlois, Doris – Owner’s Construction Manager Langton, David G. – Estimator, Door/Wind/Glaze Lansing, Francis L. – Project Manager, Door/ Wind/Glaze Larsen, Helmuth – Superintendent, General Laursen, Karl A. – Estimator, General, Project Manager, General Leacock, Randy – Project Manager, General Lechkun, David – Superintendent, Roadbuilding Lewis, Alun Christopher – Superintendent, General Liddicoat, Robert W. – Project Manager, General Lindsay, Graeme I. – Project Manager, General Lipinski, Rick – Construction Safety Coordinator Little, George E. – Project Manager, Electrical Long, Philip Charles – Estimator, General Lowenstein, Keith – Project Manager, Roadbuilding Lucas, Robert – Superintendent, Struct. Steel

Gold Seal Ludwig, Glenn – Superintendent, General MacDonald, Thomas Robert – Project Manager, General MacLeod, Robert N. – Superintendent, Mechanical Maddocks, James Barry – Project Manager, General Madell, Andrew A – Project Manager, Roadbuilding Maglio, Terry – Superintendent, Roadbuilding Mailey, John R. – Estimator, General Makus, Corey – Owner’s Construction Manager Maloney, Patrick – Superintendent, General Marshall, Rupert William – Project Manager, General Mason, Bernie – Superintendent, General McCafferty, Shaun – Superintendent, General McElroy, Kenneth Wayne – Project Manager, Mechanical McEwan, Gary – Project Manager, General McGrath, Alvin Keith – Estimator, General McLellan, Ken – Superintendent, General McWilliams, Bob – Superintendent, Roadbuilding Medlicott, Dorian – Project Manager, General

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Gold Seal certified Meiner, Herb – Project Manager, General Melissen, Mark R. – Project Manager, General Menzies, Brian J. – Project Manager, General Michel, Richard W. – Project Manager, General Milligan, John – Superintendent, Roadbuilding Milsom, Stephen – Project Manager, General Moore, Christian – Superintendent, General Moore, Kenneth W. – Superintendent, General Morrison, James K. – Project Manager, General Mosher, Glenn – Superintendent, General Muir, AllanWayne – Construction Safety Coordinator Mummery, John – Superintendent, General Murphy, Kelly Francis – Superintendent, General Murray, David – Construction Safety Coordinator Nadeau, Denis J. – Estimator, Sheet Metal Nagel, Gerry – Superintendent, General Neuman, David R. – Project Manager, Door/ Wind/Glaze Newbold, Daniel J. – Project Manager, Door/ Wind/Glaze Newlands, Bill – Project Manager, Electrical Newman, Robert N. – Superintendent, General, Project Manager, General Nodes, Joe – Project Manager, General Norman, Brian – Superintendent, General Nutley, Ian – Project Manager, General Ouimet, George – Project Manager, Drywall Owen, Chris A. – Project Manager, Mechanical Owen, Richard – Project Manager, Mechanical Paige, Jason W. – Estimator, General Palik, Leonard Douglas – Project Manager, General Paluck, Clarence – Superintendent, General Panopoulos, Brandon – Project Manager, General Papke, Bodo – Project Manager, General Parks, Gary J. – Estimator, Mechanical, Project Manager, Mechanical Pasitney, Gerald – Project Manager, Electrical Pasitney, Troy – Project Manager, Electrical Pearson, Don – Project Manager, Roadbuilding Pelletier, David G. – Project Manager, Mechanical Penner, David – Owner’s Construction Manager Perepolkin, Clifford W. – Project Manager, Mechanical Petersen, Craig – Project Manager, General Pisio, Nick Anthony – Project Manager, Mechanical Pohl, Bernd – Superintendent, General Quanson, Wayne Graham – Estimator, General

Rae, Ken – Project Manager, Insulation Raitt, Gregory R. – Estimator, Roadbuilding Rasmussen, Gavin – Superintendent, General Reichert, Victor J. – Superintendent, Mechanical Reid, Scott – Project Manager, General Rendek, Terrence Antony – Project Manager, General Reutlinger, Walter – Project Manager, Roadbuilding Reznik, Ray J. – Estimator, General Ridley, David B. – Project Manager, Mechanical Rietman, Robert Michael – Superintendent, Roadbuilding Robertson, Charles Richard Jame – Project Manager, Landscaping Robertson, Paul S. – Superintendent, General Robertson, Terry James – Superintendent, Mechanical Ross, Michael Rodger – Project Manager, Mechanical Sanders, Mark – Superintendent, Roadbuilding Sawatzky, David – Superintendent, General Sawchuk, Jason Jon – Superintendent, General Schlachter, Joseph Arthur – Project Manager, General Schneuker, Greg – Superintendent, General Schoeman, Gregory Lee – Project Manager, General Schuster, Don – Project Manager, General Selles, Eric Peter – Superintendent, Roadbuilding Semeschuk, Arden John – Superintendent, General Semeschuk, Bradley – Project Manager, General Seminoff, Mike – Superintendent, General Setterstrom, Wayne M. – Superintendent, General Shannon, Clifford – Superintendent, General Shauer, Bobby – Superintendent, General Simpson, Brian J. – Project Manager, General Simpson, Paul – Superintendent, Mechanical Simson, Garry – Project Manager, General Skogman, Patrick – Project Manager, General Small, Danny – Superintendent, General Smith, Lara – Construction Safety Coordinator Staples, Mike – Superintendent, Electrical Staysko, Dave – Project Manager, Roadbuilding Stewart, Ron – Superintendent, Roadbuilding Strachan, Jim – Superintendent, Roadbuilding Sulphur, Terry Kevin – Project Manager, Roadbuilding

Swain, Don P. – Superintendent, Roadbuilding Swaine, Bill – Project Manager, Roadbuilding Switzer, Randy Allan – Estimator, Electrical Taylor, Donald A. – Project Manager, Electrical Ternier, Terry J. – Project Manager, General, Estimator, General Thistlethwaite, Erik Jon – Superintendent, General Thomas, Gareth – Project Manager, General Thor, Gilbert – Superintendent, General Timmer, Earl Allan – Construction Safety Coordinator Timmers, John – Superintendent, General Tompkins, Rick – Superintendent, General Trozzo, Darren – Superintendent, Roadbuilding Trudeau, Robert L. – Superintendent, General Walker, Bruce L. – Project Manager, General Waluga, Michael T. – Superintendent, Roadbuilding Warnaar, Cornelis – Project Manager, Struct.

Steel Watt, Kevin – Superintendent, Roadbuilding Waunch, Patrick Joseph – Project Manager, Mechanical, Superintendent, Mechanical Webber, Morgan D. – Superintendent, Roadbuilding Webster, Brook – Superintendent, Roadbuilding Westby, Jerry – Owner’s Construction Manager White, Kenneth Paul – Project Manager, General Wilkinson, David Bruce – Project Manager, General Wilkinson, Jerome – Project Manager, General Wilson, R. Scott – Superintendent, Electrical Wiltse, Harold Gordon – Estimator, Electrical, Project Manager, Electrical Winterbach, Tyrone – Project Manager, Drywall Wittman, Craig A. – Project Manager, General Wodinsky, Eugene Scott – Construction Safety Coordinator Wynn, Scott – Construction Safety Coordinator Wyse, David G. – Project Manager, General Young, Gary – Superintendent, General Zaitsoff, Barry Howard – Estimator, Electrical Zeeman, Andrew – Superintendent, Roadbuilding Zima, Daniel – Superintendent, General Zimmerman, Dominic J.R. – Project Manager, Mechanical, Superintendent, Mechanical Zmudczynski, Adam – Owner’s Construction Manager Zwaagstra, David – Superintendent, General

Gold Seal listings are provided by the Canadian Construction Association (CCA).

If you find any errors, please contact SICA and we can confirm CCA has the correct information.

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Gold Seal INTERNS Adkin, Patrick – Superintendent, Roadbuilding Allingham, Brett – Superintendent, Roadbuilding Austin, Jamie – Superintendent, Landscaping Azama, Marshall – Estimator, General Banks, Carly – Estimator, General Bateson, Tyler – Superintendent, Roadbuilding Bay, Derek Joseph – Project Manager, Electrical Bennett, Jason – Superintendent, General Boake, Thomas – Superintendent, Roadbuilding Boehr, Jason – Estimator, Roadbuilding Bonderud, Chris – Superintendent, Roadbuilding Bossert, Theodore W. – Estimator, General, Project Manager, General Boston, Shannan – Construction Safety Coordinator Bourassa, Mike – Construction Safety Coordinator Bourne, Paul – Superintendent, Roadbuilding Bouwmeester, Natasha – Project Manager, General Brown, Aaron – Superintendent, Roadbuilding Brown, Jason – Superintendent, General Cabreira, Arides A. – Project Manager, General Collins, Dale – Project Manager, Electrical Cooper, Chris – Superintendent, General Crowe, David – Superintendent, General Cruickshank, Bradley John – Superintendent, Roadbuilding Cruickshank, David – Superintendent, Roadbuilding Dees, Joachim – Superintendent, General DeVuyst, Ronald C. – Superintendent, General Dingwall, Andrew – Superintendent, Roadbuilding Dougherty, Ryan Luke – Superintendent, Utility/Power Durocher, Adam – Superintendent, Roadbuilding Eising, Jason – Project Manager, General Enger, Eric – Superintendent, Roadbuilding Eppel, Gregory – Superintendent, General Erb, Nick – Superintendent, Roadbuilding Fayant, Steven John – Superintendent, Mechanical Ferguson, Grant – Superintendent, Roadbuilding Ford, Greg – Project Manager, General Frame, Kelly – Superintendent, Roadbuilding Fuhrmann, Mark – Estimator, General Galbraith, Jonathan – Project Manager, Roadbuilding Gedig, Jason – Project Manager, Roadbuilding Geis, Anne Marie – Estimator, Landscaping Gobelle, Nigel – Superintendent, Roadbuilding Gruber, Mark – Estimator, Roofing Gulayets, Ron – Superintendent, Roadbuilding Gurvin, Samantha – Construction Safety Coordinator Guttormsson, Carl – Superintendent, General Hackworthy, Regan Dale – Superintendent, Landscaping Halas, Jennifer – Project Manager, General Handel, Brad G. – Project Manager, Electrical Hanson, Ryan – Superintendent, Roadbuilding Heppner, Glenn – Superintendent, General Hilderbrant, Anthony Alan Victor – Superintendent, Roadbuilding

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The Other Half Along with the projected skills gap currently looming over industry is an understood call to action. Doing their part to answer the call is SICA’s Women in Construction (WiC) group, a network that in just under a year has attracted upwards of 65 members with a shared goal: keeping industry’s future bright. Read on to meet three of SICA’s WiC members.

By Jillian Mitchell

also took a year-and-a-half off from working with Casol Designs to do an electrical apprenticeship up at Sun Peaks.

My job at United Floors is to put together flooring packages for new builds and renovations. I help to guide our customers though proper product selections that will suit their needs, budget and lifestyle, along with setting up the installations.

Sarah Blechingberg Current position: Flooring and window covering consultant, United Floors Kamloops.

Years in industry: 12.5

Describe that “ah-ha” moment when you first realized a career in construction was for you.

I knew from the first day that I stepped onto my first construction site that this industry was where I wanted to be. Each day is different from the last. Being able to see progress daily and watching a home come together is an amazing feeling. I always left the jobsite feeling like I had accomplished something.

When did you join SICA’s WiC? What prompted you?

WiC is new to Kamloops. When SICA put out the call looking for women who might be interested in getting this group going in town, I jumped at the chance. I felt like it would be a great opportunity to help provide a fun networking event where we could become more educated about what is going on in different sectors of the construction industry, all while actually getting to know more about the women working in trades in our community.

What role does WiC serve in industry?

I hope that it will encourage more women to come into construction, knowing that they have resources available to them and support from other like-minded women.

I have been with United Floors for two years. Before that I spent nine years working alongside my mother-in-law, Sandra Casol, owner and operator of the awardwinning Casol Designs and Contracting. I

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In your opinion, how can industry attract and retain female workers?

As the previous generation of trades people are beginning to retire we are com-

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ing up on a shortage of skilled trades. This industry has changed a lot even in the 12 years that I have been a part of it. You now see more females working on the jobsites.

More women are seeking out employment where the compensation is better and some of those roles just happen to be in construction. Creating a welcoming work environment where diversity is valued is going to help retain those women who have decided to take on careers in construction.

I feel that the creation of mentoring programs such as WiC will help to inform and inspire women who might be considering a trade in construction as a career. It will give them a place to get more information on things they will need to consider when thinking about becoming a tradesperson. The fact that each WiC event highlights a different trade each time gives us a chance to learn about each sector and ask questions. The networking events not only provide education, but they help to provide mentors, women who have already made it through some of the challenges that will present themselves.

What are your Top 3 tips for women working in construction?

Aim high and refuse to accept a difference in the opportunities presented to you.

Believe in your abilities. Be confident in knowing that you can do anything you put your mind to.

Amy Hensley Current position: Engineering department manager, Aluminum Curtainwall Systems.

Years in industry: 27

Describe that “ah-ha” moment when you first realized a career in construction was for you.

I got my job while still in high school in the U.S. My future boss at the time was looking for a student at my school, someone the (hand) drafting teacher could recommend who could come in and work after school. It was supposed to just be for the summer, but here I am 27 years later.

The hand-drafting was fun, but when we started using AutoCAD, I got really into it and the new technology and possibilities.

Now with Revit and BIM, I love virtual design and construction. I have always, since the beginning, loved working on premier projects that become iconic symbols in cities all over the world. I’ve also gone to some amazing jobsites, including being up on the 72nd floor of the new World Trade Center – the Freedom Tower in Manhattan – while it was still under construction.

When did you join WiC? What prompted you?

were not many females around, let alone

I joined WiC last year when SICA reached out to women in Kamloops to start the new local chapter. I had just moved here in January from Portland, Oregon, and I thought it would be a great opportunity to network and meet new people.

I’ve only been able to make it to one event, but I learned a lot about flooring in general and installation of heated floors. I love to learn, and it was great to mix that with sharing the experience with other women involved in the different aspects of the construction industry, while also getting in some social time.

(male) boss who saw my potential and let

role models or mentors. But I had a great me grow. As the years passed, more women were hired – I had worked for the same company for 25 years – and it got easier for women to be accepted as their skills proved themselves. I have worked with some remarkable women who have proven to be assets to the industry on projects worldwide. Having these people in the workplace, and showing them appreciation, along with giving them same respect and compensation as anyone, is what it takes to get smart women into the industry. They will develop

What role does WiC serve in industry?

that loyalty which will, in turn, keep them

WiC meet-ups provide the opportunity for a place to go where I don’t feel the same pressure that I’ve always experienced in an industry that is (at least in the U.S.) a male majority. I’ve been working in such an environment since 1988, so I’m used to it, but being around “just the girls” gave me a new sense of camaraderie. It has always been a bit of a struggle to feel accepted as an equal to the boys, even if I have the same skill set, or more experience on projects. When I’m with the girls at a WiC get-together, we can all commiserate, maybe vent a little and have some laughs. I don’t think there are any male members in Kamloops at this time. If there were, I would hope it would give the guys a good opportunity to tune in to what the girls have to say.

around and help a business prosper and grow.

What are your Top 3 tips for women working in construction?

Love what you do. Keep at it, and keep getting educated as technologies evolve.

All you can do is your best. If others don’t see your potential, or respect you for your efforts, there is nothing much you can do about that. But you still have to believe in yourself. It can be tough in an industry where there is still a bit of a divide between the genders, and it probably will remain that way until there is more of a balance of men to women as construction business owners.

My experience, as well as the women I’ve

In your opinion, how can industry better attract and retain female workers?

