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CONNECT with us on fall & winter 2020 • Brown University • Polar Park • Rothesay Netherwood School • FCC Turns 60 • Smith Neilson Library • Maine Correctional Center the biannual newsmagazine of fall & winter 2020 connections the OSCO Construction Group what’s inside projects 6 ...... Birch Meadows 19....First 2700mm Concrete 33....Mill Lake Overpass 7...... Brown Wellness Center & Pipe in Atlantic Canada 34....Nova Scotia Dam Residence Hall 20....Place Sentier 35....Precast Concrete Stairs 8...... 7037 Mumford 21....UPEI Residence 35....Kia Charlottetown 9...... Polar Park 22....105 West First 36....Assumption University 10....RNS Science Hall 23....Fox Hill Village 37....Irving Oil Refinery 13....7Ink 24....Brown Performing Arts 38....Felician University Center 14....Smith Neilson Library 39....The Wentworth 25....Richmond Yards 15....Moosehead Small Batch 40...CBCL Office Reno Patio 30....Rebar Projects 41....Highway 104 Twinning 16....Maine Correctional Center 31....The Kensington 42....Halifax Tower Hotel 18....Port S Modernization 32....Port of Charlottetown

priorities 3 ...... Message from the President 43....Safety: Toolbox Talks 26....FCC Turns 60! 44....COVID19: Pandemic Site Safety 52....Our Locations 45....COVID19: OCI Safe Spaces 46....Facilities: OSCO Warehouse 46....Technology: homebase public & community

47 ....Ocean Capital Companies Scholarship profiles 47....Pte. David Greenslade Bursary

4...... Company: PreCon Joins the OSCO Group 16....Customer: Cianbro people 29....Product: Architectural Precast Wall Panels 48....Service Awards 49....Retirement Lane 50....Group Golf Challenge 51....Fresh Faces OSCO 51....Congratulations construction group

CONNECTIONS is the biannual magazine of the Want to be added on our cover... OSCO Construction Group, published every to or removed from Spring and Fall to share news and information our mailing list? with our valued customers & employees PreCon Precast brings its experience & Please let us know by Comments and submissions are greatly appreciated and sending a quick email expertise to the OSCO Group: may be sent to the editor/designer: to Bernie Blakely at Tammy Legacy, c/o OSCO Construction Group www.oscoconstructiongroup.comblakely.bernie@ See story on page 4 400 Chesley Drive, Saint John, NB • Canada • E2K 5L6 email: [email protected] oceansteel.com message from the president

Message from the President

human history, the world collectively were changing constantly, our man- applied its capital, research, talent agement team and our individual and technology to create vaccines to contributors kept soldiering on. The neutralize this pathogen. Presently, result was that we came through this these vaccines have been success- year relatively unscathed but stronger fully tested and are now being admin- and better prepared for unforeseen istered throughout the world: a truly events in the future. remarkable achievement given the time to contain earlier pandemics. This was especially true when it came to proceeding with the PreCon acqui- During this difficult time, I am proud sition in June. This decision was not to say at OSCO we all came together, taken lightly given the more critical quickly adapted to our new reality and status of COVID in Ontario and the did our part. We made our work- fact that OSCO had never competed places safe and followed new proto- in the GTA market. Regardless, we cols for social distancing, masking, moved forward because of our con- enhanced hygiene and daily tempera- fidence in the quality and experience ture/check-in measures. More impor- of the newly assembled GTA manage- tantly, given the limited travel allowed ment team. In the short period since between provincial/state jurisdictions, closing, we are very pleased with the our local managers stepped into progress made. Although there is still the breach and took whatever steps much to do, we are confident that say 2020 was a challenging year were necessary in their operations to expanding into Ontario will prove to To would truly be an understate- ensure service disruptions were mini- be a good, strategic move for OSCO. ment. When the year began, many mized. I can’t express enough thanks Another noteworthy item this year of us were uncertain what the future to these individuals for taking charge has been the progress with our off- would hold. Our existing norms had when we needed them most. Despite site construction initiatives, both at been shattered by something too all the COVID-related obstacles and unbelievable to be true; a respiratory- regulations which, in some cases, continued on page 51... based pandemic. Countries closed their borders; communities went into lockdown; and social interaction “Despite all the COVID-related obstacles and regulations which, came to a standstill. A fiction writer in some cases, were changing constantly, our management team could have based his or her latest novel on these events. and our individual contributors kept soldiering on. The result was that we came through this year relatively unscathed but stronger And yet, somehow by the end of 2020, in the shortest time frame in and better prepared for unforeseen events in the future.” www.oscoconstructiongroup.com connections | fall & winter 2020 3 company profile

Bramalea GO Transit Parking Garage Rowes Wharf Complex Boston Harbour

Oakville GO Scotiabank Arena, Toronto Highway 407 Express Toll Route, GTA Transit Parking Garage

Amazon Python Distribution Centre, Ottawa

Woodbine Casino Parking Garage, Etobicoke

Flexwall- Mars Canada Distribution, Toronto

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Joins the OSCO Group

contributed by: Peter Quail P.Eng.

n June 1st of this past year, the other industrial, civil, institutional and the Woodstock plant (43 acres) about OOSCO Construction Group commercial projects. 1 hour west of Toronto. The Bramp- entered the central Canadian con- ton plant produces Flexwall®, a struction market through the asset Throughout its history, Pre-Con variety of structural components for acquisition of Pre-Con from AP In- has built lasting customer relation- parking garages and for other build- frastructure Solutions LP (APIS). Now ships with a focus on precast con- ings, as well as architectural precast. operating under OSCO as PreCon crete solutions and strong Technical The Woodstock plant has tradition- Precast Limited and PreCon Erection Sales and Engineering teams. These ally produced heavier prestressed Limited, this change in ownership relationships were reinforced by the elements, such as double tees, pre- also represents a new beginning for expertise and experience of their stressed beams and bridge girders. Pre-Con that has had a long history Project Management, Production and There are approximately 90 salaried in the precast concrete industry in Erection personnel. The company and 250 hourly employees inclusive Ontario and the bordering USA states. completed many iconic projects over of the offices, the two plants and the the years such as Rowes Wharf (Bos- erection department. Founded in 1958 by St. Mary’s ton Harbor), 1501 M-Street (Washing- Cement as Pre-Con Limited, the ton DC), Scotiabank Arena (Toronto), Despite the ownership turnovers company grew to be the largest the majority of bridge girders for since 1997, the company has main- manufacturer of engineered pre- the 151km Hwy 407 Express Toll tained good customer relationships, cast concrete products in Ontario. Route (Greater Toronto Area), and a strong market position and a core Pre-Con developed an opportunistic the Toronto Pearson Offsite Parking group of talented salaried and union business model with flexibility to de- Garage (the largest precast garage in employees. Together these attributes sign, manufacturer and erect a wide Canada). provide a solid foundation to rebuild spectrum of precast/prestressed the company under the new name concrete products such as insulated From 1997 to date, Pre-Con Lim- PreCon Precast Limited. wall panels (including Flexwall®), ited has changed ownership several architectural panels, bridge girders times. The company consists of two Going forward into 2021 and beyond, and structural members for parking production facilities; the Brampton there is a clear mandate for PreCon garages, food processing plants and plant and head office (19 acres) and Precast and PreCon Erection to continued on next page...

Osborn Parking Garage, Michigan

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continued from previous page... stored and realigned with the OSCO be a key element to introduce state- Construction Group. Much progress of-the-art innovative production build a steady state business model has been made in a very active GTA systems as PreCon Precast expands and to grow. Since the purchase on market environment despite the in the future. June 1st, PreCon Precast has begun extraordinary challenges brought on its transformation to rebuild and by COVID-19. As is the case for any successful achieve stability. Safety and quality venture, PreCon’s future growth will are being reinstilled as the top two Over the past 6 months, PreCon only be achieved through the efforts driving priorities for the company. has also taken some steps towards of engaged employees working The organizational structure is being some immediate growth initiatives. collaboratively at all levels of the restored with new leadership, pro- The Woodstock plant has acquired a organization. The team at PreCon is cesses and systems. Project Man- 220’ x 12’ self-stressing form which committed to make this happen. The agement and Engineering are being enables this plant to manufacture goal looking out five years is for staffed to bring back their historical insulated wall panels and thereby PreCon to become a state-of-the-art strength and function. Existing talent increase PreCon’s overall wall panel precaster who is seen as a flagship is being redeployed where necessary capacity to meet current market for the industry; not only in the and augmented with an aggressive demands. Strescon is also support- conventional precast market, but recruitment program. Administrative ing PreCon’s Engineering department during the future trend towards the and operational processes, as well with the introduction of the Tekla industrialization of the construction as information flow are being re- 3-D BIM modeling software. This will industry.

contributed by: Greater Moncton Meadows will offer a high-quality Corey Landry The area has seen a large living experience. Designed with & Kim Doggett increase in construction in the seniors in mind, the 76-unit Birch past few years. With the rising building will include under- prices of lumber, many contrac- ground parking, as well as access tors are looking for new solutions. to exceptional amenities such as OSCO Concrete’s Moncton plant a golf simulator, workout gym, Meadows has noticed an increase in ICF community room and much (Insulated Concrete Form) mixes more. going out this year. One customer utilizing ICF is J.N. Lafford Realty OSCO Concrete has supplied 3 Inc., based in Sackville, NB, who 3466m of ready-mix to the are currently building the Birch project, which is scheduled for Meadows apartment building on October 2021 occupancy. Highlandview Road in Moncton. Ocean Steel Rebar is also Their new development features working on this development. an ICF structure all the way to the They have supplied 129 tons of fourth floor. rebar and 126,080 sq.ft. of mesh Conveniently located in Monc- to date, which includes material ton’s Lewisville area, Birch supplied for ICF work.