When I first started in this industry, there

worked with in the past, is that we sometimes feel we have to work twice as hard as the boys to prove ourselves, but that’s okay.

We just roll with it.

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shopping for lunchroom snacks, somewhat of a “Jack (lyn) of all trades” one could say. There is definitely never a dull moment!

In your opinion, how can industry better attract and retain female workers?

By aiding in breaking the stereotyping of “male and female” occupations

When did you join WiC? What prompted you?

through supporting groups such as Women in Construction. Many women

I first became aware of the WiC group

have the opportunity to enter into con-

in early 2014 when I was approached

struction trades but are apprehensive

by SICA as to whether I would like to

to do so, as it has always been a male-

be part of the initial committee. I am a

dominated industry. Through mentor-

strong supporter of the many oppor-

ship programs such as WiC hopefully

tunities that are available to women in

this will change and women will be more

Current position: managing partner,

the construction industry, so having the

apt to pursue a career in the construction

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opportunity through WiC to share my

industry.

Years in industry: 25

experiences was definitely something I

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wanted to be onboard with.

Describe that “ah-ha” moment when you first realized a career in construction was for you.

Our first event held at Calona Vine-

What are your Top 3 tips for women working in construction?

yards was my favourite WiC event. We

First, do not be intimidated by this

had a great turnout of women in vary-

male-dominated industry. If you have

Well, I’m not sure if I have a defining

ing fields of the construction industry. It

the ability and the drive you will thrive!

“ah-ha” moment, but the turning point

was very rewarding to hear how much

Second, a career in trades will not only

for me would have been in 1999 when I

they enjoyed coming together and how

allow you to earn a great wage, but with

was offered an opportunity to become a

they felt so much support from the

the trades shortage you will always be

managing partner at Competition Glass

group.

employed. Lastly, start your apprentice-

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ship training as soon as you can and fol-

What role does WiC serve in industry?

low through with it. Most trades require six to eight weeks of schooling per year

I believe it is important that women

over a three- to four-year period. The

realize the opportunities available in

amount of time you need to invest in

I started as an employee of Competi-

the many different areas of construc-

getting your journeyman (journeyper-

tion Glass back 1990, so it will be 25 years

tion. WiC is a great way for women to

son) certification is minimal compared

this fall. My role as office manager entails

become aware of these opportunities

to those of college or university degrees,

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“The delicate balance of mentoring someone is not creating them in your own image, but giving them the opportunity to create themselves.” ~ Steven Spielberg a group geared towards the future of the province’s Southern Interior construction sector.

As iron sharpens iron, so too can a person sharpen the character of another. For the U40 group, this spirit of mentorship, along with a focus on networking, drives its very existence.

Tom Spatola, current U40 chair, was

among the original five who founded the group of like-minded construction professionals for the purpose of building opportunities, personal development and industry growth.

“U40 is a great way to bring young construction industry executives together to establish your own networking opportunities,” says Spatola, branch manager for

Harris Rebar. “It’s an opportunity to put faces to names and voices.”

With the support of SICA COO Bill Everitt – who initially pitched the idea of a SICA U40 group after being inspired by the Vancouver Regional Construction Association’s (VRCA) U35 group – SICA’s U40 group got off the ground.

Given the eagerness of the membership, U40 has obviously been a welcome addition to industry. Fellow U40 member Matthew Kormendy believes it is because the group offers some very real-world benefits.

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Despite the projected skills gap looming over industry, Kormendy remains optimistic, citing the U40 as a welcome resource that will assist the upcoming leaders of tomorrow in honing their skills, while at the same time helping industry attract more experienced workers.

“I think construction has really changed, maybe for better and for worse, over the last number of years,” he says. “I think some of the projects are becoming more complicated and more involved. When you’re losing that knowledge base, it’s good to get groups together and get people talking.”

According to Spatola, U40 is focused on a number of proactive ways to attract more skilled workers to the industry, such as job fairs and social media campaigns.

“We need to get out there and let people know that a career in the construction industry can be rewarding – and wellpaying,” he adds.

Of course, SICA’s U40 isn’t all business. The group hosts a number of social events, allowing members to let their hair

down and have fun. Spatola highlights the inaugural U40 event at Penticton’s Bad Tattoo Brewing Company as his personal favourite.

“I wasn’t really sure what to expect, but it was a great turnout and I had a great time,” he says of the inaugural networking event. “We have had only four events to date, but every event seems to be attracting more young professionals.” u

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Preparing for

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he Kelowna International Airport (YLW) is in the middle of a massive makeover. The upgrades to the airport are taking place in several phases, the first of which were completed in 2012.

Phillip Elchitz, manager of airport development and IT, says between 2010 and 2020, the Kelowna International Airport will have invested more than $92 million in facility upgrades. In 2012, the International Arrivals Hall was one of the first key proj-

ects completed.

This year will see four major projects, with a total of $55 million, for the airport, some of which are already underway and some of which will be starting later on.

The first project has three components, and the first component is expanding the outbound baggage facility, a project totalling up to $39.6 million. According to Elchitz, the current outbound baggage facility can handle 450 bags per hour at its

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peak. However, when all of the charters were in full swing, the facility was dealing with 480 bags per hour at its peak.

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The new outbound baggage facility will be able to handle 900 bags per hour – but that’s not the end goal here. Elchitz explains that as security screening technology advances, the new outbound baggage

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facility will be able to handle 1,200 bags per hour, allowing the facility to grow as passenger demand increases.

The second component of the outbound baggage facility project is the renovation and expansion of the existing airline offices. Elchitz confirms the airlines continue to grow, which comes with more demand for expanded operational and administrative space.

“Once the baggage hall portion of the project is complete, we’ll be able to take the space that made up the old baggage hall and expand the airline offices into that space,” Elchitz explains.

The third and final component of the outbound baggage hall project is the renovation and the expansion of the concourse, which involves modernizing the check-in counters and adding additional capacity.

Elchitz also says the new concourse will be built to handle self-bag drop technology when the airline partners are ready to move in that direction.

“You can check in online, [then] you come to the airport and you get your bag tag printed from a self-serve kiosk,” Elchitz says. “You take your bag and drop it on the baggage belt. It gets weighed, scanned, and if all is in order, the bag is automatically taken into the outbound baggage hall for processing without having to interact with an airline agent.”

The second project of this year’s upgrades is the main apron expansion, which is made up of three components. The first component is an expansion of the taxi line, allowing for further separation between aircraft taxiing to and from the runway and aircraft parked on the apron. This component of the project is worth $2.3 million and is already complete.

The second component of the project is the expansion of the main apron, which involves adding two operational stands –

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The final component of the second project is the rehabilitation of the existing apron, which costs $5.3 million. The need for rehabilitation comes from the fact that the current apron was designed to handle older aircrafts, whereas nowadays many planes have a heavier load rating.

“We continue to look at all of our options to repave and strengthen the main apron to ensure it is done in the most cost effective manner,” Elchitz says.

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“We’re building a new facility, and we’re adding capacity,” Elchitz elaborates, adding that the facility will go from housing 40,000 litres of storage to 70,000 litres of storage.

The facility, which is slated to be built this year, will also see the installation of a blending unit. Elchitz explains the blending unit will be where the glycol is blended with water to serve two purposes: the first is to allow the airlines to reduce their costs by ensuring the proper concentration is made available depending on the ambient temperatures, and the second is to be a leader in the stewardship of the environment by reducing the amount of glycol runoff onto the apron and beyond.

The fourth and final project costs $3.8 million, and it is the complete renovation of the departures lounge and retail space.

“We’re modernizing the departures lounge to better attract passengers, to encourage passengers to browse the facility and make a purchase from the retail concessions, the restaurants and the food kiosks,” Elchitz says.

The reason for enhancing the lounge and retail spaces is one that abides by the airport’s philosophy: to remain a low-cost airport.

“To remain a low-cost airport means keeping aeronautical fees stable,” Elchitz says. “Aeronautical fees are the landing and terminal charges levied to the airlines for use of the facility. We want to keep those fees stable. To do so, our focus is on increasing our non-aeronautical revenues, which includes revenues from money spent on restaurants and other retail amenities.”

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tep inside the new tasting room at Painted Rock Estate Winery and prepare to be wowed – really wowed.

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Proprietors John and Trish Skinner of Painted Rock Estate Winery.

is to compete with the best in the world,” adds Skinner, whose winery is well-known for its cool-climate signature wines. “It’s very deliberate. We don’t cut any corners.”

Construction of the one-storey building commenced January 2013, with Greyback Construction at the helm, and wrapped later that August with a grand opening following in September.

A banquet kitchen and bar further complement the tasting room’s fully-lit show-

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The estate’s new 1,700-square-foot tasting room and events facility is the epitome of modern, with an open-concept floor plan, epoxy flooring, and LED-lit countertops and shelving.

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into what will soon be an innovative new facility capable of hosting major events like the B.C. Summer Games and the B.C. Seniors Games – not to mention enabling the development of elementary and highschool track and field teams, local footballs groups and minor soccer associations.

“There had been a demonstrated need for a facility of this nature for quite a

t came down to a referendum but the final result is a new Community Sports Field and Athletics Facility for Greater Vernon. The majority of the Greater Vernon residents voted “yes” in an April 2013 referendum to the long-term borrowing of $7.53 million required to facilitate the project.

And this “yes” has since materialized

while,” states Keith Pinkoski, manager of Parks, Regional District of North Okanagan (RDNO), who adds that the need had been identified in the 10-year Greater Vernon Parks, Recreation and Culture Master Plan. “The planning for this started back in 2009. We had to secure the financing through the referendum. Then we had to arrange for a 40-year lease with the Okan-

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“This area is exploding. I think everyone has realized that the recession is over and all the projects that have sat idle for the last year or two are now a go again.” agan College because the facility is located on college land. There was a lot that needed to be done before we could even begin to think about construction.”

Nears completion Today, the new Athletics Park and Amenities Building is nearing completion. The project entails the development of a highquality, regulation-sized synthetic track that meets all International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) requirements; a regulation-sized synthetic turf field, appropriate for football, soccer, rugby, lacrosse and field hockey; one natural turf field; seating for 400 spectators; four changes rooms, showers and washroom facilities; and a large classroom and meeting room.

“By building the track and field components to regulation, we’re hoping to attract commissioned events to the facility,” says Pinkoski, who adds that the overall project budget of $8.1 million was increased in April 2015 when the RDNO Board of Directors approved an additional $340,000 for the building expansion. The expansion includes the addition of 16 showers to the amenities building, with the plan to offset the added cost through reserves and grantfunding opportunities.

“There was a demonstrated need from the community to want to provide that extra level of service in the amenities building,” explains Pinkoski, who adds that there would be an estimated $75,000 to $100,000 in savings if the additional showers were added while the building was under construction, as opposed to doing the renovation after the building was completed.

An interesting aspect of the park’s track and field component is the fact that the synthetic turf field will be the first one constructed within the B.C. Interior to use a cork infill. This method results in less heat diffusion than would occur in the alterna-

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tive rubber-crumb fill that is often used instead.

The track and field area will also overlap its “throw sections” (for javelin, discus, hammer and shot put) with the soccer field, necessitating careful maintenance to keep it in a good state of repair.

At the heart of the new sports centre will be the Amenities Building.

According to Pinkoski, the Amenities Building accounts for approximately $2 million of the total budget. It will include an

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four more showers for each of the change rooms,” he says. “It was a bit of surprise at the time but it didn’t take too much work to get them in. Right now, we’re just getting the shower work caught up to the rest of the building. We’re in the midst of installing the tile work and exterior cladding.”

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approximate 600-square-foot teaching/ meeting room, four interchangeably sized change rooms, an officials’ change room, washrooms, a concession area and a storage area.

The Amenities Building contract was awarded to Sawchuk Developments Co. Ltd. in November 2014.

“We’ve worked with the RDNO before,” states Kevin Imthorn, vice-president, Sawchuk Developments Co. Ltd. “They’re a good client and we enjoy working with them.”

Imthorn described the Amenities Building as a beautiful one that uses a combination of metal panels, a German Super Panel and wood-look metal siding to warm up the exterior look but still protect it from the elements.

“The whole building is radiused,” he says, which makes for a more complex project. “It follows the radius of the adjacent track so there are a lot of curved walls involved.”

The added complexity was made easier with the close working relationship developed with the building’s architect, DIALOG. “DIALOG are very particular about what they want, which is a good thing,” says Imthorn. “It means that there isn’t a lot of guesswork needed on our part.”

According to Imthorn, the project is going very smoothly. At about three quarters of the way through, a last-minute change order came with the request for 16 additional showers.

“The add-on meant that there were

Although the new Athletics Park and Amenities Building may have been a few years in the making, Sawchuk Developments’ Imthorn believes that the delay may have saved money for the RDNO in the long run.

“Sourcing local trades hasn’t been an issue on this project as of yet,” he states.

“It came out for tender in the fall of 2014, which was great timing. I think we would have seen a substantial increase in cost if we brought this out to tender now. This area is exploding. I think everyone has realized that the recession is over and all the projects that have sat idle for the last year or two are now a go again. Plus, the oilfield business in Alberta has slowed down a bit so people are looking to the Okanagan for growth.”

Imthorn adds that the project has had about 25 to 30 trades people onsite during peak construction. Most of the trades have been local, except for the artificial turf, which came from Ontario-based World Wide Turf Canada, and the synthetic track, which came from the Langley-based Ocean Marker Sports Surfaces.

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Additionally, the RDNO had to arrange for an archeological assessment to be done on the prospective field to search for any First Nations ancestral finds and for

any unexploded ordnances.

“Fortunately, the assessment didn’t turn up anything unusual,” says Pinkoski.

Work has progressed ever since, with a “soft opening” planned for July 2015 and an official grand opening scheduled for September 2015.

And although it may have taken a tight referendum – the vote was 52 to 48 per cent in favour – the residents of Greater Vernon will soon have a beautiful new, IAAF-certified and regulation-sized facil-

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“I think the people of Greater Vernon are curious,” concludes Pinkoski. “A lot of them haven’t seen an artificial turf before or a rubberized track, for that matter. I think it’s safe to say that the anticipation for the opening of the facility has grown and people are starting to get excited.” u

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New biomass energy plant for B.C. Outside looking northeast.

By Melanie Franner

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he Merritt Green Energy Project will begin providing clean energy to BC Hydro and its customers next year. The project is one of four biomass facilities that together, will produce 754 gigawatt hours (GWh) a year and 104 megawatts (MW) of capacity under BC Hydro’s second phase of the Bioenergy Call for Power, a program designed to

facilitate the acquisition of clean, renewable and cost-effective energy. According to BC Hydro, the “firm energy” produced among the four facilities will be enough to meet the annual electricity needs of about 70,000 homes.

A call to action BC Hydro issued its first Bioenergy Call

Phase 1 in 2007 and its second in 2008.

The Phase 2 request for proposals (RFPs) were launched on May 31, 2010, and focused on larger-scale biomass projects.

The four bioenergy projects that were awarded Electricity Purchase Agreements (EPAs) in August 2011 are located in Chetwynd, Fraser Lake, Fort St. James and Merritt. They will produce electricity using

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during the plant’s 30-year operation. Merritt Green Energy Limited Partnership has also signed an Impact Benefits Agreement

with the Lower Nicola Indian Band, which will provide employment and investment opportunities.

Two is better than one The Merritt Green Energy Project is the second biomass facility being developed in B.C. by Dalkia Canada Inc. and Fengate Capital Management Ltd. Like the sister Fort St. James plant, the partnership’s Merritt facility will have a 40 MW capacity and a “firm energy” of 289 GWh per year.

Between the two B.C. projects, the Dalkia and Fengate partnership will have invested $470 million.

The Merritt facility will sell power under a 30-year electricity purchase to BC Hydro.

Once the Merritt Area Transmission project is completed this fall, BC Hydro will upgrade a portion of the existing transmission line in Merritt to support the Merritt Green Energy Project. According to BC Hydro, three kilometres of the existing 69-kilovolt transmission line, starting at the Merritt Substation and heading west along Voght Street and Highway 8, will be removed and replaced with a 138–kilovolt transmission line.

Commercial operation of the Merritt facility is expected to begin in October 2016.

Once operational, the plant will consume approximately 200,000 tonnes (dry) of biomass fuel annually, which will mainly be sawmill waste sourced from local partners, including Tolko Industries. Dalkia and Fengate suggest that the Merritt plant will generate more than 285,000 MWh of renewable energy – enough to power more than 40,000 homes for a year.

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“We’ve done a number of projects of a similar nature,” he says, citing the KaKamloops-based Acres Enterprises Ltd. mloops-area Q9 data facility, Moly-Cop is one of the major contractors that is alplant expansion and the New Afton Mine ready onsite at the Merritt Green Energy as prime examples. These immense projProject. The company is working closely ects involved massive structural concrete with representatives from the owner and works, significant earthworks, pipelining, engineering procurement construction pilings, water systems and effluent sys(EPC) contractor, which is based out of tems all the way up to architectural finishMadrid, Spain. es. “Over the years, we’ve moved millions “Our scope of work at the moment inof cubic metres of earth, poured thousands cludes earthworks, site utilities, H–piles, of cubic metres of concrete and laid kiloconcrete and miscellaneous metals,” states metre and kilometre of water lines. Our Jason Paige, president, Acres Enterprises. organization is just a really good fit with Paige has had crews onsite since March heavy industry.”

2015, with a peak number of approximateOn the Merritt Green Energy Project, ly 50 staff, including subtrades, to date. in particular, Paige estimates that to date “It’s an unusual project, that’s for sure,” some 60,000 cubic metres of earth have he says. “The entity we’re dealing with is been moved; 450,000 kilograms of re-enfrom Spain so there was a large learning forcing steel installed; 3,000 cubic metres curve at the beginning of the project. CulBranch Manager of concrete poured; and some two kilometural and language barriers were, and conDirect: (250) 870-7209 tres of water line installed. tinue to be, a significant issue. In fact we had to hire a full-time translator in order to A new twist effectively communicate with each other.”

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Paige purchased the company in 2012, after making his way up during a 15-year stint working there.

“Since the purchase, I’ve taken the company into the additional field of industrial work,” he states. “I felt that our extensive experience in the civil and general construction fields gave our clients the best of both of these worlds and would suit the industrial sector really well. Plus, we’re not too large to be bogged down in bureaucracy. And our clients reap the rewards of a fast-acting, multi-disciplined contractor every day.”

This “nimbleness” may already be paying off. According to Paige, the Spanish EPC contractor on the Merritt site has already made note of the fact that Acres Enterprises began work approximately seven months after the Fort St. James project began. And have almost caught up in the construction schedule.

“We’re ahead of schedule at the moment,” says Paige, who admits that he has been up at the other site – at the behest of the Spanish general contractor. “There is a possibility that we’ll have more involvement with that project as well.”

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Out with the old, in with the new Extensive upgrades underway for the Fernie Sewage Treatment Plant

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he Fernie Sewage Treatment Plant is undergoing an extensive but well-deserved renovation and up-

grade.

Since 1990, the Fernie Sewage Treatment Plant has operated as an aerated and facultative lagoon system with rapid infil-

high flow conditions, effluent can be discharged to the river by special permit.

get was short by about $52,000.

The first phase of the project took place

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last year and involved improvements to

higher levels of treatment to the effluent

the river outfall, which is a pipe that leads

directed to the river.

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“Discharging to the river requires a higher level of treatment,” Cockwell explains.

river. The river outfall had to be upgraded because the existing one wasn’t mixing ef-

tration (RI) basins as the primary mode of

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discharge, and a river outfall which was to

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be used for times when high groundwater

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with the river.

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The raw sewage undergoes a treatment process in which the strength of the sewage is degraded, making it weaker and cleaner.

Currently, the sewage treatment plant is on its last phase of upgrades, which started in late April of this year. This part of the renovation focuses on the treatment side of the plant.

“It involves two facilities. There are two buildings: one removes nutrients and the other disinfects the effluent,” Korinek says.

The two buildings are being built, with new treatment methods being put into practice.

The building responsible for removing nutrients is called the Alum Dosing Building. Korinek explains that a chemical is inserted into the stream – where the influent is – that causes phosphorus to settle out.

The second building is called the UV Disinfection Building. This building is responsible for sending the influent through an ultraviolet channel that disinfects it, turning it into effluent, before it goes into the river.

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And that’s exactly how the company has approached the construction industry’s projected skills gap.

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“One of the big benefits of Houle Electric is our ability to retain our staff. There are career development opportunities throughout the organization, options to re-locate to other geographical areas while maintaining employment within the company,” says Wilson, who celebrates 24

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“One of the strengths of our company is that we have multiple service offerings, we’re multi-divisional and we have multiple locations,” he adds. “We recognize our ability to rely on each other. We share clients across B.C., and being in multiple regions we’re able to get exposure to the marketplace.”

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Second phase of Trans-Canada Highway No. 1 improvements begins

By Melanie Franner

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he B.C. government is moving fullspeed ahead on the implementation of its On the Move 10-year plan for improving the province’s transportation network. It has committed $2.5 billion toward fulfilling this plan in the first three years. The two-phase Pritchard to Hoffman’s Bluff project is part of the B.C. government’s commitment to invest $650 million over 10 years into Highway 1 between Kamloops and the Alberta border.

A two-phase approach Phase 1 of the project saw approximately 2.8 kilometres of Highway 1 expanded into four lanes and a new intersection at Stoney Flats Road. The work was completed in June 2015 at a cost of $19.3 million. The total cost of the Pritchard to Hoffman’s Bluff project is $61.6 million. The Govern-

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ment of Canada is contributing a maximum of $26.9 million, while the provincial government will invest $34.7 million.

Phase 2 will involve the re-alignment and widening of the remaining 3.1 kilometres of Highway 1 from Pritchard to Hoffman’s Bluff from two lanes to four lanes. It will also include a 2.6-metre-wide median with concrete barrier. Work is expected to be completed by October 2016.

“Our government is pleased to see progress on the continuation of twinning of Highway 1, which will have long-lasting benefits for the communities and businesses along this heavily used highway,” states Cathy McLeod, parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Labour and for Western Economic Diversification, and member of Parliament for KamloopsThomson-Cariboo. “These improvements will also reduce collisions and will make

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driving safer for everyone in the region.”

Local contractor wins bid Phase 2 of the Pritchard to Hoffman’s Bluff project was awarded to Kelownabased Emil Anderson Construction (EAC) Inc. in January 2015. The company officially began work on the $23.4-million contract in April.

“We’ve worked with the Ministry of Transportation on many other projects in the past so we have a very good relationship with them,” stated Bill Swaine, senior project manager, EAC. “This is a significant project for the company and one in which we’re proud to be working on.”

The 3.1 kilometres involved in Phase 2 of the project is located approximately 44 kilometres east of Kamloops and 13 kilometres west of Chase. The highway is within

The four-laning of Highway 1 between Kamloops and the Alberta border is expected to create 3,000 direct jobs over the duration of the 10-year program.

Work is now underway on two projects that will improve safety on the TransCanada Highway east of Kamloops. The governments of Canada and B.C. are investing $110.6 million to improve Highway 1 between Monte Creek and Hoffman’s Bluff. (Pictured here: Twinning of Highway 1 at Monte Creek, east of Kamloops.)

the traditional territory of four different First Nations groups: the Neskonlith Indian Band, the Splatsin First Nation, the Little Shuswap Lake Indian Band and the Adams Lake Indian Band.

“About a third of the project involves Indian Reserve Land,” notes Swaine. “We’ve worked with these same First Nations groups in the past and have already hired some of the band members to work on the project with us.”

Swaine estimates that approximately 20 per cent of the current workforce on the job is comprised of First Nations people.

He says that percentage may increase as the project progresses.

In addition to working with the First Nations people, EAC also has to be mindful of specially designated First Nations cultural areas.

“There are two significant Indian Band cultural areas that are located within the

project scope,” says Swaine, who cites these two areas as the “Rat Cave” and “Coyote Marker” – both of the Neskonlith Indian Band. “The cultural areas are reasonably small in nature but they have high significance for the Neskonlith Indian Band, so we will be taking additional measures to protect them.”

These additional measures include more stringent controlled blasting to minimize ground vibration, as well as additional

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support of the Coyote Marker monument during the blasting itself.

Recognition of the First Nations cultural areas and archeological monuments is a critical component of the project – for all parties involved.

“The Neskonlith Indian Band supports the safety improvements that these highway projects will bring,” states Chief Judy Wilson, Neskonlith Indian Band. “We are pleased with the work in developing a protocol for ancestral remain finds with government, and are encouraged by the direct involvement the Neskonlith community has had with the archeological works.”

Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Todd Stone also recognizes the buy-in required by all parties to make this project a successful partnership.

“By working with the First Nations communities along this section of the TransCanada Highway, we continue to make it safer and more reliable for all travelers and for those who live along the corridor, as well as help to ensure that goods can

get to market on this extremely important trade route,” he states.

Work in progress The 3.1 kilometres of road work involved in Phase 2 of the Pritchard to Hoffman’s Bluff project may appear relatively short but it’s work that will include challenging terrain.

“There are a lot of high rock cuts involved because the work will take place right adjacent to the CPR mainline track and to the Trans-Canada Highway,” states Swaine. “As a result, we have to ensure very precise and controlled blasting.”

Because of the proximity to the TransCanada Highway and to CPR’s mainline track, EAC will also have to implement a fairly strict road closure regime.

“We will have to have road closures during the blasting,” he says, adding that additional safety measures will also have to be implemented.

Swaine suggests that the initial earthwork/excavation part of the project will require some three or four months to com-

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plete. The rock excavation will take another eight months. Wall construction and gravel crushing will be another two and three months, respectively. Throughout all of the this, EAC will be installing drainage and culverts as required. Asphalt paving is expected to take about one month. The installation of road barriers will be another month, and then there is the sign installation and lane painting. All in all, there will be an intensive amount of work to be completed by the October 2016 deadline.

“We will have a whole assortment of workers and equipment coming on and off site throughout the duration of the project,” adds Swaine, who cites some of the potential crew members ranging from drillers to truck drivers to excavator and bull dozer operators to scraper operators and asphalt labourers.

“We will also have a few trainees along as well, which is customary for EAC projects.”

A safer route Once complete, Phase 2 of the Pritchard to Hoffman’s Bluff project will add 3.1 kilometres of four-lane highway resulting in 16 kilometres of new four-laning along Highway 1 from Kamloops to Chase (as a result of both the Pritchard to Hoffman’s Bluff project and the Monte Creek to Pritchard project).

At a total cost of $61.6 million for Pritchard to Hoffman’s Bluff and $49 million for Monte Creek to Pritchard, the 16 kilometres will provide a safer route for the transportation of goods, services and people.

“This work is part of our government’s commitment to improve the safety and reliability of the Trans-Canada Highway between Kamloops and the Alberta border,” states Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Todd Stone. “Not only are these projects important for the safety improvements they make, they’re important for the jobs they create.”

The four-laning of Highway 1 between Kamloops and the Alberta border is expected to create 3,000 direct jobs over the duration of the 10-year program. Although this “bigger picture” update of the B.C. government’s transportation network remains a work in progress, local residents, truckers and commuters along the 16 initial kilometres being worked upon will be realizing the benefits of a safer transportation route as early as October 2016. u

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These sections of Highway 6 and Mabel Lake Road will undergo asphalt re-surfacing during the summer of 2015.

“The reasons we’re doing the asphalt re-surfacing is because the road surface is showing signs of distress,” states Helen Evans, project manager, B.C. Ministry of Transportation. “There is evidence of cracking, potholes and rutting.”

The contract will involve the equivalent of 151.5 lane kilometres and will come at a cost of $8.9 million.

“We awarded the contract to Peter Bros.

Construction on May 4, 2015,” adds Evans.

“They are a frequent bidder on our projects and often win out with the low bid.

We have worked with them many times before and have a good rapport with the company.”

Detail description The asphalt paving project is broken down into three distinct segments. The first area of segment one concerns the area of Highway 6 that begins just outside of Lumby and goes for approximately 17 kilometres (km) to Ricardo Road. This section will see a 50-millimetre (mm) mill and fill along the route. The road is one

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well-travelled by commuters heading into Vernon. Daily traffic averages 4,800 near Lumby and increases to 13,000 vehicles nearing Ricardo Rd. Section two of the first segment starts from the base of Mine Creek Hill and runs intermittently for approximately 34.5 km to Gibson Road. This area of highway sees an average of 2,400 vehicular trips per day. The 34.5-km stretch will undergo intermittent milling/bottom lift and an intermittent level course/overlay of 37.5 mm.

“Highway 6 is an important link between West Kootenays and the Okanagan,” states Evans. “The resurfacing work here will provide safer driving conditions for the traveling public and commercial users.”

The second segment of the project involves the area of Mabel Lake Road that starts at the Lumby municipal boundary and travels approximately 32 km. This area of road will see intermittent level course and a 37.5-mm overlay.

“Mabel Lake Provincial Park is a popular camping destination,” states Evans. “Improvements to the Mabel Lake Road will make the trip more enjoyable for tourists.”

The third and final segment of the project is located within the Village of Lumby itself and will involve the resurfacing of 250 metres on Shuswap Avenue South.

“We knew we were going to be working in the area of Lumby so we thought we

would extend an offer to the Village to see if they had any areas of pressing concern that we could address while there,” states Evans. “It turns out that they did have some work to be done. The Village of Lumby will be paying for their share of the work, but it will obviously be less than usual because we will already have a presence there.”

Work in progress Peter Bros. Construction will undertake all three segments of the asphalt re-surfacing work.

“We typically work with the Ministry on several projects each year,” states Rick Selles, project manager, Peter Bros. Construction, who adds that this one in particular is a little larger than most. “We are familiar

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According to Selles, the asphalt repaving project will keep the company’s entire “southern” crew busy for the duration of the summer. The company typically runs a crew south of Prince George and one north of Prince George.

“We’ll approach the project by breaking it down into different phases,” he says, adding that the current plan is to start with the Lumby to Vernon section before tackling the Lumby to Mabel Lake Road, and then the Lumby to Cherryville section. “We’ll have a paving and support crew of about 11 to 12 people onsite, not including the asphalt plant and pit guys.”

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Selles also adds that the work will require that traffic be reduced to single lanes during all phases of the re-surfacing.

“The section of the Highway 6 from Lumby to Vernon is designated night-work only,” he adds. “This section has the highest traffic volume, so we’re going to try to reduce congestion by restricting our work to nighttime only. It does, however, raise other issues such as visibility.”

Although traffic volumes tend to pose the biggest hurdles on repaving projects, Selles adds that local residents may present another challenge on this project in particular.

“Unfortunately, when you go on full out for the entire summer, local residents can get a bit impatient,” he says. “When you add nighttime work into the mix, it can complicate things because it means heavy trucks are going to be going up and down the road during the night. There might be some additional noise and disruption for the residents.”

Although Selles adds that he has typically found tourists – like those who will

be flocking to Mabel Lake Provincial Park this summer – to be a bit more patient, he admits that the company has altered its work times on past projects to help mitigate any potential traffic congestion situation.

The company began working on the asphalt repaving project in May of 2015.

Completion is scheduled for September 25, 2015.