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Wellness Center BROWN & Residence Hall

contributed by: Jeff Kyle Shawmut and Ocean Steel have unique community of students who worked on several projects together are committed to developing and in 1764, for Brown University over the past sustaining healthy lifestyles and pro- Founded Brown five years, including the Performing moting the well-being of the Brown University is a leading Ivy League re- Arts Center, School of Engineering, community and beyond. search university in Providence, Rhode Wilson Hall, and the Watson Institute. Island. It is the seventh-oldest institu- Shawmut is well known in Provi- The structural steel for this project tion of higher education in the United dence, RI for building highly complex was fabricated by Ocean Steel’s States. The school presently has an and state-of the-art buildings for Saint John facility in an oddly unique enrolment of 10,257 students from 63 Brown University. situation during the COVID-19 pan- nations, including all 50 states and 69 demic. The closures of surrounding languages. The new Wellness Center & Resi- cities and towns did not stop the dence Hall will be the first new project from being erected, which Brown is currently building a new building in the university’s housing challenged Ocean Steel to keep on 96,000 square foot Wellness Cen- lineup in 30 years. It will include a schedule for fabrication. Steel erec- ter and Residence Hall at 450 Brook 162-bed residence hall on the upper tion began in March 2020 by HB Street. The building has been de- floors, with single bedrooms as well Welding, with the final deliveries in signed to achieve a minimum, LEED as several four-person suites. The co- May. silver status. located student services on the lower floors will include clinical areas, a The erection of the building was Ocean Steel was contracted by counseling and psychological servic- quite different than usual, as the Shawmut Design & Construction es team whose offices are arranged top 2 levels of the 4-floor building to supply and install 420 tons of around a viewing garden, a health utilized cross-laminated timber (CLT) structural steel and 40,800 sq. ft. of promotion center, and the student- for the floors/roof, instead of the tra- metal decking, as well as supply three led EMS department. This creates a ditional steel decking and reinforced complete stairs for the new building. continued on next page... www.oscoconstructiongroup.com connections | fall & winter 2020 7 projects

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concrete slab combination. The CLT was installed by HB Welding simultaneously with the steel installation, which required the assistance of car- penters for fastening the wood to the steel. In addition to the steel structure and deck, Ocean Steel provided three complete stair towers that were also installed by HB Welding.

The project team celebrated a virtual topping-off ceremony for the steel installation at the end of April. The project has stayed on schedule, and is expected to be open in time for the university’s fall 2021 semester.

contributed by: core. Dexel has been very busy over 7037 MUMFORD David Marcatilli the years, changing the landscape of Halifax with each new project. After completing a large addition to Flynn Developments mixed-use developers. Specializing Flats on Hollis Street, they moved on Dexel Limited, a in mixed-use residential units, each to an ambitious 17 storey, 172-unit subdivision of the Lawen property is developed with creative building named after the family patri- Group, is one of Halifax Regional landmark elements to attract more arch, The George, on the busy corner Municipality’s (HRM) premier urban people to live and work in the urban of Robie and Pepperell Streets.

With the main structure of The George now complete, Dexel has moved on to what will be their tallest development yet - 7037 Mumford. The new project is a 22-storey, 120- unit residential building with two levels of underground parking in Hali- fax’s popular West End. The project is being lead by Kris Skiba, VP of Design and Construction, along with on-site superintendent, Brent Attridge.

OSCO Concrete has proudly supplied ready-mix and pumping to many Dexel projects over the last 20 years and are proud to be supplying again at 7037 Mumford. The project will require approximately 8000 cubic meters of concrete which will be placed using both concrete pumping and crane bucket.

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City of Worcester is not only complete fabrication getting a new 9,508- on schedule and on budget, but seat ballpark for their International with zero incidents related to the League Class AAA Worcester Red ongoing pandemic. With the aid of Sox (formerly the Pawtucket Sunbury Transport, Strescon was Red Sox). Designed by architect able to deliver all precast bleach- D’Agostino Izzo Quirk Architects ers, panels and stairs safely and on (DAIQ), the $90 million ballpark schedule, even with the challenges will combine the intimacy of of Covid-19. Fenway Park with elements that Strescon Provides Bleachers for the evokes Worcester’s history and Fortunately, strict safety policies culture. It is scheduled to open in were also put in place on the job New Home of the Worcester Red Sox April 2021. site by Gilbane-Hunt, to ensure the safety of every contractor working Strescon Limited’s Project Man- on the project during the pandem- contributed by: Peter Adams ager, Peter Adams, was the front ic, including Strescon’s subcon- line for communication and tractors. This includes erection by co-ordination with the customer, Prime Steel, grouting by Cast in Gilbane-Hunt Joint Venture, for Place Concrete, Inc., and caulking Strescon to design, fabricate, and by The Waterproofing Company. install the precast components required. Precast included various Along with all the COVID-19 re- bleacher seat profiles, stairs, steps, quirements, Strescon was able to and solid panels and/or slabs to assist the design team by casting- create the “Worcester Wall” in right in various items for other trades, field, reminiscent of left field’s including drains, wireless access Green Monster at Fenway Park. point (WAP), safety rail embeds, hand rail embeds, and various Design Engineer Jacob Myler and other box outs and sleeves. Senior Detailer Matthew Crowley both contributed countless hours Torsion bleachers were designed of design and detailing to achieve to cantilever high over the infield accurate connections and toler- behind home plate, to give specta- ances. tors the perfect view of the game. Strescon’s Bedford plant also con- This project was awarded in late tributed to the Polar Park project 2019, with plans to begin fabrica- by fabricating the 11 stair compo- tion in early spring. Unfortunately, nents that surround the precast due to COVID-19, the original proj- bleachers, and together, both ect schedule had to be revised to plants were able to produce and a final installation date of August/ deliver 160 precast components in September, 2020. During the early less than 50 days. stages of the COVID response, Polar Park was one of the first Soon, opening day will be upon us major projects Strescon fabricated and the smell of popcorn will be in in the Saint John plant. With the the air when the umpire yells help of our internal and external “PLAY BALL”. safety advisors, we were able to

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ROTHESAY NETHERWOOD SCHOOL

OSCO GROUP MEMBERS PROVIDE TEAM EFFORT FOR NEW SCIENCE HALL

contributed by: Dave Dunnett P.Eng., the Saint John and Kennebecasis “This building will change the cam- Kim Doggett, Shelby Valley communities since 1877, the pus dramatically. To start with, it is Gallant. & Alex Linero 21st century has seen a flurry of a beautiful addition. Also, the road enhancements to the almost 150 has been rerouted to pass behind on a beautiful 125 year old campus. In addition to the new building. There will no Located acres in Rothesay, numerous renovations and additions longer be traffic passing through New Brunswick, Rothesay Neth- to the buildings and grounds, the inside of campus. In terms of erwood School (RNS) has forged a several new structures have been student safety, this is a big win. erected, including: two residences, stellar international reputation by The biggest impact, however, will an administration building a offering a small 300-student be the teaching and learning op- gymnasium, a theatre, and a state- boarding and day school expe- portunities in this beautiful space. of-the-art dining hall. rience, coupled with world- There will be lots of room, new recognized programs. On April 27th of 2020, ground was equipment and exciting opportuni- They are an International broken on the newest addition to the ties for our teachers to rethink the Baccalaureate (IB) RNS campus; a 40,000 sq.ft. Science way they teach. The building will World School and a Hall. The lower level will include: have lots of collaborative spaces member of Round a double classroom/presentation for students and teachers to work. Square. space, three regular classrooms, a With the exception of fixed pod- style benches in the Chemistry and maker space, a collaborative work- An integral Biology labs, all other furniture will space, admin area and washrooms. part of be flexible and on wheels, giving The upper level will include two teachers opportunities to change Chemistry Labs, two Biology Labs, the orientation of their room any- two Physics Labs, a Middle School time they choose.” Science Classroom, five student breakout rooms, a reading lounge Paul McLellan, Head of School area and washrooms. continued on next page...

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The project is being Managed by Ellis Don. The OSCO Construction Group is proud to have made significant contributions to this project, supplying and installing ready-mix concrete, reinforcing steel, structural steel, and precast concrete.