Paving started mid-July and is anticipated to run through to the latter part of September. “The contract calls for a late September completion date. Unfortunately, it’s a limited construction season,” he says.

Bringing experience to the table Despite a limited construction season, Peter Bros. Construction may find that they have an important advantage on their side, namely the company’s previous work with the Ministry of Transportation.

“I think our previous experience with the Ministry will prove beneficial on this project,” states Selles. “Everyone already understands the specifications and require-

ments. Even the crews know what is expected of them. If the Ministry approaches us and changes something along the way, we have the experience of the past to all work together to come to a resolution.”

Selles adds that a couple of the crew working on the project actually live in the area of road improvements and are excited about the project.

“These guys are very happy that the work is being done,” he says. “Yes, there is going to be some inconvenience upfront but hopefully everybody understands that there will be good results in the end.”

With a peak workforce of more than 100 people, Peter Bros. Construction has got a lot of experience in numbers. According to Selles, a lot of employees have been working there for more than 20 years.

“Things like this can really make a difference,” he says. “Especially on projects of this size. Having a crew with the experience and know-how is going to make a world of difference. It’s going to make it a lot easier for things to run smoothly, that’s for sure.” u

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Secure-Rite Mobile Storage rents, sells and modifies shipping containers for several uses: jobsite office spaces and storage units for tools, as well as modified washroom containers, lunchroom containers and first-aid stations, to name a few.

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rom portable offices to tool and supply sheds, Secure-Rite Mobile Storage Inc. cares about providing functional workspaces and secure onsite storage.

The 10-year-old company is owned and operated by Lucas Griffin and serves Western Canada from its four locations in Kelowna, Vernon, Penticton, and Calgary.

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modifies shipping containers for several uses. In addition to jobsite office spaces and storage units for tools, the containers can also be modified into washroom containers, lunchroom containers and first-aid stations, to name a few. Secure-Rite Containers are repurposed steel shipping containers that are strong, weather-tight, and secure.

“On the resale side, we sell new and

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used containers,” Griffin explains. “The used units have worked hard on the ocean for 10 to 14 years. When their ocean-life is over, they make really good storage containers for businesses, farms, construction sites, and many other locations.”

Griffin says many companies rent Secure-Rite Containers for jobsite storage to protect tools, supplies and equipment.

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weather-proof so they work really well for anything that needs to be out of the elements and protected,” Griffin elaborates.

Griffin believes having a storage container at a jobsite is also financially beneficial.

“The worst thing, for a contractor, is to show up to a site and find his tools stolen,” Griffin says. “He’s got guys standing around with no tools to do the work at hand. This will cost the contractor wages, time and money, in addition to the replacement costs of the tools. We feel that a storage container on site, protecting contents, actually creates efficiency and saves

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“They work really well on a jobsite,” Griffin adds. “Secure-Rite office containers are comfortable, quick to set up, extremely durable, easy to move, and offer ground level entry.”

Griffin also mentions that he’s been noticing that project footprints in big cities are often quite small, making traditional offices a cumbersome presence.

“What we’ve done recently is we’ve created a container walkway. It sits on the sidewalk just outside the worksite, so pedestrians can walk through the container and pass the site in safety,” Griffin explains.

“Often, we place office containers on top

of these walkway containers, and the offices are accessible only from the jobsite.

This combination of custom containers creates an efficient worksite while protecting the nearby general public.”

The storage-container company hit its 10-year mark this past March, and Griffin is excited for the future as he sees many possibilities for growth in his industry.

“On the modified container side of things, we believe the sky is the limit, and we’re going to see more and more complex container buildings in the future,” says Griffin.

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and training centres are built out of containers—and that’s only the beginning.

Griffin started Secure-Rite Mobile Storage Inc. in March of 2005, with a bachelor’s degree in business administration in one hand and a passion for commerce in the other. Griffin says he always wanted to have his own business, but he was simply waiting for the right idea at the right time. At the end of 2004, he was researching the selfstorage industry but was discouraged after realizing he needed a large amount of capital to get that idea off the ground.

However, when he came across the idea of mobile storage, he knew he had found his calling.

“It fit with my blue-collar background, my marketing experience and my logistics expertise,” Griffin says. “It was one of those things I realized was a great fit in multiple ways.”

Griffin developed a business plan, quit his previous job and put all his effort into this business.

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10% of his salary as a bonus each year for

is letting an employee go. (But please note,

the last five years on average. In addition,

most interest and comments that day was

I am not talking about a unionized work

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the brief section I had included on employ-

environment – different rules apply there).

tal benefits that are worth approximately

ment law. Based on the questions, it seems

Let’s take an example. Imagine Joe is

$200 per month, as well as the use of a

that there is one major area of misconcep-

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company vehicle. Now, you feel that it is

tion among both employers and employ-

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don’t have cause to terminate him without notice.

So, how much severance is Joe entitled to?

A) 8 weeks’ salary (the maximum under the Employment Standards Act) = approximately $20,000; or B) 24 months’ salary plus compensation for all lost benefits, including loss of bonus for two years and loss of vehicle = approximately $280,000?

To many people’s surprise, a court is far more likely to find the answer to be (B). As former Supreme Court of Canada Justice Iacobucci said in the case of Machtinger v.

HOJ Industries Ltd. [1992] 1 SCR 986: “It is also clear… that the minimum notice periods set out in the Act do not operate to displace the presumption at common law of reasonable notice.”

An oft-quoted rule of thumb is that an employee is entitled to one-month notice per year worked; although naturally there are other factors that come into play. This means that as employers, you should be

very careful about terminating long-term employees. It pays to get legal advice before doing this, as there may be ways to minimize your liability, such as providing working notice or even salary continuance, rather than having to make one lump sum payment. However, perhaps the top tip for employers is to prevent this scenario before it ever arises. The best way to do that is to get a written contract with your employees at the time of hire that sets out your maximum liability in the event you have to dismiss the employee without cause at a later date.

It amazes me how few employers take this simple step to protect themselves.

Courts will generally uphold these contracts and limit the amount of severance to that set out in the contract, provided you have at least met the amount required under the Employment Standards Act. As Justice Lysyk stated in the case of Suleman v.

BC Research Council [1989] 38 BCLR (2d) 208 (BCSC): “An employer who wishes to guard against

being called upon to give any more notice or severance pay than legislation demands can readily draw a contractual clause which, in effect, converts the statutory floor into a ceiling.”

Simply put, as the employer you have the opportunity to make the answer (A) at the time of hiring, but by doing nothing and having a contract that is silent on severance, you make the answer (B) at the time of firing. So if I had one top tip for employers, it is to make sure that you get written employment contracts with your new hires, and make sure those contracts have been prepared, or at least reviewed, by a lawyer with expertise in employment law.

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Holdback accounts Builders Lien Act, SBC 1997, c. 45

By Kent Burnham, Nixon Wenger LLP

T

he Builders Lien Act requires that a holdback be established for the person primarily liable on each

ployed to determine the value of the work

Those invoices should be paid in full when

done, the holdback would only need to be

presented. Paying them does not erode

increased if the value of the work exceeded

protection of the holdback vis-a-vis the

subcontract under which a lien may arise.

payment and payment for that work was

other lien holders.

Strict compliance with the Act would re-

not to be forthcoming for some time, or if

No holdback is required if the work is

quire that where there are multiple sub-

the work had ceased and invoicing was de-

being done for a government corporation

contractors, multiple holdback accounts

layed for some reason.

or other pubic body. Further, no holdback is

be set up. Practically speaking, this is

The holdback account should be estab-

rarely done. Where a General Contractor

lished at a savings institution and gener-

is employed by the Owner, a single hold-

ally the Owner and General Contractor are

back account is generally established and

administrators on the account. However,

administered by the Owner and General

should there be conflicts, Section 5(3) of

Section 6 of the Act sets out a prohibi-

Contractor. Subcontractors who hire sub-

the Builders Lien Act, permits an adminis-

tion against using the holdback to repair

subcontractors are well advised to set up

trator to apply to the Court to have an ad-

deficiencies or to complete works that

their own holdback account.

ministrator removed; to discharge liens; or

have been abandoned, or a contract has

to have the holdback administered by the

been terminated. The prohibition does not

Owner exclusively.

come with any penalties, however, and as a

The amount required to be retained in the holdback is the greater of the 10% of the value of the work and materials or 10% of the value of the amount paid.

improvement is less than $100,000.

Use of holdback funds

practical matter, owners will almost never

Holdback exceptions

Again, as a general rule, it is easier to re-

Important points to note include that

tain based on the amounts paid. In circum-

there is no holdback retained from a work-

stances where quantity surveyors are em-

er, material supplier, architect, or engineer.

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pay out the holdback when they have substantial claims for deficiencies or work that is left undone.

Payments made from the holdback ac-

count to rectify deficiencies or complete work left undone do not reduce the liability under the holdback. However, a contract that is partially unfulfilled or inadequately or improperly completed, may result in damages to the Owner and those damages will be set off as against any amounts that may have been due under the contract including the holdback.

Rights to information A Contractor’s rights include knowing details and location of the holdback, its balance, and if the Owner fails to comply in maintaining a holdback or fails to provide that information, the General Contractor can suspend operation for so long as the default continues.

Consequences of failing to maintain holdback The most significant impact failing to retain a holdback has, is on the Owner. An Owner is personally liable for the holdback even if they have paid out the entire contract price. Liens by unpaid subcontractors that remain undischarged even after the General Contractor has been paid in full, create an additional burden to the Owner.

Contractors who do not properly establish and administer holdback accounts can be held personally liable as well. Since all funds paid by an Owner to a General Contractor are impressed with a trust in favour

of subcontractors, workers and material suppliers on the project, holdback funds that are not set aside or retained potentially become part of a breach of trust claim.

Payment out of holdback The holdback is to be paid out 55 days after a contract has been completed, abandoned or a Certificate of Completion has been issued.

Section 1(2) states that an improvement is completed when the improvement or a substantial part of it is ready for use or is being used for its intended purpose.

For strata property, it is completed no later than the date the strata lot is first occupied.

Abandonment occurs when the work has been done on a project for a period of 30 days unless the cessation of work was caused by a strike, lockout, sickness, weather, holidays, Court Order, or shortage of materials. It is worthy of note that a project is not considered abandoned until after the 30 days, therefore, the holdback would be 85 days after the last work was done on an abandoned project.

Substantial completion is achieved when the cost to complete is less than 3% of the first $500,000 of the contract; 2% of the next $500,000 of the contract; and 1% of the balance.

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days after completion, there are no penalties for failure to pay out. As a result, owners often will not pay out if there is any dispute with respect to deficiencies or for incomplete work.

Unless the amount involved is significant, the best course is to rectify the deficiencies and get the money. That said, a Court application can always be made to order the Owner to pay out the holdback because the language of the Act is mandatory. Unfortunately, unless the amount involved is significant, it is not economically practical to pursue the remedy through the Courts.

If you have holdback questions, are concerned about liens, or contractual rights arising under a project, seek legal advice before it becomes a crisis. Counsel can often negotiate and navigate difficult circumstances without escalating matters, thereby avoiding significant expense and delay. u Kent Burnham is a partner at Nixon Wenger LLP and is the head of the Civil Litigation practice group. Kent practices a wide range of civil litigation with an emphasis on construction, contract, employment and land disputes, and has appeared in every level of court in the Province of British Columbia.

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Pin vs plated trusses: The devil is in the details

By Wilson Antoniuk, P.E.

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or an architect or engineer, the saying “The devil is in the details,” plays out to be true for every structural design. Each component of the building needs to work together to benefit the overall purpose of the structure. This article will help you explore one aspect of those devilish details in light commercial roof construction.

One of the first important questions a designer needs to answer is, “What structural members are my best choice for the

type of roof shape and spans I need to consider?”

When wood is the chosen material, two types of wood trusses typically come to the forefront: metal pin connection and metal plate connection. Pin-connected trusses are constructed of wood chords, tubular steel webs, and pinned connections. These trusses are commonly used in offices, schools, banks, and retail structures. Metal plate-connected wood trusses are typi-

cally manufactured with solid sawn wood chords and webs with metal plates that fasten the wood members together. These are typically used as roof framing in residential construction along with light commercial construction.

To better understand the “details” of these two product options, the following is a side-by-side comparison of the engineering considerations needed when specifying one or the other.

Pin-Connected Trusses Plate-Connected Trusses High grade metal pins connect 45 ksi minimum yield strength steel webbing with wood chords (see diagram on page 77).

Light gauge metal plates with teeth fasten lumber members together (see photos on page 77).

Lumber is high grade (2100F-1.8E to 2850F-2.3E) machine stress rated lumber. Some products are available with EWP chords such as LVL.

Lumber varies from lesser grades (#2 or #3 visually graded) to higher grades (Select Structural, #1 visually graded machine stress rated, or EWP).

Top and bottom chords may be continuous pieces (for EWP chords) or have glued finger-joints.

Chord material is butted and connected by a metal plate.

Pin connection: True pinned truss connections allow for rotation during – and recovery from – severe deflections.

Plate connection: A fixed moment connection with limited joint rotation.

Spacing of members may range from 24” o.c. to 48” o.c.

Spacing usually limited to 24” o.c.

Bridging – capable of load sharing – is attached via clips or straps at pin locations, with the fasteners loaded in shear rather than withdrawal.

Bridging connected with nails at bottom chords.

Integral bearing clips provide vertical and lateral load transfer and resist wind uplift. Trusses typically bear on the top chord for easier/safer installation, but may bear on the bottom chord if a project requires it.

Bearing hardware is not integrated and relies on field installers. Most commonly, plated trusses bear on the bottom chord and have a simple, nailed connection.

Manufacturers custom-design and custom-detail trusses as part of a structural system, including installation bracing, blocking, bearing requirements, bridging, and consideration for wind uplift and lateral loads. Manufacturers supply placement drawings and details.

Standard industry details for product installation. Engineer of Record responsible for all aspects of product and system performance (i.e. designing uplift restraint and permanent system bracing.) Third-party engineer may stamp calculations but may not see structural plans.

Trusses available with camber per application requirements.

Rarely manufactured with camber. Long-term creep is another responsibility of the Engineer of Record.

Light weight per load carrying capacity.

Longer spans involve more lumber and create a heavier product.

Third-party inspection of product with consistent Quality Assurance procedures as proven with manufacturer-specific code reports such as ICC-ESR.

The industry uses voluntary standards such as ANSI TPI-1 (2014) to maintain quality.

National manufacturers; consistent quality. May be sold customerdirect or through distributors, depending on market.

Local manufacturers mean local availability, but variable quality.

Lumber dealers may manufacture their own plated trusses; distribution channels vary by market.

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In addition to the engineering considerations of pin versus plate trusses, the two

truss options each have their own application strengths. Based on the design needs

of the structure, one truss might be better suited than the other:

Pin-Connected Trusses Plate-Connected Trusses Long-span capability up to 100 feet.

Span capability is more limited. 30 feet is optimal, but may be designed for 60 feet or more, in pitched profiles.

Many profiles are possible. Well suited for parallel chord trusses, as well as unusual profiles such as bowstring, barrel, and scissor profiles.

Best suited for pitched profiles of 3:12 or steeper.

Provides design flexibility needed for complex commercial construction. A good choice for roof structures with hips and valleys. Not usually May be considered aesthetically pleasing when left exposed. considered for exposed applications.

The most economical option for complicated profiles and long spans.

The most economical solution for simple profiles and short spans.

Example of pin connections through solid sawn lumber. Two pin sizes represented.

Example of a metal plate-connected truss.

Teeth of a metal plate for wood trusses.