READY-MIX CONCRETE OSCO Concrete’s Saint John plant supplied ready-mix for the foundation of the building, as well as grout a span of only 4 weeks, to ensure the Strescon Atlantic, completed the for Strescon’s hollowcore planks. The site schedule could be met. Overall, erection, welding, and grouting of all project required approx. 1000m3 in hollowcore production required over hollowcore planks by early October. total. 690 m3 of concrete and 65,860 linear feet of prestressing cable. Installation of the wall panels began REINFORCING STEEL October 19th, 2020 and with the Phase two of the project involved exception of a few pieces pending Ocean Steel Rebar began work in the production of 57 architectural approval of final architectural features, May 2020, supplying and install- thin brick and sandstone finish wall was completed by the end of October. ing 65.54 tons of rebar, and 15,360 panels. Most panels included four sq.ft. of wire mesh for the 178’ x 100’ window openings with built in sills Shipping of the wall panels to the job building. Rebar work was completed and headers, finished and sandblasted site represented a challenge. Most of in November. for a sandstone look. Modular brick the brick panels were 12’ wide x 30’ also returns into the window edges by tall, and required being shipped on STRUCTURAL STEEL means of L-shaped corner bricks. Fab- their edge to avoid damage to the brick and architectural features and Ocean Steel’s Saint John plant sup- rication began on August 5th, 2020. finishes. Coordination with Sunbury plied and erected 175 tons of struc- The modular brick selected for the Transportation was the key to the tural steel for this project, along with project was “Schoolhouse Red with a success of this project to: minimize 3,000 ft2 of decking and 15 joists (4.5 Velour finish” manufactured by Metro- overall shipping height; avoid or tons). The job was awarded in June brick and supplied by A.L. Patterson. coordinate temporary removal of 2020, with erection from mid-August Arduous coordination was required overhead cables along the route; to the end of October. between Strescon’s detailing-engi- and to alternate route weight limita- neering teams and Murdock & Boyd tions by the use of single drop trailers, PRECAST CONCRETE architects, to define panel dimensions double drop trailers, and Strescon’s Strescon Limited’s scope included and features, in order to work with own hydraulic Temisko trailer, which the fabrication, transportation, and brick dimensions and determine the is specially designed to transport such installation of 388 pieces of 12” thick brick quantities required. Approxi- tall panels. hollowcore planks, along with 57 mately 65,000 bricks were used dur- architectural brick veneer wall panels ing production. Production also re- Following the installation of the with sandstone features. The hol- quired the use of a rubber form liner, precast panels. The interior bead of lowcore planks serve as part of the 281 cubic meters of dark buff colored caulking was installed to weather structural flooring & roofing system, concrete (to simulate sandstone), and tight the building for winter. The final while the wall panels wrap around 40,000 lbs. of reinforcing material. exterior bead will be installed in the the building to create an aesthetically Production of wall panels was labour spring, pending a final decision on the pleasing envelope and façade. intensive, as each brick had to be exterior caulking color. placed and secured to the rubber liner Collaboration with our sister compa- Phase one of the project involved the by hand. Overall, fabrication required nies has been key in making this a production of approximately 40,725 approximately 5,600-man hours, in successful project. 3D Models were ft2 of hollowcore plank. Production the precast shop alone. began in August 2020 and finished in shared constantly to avoid errors and early September. All plank was fabri- Hollowcore delivery and installation guarantee smooth installation. The cated in the Saint John, NB plant over started in late August. Sister company, new Science Hall will be open for September 2021.

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contributed by: 7INK David Leskie

of Boston’s most Ocean Steel is currently working on tion is being completed by Boss Steel. One creative and in- 7INK, a 14-story, 180-unit co-living novative real estate firms, National building currently under construction As with many projects this year, Covid Development, has developed over at the corner of Albany and Her- provided complications, including a 30 million sq.ft. in over 45 communi- ald Streets. 7INK is the 7th and final work stoppage from the City of Bos- ties, and invested over $6 billion over building at Ink Block. ton, for which OSCO worked closely their nearly 40-year history. One of with Cranshaw to ensure compliance these developments is Ink Block, in 7INK will bring one of the country’s with their return to work rules. Boston’s South End. The location newest apartment trends, co-living, The location also presented chal- was the former home of the Boston to Boston. It will feature move-in lenges. The project site had roads on Herald newspaper, where it operated ready, fully-furnished studios, one- three sides and a hotel on the fourth. for 53 years before relocating in 2011. bedroom apartments and shared In order to keep the tower crane’s In 2013, National Development began suites. Amenities will include com- swing radius from impinging on a redeveloping the 6.2 acre industrial plimentary hotel-style conveniences nearby railway track, a luffing tower site into a vibrant, 463,000 sq.ft. resi- like high-speed Wi-Fi, premium crane with a reduced swing radius dential & retail hub; currently one of cable TV, linen & towel services, bath was used.Coordination with Whole Boston’s hippest addresses. amenities, dish and cookware, weekly housekeeping, and a dedicated 7INK foods was required, to use their park- Ink Block includes 315 apartments social club membership with gaming ing lot for tower crane erection. in three distinct buildings (1 Ink, 2 room, common lounge, and co- In an effort to reduce schedule risk, Ink, 3 Ink) which opened in January working area. it was decided that steel erection of 2015. The 75,000 sq.ft. of retail would begin in parallel with under- includes a 50,000 sq.ft. Whole Foods OSCO is fabricating and erecting ground utility installation. The erector Market on the ground floor of 2 Ink, 1270 Tons of steel for Cranshaw worked closely with the GC and other built below a green roof and resident Construction of New England Limited trades to schedule work activities so swimming pool. Also part of the Partnership, General Contractor for that erection wasn’t occurring above development are two condominium 7INK. Detailing was completed by nearby workers. buildings: Sepia, with 77 residential CADeploy, Inc. with a mixture of bare steel, galvanized steel, AESS and condominiums and 10,000 SF of Construction began in August of mulitple complex protective coating retail space; and Sienna, with 76 resi- 2019 and is expected to continue systems. OSCO is also supplying and dential condos. A 205-key AC Hotel through to the end of 2021. by Marriott was added in early 2018. installing 1413 Squares of Deck. Erec- www.oscoconstructiongroup.com connections | fall & winter 2020 13 projects projects

Maya Lin. Her vision incorporates the original 1909 building and façade, while reimagining the complex as an intellec- tual commons. The renovation features two new wings, dubbed “jewel boxes” by Maya Lin. The new south wing will bring together special collections such as the Sophia Smith Collection, Rare Books and College Archives. The new north wing will be filled with spaces to support active learning and scholarship, entrepreneur- ship and innovation. It will also include a cafe and digital media hub.

Strescon was brought onto the project by Shawmut Design and Construction. This was a unique project for Strescon, undertaking a “supply only” scope for precast panels, as well as miscellaneous caps and sills for the new extensions. During this collaborative project, Strescon shared detailing and Tekla models with Shawmut to provide 61-precast panels, along with 27 caps and sills. All precast was designed specifically for the project and incorporated with the overall AVB wall system.

Construction required a detailed phas- ing plan. The existing library brick façade was first retrofitted with a temporary steel-frame bracing system, allowing Shawmut to remove the entire internal structure. A new structural steel frame was then erected within, and the wings of the building added to the ends to create the “jewel box” additions.

Precast erection for this project was particularly unique. With several panels being erected under a two foot soffit overhang, many of Strescon’s connections and lifting devices had to be specifi- contributed by: Gerald K. Grassby cally designed to meet the structural and architectural needs of the panel, while in 1871, Smith College opened in 1875 also meeting the erectors requirements. Founded with 14 students. Today, Smith is among the largest women’s colleges in the US, with students from The Smith Neilson Library is situated in 48 states and 68 countries. Located in Northampton, MA, the middle of an active college campus, Smith is an independent, nondenominational college. Smith so the logistics of getting trailers to an remains strongly committed to the education of women at accessible site was critical. Constant the undergrad level, but admits grad students of all genders. contact with Strescon’s carrier, Sunbury Transport, ensured all deliveries went In October 2017, ground was broken for a new Neilson smoothly. The project is expected to be Library, designed by renowned architectural designer completed in early 2021.

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MOOSEHEAD SMALL BATCH PATIO

contributed by: standing that social distancing was preparation work and the installation Bill Woodhouse P.Eng., M.Eng. a consistent guideline that needed of more than thirty concrete sono- to be followed, Moosehead sat tubes for the patio foundation. Also the fall of 2017, FCC Construc- down with FCC to brainstorm and notable was that this was a team In tion was contracted to help develop ideas for a patio expan- project, with Marque Construction Moosehead expand its brewery sion. The FCC BIM/VDC Team, led providing the labour to complete the to accommodate a Small Batch by Kyle Blanchard, worked with the carpentry scope of work. Brewery and Taproom with retail project team to develop a floor plan space. The project, which included a that not only fit with the aesthetics The patio opened in July with small outdoor patio, was completed of the current exterior landscape, a Covid-19 safe occupancy in June 2018 and has been a great but could also safely accommodate of 75. The new patio had addition to Saint John; becoming patrons in a comfortable and relaxed a very successful summer an attraction for locals and tourists outdoor setting. Through an iterative and received very positive alike. design process and several sessions reviews! The Moosehead of feedback with the client, FCC team looks to continue to the Fast-forward to the Spring of 2020. finalized the design and was able to grow the customer experience at As the Covid-19 Pandemic contin- kick off construction. Small Batch, and looks forward to ued to evolve, it became evident to a full occupancy (post Covid-19) of the Moosehead team that changes Given the unexpected nature of this approximately 120 customers. FCC to the customer experience would project, it was imperative that the is proud to have been able to assist be needed, and modifications were project be executed quickly and effi- with both the vision and construc- required to the existing tap room ciently, to allow Moosehead to open tion management of this exciting model. Without knowing the full to the public. From the start of on- project and looks forward to future impact of the pandemic on the site work, it took six weeks to com- successful projects with Moosehead hospitality regulations, but under- plete the project, which included site Breweries! www.oscoconstructiongroup.com connections | fall & winter 2020 15 projects

customer profile

ounded in 1949, Cianbro is one of the United States’ In addition to the Maine Strescon: largest 100% employee owned construction and con- Correctional Center, F • Casco Bay Bridge struction services companies. Cianbro presently operates the OSCO Construction • Summer Street Bridge in more than 40 states and employs more than 4,000 team Group has been fortunate to work with Cianbro on a • St. Croix River Bridge members. Cianbro manages and self-performs all elements number of other projects, • Hollywood Slots of construction. Throughout its 70-year history, Cianbro has including: • St. Stephen/Calais Inter- safely and efficientlyCIANBRO planned, managed, and constructed national Border Crossing many technically complex, historic, and environmentally Ocean Steel: • Canopy Hotel sensitive projects for a wide variety of public and private • Portland Jetport We look forward to clients. A total commitment to safety combined with the • Georges River Energy working with Cianbro on enthusiasm of an innovative team of construction profes- • Bangor Savings Bank many more successful sionals, has enabled Cianbro to build a durable reputation for • Maine Veteran’s Home projects in the future! CIANBRO completing projects safely, on schedule, and within budget.

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MAINE CORRECTIONAL CENTER Strescon & FCC Team Up on Three Facility Expansion Buildings

contributed by: Peter Adams insulated panels to the MCC Facility the precast panels during fabrication. job site. These insulated panels, con- FCC Construction was able to step up hen the State of Maine was sisting of an exterior sandblast finish and assist the electrical contractor, Wlooking to cut operational costs and sealed with 2 coats of BASF by supplying and installing all of the at the Maine Correctional Center Masterprotect H-1000, were electrical devices and conduit for (MCC), the decision was made to delivered over a 2 week pe- the precast panels during fabrica- replace some older housing facilities riod to complete the exterior tion. FCC also followed up by pro- with several new buildings. The MCC framework for Building #6. viding Cianbro Construction with Facility expansion, which is located a final inspection report, and photos on Mallison Falls Road in Windham, With the aid of the 3D modelling of the placement for all electrical will save the state of Maine an esti- firm Final Draft Cad, weekly Building components in the panels. mated $10.5 million in operational Information Modelling (BIM) meet- cost annually. ings were conducted with Strescon’s Detention and Non-Detention win- project manager and other trade dow and door frames were delivered This $150 million expansion will also representatives. Strescon’s detailing to the Strescon plant from New York address the issues of an overcrowding team was able to import and coordi- and cast into the precast panels dur- population and provide an expanded nate 3D models from other trades into ing production. treatment for substance abuse. Three the precast model, to help identify of these new buildings were de- and eliminate any clashes that could Strescon is currently in the coordina- signed with exterior precast insulated occur with material to be cast into tion stages for Buildings #3 and #2, wall panels, so Cianbro Corporation the precast panels, such as electrical, scheduled for delivery Dec-2020 and turned to Strescon Limited to provide plumbing and HVAC. March-2021 respectively. these panels under a tight schedule. With tight border restrictions due to Combined, the 3 buildings require Building #6 was the first building to Covid-19, the electrical contractor more than 360 panels; over 52,000 be erected and Strescon was able was unable to come to Strescon’s sq.ft.; in a variety of sizes, and in thick- to meet the schedule and supply 87 plant to inspect all electrical units in nesses of 9”, 11” & 13”.

Hollywood Slots Parking Garage Maine Veteran’s Home

Portland Jetport CIANBRO Bangor Savings Bank

Georges River Energy

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Port Saint John Modernization

contributed by: Dave Dunnett P.Eng. channel. The Project, projected to be Ready-Mix Concrete: & Callum Young complete in 2023, is funded through a three-way partnership between the OSCO Concrete’s Saint John plant Saint John, in Saint John, Governments of Canada and New was awarded the first package of the Port New Brunswick, is Atlantic Brunswick, along with the Port. Modernization Project in March of Canada’s largest port by volume and 2020, from Newfoundland-based has a diverse cargo base, handling an Precast Concrete: Pennecon Heavy Civil Limited. The average of 28 million metric tonnes project involves the filling of 37 - 4 ft. Strescon Limited was of cargo annually. As Canada’s first diameter steel piles, approximately awarded the first pack- incorporated city Saint John has also 130 ft. long. There will also be pile age of the Port of Saint become a standout stop for cruise caps and cope walls to cast later in John Modernization in visitors from around the world, who the project. The total cast in place July 2020. This project consists of utilize the Port’s facilities. estimated was 2100m3. The project 20 structural wharf slabs; more than was originally slated to start in late 2600 sq.ft. The slabs will help the The West Side Modernization Project June, but there were many unfore- West Side Terminal handle larger is a $205 million infrastructure proj- seen items encountered that delayed freighter ships and store a greater ect that will see the lengthening and the project. It was finally started in number of containers. Strescon is strengthening of the pier structure late September and is continuing into scheduled to deliver the precast slabs at the West Side container terminal, 2021. as well as the deepening of the main in the spring of 2021.

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contributed by: Market Stewart Totten Strescon Supplies First 2700 Diameter Concrete Pipe in Atlantic Canada

designers analyze a drainage water- When shed to design a culvert, a number of factors come into play. To start, they must determine present and potential land use to determine what the flow rate from the site will be; a steep paved site for instance, will have significantly higher flows than a flat forested site. They then determine the slope and make up of the drainage channel. Based on the flow characteristics of the drainage channel, they can then determine the size and shape of required culvert (or storm drainage system).

When determining culvert diameter, designers often find they need a size a little bigger than the 96” typically available. When this occurred, the available options were to size up to 120”, or redesign some other aspect of the project (ie: slope of the culvert, slope or shape of drainage channel, reconfiguration or restriction on the land use of the watershed, etc.) to give less flow.

In 2019, after consultation with the Department of Transportation, Strescon made the decision to purchase a new form to manufacture 108” (2745 mm), in order to fill the supply gap between 96” (2440) and 120” (3050).

The 9’ pipe has many advantages over 10’. For Strescon, the design and manufacture is easier and faster. Shipping is easier as well; with standard 8’ long sections, we can put two pieces on a flat bed, while with 10’ we are restricted to 7’ long if trying to ship 2 pieces together. For the designers, it gives another option when it comes to their design. For the contractor, lighter pieces, longer length, fewer joints, and a smaller trench to dig, means less material to handle and a faster job.

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continued from previous page... The designer could have used a excavator, it required less excavation box culvert, but the cost would be and backfill as well as no change to The first project in Atlantic Canada to significantly more, and supply time the roadway alignment. We hauled our come to tender with 2700 mm RCP line extended, compared to using own product and we were able to put was in the summer of 2020. Just round pipe. After careful analysis of two pieces on a load.” south of Rogersville, NB, on Route the options for design and materials, 126, for the west branch of the Bass Matthew chose 2700 diameter RCP. As to why Strescon? “Phillips Bros. has River, a failing 2100 diameter corrugat- Concrete gave him the confidence of had a long successful relationship with ed metal pipe was in need of replace- having a product with a proven track Strescon. When Phillips started out, ment due to failure of the bottom of record, that was locally made, easily Strescon was there to work with a new the pipe, separation of the joints and accessible, competitively priced, and company and the technical support deformation of the ends. that the contractor was familiar with. has been helpful over the years. Keep- ing the money to purchase materials After analyzing the requirements, The project tender closed on June 23, within the Province is important. With Matthew Sullivan of Roy Consultants, 2020. With Phillips Bros. Excavating of a large pipe and DTI project it was found the existing culvert was Moncton NB as the low bidder coming important to have a company with undersized according to newer in within 1% of the engineering esti- experience navigating the submittal, hydraulic design standards. Site mate. Phillips awarded supply of the drawing and inspection requirements restrictions included limited height pipe to Strescon in mid July and they of the DTI. The project was kept on of cover over the existing and new received submittal drawings within schedule and everything was ready as culvert, as well as restricted width a day of award. The first product required and fit with no issues on site.” of the drainage channel. The height shipped to the site on August 6th and restriction meant that 120” pipe installation took less than a week. This project included design, submittal would require roadway realignment, drawings & calculations, and manu- adding extra cost to the project. The When asked why they choose to facture of 34.2 m of 2700 65D width meant using a double run of use Strescon over alternatives, Jim reinforced concrete pipe, two pipe smaller pipe would require widening Phillips of Phillips Bros. stated: “The supports, and 140 median barriers the existing stream embankment. 9’ pipe was easy to handle with an used for traffic diversion.

Place Sentier contributed by: Kim Doggett The four-story building will offer one also be a 468 sq.ft. hotel suite on the bedroom apartments ranging from first floor which can be rented by Steel Rebar is 880-1000 sq.ft. two bedroom apart- tenants for their guests. Ocean working with ments from 1100-1450 sq.ft.; and a Amico Construction Inc. on a 63-unit massive three bedroom, three and Ocean Steel Rebar began work in luxury apartment building in Dieppe. a half bath, 2574 sq.ft. king suite on July 2020 and will be providing a Place Sentier is located at 245 rue the fourth floor, with a master suite total of 101.6 tons of rebar and 24,416 Lafayette and faces the Petitcodiac balcony and a large wrap around sq.ft. of wire mesh. River. balcony in the living area. There will

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contributed by: Jamie Reid & Kim Doggett

University of Prince Ed- The ward Island is currently constructing their 4th and largest student residence. The new $60 million-dollar, 9 storey structure is located at the corner of University Ave & Belvedere Ave in Charlottetown. The building is approximately 185,000 sq.ft and contains 260 residence rooms with 22,000 sq.ft of classroom, lecture hall/theatre, and conference spaces. Designed by Andrew McGil- livary Architect Limited, the residence will be a mix of brick, metal, and glazing; a shift from the more traditional buildings on campus.