Photo credit: Truss Plate Institute

Photo credit: Truss Plate Institute

A sample of pins used in pinconnected trusses: (top to bottom) 1.25”, 1.0”, 0.75”, 5/8”, 3/8”, 1/2” and 3/8”. Photo credit: RedBuilt

Photo credit: RedBuilt

Blocking Example diagram of pin-connected truss.

Isometric provided by RedBuilt

Chord extension or outriggers, optional

Pinned connection Chords from EWP or MSR lumber

Strut bracing

Bridging at bottom pin locations

Webs from steel tubing

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Beyond the engineering considerations

The spectrum spans from a simple turn-

ences. It is the responsibility of the specifier

and design specifications, what else is im-

key order, to design assistance, all the way

to thoroughly understand “the devil in the

portant? How about a product warranty?

through to field review upon installation.

details” and ultimately provide the owner

Even when purchasing a car, mobile phone,

The right product manufacturer can greatly

with the best solution. u

or even a crockpot, these items come with

aid architects and engineers in determin-

some form of product warranty. When specifying wood trusses for a structure –

ing the best product choices based on the

About the author:

structural design needs, to ensure a safe

From Boise, Idaho, Wilson Antoniuk is a

a building that ensures the safety of the

and economical design.

technical representative with RedBuilt™ LLC, and has 15 years of experience in

people within – it seems critical to under-

Modern, light commercial structures are

stand and expect a product warranty. Ev-

complicated. They require the diligence

commercial construction. RedBuilt is a leading

ery manufacturer offers varying degrees of

of architects and engineers to understand

manufacturer of engineered wood products

warranties that can be requested if it is not

their unique features, including which roof

for commercial and multi-family construction.

immediately provided.

and floor trusses will best serve the build-

Products include RedBuilt™ open-web trusses,

Furthermore, manufacturers also pro-

ing. When comparing the pin versus plated

Red-I™ joists, and RedLam™ LVL beams. For

vide different levels of product support.

truss options, there are quite a few differ-

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5 ways your accountant can support you in a strong real estate market

By John Diduch, Crowe MacKay LLP

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down times clients ask for help to wind down and simplify their corporate structure. When the market is poor it seems that simplicity, administrative ease and cost reduction trump tax planning. When the market is strong, however, they look for innovative and tax efficient structures that will work for them and their investors.

So, what sort of structures best serve an active market?

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There are also recent rules in place regarding deferred year ends of joint ventures, when its year end is different than that of the venturer’s year end. Using a joint venture for larger projects can also help in potential avoidance of large corporation tax issues.

2. Sole purpose corporations. Using a new company created solely for the project at hand, assists in keeping the administration and eventual conclusion of the project clean and less integrated into a developer’s other business activities. A new sole purpose corporation may limit the liability of the developer to only the

current project as well as limit creditor financing guarantees. This can facilitate the financing for a project and also allow for the effective administration allowing transparency to those providing the financing. The project can be wrapped up neatly as the last unit in the project sells.

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Making light work with heavy equipment

By Emily Pike

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Aboriginal students enrolled in Heavy Equipment Operator (HEO) Program meeting B.C. apprenticeship requirements.

The program was developed in partnership by SICA, Velocity Training Canada, and the provincial government.

n an age where ‘hitting the ground running’ can mean all the difference in the world, the Southern Interior Construction Association (SICA) and Velocity Training Canada have partnered to train the best heavy equipment operators possible, in the shortest amount of time – meaning gainful employment for students and a shorter transition period for employers.

“We’re different because we’re the only ones that are onsite, project-based, and

community-based, using a program that starts and ends where employment outcomes are the primary function,” says Barbara Bonnough, general manager of Velocity Training Canada Inc. British Columbia’s labour market outlook projects that there will be one-million job openings by 2022 and heavy equipment operators are one of the top 15 indemand trade occupations, at number 14. While part of the unemployment rate

Green students perform basic operational tasks and control familiarization.

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is due to the retiring baby-boomers, an increasingly large number of unemployed youth are quickly contributing to the country’s workforce crisis.

Targeting Aboriginal youth, who have higher unemployment rates in British Columbia than youth in other demographics, SICA and Velocity Training Canada Inc. have partnered with the provincial government to do something drastic and effective: train unemployed First Nations people

Students rebuilding an onsite service road.

Statistics from B.C.’s Ministry of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training estimate the capital cost value of proposed projects in the province at $285 billion, with $80 billion in projects already under construction as of December 2014. Of the million B.C. job openings expected by 2022, 44 per cent will be in the trades and technical occupations.

Barbara Bonnough, general manager of Velocity Training Canada Inc., at the Splatsin community training program.

(L to R) Shawn Bonnough, business development manager for Velocity Training Canada, and MLA Greg Kyllo.

in heavy-equipment operation, while giving them other essential job skills that make them highly sought-after employees.

employment?”

Statistics from B.C.’s Ministry of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training estimate the

The province is contributing nearly $1.4

capital cost value of proposed projects in

million toward this training project under

the province at $285 billion, with $80 bil-

a Community and Employer Partnership,

lion in projects already under construction

which provides support to people who are

as of December 2014. Of the million B.C.

struggling to gain a foothold in the job mar-

job openings expected by 2022, 44 per

ket.

cent will be in the trades and technical oc-

Bonnough shares what the future of em-

cupations. Bonnough wants to see more

ployment in B.C., and ultimately Canada,

people getting educated in ways that help

holds as the country’s demographic shifts.

them now, not after four years of educa-

“With the baby-boomers retiring faster

tion.

than they can be replaced, the lack of

“It’s about skilled labour training that is

workers is threatening projects,” Bonnough

industry-driven and proven to be effective,”

says. “If the local demographic isn’t trained

she says. “Our specially designed program

to do the required work, provinces will need

graduates students in twelve short weeks

to go elsewhere to get skilled labour.”

and almost guarantees them a job any-

Outsourcing labour to fill the gaps would

where in the world.”

undoubtedly create an outcry when so many are unemployed. Bonnough ques-

More than just equipment training

tions, “How can we hire locally unless we

Aboriginal youth are the fastest growing

have short, effective training that leads to

demographic in the province and Aborigi-

Student Teresa’s speech at the press conference hits home for many workers; the single mother stated to the crowd, “I will no longer be a slave to minimum wage.” Looking on is local Splatsin First Nation Chief Wayne Christian whose land was host to the training, and whose son is currently enrolled in the program.

nal communities are filled with potential workers who need opportunities like SICA’s Heavy Equipment Operator (HEO) Program to give them a start. The program, which incorporates the Industry Training Authority’s (ITA) Road Builders Foundation course, is doing more than just training on heavy equipment.

Clifford Kshyk, vice-president of operations at SICA, talks about how job readiness and construction safety certifications are taught as well.

“We include employability as part of the program, which helps to eliminate some of the barriers to getting work afterwards,” he says. “We want them to be job-ready when they graduate.”

A structured day, including a punchclock, helps to teach what employers find important.

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Starting the day at the Enderby training site after a snowfall.

like a job and they show up to work. If they miss three days, they’re dismissed from the program, just like they would be on a jobsite.”

it with green students and doing it absolutely free to the community, through our partner, SICA, and through provincial government funding.”

this program, as the needs of both the em-

Helping communities help themselves

Employee and employer satisfaction

“Splatsin really appreciates this pro-

An extra 150 hours of hands-on training, authorized by the Industry Training Authority gives students extra experience and makes them more valuable to employers – they’ve had a lot of hands-on experience and they aren’t as big of a liability as new employees.

Bonnough explains the benefits to both employer and employee. “The employer gets an employee that’s not in the way, and the new employee doesn’t have to move up from a rake and a shovel – they can get right on a machine and move safely and efficiently and work on the jobsite,” she says.

“They won’t be seasoned, but they will be safe and efficient.”

Sheldon Jones, a participant in the previous course and a part of the Splatsin First Nations, is one of many success stories. Brand new to the construction industry, Jones got a job offer from Doug Webb Contracting (one of the contractors) through the course and has been working for four months now.

He shares his reasons for taking the program. “I chose to take the Heavy Equipment Operator Program for two reasons: I wanted something new in my life and I thought a career in the construction industry would be right for me, and because operating machinery seemed like the right path to take,” he says. “It seems I made the right choice!”

Job satisfaction is inevitable through

gram operating in our community, as it

ployer and the employee are considered.

Wunuxtsin Christian, Kukpi7 (Chief) of Splatsin First Nations expresses his gratitude.

Velocity Training uses people in the communities and makes them educators, leaving a valuable training resource in the community. And while some courses would provide hands-on training by, for example, moving rocks from one side of the road to the other, this program goes to where the work is needed and jumpstarts a project that can lead to future employment and economic viability for the community as a whole – and all at zero cost to the community, thanks to government funding.

SICA’s Kshyk explains, “We approach a First Nations’ community and ask them what they have economically, socially and environmentally that we can develop through our training program, and if training-to-employment is a good fit.”

For Splatsin First Nation, building roads and creating drainage helped to give them access to a gravel pit that they could then develop and start to sell.

Splatsin First Nations is one of three communities taking part in this current initiative, which is training a total of 50 trainees. In August the course is taking place in the Vernon area with the Okanagan Indian Band and then in November with the Westbank First Nation in the West Kelowna area.

Bonnough, who has done this in other communities across Canada, shares the plan for other First Nations’ gravel pits.

“Making gravel, improving roads, doing

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not only trains people with theory, it also gives hands-on skills with the equipment and design of infrastructure projects,” he says. “The benefit will be skilled workers and actual work done on our infrastructure.

“Everything I have heard from the participants about the program is that it is good to be exposed to hands-on learning versus just a classroom setting. I would recommend this program to any community to get people trained and working.”

How employers can help The program is there, the funding is there for the asking, but employers are needed to complete the cycle. This revolutionary program only works if the graduates get hired when the course completes.

Kshyk appeals, “We have been very fortunate to have some employers who have become partners in employing these individuals, and that is a very crucial element to our success as a program. We couldn’t have success without those employers.”

Bonnough knows that employers are the key. “We need industry involvement in this. If they can step into it and give somebody a shot – hire someone or donate a piece of equipment, a screener or grater for the roads – it will make the difference between success and failure.” u

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Not yet convinced? Here are 15 more statistics (some truly gob-smacking) I’ve gathered to make my point about social – ergo mobile – recruiting: • 60% of North Americans use a smart phone • 1-billion job searches are done per month on a mobile phone • 9 in 12 job seekers say they will use their mobile device to job search in the next 12 months • 10% of job board visitors do so using a mobile device, and they spend four times longer reading the ad than non-mobile visitors • 72% of website viewers do so using a mobile device • 64% use mobile devices to browse career, social and professional websites • 45% apply for jobs using mobile devices • 61% of social media visitors and 95% of social media applicants arrive in the first seven days • 33% of job views come from a mobile device • 23% of job applications come from a mobile device • 58% of job applicants come from social media versus website • 81% of youth say they’d rather spend their last $10 on their phone than on food (Are we surprised?)

• 60% of youth sleep with their mobile phone • 72% use a mobile device while in the office • 350-million mobile Facebook users are twice as engaged as regular users

• T here are 200 million YouTube views on mobile devices every day And now, drum roll, here are my Top 5 Do’s for making the most out of your social media/mobile recruiting campaigns: 1) Slow down to speed things up. Use data to target the right job seekers. Take some time to research most likely geography, key words, behaviours, technologies and online activities to help you hone your ad and target your ideal candidates.

2) Info-tain! When you see that jobs are being viewed but there is little uptake, it’s time to re-script your message. Personalize your message to be sure your brand is clearly conveyed and that you are speaking the same language as the audience you want to hire. Put other employees on video (ideally those who typify the demographic and cultural fit you’re after) to share their story and experiences around working for your company.

3) Engagement trumps click-throughs. Don’t get caught up in counting click-through rates, as they are only telling one part of the story. Click-throughs generate traffic, but these numbers don’t translate to engagement. Relevant content is what engages users. Develop not just your ad, but your ongoing follow-up conversations, using the same target data above. Then, even if you can’t hire them all, you will keep them on the “I’m interested in future” warming tray for the next time you’re hiring.

4) Test, test, and test again. Are your career page and website

truly mobile responsive? With 1/3 of career site traffic coming from mobile, job seekers will want to experience the same across all their devices – desktop, tablet, phone – and it needs to be fast, clear and extremely user-friendly. Getting there poses a whole new set of challenges for traditional website designers who aren’t keeping up (and lots of them aren’t). So be sure to test your site regularly on iPhones, smart phones and a variety of tablets to ensure you’re not missing out on any of these mobile prospects.

5) E ngage with individuals. Social media isn’t just about broadcasting to reach the highest number of people as frequently as possible, although it certainly can look that way. It’s about having two-way conversations. This means responding to and messaging with people individually, and keeping those conversations going.

Social media recruiting takes far more time and effort than most people realize. You don’t have to do it all, but incorporating just one or two of these tips will give you pay-offs well worth the investment of your time and money. u Barbara Ashton is a leading executive search consultant and social recruiter with close to 11,000 followers on LinkedIn. To learn more about what Ashton & Associates can do for your company, visit www.ashtonassociates.com or call us at 800-432-6983.

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SICA Education Department:

Snapshots of a year in review

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ast year, we presented to you ... SICA: Your One-Stop Shop for Education.

We also unveiled the SICA Training Centre, which now provides weekly safety and equipment training, FREE monthly safety meetings, skill development courses, and management workshops. SICA has become a reliable education resource for the construction industry and our philoso-

phy remains – the better educated YOU are, the greater the benefits to the industry.

As a member-based organization, our primary focus is you, our members. Although we provide education to everyone in the industry, as always, we remain committed to you. In doing so, we implemented discounted member rates for all equipment and safety training, saving you up to 25%!

t #73 den, School Distric Meet: Jim McFad TDG r Balance Forklift, tion, EWP, Counte ec ot Pr ll Fa ite -s specific days and His Need: On ng for their staff, on ini tra t en m ss se and Hazardous As s. during certain hour ng for ovide on-site traini our instructor to pr nt se e W : three r ed fo lp te training How we he ’ve provided priva we , en th ce Sin ct. r). These school the school distri on Arm and Olive lm Sa n, no er (V cts outside other school distri laces by sourcing building safe workp in rt pa eir rstand th de do un districts ployees. We ining for their em tra ng idi ov pr ity d trainers an time sensitiv /spe training and their nt lle ce ex to ey t th en , where their commitm in what they need nstraints, so we tra co le du he sc e tim cific ey need. ors to need, and when th on numerous vend ed to have to rely us e “W y: sa d call to an s e What he ha up the phon I usually just pick w no d an , r m fro modify courses fo acquire training to find, create or le ab en be ve ha r training SICA. So far they r main resource fo Having SICA as ou d. ha ve ha I t flexibility es d qu an every re cessibility professionalism, ac , cy en ist ee.” ns co d has provide fe and complaint-fr needs to keep us sa s ion at niz ga or r that meets ou #73 – Jim McFadden, SD

Customer service is an integral part of our job. We pride ourselves on being able to identify and anticipate our customers’ needs while making them feel important and appreciated throughout the process. Let’s take a look at some specific examples of how we have listened to and served the diverse needs of our customers.

Meet: Terry John

ston, Kentash Ho ldings Inc. His Need: An upda ted Occupational Health & Safety Program re ady to implement on a worksite.

How we helped: Te rry Johnston cam e to us in quick need of an Oc cupational Health & Safety Program for a job that was already in progress.

We were able to help him that we ek , as we have already deve loped a WorkSafe BC -certified Occupationa l Health & Safety Pr og ram that includes a Supervisor Safety Checklist.

The Supervisor Sa fety Checklist inc lude policies, procedures, accident investigat ion, employee orientation, evacuation, fall pr ot ection, fire safety, first aid , health & safety committee agenda, inspe ctions, lockout-ta go ut , office safety, operators safety, personal eq uip ment & clothing, safe dr iving, safety mee tin gs , and WHMIS.