UPEI has experienced large growth in their stu- UPEI RESIDENCE dent population over the last several years, and their current on campus housing only serves approximately 9.4% of the student population. Once this new ‘year-round’ residence is completed, that capacity will increase to 15%; improving campus life for its students while at the same time reducing some of the strain on the province’s housing shortage. Ready-Mix Schurman Concrete’s Charlottetown plant was selected as the concrete provider for Phases 1, 2 & 3 of the project. The General Contractor is Remley Construction, and the project is being managed by Brighton Con- struction, both local PEI companies.

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continued from previous page... enough to reach those heights. of rebar for Phase 2 (South Wing) in September 2020. the tight construction timeline on Reinforcing Steel The facility has to be completed in schedule. Total concrete for all three The timeline for construction on this 3 late 2022, as it is a required piece of phases will be approximately 2750m . project is aggressive in order to meet infrastructure for PEI’s hosting of the the required completion date. Ocean At almost 36 metres high, the new 2023 Canada Winter Games in Steel Rebar is working with formwork structure will be one of the tallest February of that year. Before it is used contractor Remley Construction Ltd buildings on the Island. Larger pumps to accommodate University students, on this project. Ocean Steel Rebar from Halifax will have to be brought the new building will be used to installed 51.45 tons of rebar for Phase to the Island to facilitate the con- house athletes as part of the Canada 1 (North Wing) of the residence in crete pours on the top two floors, as Games Athlete’s Village. June and just completed 38.80 tons no Island pumps are currently large

105 WEST FIRST Ocean Steel Helps Build Future Lab for CRISPR Therapeutics

contributed by: Trevor Watters

West First Street in South ing transformative gene-based medi- As part of this project Ocean Steel 105 Boston is the first project by cines for serious diseases. CRISPR has designed, engineered and installed a Breakthrough Properties (BTP), a life established a portfolio of therapeutic temporary steel support system for sciences real estate company formed programs across a broad range of a large cantilevered portion of the as a joint venture between Tishman disease areas, including hemoglo- building. This temporary support will Speyer and Bellco Capital. In July binopathies, oncology, regenerative carry 6 levels of structural steel before 2020, BTP announced that leading medicine and rare diseases. the system is released and the build- gene editing company, CRISPR Thera- ing is self supporting. peutics, had signed a full-building Ocean Steel is currently working with 263,500-square-foot lease agreement Consigli Construction on the new Ocean Steel expects to deliver the for the structure. building. Ocean Steel’s Saint John final steel in early January 2021 and plant has been asked to fabricate and the site is expected to be turned over Since its founding in 2013, CRISPR has ship roughly 2,219 tons of structural to Breakthrough Properties in the quickly grown to be a leading gene- steel columns and beams, as well as early spring of 2022. editing company focused on develop- structural steel decking.

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Hill Village is a senior living precast plank, and dimensional and Fox cooperative in Westwood, panelized wood systems. MA. Owned by its residents, Fox Hill is an active and elegant retirement The precast scope was officially home where residents and their advi- awarded to Strescon in January sors, not remote corporate leader- of 2020. Strescon had the distinct ship, make the key decisions. The pleasure in working with CE Floyd complex sits on a 110-acre site and in providing a production sched- includes natural landscapes on its ule, connection details, and on site private grounds. It provides assisted coordination for install and grouting care, memory care, and rehabilitation procedures of the precast plank, prior for its Independent living seniors. to the award. This assured everything related to Strescon’s scope of work Fox Hill is currently undergoing was properly accounted for, while an expansion which will increase helping the Construction Manager the number of amenities for their better understand our overall scope residents. The addition will include of work prior to buyout. added services such as a relaxation lounge salon and spa, golf simulator, This project utilized many different fitness center and meeting rooms, as structural building materials, so coor- well as 2 levels of added suites. dination and timing was very important to the schedule. We are looking Strescon was invited back in late 2019 forward to our next project with CE to provide a “supply and grout” pro- Floyd, and providing our best coordi- posal for 9,265 sq.ft. of 8” strescore nation and quality based products. precast plank for the second floor of the expansion. The new addition Construction went seamlessly on site was designed using structural steel, and the facility is targeted to be completed by Spring of 2021.

Assisted Living Amenity Addition FoxHill Village contributed by: Gerald Kirkwood Grassby

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experience to streamlined the design hub for performance at Brown. process and bring potential efficiencies to the fabrication and erection The state-of-the-art design of the processes. These efficiencies not only Center includes suspended move- able balconies that can be reconfig- contributed by: Trevor Watters improved the overall project schedule, but provided the highest possible val- ured to change the size and acoustic September 2017, Ocean Steel ue for the client’s dollar. This project properties of the space. Additionally, In was fortunate to be offered an marks the fourth IPD project partner- the performance space has been opportunity to work as a trade partner ship for Ocean Steel and Shawmut designed so that the interior space on the Brown University Perform- Design at Brown University. is column-free, with a glass façade ing Arts Center project team. Ocean which makes the space completely Steel’s primary scope was to supply The 90,000 sq.ft. Brown University transparent to pedestrians outside. and fabricate roughly 2,000 tons of Performing Arts Center will seat To further add to the complexity of structural steel columns, beams and between 625 when set up as a sym- the project, there is a 40 x 98 foot, trusses, as well as the steel decking phony orchestra hall, and 250 as a 140-ton cantilevered lobby hang- and grating required for the project. proscenium theater. The venue will ing off the east side of the building, also include large rehearsal spaces supported with composite Vierendeel In addition to the services provided for instruments, dance, acting and trusses. from a material and fabrication per- practice areas, and will also house an spective, Ocean Steel worked very on site café. After nearly 3 years of plan- closely with the other trade partners ning, design and fabrication, beginning in early 2018, providing The Center is the first of its kind, Ocean Steel’s Saint John and technical support and design assis- pushing the boundaries of innova- Fredericton fabrication tance. As a trade partner for this Inte- tion in performance spaces across plants will have completed grated Project Delivery (IPD) project, the globe. With a radical approach to the fabrication and delivery of the design team, lead by REX (Archi- spatial, acoustic and technical flex- the steel for this project in December tect) and ODEH Engineering, lever- ibility, the space will inspire innova- 2020. The building will be commis- aged Ocean Steel’s knowledge and tive art-making, enable new forms of sioned and opened to the campus artistic collaboration, and serve as a for use in late 2022.

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RICHMOND YARDS

contributed by: David Marcatilli 30 storey building at the center of the The concrete portion of this proj- project. Overall, living space will be ect started with a bang for OSCO the last 30 years, created for 350+ residents. Concrete, with Westwood requiring Over Westwood Develop- the single largest pour in OSCO’s ments has been building multi-unit OSCO Concrete has been a proud history; 1035.95 cubic meters for the residential and commercial build- partner, suppling concrete and main box footing in the 30 storey ings throughout the core of Halifax. pumping to Westwood Develop- tower. The footing will be the base Over that time, they have also been ments in past years, as well as with for the elevator shaft, stairwells and acquiring properties on the busy cor- this new endeavour at Richmond multiple columns. The pour used ner of Almon, Robie and St. Albans Yards. The project will require ap- two 38-meter concrete pumps run Streets, with the vision of creating proximately 46,000 cubic meters by Dan Nelson and Craig Steves Richmond Yards; a city within a city. of concrete over the next 2.5 years, starting at 7am and finishing at ranging from 15MPa to 50MPa in 5:30pm. Currently the largest development lower level walls and columns. The in Halifax Regional Municipality, project, being over seen by construc- Amazingly, OSCO’s dispatch team the Richmond Yards development tion manager BIRD Construction, will and our dedicated operators man- is spread over 4-plus acres which require all sizes of concrete pumps; aged to squeeze in an addition 361 will house 700,000+ sq.ft. of living from 36-meter to 52-meter, includ- meters to satisfy the needs of other and commercial space, along with ing a 36-meter tower pump that customers as well, making it one of 360,000+ sq.ft. of underground Westwood has purchased for easy the biggest days in OSCO’s Bedford/ parking over two levels. The cur- placement of concrete on the 30 Sackville plant history, with 1396.95 rent plan shows 5 towers ranging in storey tower. meters produced. height from 2 storey, to the signature www.oscoconstructiongroup.com connections | fall & winter 2020 25 group milestone

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FCC turns 1960-2020

Insulation To Installation: The story of FCC he official company name of Ferro Chemi Crete Engineering Limited was incorporated in T1960 for the purpose of manufacturing and marketing expanded polystyrene insulation, under the trade name Insolite. The legal name was a mouthfull, and as such, was quickly truncated to more user-friendly FCC Engineering.

From 1960 until the mid-seventies, into the Structured Cabling market. we believe positions us well to play FCC Engineering provided insulation a prominent roll in the solar field for for the precast industry and roofing With the new services being provided years to come. trades, as well as consumer goods the name “FCC Engineering” had such as life preservers and ice coolers. become somewhat confusing to our Carl Blanchard, Vice President and General Manager, Construction In the eighties, FCC Engineering tran- customers and as such in 2010 Ferro OSCO Construction Group sitioned from product manufacturer to Chemi Crete Engineering Ltd began providing Construction Management doing business as FCC Construction. services, on large and small projects In 2018, OSCO Group announced its throughout the Atlantic provinces. FCC Construction is an open commitment to the new and exciting The Irving Oil Lubricants Plant in Saint world of Building Information Model- shop, multi-trade, specialty John, a 100,000 sq.ft. manufacturing ling (BIM) by establishing a sponsor- contractor serving Atlantic and storage facility, was the first large ship agreement with UNB. FCC es- Construction Management project tablishes a new BIM/VDC department, Canada. FCC’s three main completed by FCC. This project was managed by Kyle Blanchard, which will operating divisions include: unique not only for its size and com- lead FCC’s foray into this new method plexity, but all sectors of the OSCO of construction. Construction Management, Group were involved. The piling and As we move forward, FCC is looking to Electrical Contracting and site work began in late 1989 and was the heavens in search of new mar- operational in 1992. With the transi- Communication Cabling. kets. Solar Power is a tion to Construction Management, market, that checks FCC was instrumental in the success- a number of boxes. ful completion of many interesting It is an emerging and challenging projects. Loyalist FUN FACT: When FCC was market, environ- Burial Ground Upgrade, IOR King of mentally friendly originally incorporated, Cats Expansion, and PCS Potash Mine , and the market they produced and sold expansion in Sussex to name a few. place is not crowded. “Insolite” expanded Not satisfied with status quo, FCC ex- To this end FCC has polystyrene insulation panded into the electrical commercial fostered a business re- used to make insulated and light industrial markets. In 1996, lationship with a major precast concrete FCC Engineering signed an agreement Canadian distributor , with NBTel and Nordx to be a Certified panels. Solar Sentinel, which System Vendor, which propelled FCC www.oscoconstructiongroup.com connections | fall & winter 2020 27 group milestone continued from previous page...

OUR HISTORY building at 400 Chesley Drive, head- YMCA project ahead of schedule. 1960: Ferro Chemi Crete (FCC) quarters for the OSCO Construction is incorporated and begins to Group. The old office buildings are 2016: The FCC Warehouse launches produce and sell “Insolite” expanded demolished early in 2001. ToolHound®, a highly efficient tool polystyrene insulation, tracking and rental computer software used in making insulated 2001: FCC constructs new state-of- and scanning system. precast panels and in the-art pipe plant for Strescon’s Saint general construction. John facility. 2018: The OSCO Construction Group makes $2 Milllion investment in FCC becomes active in the “One World” Enterprise Resource 1989: Off-Site Construction Research Centre Construction Management market. Planning (ERP) software, is adopted at the University of New Brunswick. FCC is contracted as Project Manager to integrate resources throughout all Off-site construction consists of plan- for the new Irving Lubricants blending companies. ning, designing and fabricating build- & processing plant. ing elements in a factory-controlled 2008: FCC Construction builds New environment for rapid assembly in a 1993: Former Coca-Cola bottling Brunswick’s first LEED Gold Certified “plug-and-play” fashion at the jobsite. plant on Chesley Drive is purchased building for Commercial Properties. and renovated, to convert it to a ware- The building is located at Somerset FCC wraps up work on the Saint John house and shop facility. Square, in Saint John. Safe Clean Water Project; the larg- FCC Construction finishes work as est municipal infrastructure project in FCC 1995: Project Manager for Centerbeam the City’s history. Undertaken by FCC changes logo to Place; a National Award-Winning as a member of the Port City Water current version. heritage restoration project, located in Partners, the $217 million project was Saint John, NB. FCC’s first P3 project. 1996: FCC signs agreement with NBTel and Nordx as a Certified System 2009: FCC appointed Project Man- 2019: FCC Construction wraps up Vendor for structured cabling. They ager for Picadilly Project; a $1.7 billion work on the Irving Oil Home Office begin building their Communications expansion to the existing potash mine project in Saint John, NB; a joint venture Cabling Division. near Sussex, NB. with Ellis Don. The 11-storey, 317,000 square foot structure had an $88 million Carl Blanchard appointed 1999: 2010: Ferro Chemi budget and took 3 years to build. General Manager of Marque and FCC. Crete Engineering FCC Construction embraces the evo- Ltd begins doing lution of construction with the launch 1999-2000: “King of Cats” business as FCC Construction. of a new Building Information Model- upgrade at the Irving refinery. FCC ling (BIM) & Virtual Design in Con- provides foundation & underground 2014: The OSCO Construction struction (VDC) department, with Kyle services for the #4 Crude unit & Group promotes Carl Blanchard to Blanchard as BIM/VDC Manager. the RFCC unit; and installs the East Vice President and General Manager, boundary water line. Construction Sector 2020: FCC Construction celebrates its 60th Anniversary 2000: FCC constructs new office 2015: FCC completes Saint John

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contributed by: Andrew Levatte

ince its incorporation in 1963, Strescon has provided architectural precast concrete wall Spanels to some of the highest profile developments in Atlantic Canada and the North- eastern United States. In addition to the beauty of the product, the developers of these projects achieved many additional benefits, such as economy, energy efficiency, speedy construction, versatility, and quality control.

A versatile design choice, precast colour, finish or texture. Some of the Harbour Isle Developments concrete offers many different most common finishes and textures The year began with fabrication of colours and textures, from a basic include: sandblasting (light, medium phase two Harbour Isle Develop- form grey smooth texture through & heavy); exposed aggregate; thinset ments in Dartmouth. Phase 2 con- to a stained formliner finish. Careful brick; and formliners. sists of the addition of two 16-storey selection of finishes can turn a basic towers; an apartment building known building design into an award winning 2020 has been a busy year for Archi- as the Campden, and a condo known masterpiece. Today it is becoming tectural Precast Concrete wall panels as the Seapoint. With the panels now common practice to include pre- at Strescon’s Bedford plant. Some fabricated for both buildings, instal- cast elements with more than one of our current projects include the following: lation of the precast panels just got

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ARCHITECTURAL PRECAST CONCRETE WALL PANELS Harbour Isle Developments - Campden & Seapoint; Halifax Tower Hotel; and Abbington 2-3

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...continued from previous page a rich look for the hotel and a superior building envelope. underway on building 3 and should be wrapped up in less Abbington 2-3 than two weeks. Building 2 The final project for the year installation should start in the was Abbington 2-3, building 3 new year once the structure of a three-building develop- has been completed. ment by Mosaik Properties. All three buildings are clad with The Harbour Isle Architectural architectural precast concrete Precast Concrete wall panels wall panels. Production is were manufactured using reaching the final stages and white cement, off white should wrap up in the next aggregate and sand, with couple of weeks, with installa- a combination of exposed tion slated for January. aggregate plus light and medium sandblast textures, The Abbington 2-3 panels providing warm finishes for were manufactured using two the building which will stand colours. Some of the panels the test of time. were produced using white cement, dark aggregate, off Halifax Tower Hotel white sand and a combination The next project up was the of light sandblast and exposed Halifax tower hotel, with aggregate bands around the fabrication starting in the windows. The remainder of spring and running through the panels were produced the summer. Window installa- using grey cement, charcoal tion started late summer and pigment, white aggregate and should be wrapped up soon. off white sand, again with a The panels were manufactured combination of light sandblast using white cement, off white and exposed aggregate bands aggregate and sand, with a around the windows. The light sandblast finish. The com- contrast between the white bination of the warm tones of and charcoal panels provides a the architectural precast con- unique look that makes the crete wall panels and the white buildings stand out from other Kohltech windows, will provide buildings around them.

contributed by: Andrea Haines Rebar Projects Greg Tims & Andrea Haines

RESIDENTIAL Cornerstone Apt Phase 2, 612 Bedford Highway Apts, Construction, 160.6 Tons of Fredericton, NB; WSC Colpits Sama Developments Ltd. rebar. 279 Champlain Development, Developments Ltd, 20.4 Tons 45.81 Tons of rebar, 18,088 Moncton, NB; Kelcor Real Raspberry Point Oyster of rebar. sqft of mesh. Estate Ltd, 77.1 Tons of rebar, Facility, Bayview, PEI; G.E. 12,000 SF of mesh. Calabria Place, Saint John, Kentville Building B MacNeill Contracting Ltd, NB; Hickey Brothers, 43.5 3314808 Nova Scoctia Ltd 27.9 Tons of rebar, 6,400 sqft 343 Queen St, Fredericton, Tons of rebar. 73.96 Tons of rebar, 44,096 of mesh. NB; Marine Capital QS sqft of mesh. Limited Partnership, 31.3 185 Kaulbach Apts, Pulp Dryer Machine Track, Tons of rebar, 95,000 SF of Eclipse Developments INDUSTRIAL IPP, Saint John, NB; Irving Pulp mesh. 81.96 Tons of rebar,21,984 & Paper Ltd; 155 Tons of rebar. sqft of mesh. Cove Wharf, Dexter

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theKensington

contributed by: Kim Doggett & Corey Landry

new luxury seniors apartment complex is be- Aing constructed in the planned community of “The Fairways” on Pinewood Road in Riverview, NB by a joint venture between Clayton Develop- ments Limited, BYN Properties, and Milestone Apartments. “The Kensington” consists of two four-story, 14,072 sq.ft. wood framed apartment buildings, connected by an 825 sq.ft. commons area community building. The deveoopment will also include underground parking. Each building contains 39 units consisting of 1, 2 and 3-bedroom apartments with high end finishes. Units range between 700 and 1325 sq.ft.

Ocean Steel Rebar began work with The Shaw Group Limited in early July and will be providing a total of 195.55 tons of rebar and 40,300 sqft of mesh.

OSCO Concrete’s Moncton Plant is also involved with this project, working with new customer, BYN Consulting. The building utilizes insulated concrete forms (ICF) up to the first floor. OSCO provided 1625m3 beginning in July 2020. Work on the Kensington is expected to be complete in the fall of 2021.