Meet: Joel Moore, Horizon North Ltd. His need: Regular OSSA Regional Orientation Program certification for new intakes to satisfy site access requirements for projects in the oil and gas sector.

How we helped: SICA coordinated weekly OSSA Regional Orientation Sessions through our Kamloops office to coincide with his employees’ schedule. Whether there were 1 or 20 employees, he could count on us to provide the training required. He needed us to be flexible with class sizes and be able to provide the training on shortnotice – and we DID!

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Meet: Jemma Allan, Fireside Minerals Ltd. Her need: Two days of safety training for their mine crew to coincide with their staff Christmas party in Kelowna.

How we helped: We hosted a private Elevated Work Platform and Rigging Safety course, complete with homemade lunch, on the Saturday of their Christmas party. Not only did everyone work hard – and Fireside Minerals were able to combine their event with training during the day – but they also shared in the Christmas spirit. It was a positive experience for everyone! As a result of the training and the relationship built, Fireside Minerals Ltd. are now SICA members and SICA serves as their #1 online learning provider for courses such as Wilderness & Bear Awareness and Lockout/Tagout. Their crews continue to train whenever and wherever they are.

Meet: The

Education Department Team

Jennifer, Education Director; Leanne, Education Services Coordinator; Johanna, Education Assistant This past year, we partnered with three Aboriginal employment initiatives, funded by the government, to provide industry safety programs to help train and prepare individuals for employment in the construction, pipeline and oil and gas industry.

We provided safety training packages that included Elevated Work Platform, Fall Protection, CSTS-09, Confined Space Entry/ Monitor, H2S Awareness, H2S Alive, Global Ground Disturbance, Traffic Control Person training, and more. As we move forward, we hope to develop these programs into complete employment and training packages.

These training packages would involve both industry skills and soft skills training (interview skills, work ethic, presentation, etc.).

In addition to their course management, networking, and administrative skills, the education team uses their expertise to offer programs that prepare potential workers for all aspects of attaining and maintaining employment in the industry. These programs include the School2Work program for high school students encouraging self-development and job readiness; the Road Builders & Heavy Construction Foundation and the Heavy Equipment Operator programs introducing new skills allowing potential workers to engage in a new career path.

To spread the knowledge of safety to our members, the SICA Training Centre scheduled regular safety meetings once a month FREE to our members. All were well-attended. Occupational Health & Safety programs are available for members to use as a foundation to build their own OH&S program.

In addition to developing a complete

safety training package and continuing to encourage positive connections between future workers and the construction industry, we are brainstorming ways to engage current members and potential members through digital mediums. Stay tuned for our education blog and a YouTube channel featuring safety training videos.

In closing, check out our Education Calendar for upcoming courses for the fall/ winter sessions. On the schedule will be our regular management and leadership

courses (Construction Document Reading, Project Management, and Estimating) as well as new courses (Construction Risk, Procurement, etc.).

Think of SICA as your One-Stop Shop.

If you don’t see the courses you need then call us and let us help create the training you need, whether it be onsite training or customized training.

We are always looking for new ways to support the needs of our members – and we’re not slowing down! u

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LEARNING IS POWER! Training

Our Education Services connect you with over 40 online courses, regular safety & equipment training, skills development courses, management workshops and customized training programs. SICA: Your One-Stop Shop for Education!

For more information contact: Education@sica.bc.ca

SAVE! Perks & Discounts

All members receive discounts with any of our affinity partners.

Join today to save at Petro-Canada, Global Payments, BCCA Employee Benefits, and Mills Basics (just to name a few).

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FIND YOUR NEXT PROJECT! BidCentral

With access to BidCentral, BC’s largest planroom you will always be able to find and target the projects you want.

Our project services team helps to ensure that your bid process is both efficient and fair.

For more information contact Kelowna@sica.bc.ca

HAVE SOME FUN! Meetings & Events

In this industry, sometimes its more about who you know than what you know. With our various events, dinners, and conferences you will meet key players in the local construction industry.

For more information contact Meetings@sica.bc.ca

BECOME A PART OF SOMETHING BIGGER! Advocacy

A membership with SICA allows you to have your issues heard on a national, provincial, and municipal level. We work tirelessly to ensure a smooth, fair, and transparent building process.

For more information contact Membership@sica.bc.ca

SICA Membership Listings 2015-16 # 1 & 2 Electric Ltd. Vernon | 250-545-3254

A A & T Project Developments Inc. Kamloops | 250-851-9292

SICA MEMBERSHIP LISTINGS

A-1 Steel Div. of A-1 Machine & Welding (1986) Ltd. Vernon | 250-542-2354 Aarc-West Mechanical Insulation (2013) Inc. Surrey | 604-535-9963 Accent Inns Kelowna | 250-360-1511 Accurate Door & Hardware Co. Kamloops | 250-374-0880 Ace Metal Buildings & Cladding Inc. Kamloops | 250-579-1927 Ace Overhead Doors Kamloops | 250-372-8880 Aco Systems Ltd. Mississauga | 905-564-8733 Acres Enterprises Ltd. Kamloops | 250-372-7456 Acutruss Industries (1996) Ltd. Vernon | 250-766-3331 ADM Electric Ltd. Castlegar | 250-304-8262 Advanced Mobile First Aid & Safety Kelowna | 250-870-7209 Advanced Powerlines Ltd. Kelowna | 250-807-7794 Advantage Insulation A Division of P236 Enterprises Ltd. Kamloops | 250-374-0774

Alpha Roofing & Sheet Metal Inc. Kamloops Kamloops | 250-374-0181 Alpine Abatement Ltd. Kelowna | 250-878-3199 Andrew Sheret Limited Kamloops | 250-372-7720 Andrew Sheret Limited Kelowna | 250-762-5205 Andrew Sheret Limited Prince George | 250-561-2444 Andrew Sheret Limited Vernon | 250-545-1381 Andrew Sheret Limited Penticton | 250-493-9369 Anvil Ironworks Ltd. Kamloops | 250-573-1115 Aon Reed Stenhouse Inc. Kamloops | 250-376-1133 Apex Power & Automation Ltd. Lethbridge | 403-394-9393 Aplin & Martin Consultants Ltd. Kelowna | 250-448-0157 Aquila Construction Enterprises Inc. Kelowna | 250-212-1103 Arcona Roofing & Sheet Metal Ltd. Kamloops | 250-374-2818 Argus Properties Ltd. Kelowna | 250-763-6789 Armada Steel Kelowna | 250-769-3510 Arterra Construction Ltd. Kelowna | 250-869-2416 Artistic Awning Co. Ltd. Kelowna | 250-861-3855 Ashton & Associates Recruiting Inc. Kamloops | 250-574-5869

Aecom Canada Ltd. Kelowna | 250-762-3727

Aspen Electric Ltd. Kamloops | 250-554-1622

Aerial Contractors Ltd. Salmon Arm | 250-832-7225

Assa Abloy Entrance Systems Kamloops | 250-374-5655

Affordable Floors Ltd. Cranbrook | 250-489-9123

Assa Abloy Entrance Systems Kelowna | 250-860-0516

Allen Markin Inc. Castlegar | 250-365-7287

Ayres Fencing Installations Kamloops | 250-371-2777

Alliance Traffic Group Inc. Kamloops | 250-377-0017

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Allied Blower & Sheet Metal Vernon | 250-503-2533

B.A. Robinson Co. Ltd. Penticton | 250-492-2000

Allmar Inc. Kelowna | 250-491-3000

B.C. Fasteners & Tools Ltd. Kelowna | 250-868-9222

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BA Dawson Blacktop Ltd. Kamloops | 250-374-2808

Bridgeport The Floor Store Ltd. Kamloops | 250-374-7144

Baron Insurance Broker Group Vernon | 250-545-6565

Britco LP Kelowna | 250-766-0009

Bartle & Gibson Co. Ltd. Kelowna | 250-807-4050

Britech HVAC Ltd. Kelowna | 250-765-4446

BAT Construction Ltd. Kamloops | 250-573-1222

Brock White Canada (Steels) Kelowna | 250-765-9000

BC Housing Penticton | 250-493-0301

Brock White Canada (Steels) Kamloops | 250-374-3151

BC Hydro Vernon | 250-260-7219

Bronag Contracting Ltd. Kelowna | 250-868-3320

BCCA Employee Benefits Burnaby | 604-683-7353

Bry-Mac Mechanical Ltd. Vernon | 250-558-3975

BDO Canada LLP Kamloops | 250-372-9505

BTR Fire Protection Ltd. West Kelowna | 250-470-4116

BDO Canada LLP Kelowna | 250-763-6700

Burnco Rock Products Ltd. West kelowna | 250-769-7865

BDO Canada LLP Vernon | 250-545-2136

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Bear Mountain Construction Ltd. West Kelowna | 250-681-3585

C & G Insulation 2003 Ltd. Kelowna | 250-769-3303

Bennett Contracting Ltd. Kelowna | 250-491-0400

C & J Erectors Ltd. Kamloops | 250-682-3528

Bergevin Electrical Contracting Nelson | 250-354-4171

Cabete Construction Inc. Kelowna | 250-864-0761

Betts Electric Ltd. Penticton | 250-492-3221 ext. 118

Caliber Sport Systems Vernon | 855-718-9787

Big Steel Box Kelowna | 250-763-9660

Callahan Property Group Ltd. Kelowna | 250-717-3000

Black & McDonald Ltd. Kelowna | 250-448-4361

Canadian Restaurant Supply Kelowna | 250-979-1442

Bonaparte Indian Band Cache Creek | 250-457-9624

Canadian Western Bank Kamloops | 250-852-6013

Border Holdings Ltd. Cranbrook | 250-427-3628

Canarc Construction Ltd. Surrey | 604-534-0656

BPR Construction Ltd. Kelowna | 250-491-2763

CanCADD Imaging Solutions Ltd. Kelowna | 250-860-3425

Braddik Roofing and Sheet Metal (2014) Ltd. Kamloops | 250-319-7373

Capri Insurance Services Ltd. Vernon | 250-542-0291

Braniff Construction Kelowna | 250-980-4510 ext. 101 Bree Contracting Ltd. 100 Mile House | 250-706-8697 Brekco Builders Corp.

Lake Country | 778-480-4288 Brentwood Enterprises Ltd. Kamloops | 250-372-1191 Bricor Mechanical Ltd. dba Ace Plumbing & Heating Kelowna | 250-861-6696

Capri Insurance Services Ltd. Kamloops | 250-828-2135 Capri Insurance Services Ltd. Kelowna | 250-869-3813 Capservco Ltd. Partnership Kelowna | 250-712-6800 Carbon Copy Digital Kelowna | 250-575-7716 Cardan Enterprises Ltd. Kelowna | 250-861-8823 Care Systems Services Ltd. Vernon | 250-558-5409

Carrier Enterprise Canada, LP Kelowna | 250-491-2665

Clark Builders Edmonton | 780-395-3300 ext. 3409

Cranbrook Flooring Ltd. Cranbrook | 250-426-8471

Derochie Painting Ltd. Lethbridge | 403-380-4248

Carver Construction Ltd. Kelowna | 778-753-3800

Cobra Heavy Iron Ltd. Kamloops | 250-377-4013

Cranbrook Interior Woodwork Ltd. Cranbrook | 250-426-8562

Desjardins Contracting Ltd. Kelowna | 250-764-4076

Cascade Aqua-Tech Kelowna | 250-868-1331

College of The Rockies Cranbrook | 250-489-2751 ext. 3529

Crowe MacKay LLP Kelowna | 250-763-5021

DHC Communications Inc. Nelson | 250-352-0861

Cascade Stucco Ltd. Osoyoos | 250-495-7722

Colmar Construction Ltd. West Kelowna | 250-769-0740

Cruiser Contracting 14 Ltd. Kelowna | 250-860-2839

Diamond Lil’s Trucking Ltd. Knutsford | 250-374-1549

Cascade Training Corp.

Kelowna | 250-762-7910

Colonial Countertops Kelowna | 250-765-3004

CSC Electric Kamloops | 250-851-6225

Dig It Contracting Ltd Kelowna | 250-450-9300

Certified Coatings Specialists Inc. Castlegar | 250-365-5900

Columbia Diesel - A Division of Weir Consolidated Ltd. Golden | 250-344-6647

CSL Masonry Ltd. Vernon | 250-558-0995

Dilworth Painting & Decorating Ltd. Kelowna | 250-491-0681

Cumming Construction Ltd. Penticton | 250-492-5955

Dirt Tracks Construction Ltd. (0999507 BC ltd.)

West Kelowna | 604-614-0263

Chaparral Industries (86) Inc. Kelowna | 250-765-2985

Combined Mechanical Contractors Ltd. Vernon | 250-542-6213

Chapman Mechanical Ltd. Vernon | 250-545-9040

Command Construction Ltd. West Kelowna | 250-768-1018

Chapman Sand & Gravel Ltd. Vernon | 250-546-3340

Community Roofing Ltd Vernon | 250-549-4500

CHB Services Ltd. Mission | 778-908-6910

City of Armstrong Armstrong | 250-546-3023

Constructive Solutions For Business Vancouver | 604-878-8100

City of Castlegar Castlegar | 250-365-5979 City of Cranbrook, Corporation of The Cranbrook | 250-489-0265 City of Enderby Enderby | 250-838-7230 City of Kamloops Kamloops | 250-828-3450

Con-Ex Civil Contractors Ltd. Kamloops | 250-374-1588

Convoy Supply Ltd. Kamloops | 250-374-9955 Convoy Supply Ltd. Kelowna | 250-765-1441 Copcan Civil Ltd. Rossland | 250-362-3382

City of Kelowna Kelowna | 250-469-8724

Coral Environments Ltd. Kelowna | 250-762-8626

City of Kimberley Kimberley | 250-427-5311

Core Engineering Services Ltd. Kamloops | 250-314-9999

City of Nelson Nelson | 250-352-8204

Corix Water Products Ltd. Kelowna | 250-765-8668

City of Nelson, Nelson Hydro Nelson | 250-352-8240

Corix Water Products Ltd. Kamloops | 250-374-7909

City of Penticton Penticton | 250-490-2555

Corix Water Products Ltd. Vernon | 250-545-8998

City of Salmon Arm Salmon Arm | 250-803-4000

Cortez Construction Ltd. Kamloops | 250-372-5950

City of Vernon Vernon | 250-550-3646

Corwest Builders Kelowna | 778-755-0572

District of Elkford Elkford | 250-865-4000

D & G Mechanical (1997) Ltd. Kelowna | 250-765-4422

District of Sicamous Sicamous | 250-836-2477

D & S Electric Williams Lake | 250-392-1015

District of Summerland Summerland | 250-494-6451

D & T Developments Ltd. Kamloops | 250-372-2852

District of West Kelowna West Kelowna | 778-797-8877

D.A.I. Roofing Kelowna | 250-859-2364

DJM Contracting Ltd. Rossland | 250-362-2151

Dalgleish Construction Ltd. Kamloops | 250-372-8448

DMC Fire Protection Ltd. Kamloops | 778-469-1273

Dan Maglio Contracting Ltd. Nelson | 250-352-9734

Donald’s Machine Works Ltd. Vernon | 250-542-5557

Danmar Construction Ltd. Kamloops | 250-819-7662

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Dannburg Contract Floors Ltd. Kelowna | 250-762-7337

E.H. Price Ltd. Kelowna | 250-765-7226

Darrel Worthington Drywall Ltd. Kamloops | 250-851-5095

Ecco Supply Adv Ecco Heating Products Ltd. Kelowna | 250-860-6451

Daryl-Evans Mechanical Ltd. Kelowna | 250-765-3555

Eckert Electric Ltd. Penticton | 250-492-8001

Dawson Construction Ltd. Kamloops | 250-374-3657

Edgecombe Enterprises Inc. Kelowna | 250-491-8655

Decor 8 Painting (1990) Ltd. Kamloops | 250-828-8718

Eecol Electric (Sask) Corp.

Kamloops | 250-372-0630

Delnor Construction Inc. Kelowna | 250-765-7351

Eecol Electric Ltd. Kelowna | 250-762-0557

Dependable Automatic Door & Gates Ltd. Kelowna | 250-878-1649

Elite Roofing Kelowna | 250-762-3546

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Christman Plumbing & Heating Ltd. Kelowna | 250-765-0066

Competition Glass Co. Ltd. Kelowna | 250-860-7155

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Emco Corporation Ltd. Kamloops | 250-372-0186

Geotility Geothermal Installation Corp.

Kelowna | 250-762-5776

Horizon North Manufacturing Kelowna | 250-765-1349

Emco Corporation Ltd. Kelowna | 250-765-3653

Glass Canada Inc. Kelowna | 250-454-9923

Horizon North Manufacturing Kamloops | 250-828-2644

Emco Corporation Ltd. Cranbrook | 250-426-6251

Glen McKillop & Associates Inc. Kelowna | 250-765-2204

Houle Electric Ltd. Kamloops | 250-828-7939

Emil Anderson Construction (EAC) Inc. Kelowna | 250-762-9999

Global Payments Direct Vancouver | 800-361-8170 ext. 76004

Houle Electric Ltd. Kelowna | 250-765-9660

Graham Construction and Engineering LP Kelowna | 250-765-6662

Howell Electric (1984) Ltd. Kamloops | 250-374-5771

Grayhawk Industries Ltd. Kelowna | 250-765-1531

Hub International Barton Insurance Brokers Kamloops | 250-372-3155

ENCO Construction Ltd. Lake Country | 250-575-9104 EuroLine Windows Inc. Delta | 604-940-8485 Evans Fire Protection Ltd. Kamloops | 250-376-0296 Excel Ventilation Ltd. Kelowna | 250-769-5202

SICA MEMBERSHIP LISTINGS

Expocrete Concrete Products Ltd. Richmond | 604-270-8411 Extreme Excavating Ltd. Kamloops | 250-372-5454

F Falcon Railing & Superdeck Inc. Kelowna | 250-765-2248 Falcon Refrigeration & AC Ltd. West Kelowna | 250-769-8741 Farrer Rentals Vernon | 250-545-9108 FBC West Kelowna | 250-768-8750 Felka-Mark Drywall Ltd. Kelowna | 250-862-4807 Fender’s Automotive Center West Kelowna | 250-769-1099

GRD 4 Contracting Ltd. Trail | 250-255-0679 Great West Refrigeration Ltd. Kelowna | 250-763-4117 Greyback Construction Ltd. Penticton | 250-493-7972 Grizzly Metal Fab Inc. Kelowna | 250-766-1566 GRM Sealants & Coatings Inc. West Kelowna | 844-248-7669 Ground Source Drilling Ltd. Kelowna | 778-753-2778 GTA Architecture Ltd. Kelowna | 250-979-1668 Guido & Associates Engineers Ltd. Oyama | 250-470-9606 Guillevin International Co. Kamloops | 250-374-2454 Guillevin International Co. Kelowna | 250-860-2259

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Huxley Interiors Ltd. Pinatan lake | 250-571-0379

I Industra Construction Corp.

Burnaby | 604-422-0046 Infinite Source Systems Corp.

Vancouver | 604-294-6557 Inland Glass & Aluminum Ltd. Kamloops | 250-374-7306 Inland Technical Services Ltd. Kamloops | 250-828-2767 Innovation Drywall Kelowna | 250-765-3224 Integrated Fire Protection Ltd. Kelowna | 250-765-3482 Interior Health Kelowna | 250-870-5831 Interior Plumbing & Heating Ltd. Kamloops | 250-372-3441 Interior Reforestation Co. Ltd. Cranbrook | 250-426-5988 Interior Roofing (2011) Ltd. Penticton | 250-492-7985

K K & C’s Construction & Renovations Ltd. Kamloops | 250-319-6104 Kal Tire Vernon | 250-542-2366 Kal West Contractors Ltd. Vernon | 250-542-2307 Kal-West Mechanical Systems Inc. Kelowna | 250-765-6610 Kalwood Cabinets Vernon | 250-549-1927 Kamco Installations Ltd. Kamloops | 250-374-3934 Kami Carpets Ltd. Kamloops | 250-374-7787 Kamloops Augering & Boring Ltd. Kamloops | 250-573-7814 Kamloops Door Service & Contracting Ltd. Kamloops | 778-470-5799 Kamloops Indian Band Kamloops | 250-828-9840 Kan-Arm Contracting Chilliwack | 604-792-2086 Keldon Electric & Data Ltd. Kelowna | 250-861-4255 Keldon Electric & Data Ltd. Penticton | 250-493-7177 Kelowna Lite Kast Kelowna | 250-491-8425 Kelowna Roofing (1984) Ltd. Kelowna | 250-765-4441 Kelowna Steel Fabricators Ltd. Kelowna | 250-763-5117 Kemp Concrete Products Kamloops | 250-374-1552

Firesafe Sprinkler Systems Inc. Salmon Arm | 250-833-0994

H & M Construction Penticton | 250-493-4677

Fireside Minerals Ltd. Kelowna | 778-755-1389

Hall Excavating Kamloops | 250-573-2782

Flynn Canada Ltd. Kelowna | 250-766-6070

Interoute Construction Ltd. dba BA Blacktop Cranbrook | 250-426-7205

Hancon Constructors Ltd. Armstrong | 250-306-4230

Forma Construction Ltd. Vernon | 250-542-2858

Inter-Valley Electric Peachland | 250-767-3149

Harris Rebar Kelowna | 250-766-0608

Fortis BC Inc. Kelowna | 250-717-0809

Harrison Industrial Contracting Ltd. Kamloops | 250-828-1996

Jade Electric Ltd. Kelowna | 250-763-2525

Knox Fire Protection Inc. Kelowna | 250-979-1616

Forward Law LLP Kamloops | 250-434-2333

Hebditch Contracting Ltd. Cranbrook | 250-426-3835

Jardine Lloyd Thompson Canada Inc. Surrey | 604-583-9800

Kodiak Drywall Ltd. Kelowna | 250-765-3033

Fulton & Company Kamloops | 250-372-5542

Heimann & Sons Masonry Inc. Armstrong | 250-546-8633

JCS Welding Barriere | 250-672-9897

Kon Kast Products (2005) Ltd. Kelowna | 250-765-1423

Heritage Roofing & Sheet Metal Ltd. Nelson | 250-354-2066

JDS Energy & Mining Inc. Kelowna | 250-763-6369

Kone Inc. Kelowna | 778-436-8150

G & L Painting Kamloops | 250-819-0719

Highmark Excavating Inc. Kelowna | 250-861-1166

Jenkins Marzban Logan LLP Vancouver | 604-895-3158

Kootenay A-Plus Systems Trail | 250-368-9253

Gabe’s Painting & Decorating Ltd. Kamloops | 250-374-4331

Hil Tech Contracting Trail | 250-364-0900

Jensen Contract Flooring Ltd. Big Valley | 403-876-2574

KRM Contracting 2000 Corp.

Kamloops | 250-374-4437

Genelle Improvement District Genelle | 250-693-2362

Home Building Centre Vernon | 250-545-5384

Jordans Contract Sales Kamloops | 250-372-7515

K-Rod Steel Ltd A Div of Varsteel Ltd. Kamloops | 250-374-5253

Geometrik Manufacturing Inc. West Kelowna | 250-769-1500

Horizon Electric Inc. Kelowna | 250-861-4777

Jordans Rugs Ltd. Vancouver | 250-861-8656

Krueger Electrical Ltd. Kelowna | 250-860-3905

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Kentash Holdings Ltd. Summerland | 250-488-1375 Kettle Valley Moulding & Millwork Kelowna | 250-765-1521 Kimberley Electric Ltd. Kimberley | 250-427-5115 Kimco Controls Ltd. Kelowna | 250-491-2282

K-West Commercial Flooring Ltd. West Kelowna | 250-575-3613

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Maglio Installations Ltd. Nelson | 250-365-3332

MQN Architects Vernon | 250-542-1199

Ogopogo Stucco & Masonry Inc. Kelowna | 250-575-8124

Maloney Contractors Ltd. Kelowna | 250-769-2395

Mueller Construction Inc. Revelstoke | 250-837-2724

OK Builders Supplies Ltd. Kelowna | 250-763-3622

L & S Contracting Ltd. Kelowna | 250-860-2331

Maple Reinders Inc. Kelowna | 250-765-8892

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Laing Roofing Ltd. Kelowna | 250-765-3866

Marson Mechanical Ltd. Chase | 250-319-0359

N & H Contracting Ltd. Kamloops | 250-374-1323

Okanagan Aggregates Ltd. Armstrong | 250546-3088

Latina Landscapes & Maintenance Kamloops | 250-372-0994

Martech Electrical Systems Ltd. Castlegar | 250-365-2115

Okanagan Audio Lab Ltd. Vernon | 250-542-1686

Lavington Sand & Gravel Ltd. Vernon | 250-545-7010

McGregor & Thompson Hardware Kelowna | 250-860-6282

Nagle Creative Carpets Ltd. - DBA United Floors Kamloops | 250-374-1223

Ledcor Construction Ltd. Kelowna | 250-491-2991

McNiven Masonry Kelowna | 250-765-7042

Lennox Industries Canada Ltd. West Kelowna | 250-768-4460 ext. 300

MDG Contracting Services Inc. Sparwood | 250-425-9943

Levelton Consultants Ltd. Kelowna | 250-491-9778

LNB Construction Inc. Kamloops | 250-374-4551

Meiklejohn Architects Inc. Penticton | 250-492-3143 Memlink DDD Coquitlam | 604-000-0000 Mercury Steel Ltd. Calgary | 800-661-1613

Loomis Kelowna | 250-470-4618

Mertion Excavating Ltd. Vernon | 250-542-9394

Lortap Enterprises Ltd. Revelstoke | 250-769-9460 Lynx Brand Fence Products (2004) Inc. Kelowna | 250-765-1468

M M & K Plumbing & Heating Co. Ltd. Cranbrook | 250-426-7448 M & K Ready Mix Inc. Vernon | 250-545-7238

MGC Construction Kelowna | 250-448-0020 Mid Kam Installations Ltd. Vernon | 250-542-8407 Midvalley Sheet Metal Ltd. Kelowna | 250-765-8688 Miller Equipment Rentals Ltd. West Kelowna | 250-769-0960 Mills Basics Vancouver | 250-212-9667

M. Weiss Masonry Inc. Kelowna | 250-762-7259

Mircom Technologies Ltd. Kelowna | 250-491-9700

M3 Steel Structures Ltd. Kamloops | 250-374-1074

MJB Wall & Ceiling Ltd. Kelowna | 250-765-7051

Maddocks Construction Ltd. Armstrong | 250-546-9551

MNP LLP Kelowna | 250-763-8919

Madge Contracting Ltd. Kelowna | 250-765-1180

Modern Paint & Floors Kelowna | 250-860-2444

Maglio Building Center Nelson | 250-352-6661

Modern PURAIR Kelowna | 250-765-6828

Kelowna

Okanagan College Kelowna | 250-762-5445 ext. 4606

National Concrete Accessories Kamloops | 250-374-6295

Okanagan Drywall Ltd. Kelowna | 250-769-0187

National Concrete Accessories Kelowna | 250-717-1616

Okanagan Fire Protection Services Ltd. Kelowna | 250-765-0660

Network Bonding & Insurance Services Inc. Vancouver | 604-294-1236 Nielsen Roofing & Sheet Metal Ltd. Penticton | 250-492-3916 Nilex Civil Environmental Group Vernon | 250-306-0641

Okanagan Indian Band Vernon | 250-542-3444 Okanagan Indian Band Vernon | 250-542-4328 Okanagan Materials Testing Kelowna | 250-860-9955

Nixon Wenger LLP Vernon | 250-542-5353

SICA MEMBERSHIP LISTINGS

Littco Enterprises Ltd. Drywall and Insulation Kelowna | 250-765-6444

Meiklejohn Architects Kelowna | 250-762-3004

OK Project Solutions Kelowna | 250-878-5292

Okanagan Plumbing & Gas Fitting Ltd. West Kelowna | 778-755-6724

Norelco Cabinets Ltd. Kelowna | 250-765-2121

Olson Projects Ltd. Golden | 250-344-0277

Norgaard Ready-Mix Ltd. Merritt | 250-378-5121

Olympic Roofing Ltd. Port Coquitlam | 604-690-8654

Norguard Fall Protection Sudbury | 800-670-7892

One Time Electrical New Denver | 250-551-8463

Norsteel Building Systems Ltd. Kelowna | 250-769-3846 North River Plumbing & Heating Ltd. Kamloops | 250-319-4238 Northern Hardware Ltd. Surrey | 604-837-3244

P Pacific West Systems Supply Ltd. Langley | 250-765-7008 Pacific Western Fire Protection Ltd. Kelowna | 250-765-3473

Nor-Val Equipment Rentals Ltd. Vernon | 250-503-0933

Paradise Climate Controls Inc. Kaleden | 250-809-0600

NuFloors - Castlegar Castlegar | 250-365-5335

Parastone Developments Ltd. Fernie | 250-423-4136

Nufloors Penticton Penticton | 250-492-0627

Pashco Blasting Ltd. Kamloops | 250-372-3633

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PCL Constructors Westcoast Inc. Kelowna | 250-868-8394

O.K. Excavating (div. of Green Leaf Ent. Ltd.) Kelowna | 250-765-4902

Perfect Choice Painters Sicamous | 403-975-5459

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Performax Painting Ltd. Kelowna | 250-870-6662 Peters Bros Construction Ltd. Penticton | 250-492-2626 Petrocom Construction Ltd. Edmonton | 780-481-5181

SICA MEMBERSHIP LISTINGS

Pihl Law Corporation Kelowna | 250-762-5434

R R & R Reinforcing Ltd. Kelowna | 250-765-2077 R1310 Holdings Ltd. dba KM Contracting Kamloops | 250-319-7276 R355 Enterprises Ltd. Kelowna | 250-765-9860

Rutland Glass (1994) Ltd. Kelowna | 250-765-9400

Select Window Fashions Peachland | 778-479-0010

Ryder Roofing Ltd. Kelowna | 250-765-3191

Selkirk College Castlegar | 250-365-7292

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Shanahan’s Ltd. Kelowna | 250-765-5255