Andrea Haines

Heavy Equipment Repair Paper Ltd, 49.6 Tons of rebar. INSTITUTIONAL Construction, 59.4 Tons of Facility, Edmundston, NB; rebar, 7,100 sqft of mesh. Jolly Farmer Admin UPEI Residence South Springhill Construction, 36.8 Building, Northampton, NB; Wing, Charlottetown, PEI; Tyne Valley Events Centre, Tons of rebar. Jolly Farmer Products Ltd; Remley Construction, 38.8 Tyne Valley, PEI; Wellington Corey Nutrition Warehouse, 24.8 Tons of rebar. Tons of rebar. Construction, 20.8 Tons of Fredericton, NB; Prospect rebar. GEBIS Dining Hall, Montague, Building Contractors (2004) RETAIL & COMMERCIAL PEI; Brighton Construction, Ltd, 23 Tons of rebar, 47,200 Yarmouth Ferry Terminal BRIDGES 57.7 Tons of rebar. sqft of mesh. RCS Construction Mill Lake Road Overpass Harrison McCain Pavilion, Pulp Dryer Phase 1, IPP, 64.5 Tons of rebar. Dexter Construction, 28.6 Tons Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Saint John, NB; Irving Pulp & of rebar, 61,323 lbs GFRP rebar. Fredericton, NB; Bird

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contributed by: Jamie Reid lottetown Plant provided all of the ent methods were used. McNally roughly 1750 m3 of ready mixed con- Construction used numerous barges June of 2018, the Port of crete for this expansion. The General and large cranes. Some of the pours In Charlottetown began it’s $14.1 Contractor was McNally Construc- were done with the concrete going million berth expansion. The project tion from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. into large concrete buckets at the extends the existing berth space by wharf, then barging the buckets out 270 meters, which will allow for two The largest challenge with this to the pour location, where a crane vessels of up to 330 meters to berth expansion was the placing of the on another barge would lift the simultaneously. In order to complete concrete. Much of the concrete had buckets and place the concrete. The the expansion, various stages of to be placed at distances of up to barge could handle one 8m3 load of construction were required, includ- 1000 feet from where we could get concrete at a time. Many other pours ing dredging, and the driving of 43 the concrete trucks. There was noth- were done with the use of McNally’s piles. ing but water between the truck and line pump, pumping the concrete where the concrete had to go. through up to 1000 feet of 4” pipe. Completed in August of 2020, the project consists of four additional To accomplish this, several differ- mooring buoys and four breasting continued on next page... dolphins. The dolphins are connected by a concrete access bridge, For one of the final pours, Schurman had to put its 36 meter which will allow passengers to get off the ship and walk to port facilities. pump on a barge. The trucks discharged the concrete into The ten prestressed concrete box the line pump on the wharf, which pumped the concrete beams used for the access bridge were manufactured and supplied by through pipeline laying on barges and into the Schurman Strescon’s Bedford plant. pump on a larger barge. The boom of our pump was then

OSCO Concrete’s Schurman-Char- used for overhead placement.

PORT OF CHARLOTTETOWN BERTH EXPANSION Special Concrete Mixes and Creative Ready-Mix Placement Highlight Project

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... continued from previous page the salt water exposure require- more time on PEI. It will also For one of the final pours, Schurman ments, as well as to allow for all of cut down on extra demurrage had to put its 36 meter pump on a the flexibility required for the chal- costs for PEI aggregate customers, barge. The trucks discharged the lenging placement methods. like Schurmans, due to ships waiting concrete into the line pump on the out on anchor for an opening at the wharf, which pumped the concrete The objective of the expansion proj- dock. through pipeline laying on barges ect is for the Port of Charlottetown and into the Schurman pump on a to be able to accommodate existing With the project complete and ready larger barge. The boom of our pump and new port business via cruise, ag- to go, the Port of Charlottetown is was then used for overhead place- gregate, and petroleum importation. anxiously awaiting the cruise industry ment. The expansion will alleviate cruise to get going again following it’s shut vessels from having to anchor off down due to Covid 19. Here’s hoping A special 35MPA concrete mix had to shore. Quicker disembarking times that the new expansion can be put to be designed for this project to meet will then allow passengers to spend the test in 2021!

Mill Lake Overpass Opts for GFRP

contributed by: Andrea Haines

llstar Rebar is currently work- Aing on the restructuring of Mill Lake Road Overpass in Mill Lake, NS for Dexter Construction Ltd. The project requires: 61,323 lbs of Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer (GFRP); 28 tons of galvanized rebar in the abutments and wingwalls, where the GFRP is used in the suspended section of the overpass; and stainless steel wire to tie.

GFRP is made from extremely fine fibers of glass. It is a lightweight, extremely strong, and robust material. Although strength properties are somewhat lower than carbon fiber and it is less stiff, the material is typically far less brittle. Infrastructures often must be repaired or replaced because the steel rein- forcement within them has corroded, destroying the concrete microstruc- ture. This particularly applies to bridges exposed to de-icing salts. With the installation of GFRP, corrosion problems are eliminated.

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Dam Hurdles No Match For OSCO Concrete

contributed by: David Marcatilli concrete in the far abutment became the concrete then gets placed through an item of concern. the teamwork of both operators. Concrete’s Annapolis OSCO Valley Ready Mix was As luck would have it, OSCO had a Another hurdle that OSCO was able recently chosen to supply concrete 28-meter pump sitting in the yard out to overcome involved the tempera- and pumping for the refurbishment of of use for the last year. With a little ture of the concrete. Project speci- a 60 year old dam which had reached love and care, OSCO mechanics, Len- fications stated max concrete temps its service life. The task requires the ny Hiltz and Stacy Card, were able of 24°C. In order to maintain the low diversion of the river away from the to get it back in working order. It was concrete temperatures with summer dam, demolition of large sections of then towed down to the bottom of the ambient temps of 28° to 30°C, we the dam, and then re-instatement of dam to allow for “double pumping” needed to use upwards of 25 bags of those sections. where the mixer feeds a pump parked ice per 7.65 meter load. at the top of the dam, which then The project presented several ob- pumps it to the pump at the bottom In total, the project will require stacles to maneuver. With the dam of the dam, which pumps it to its final approximately 2000 meters of over 150 feet long, the setup area for location. During pours on the far side concrete for abutments, and a total of the pump trucks located 50 feet from of the dam, OSCO sends its 52-meter 2400 cubic meters overall. This the dam, and access to the lower boom pump to site, it gets hooked project began in June 2020 and part of the dam limited, placement of into the 28-meter boom below, and should wrap up by July 2021.

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ith 40+ years of experience, Borcherdt WConcrete Products Ltd is an industry Precast Concrete leader in the production of precast concrete stairs. Our products are produced in our 10,000 square foot production plant located in Yar- mouth, Nova Scotia. With the production facility, Borcherdt Concrete can produce precast con- contributed by: crete stairs in any weather year around. Having Russell Cooke Stairs a controlled environment ensures a top-quality product, which is produced quickly and efficiently.

The benefits of Borcherdt’s precast concrete stairs extend onto the job site as well. Once on site, the stairs are lowered into place with a crane, and are easily installed with a variety of connections. The precast stairs are compatible with steel, CMUs, cast-in-place concrete, and other precast units, allowing them to be installed into a wide range of buildings. The installation of the stairs can be done quickly while the building itself is being constructed. Once the stairs are in place, they have a clean, finished look and can be used immediately. This grants a safe and easy way for the contractor to carry materials, and move workers among the different levels. With concrete being such a durable building material, the precast concrete stairs require minimal maintenance, and will last for the life span of the building.

The accompanying picture shows three workers from Tria Construction Inc. installing a stair unit at the Broad Street Apartment Building, lot 2-1 Broad Street, Bedford, Nova Scotia. Tria Con- struction is the Owner/Contractor for this development, and received their first load of stair units on Monday, June 8th. The first shipment consisted of 12 units, out of a total of 28. This was beneficial to the contractor, as it allows them to easily access the upper levels, as they continue to construct the building.

NEW DEALERSHIP LOCATION FOR KIA CHARLOTTETOWN

contributed by: Kim Doggett The former location of Reliable Mo- In the end, the only areas left of the tors at 78 Allen Street was partially original building are the two wash/ n August 2019, the demolished, and three extensions detailing bays. ISteele Auto Group ac- were added to create the new Dis- quired three Prince Edward Island car cover Kia. This location was chosen Ocean Steel Rebar worked with dealerships: Discover Kia, Subaru of because it is next to Steele’s two Brighton Construction Inc. in March Charlottetown, and Experience Hyun- other dealerships. Once underway, of this year to complete the 6.04 tons dai. The Steele Auto Group, based the initial demolition area had to be of rebar for the foundation work, and in Nova Scotia, owns 41 dealerships increased, due to the deteriorated provided 10,640 sqft of wire mesh for throughout Atlantic Canada, selling condition of the existing building. the slabs in May. over 27 brands of vehicles. www.oscoconstructiongroup.com connections | fall & winter 2020 35 projects

Assumption University Parking Deck Extension

contributed by: tracted by Lauring Construction of first opportunity to team up with Gerald Kirkwood Grassby Worcester, MA to supply and install Lauring Construction. 55 structural precast components June 10, 2020, Assumption for the new extension of the exist- The parking deck was awarded in College officially became On ing parking structure. Matching new June of 2019, and Lauring needed Assumption University — a land- precast concrete to existing precast to bring on a precast producer ASAP mark moment in the institution’s can be a challenge. Strescon provid- to detail and supply the precast 116-year history. Founded in 1904 ed a series of precast samples to the components for a July 2020 install, by the Augustinians of the Assump- design team for full approval before providing a small window before tion, the institution is located on a producing the architectural span- students arrived back on campus 185-acre campus within a pictur- drels for the project, and the finished for the Fall. The schedule was ideal esque residential neighborhood of result was seamless. for Strescon’s internal production, Worcester, MA. Assumption offers an knowing it would be out for delivery education built on solid reason and Founded in 1948, Lauring Con- in a year’s time. The install was suc- faith, Catholic principles, and strong struction is an award-winning, cessfully erected and detailed within academics. It is a private Catholic family owned and operated Gen- a 2-week time frame and caulking university that offers undergraduate eral Contracting firm, with a strong soon followed. and graduate degrees. background in all types of construction. They have a strong relationship It was a distinct pleasure to team up Assumption recently required an ex- with Assumption University and have with Lauring Construction on this tension to an existing parking deck, done many projects on campus over project, and Strescon looks forward as part of their new Health Sciences the years. This project was Strescon’s to providing our services for any Building project. Strescon was con- future precast projects.