S&K Forming Ltd. Kelowna | 250-491-7535

Sierra Landscaping Ltd. Winfield | 250-766-2312

Sandale Utility Products Surrey | 604-882-2080

Silver Springs Ventures (1994) Ltd. Kelowna | 250-860-3047

Sanders & Company Merritt | 250-378-2267

Silver Spur Construction Ltd. Pritchard | 250-371-3413

Sawchuk Developments Co. Ltd. Kelowna | 250-765-3838

Source Electrical Services West Kelowna | 250-215-5078

Pin Point Surveying Ltd. Salmon Arm | 250-832-6220

Radian Mechanical Inc. Kelowna | 250-861-4636

Pittman Construction Ltd. Kamloops | 778-469-2063

Rambow Mechanical Ltd. Kelowna | 250-762-8999

Plainsman Companies Kamloops | 250-372-1544

Ramco Floor & Tile Kelowna | 250-860-2277

Platinum Power Contracting Ltd. Kelowna | 250-878-4131

Rayco Steel Ltd. Sparwood | 250-425-7738

School District #05 - Southeast Kootenay Cranbrook | 250-417-2054

South Cariboo Ventures Group Armstrong | 250-546-3313

Ploutos Enterprises Ltd. Kelowna | 250-860-7740

Red Deer Piling Inc. Red Deer County | 403-347-3220

School District #06 - Rocky Mountain Invermere | 250-342-9243

South Okanagan Concrete Products Ltd. Osoyoos | 250-495-7556

Points West Audio Visual Kelowna | 250-861-5424

Redbuilt LLC Vancouver | 604-676-9445

School District #08, Board of Education Nelson | 250-354-4871

Southgate Electric Ltd. Kamloops | 250-828-2206

Powder Ventures Excavating Ltd. Sun Peaks | 250-851-1021

Refrigerative Supply Ltd. Kelowna | 250-763-3114

School District #10 - Arrow Lakes Nakusp | 250-265-3638

Power Paving Ltd. Castlegar | 250-551-6141

Regional District of Central Okanagan Kelowna | 250-469-6170

School District #22 Vernon | 250-549-9210

Power Vac Summerland | 250-404-4255

Regional District of North Okanagan Coldstream | 250-550-3729

School District #23 - Central Okanagan Kelowna | 250-491-4000

Powertrend Electric Penticton | 250-809-1767

Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen Penticton | 250-490-4103

School District #53 Oliver | 250-498-3481

Premier Plumbing & Heating Cranbrook | 250-489-4131 Progressive Waste Solutions Kelowna | 250-765-0565 Pronto Enterprises Ltd. Kamloops | 250-372-9644 Pushor Mitchell Kelowna | 250-762-2108

Q Quantus Electric Ltd. Kelowna | 250-765-1400 Quik-Therm Innovative Insulation Solutions West Kelowna | 250-863-3653

Response Fire System Ltd. Kamloops | 250-578-7779 Ridge Plumbing Kamloops | 250-371-4661

School District #58 - Nicola-Similkameen Merritt | 250-315-1113 School District #67 - Okanagan Skaha Penticton | 250-770-7700

Rite-Way Fencing Inc. Kamloops | 250-314-9569

School District #83 North Okanagan Shuswap Salmon Arm | 250-832-9415

Rivermist Holding Ltd. Kamloops | 778-471-6441

School District #73 - Kamloops/Thompson Kamloops | 250-851-4420

Rolling Mix Concrete (B.C) Ltd. Prince George | 250-563-9213

Scott Alan Plumbing Kelowna | 778-753-1101

Rona Inc. Kamloops | 250-372-2236

Scuka Enterprises Ltd. Kelowna | 250-765-0136

Rooham Electric Ltd. Kamloops | 778-471-6255

Secure-Rite Mobile Storage Inc. Kelowna | 250-861-3945

Southwest Glass Ltd Kamloops | 250-374-5303 Specialty Machine Works Ltd. Penticton | 250-493-4310 Splatsin Enderby | 250-838-6496 ext. 215 SRM Concrete Summerland | 250-494-9889 Standard Roofing Corporation Salmon Arm | 250-833-1992 Stantec Consulting Ltd. Kelowna | 250-860-3225 Start to Finish Construction Ltd. West Kelowna | 778-755-1885 STBR Consulting Ltd. Kelowna | 250-979-8260 Steel-Craft Door Products Ltd. Kelowna | 250-765-4765 Stemmer Enterprises Ltd. Salmon Arm | 250-832-7357 Stewart Mortgage Corp.

Kamloops | 250-372-1995 Straight Line Contracting Ltd. Kamloops | 250-319-0635 Strathcona Mechanical Ltd. Kelowna | 250-763-3879 Structurlam Products LP Penticton | 250-492-8912

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Stuart Olson Inc. Richmond | 250-763-2798 Sun Valley Painting & Decorating Corp.

Kamloops | 250-372-0027 Sunco Drywall (2014) Ltd. Kelowna | 250-807-2270 Systematic Mill Installations Ltd. Kelowna | 250-765-0028

T T.A. Rendek & Associates Ltd. Creston | 250-428-9445

Tamarack Centre (Pellex Holdings Ltd.) Cranbrook | 250-426-2231

Trainor Mechanical Contractors Ltd. Nelson | 250-352-7588

Valley Plumbing & Valley Heating Kelowna | 250-491-0680

Westbank First Nation West Kelowna | 250-769-4999

Taylor & Son’s Ltd. Kamloops | 250-828-0045

Trane Kelowna | 250-862-4660

Westburne Electric Kelowna | 250-860-4988

Taylor Pro Training Ltd. Kelowna | 250-765-7624

Travelers Insurance Company of Canada Vancouver | 604-682-2663

Van-Kel Irrigation A Div Emco Corporation Kelowna | 250-762-3180

Team Construction Management (1981) Ltd. Kelowna | 250-868-8326

Tree Construction Inc. Revelstoke | 250-837-1571

Team Foundation Systems Ltd. Kelowna | 250-868-8325 Terracom Systems Ltd. West Kelowna | 778-755-5808 TGC Consulting Ltd. Winfield | 250-766-4110 The Guarantee Co. of North America (GCNA) Vancouver | 604-687-7688

Triggs Engineering Ltd. Kamloops | 250-372-3687 Tri-Kon Precast Concrete Products Cranbrook | 250-426-8162 Tri-West Fence & Gate Ltd. Kelowna | 250-491-4445 Tronovus Inc. Sparwood | 250-433-7878 True Construction Ltd. Kamloops | 250-573-4631 True Consulting Group Kamloops | 250-828-0881

Thompson Nicola Regional District Kamloops | 250-377-8673

Turn-Key Controls Ltd. Vernon | 250-549-4701

Thompson Valley Painting Contractors Ltd. Kamloops | 250-372-9923

TVE Industrial Services Ltd. Kamloops | 250-377-3533 ext. 205

Thompson Valley Roofing Kamloops | 250-851-5269 Thyssenkrupp Elevator (Canada) Ltd. Kelowna | 250-763-2804 Timber West Mill Construction Ltd. Prince George | 250-964-0221 Titan Tile Ltd. West Kelowna | 250-808- 0753 TKI Construction Ltd. Kelowna | 250-491-1130

Twin River Plumbing & Heating Kamloops | 250-376-0221 Twin Rivers Controls Ltd. Castlegar | 250-365-2009

U Underhill Geomatics Ltd. Kamloops | 250-372-8835 United Landscapes Kelowna | 250-860-3753

Tomtar Roofing & Sheet Metal Ltd. Kelowna | 250-765-8122

University of British Columbia - Okanagan Campus Kelowna | 250-807-8613

Top 40 Woodworks Ltd. Kamloops | 250-374-9002 Topline Vehicle Centre Ltd. Kamloops | 250-319-9020 Town of Osoyoos Osoyoos | 250-495-6191 Trail Roofing Ltd. Trail | 250-364-2900

Westburne Electric Supply Cranbrook | 250-426-6263 Westburne Electric Supply (BC) Kamloops | 250-374-1331

Venture Mechanical Systems Ltd. Castlegar | 250-365-4999

Westcana Electric Inc. Kamloops | 250-564-5800

Vernon Paving Ltd. Vernon | 250-546-3163

Western Financial Group (Network) Inc. Kelowna | 250-762-2217

Village Green Hotel Vernon | 250-542-3321

Western Roofing Master Roofers Cranbrook | 250-426-0156

Village of Lumby Lumby | 250-547-2171

Western Roofing Master Roofers Ltd. Kamloops | 250-374-0154

Village of Nakusp Nakusp | 250-265-3689

Westhills Aggregates Limited Partnership Penticton | 250-492-2225

Vision Painting Ltd. Kamloops | 778-471-4745 VVI Construction Ltd. (Vic Van Isle) Revelstoke | 250-837-2919

Westway Plumbing & Heating (2011) Inc. Kamloops | 250-372-1277

VVI Construction Ltd. Kelowna | 250-861-5768

Wilco Contractors Northwest Inc. Edmonton | 780-447-1199 Wildstone Construction & Engineering Ltd. Penticton | 250-493-3947

W Warnaar Steel Tech Ltd. Kelowna | 250-765-8800

Wilson M. Beck Insurance Services (Kelowna) Inc. Kelowna | 250-763-3840

Warner Rentals Ltd. Princeton | 250-295-0101

Winn Rentals Kelowna | 250-491-1991

Warner Rentals Ltd. Salmon Arm | 250-833-0064

Winter Plumbing & Heating Ltd. Kelowna | 250-491-2106

Warner Rentals Ltd. Kamloops | 250-374-3515

Wolseley Mechanical Group Kelowna | 250-860-4991

WCS Western Canadian Steel Kelowna | 250-448-4900 Wells Drywall Acoustics Ltd. Kamloops | 250-371-7048

Wolseley Waterworks Group - Central Water & Sewer Kelowna | 250-765-5186

Urban Systems Ltd. Kamloops | 250-374-8311

Wesco Distribution Canada Inc. Kelowna | 250-862-8200

WSP Kelowna | 778-214-4891

Urban Systems Ltd. Kelowna | 250-762-2517

Wesco Distribution Canada Inc. Kamloops | 250-374-2112

WSR Equipment Sales & Rentals West Kelowna | 250-769-7606

V Valley Curbing Ltd. Kelowna | 250-860-8742

West Kootenay Mechanical 2001 Ltd. Trail | 250-364-1541 West Manufacturing Ltd. West Kelowna | 250-769-4645

Z Zap Welding Nelson | 250-352-6978

Become a SICA Member As a member of the Southern Interior Construction Association (SICA), your organization receives information on all the construction projects in the region, educational resources, safety resources, and benefits programs specifically designed to improve all aspects of your business. SICA acts as a unified voice for all construction associated companies in the Southern Interior for legislative and political affairs. Your membership supports these efforts.

Membership with SICA is for one year. Each membership can be paid once (annually) or twice (semi-annually). Fill out the online application form at http://www.sica.bc.ca/joinnow.

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SICA MEMBERSHIP LISTINGS

Thermo Design Insulation Ltd. West kelowna | 778-754-5670

Vector Projects Group Ltd. Kelowna | 250-763-1013

HIGHLIGHTS From July 2014 to June 2015

21,525 pages of plancopies printed.

2,313

10

Public Construction Committee Meetings held across the southern interior

You asked us about...

83

companies joined SICA in the past year

22

networking events held across the southern interior

398

courses held in the past year across the southern interior

$325M

PLUS

Value of southern interior projects on BidCentral

783

Standard Documents Non-Compliant Bids

Cancelled Contracts

Risk Transfer

Holdbacks

Growing your business

Prequalifcation Builders Lien

Contract Interpretation Cash Advances

individuals trained in our courses this year

Payment Issues

Second Look on Contracts

3,478

Stat Dec’s signed in our Kamloops & Kelowna Offices.

TOTAL ATTENDEES

At SICA hosted events in the past year

3,714

new projects posted on BidCentral in province of BC in the past year

551

new projects posted on BidCentral in the southern interior region of BC in the past year

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Construction 101 was developed to offer individuals who work in the construction industry and affiliated associations a comprehensive introduction to the Canadian construction industry.

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Index to Advertisers Accent Inns..................................................................35

D & T Developments................................................32

Jenkins Marzban Logan Llp...................................66

Refrigerative Supply.................................................. 72

Acoustic Solutions....................................................95

Dalgleish Construction Ltd.....................................20

Keldon Electric & Data Ltd...................................... 75

Rock Glen Consulting Ltd........................................50

Advanced Mobile First Aid & Safety...................50

Decor8 Painting (1990) Ltd...................................47

Kelowna Steel Fabricators Ltd...............................97

Rooham Electric.........................................................52

Aplin & Martin Consultants Ltd............................69

Dependable Automatic Door & Gates...............69

Kemp Concrete...........................................................64

Stbr Consulting Ltd.................................................56

Assa Abloy Entrance Systems..............................65

Derochie Painting Ltd...............................................40

Kimco Controls Ltd................................................... 27

Strathcona Mechanical Limited............................80

B A Robinson Co Ltd....................................................8

Djm Contracting Ltd....................................................9

Levelton Consultants................................................97

Team Construction Management Ltd.................85

B.a. Blacktop (Cranbrook)......................................66

Easy Build Structures Ltd..........................................41

Lynx Brand Fence Products Ltd.............................73

Bartle & Gibson.......................................................... 33

Eecol Electric...............................................................26

M Weiss Masonry Inc..............................................36

Team Foundation Systems Ltd..............................59

Bat Construction Ltd...............................................56

Emil Anderson Construction Inc...........................61

M&k Ready Mix.........................................................42

Bcca Employee Benefits Trust..............................13

Er Plus Risk Management Group Inc.................35

Maddocks Construction Ltd..................................46

Bpr Construction Ltd...........................................OBC

Euroline Windows Inc...............................................19

Marson Mechanical Ltd..........................................44

Britech Hvac Ltd.........................................................53

Farrer Rentals Rencon...............................................49

McGregor & Thompson Hardware Ltd..............86

British Columbia Building Trades..........................25

Fenders Automotive Centre...................................34

Mnp Llp.......................................................................45

Brock White Canada................................................67

Firesafe Sprinkler Systems Inc...............................40

Mqn Architects........................................................24

Btr Fire Protection Ltd............................................95

Gibraltar Cable Barrier Systems........................... 57

Nixon Wenger LLP.....................................................89

Vector Projects Group..............................................52

C & J Erectors Ltd......................................................24

Glass Canada..............................................................70

Ok Excavating.............................................................98

Venture Mechanical Systems Ltd........................70

C&g Insulation 2003 Ltd........................................32

Global Payments Canada G P................................16

Okanagan Audio Lab. Ltd........................................36

Vernon Paving Ltd......................................................80

Capri Insurance.......................................................... 37

Greyback Construction Ltd....................................29

Okanagan Materials Testing Ltd. (Kelowna).....21

Western Financial Group Network Inc...............23

City Of Kamloops.......................................................21

Hancon Constructors................................................18

Pacific Western Fire Protection Ltd.....................55

Westside Equipment Sales & Rentals.................47

College Of The Rockies............................................ 22

Harris Rebar.................................................................38

Pcl Constructors Westcoast Inc............................5

Travelers Guarantee Company Of Canada....... 74 Tree Construction Inc................................................71 True Construction Ltd............................................. IBC Tve Industrial Services Ltd....................................79 Twin River Plumbing & Heating.............................81 Underhill Geomatics Ltd..........................................81

Combined Mechanical Contracotrs Ltd.............42

Horizon North Logistics Inc....................................58

Pihl Law Corporation.............................................. 74

Wilson M Beck Insurance Services Kelowna Inc.............................................................IFC

Convoy Supply Ltd...................................................102

Houle Electric Limited...............................................51

Pin Point Surveying Ltd............................................44

Winn Rentals Ltd.......................................................62

Core Engineering Services Ltd.............................102

Inland Technical Services Ltd.................................58

Rambow Mechanical Ltd........................................46

Wolseley Canada Inc................................................39

Crowe Mackay Llp...................................................78

Interior Roofing (2011) Ltd......................................63

Ramco Floor & Tile....................................................48

Zap Welding.................................................................81

D & G Mechanical (1997) Ltd.............................102

Jardine Lloyd Thompson Canada Inc...................51

Redbuilt.........................................................................87

Zimmer Autosport Mercedes Benz..................6, 7

D&G Mechanical (1997) Ltd.

410 Lougheed Road, Kelowna, B.C. V1X 7RB David Pelletier, President Phone 250-765-4422 Fax 250-765-1762 E-mail: dgmech@shawbiz.ca

PENTICTON 196 Rosetown Avenue

KELOWNA 125 Adams Road

KAMLOOPS 990 Laval Crescent

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