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contributed by: Marque @ the Refinery Tara Urquhart

Construction Typically, a tank would be removed amount of product contained within. Marque continues to assist from service then cleaned and Once these tanks have been de- the Irving Oil Refinery in Saint John, purged prior to any physical work inventoried, the floating roof requires New Brunswick with electrical and being performed on it. Only when support in order to perform work on instrumentation installations for sev- the absence of any harmful sub- the floor and the roof itself. A net- eral ongoing projects. The projects stances or vapors has been proven, work of cribbing must be installed at that are ongoing at this time : #2 can work commence. Access to the critical locations to avoid warping to Deaerator; Jet Shipping and Tankage; tank interior is gained by cutting the structure, as well as maintaining a temporary power for tank life exten- out a section of the tank side. This level to avoid misalignment with tank sion; temporary power for CUI miti- opening has to be of sufficient size to walls. It is at this point that the roof gation project; isolation to transfer allow for large equipment to be taken seals and roof drains are inspected lines from East Saint John Terminals; inside. Ventilation and climate control and repaired if required. providing electrical and instrumenta- are extremely important for both the tion support for fireproofing; and the safety and working environment of Marque is then called in to install main air blower FCCU (Fluid Catalytic personnel required to perform their electric heat tracing and sump pit Cracking Unit) project. tasks inside the tank. heaters where necessary. The service time for a tank can be anywhere #2 Deaerator At this point, Marque is required to from a few weeks to several months, provide power for the lighting packs, depending on the repairs required, The #2 Deaerator vessel has reached heater units and ventilation units. so temporary power requirements its end of life and is being replaced. Marque has personnel available for can be extensive. Supply of power Marque was involved with the maintenance of this equipment and to each tank is required for weld- demolition of electrical and instru- often is requested to assist with down ing packs, lighting, and all manner mentation of the old vessel and will equipment as quickly as possible, so of tools and equipment, which can be assisting with the new installa- schedules are not affected. present a challenge when the tanks tions required. The new installations are a substantial distance from a include lighting, receptacles, cables, After all power requirements have substation. electric heat tracing, cable tray and been met, LMC is tasked with in- instrumentation. specting the tank for deteriorated Isolation to transfer lines from metal, corrosion, and defects to both East Saint John Terminals Tank Life Extension interior and exterior coatings, and re- Marque has been supplying tempo- pair as necessary. Many of the tanks The existing transfer lines at Refinery rary power for several tanks that are have a floating roof which under battery limits to & from the East Saint being upgraded by Lorneville Me- normal operating conditions moves John (ESJ) terminal are being altered chanical (LMC) to extend their lives. up and down depending on the continued on next page... www.oscoconstructiongroup.com connections | fall & winter 2020 37 projects

... continued from previous page eleven MOVs. mately 4600 feet of conduit installed. Marque also assisted with the place- to meet Energy and Utilities Board FCCU Project ment of the E-House. (EUB) regulations. The lines must Marque has been assisting with the have isolation when they are not Marque Construction is delighted to Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit (FCCU) being used for shipping. Marque is be able to assist the refinery with the main air blower motorization project. assisting with the installation of regu- electrical and instrumentation Marque started with the installation lators around existing isolation MOVs required on so many projects. We of an electrical duct bank. The duct (Motor Operated Valves) with thermal look forward to a productive rela- bank is required to get cables to the relief PSVs (Pressure Safety Valves) at tionship in the future and will new motor from the prefabricated ESJ terminals. Marque’s assistance continue our focus on safety, E-House that is to be installed. The includes the installation of cable tray, customer service and proficient and duct bank consists of eight runs heat tracing equipment and provid- specialized installations. ing power to the new equipment and of conduit, with a total of approxi-

elician University is an in- arts institution, the school is home to section for the entrance and lobby. Fdependent co-educational approximately 2,300 undergraduate, Catholic/Franciscan University, graduate and adult studies students. The project consisted of 90 tons of with campuses in Rutherford and Lodi, structural steel, including rolled NJ. Founded as Immaculate Concep- Ocean Steel was recently awarded members, and 20 tons of galvanized tion Normal School in 1923 by the a contract by Del Sano Contract- steel, fabricated in our Saint John Felician Sisters of Lodi, the school was ing Corporation, who is building an plant. Ocean also provided 161,000 Incorporated as Immaculate Concep- addition to the existing gymnasium sq.ft. of deck. Ocean began the job in tion Junior College in 1942. It began on the Rutherford campus. The new April 2020 with erection by GOP offering four-year degrees as Felician Wellness & Recreation Center (WaRC) Ironworks starting in late September. College in 1967, before changing its will house a student lounge, a fitness The WaRC is expected to be fully name to Felician University in 2015. center, a multipurpose studio, locker finished in Spring of 2021, and fully It is one of 24 Franciscan universities rooms and office space. The design functional for the 2021-2022 aca- in the US and the only in NJ. A liberal for the addition includes a curved demic year.

FELICIAN UNIVERSITY Wellness & Recreation Center

contributed by: Tiffany Goguen

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stations; indoor car washing station; storage space; a monitored security system; and a “pocket park” green space which will com- memorate the Gothic Arches. PRECAST CONCRETE Strescon Limited has been working with the ownership team to help bring their vision to life. The structure will be a mixture of traditional cast- in-place concrete, structural precast elements, structural steel, and cold form steel wall panels (CFS).

Strescon was able to begin installation on October 19th once the second level CIP slabs were complete, surveyed, and signed off. This mobilization included the first level of precast wall panels, as well as stairs and landings. The project has a dedicated tower crane, however a mobile crane is required to install approximately 4 of the 17 panels required per floor. Mobilization of the mobile is carefully planned, to ensure the work is installed seamlessly, but also to avoid congestion of the site and potential dangers related to multiple cranes operating in the same vicinity.

Once the precast walls are installed, braced and connected, the floor is turned over to the CFS subcontractor to begin layout and installation of the CFS wall and miscellaneous structural steel, in preparation for the precast THE hollowcore plank floor and precast WENTWORTH balcony slabs. Each floor consists of approximately 198 pieces of precast contributed by: Brendan Clancy P.Eng. aged by Lindsay Construction and is hollowcore, and 13 balcony slabs. & Dave Dunnett P.Eng. being built for Mr. Percy Wilbur and During normal conditions, this work Tower Contracting Inc. would take approximately 6 days to Wentworth is a install, level, and grout. The Luxury Apart- The pet-friendly complex will consist ment Complex currently of two parking levels topped by six In total, there are approximately being built in uptown Saint levels of apartments - 83 in to- 1,340 precast elements to be John, NB, on Wentworth tal - offering a wide range of suite installed, using nearly 1,500 cubic street between Princess and configurations. Tenants will enjoy an meters of structural concrete (not Leinster. Prominently located at the abundance of luxury amenities, in- including field installed grout). City’s highest geographical point, the cluding: a fitness centre; social room; Precast fabrication began in August new building will stand on the former keyless suite & building entry; an of 2020, and all elements, excluding location of the historic Gothic Arches indoor pet washing station; Amazon church. The project is being man- drop box; electric vehicle charging continued on next page... www.oscoconstructiongroup.com connections | fall & winter 2020 39 projects

continued from previous page... plank and three (of six) levels of pan- READY-MIX CONCRETE els have been erected. the precast hollowcore are complete OSCO Concrete supplied ready-mix and ready for installation. This in- Key Strescon personnel on this proj- concrete to the Wentworth apart- cludes 17 stair and landing slab units ect include: Brendan Clancy, Project ment complex. The total concrete supplied by Strescon’s Bedford, NS Manager, Serge Boudreau, Lead volume on the project was approxi- plant. Production of the hollowcore Detailer, Josh Armstrong & Jacob mately 2600 cubic metres, with is on-going and will be complete in Myler, Lead Engineers, and Chris supply beginning in early May 2020. early 2021. As of the first week of Greer, Erection Manager (Strescon This structural concrete pour was January 2021, two (of six) levels of Atlantic). completed in mid-October.

CBCL Office Reno FCC Team Effort in Centerbeam Block

contributed by: Luke Johnson P.Eng., PMP, GSC

ommercial Properties Limited (CPL) is one of Eastern Canada’s Ctop property developers and managers. With over 1,000,000 square feet under management, their buildings are local landmarks and home to some of the largest and most well-respected companies in the region. Early in 2020, FCC Construction renovated a 2100 sq.ft. office space in CPL’s Centerbeam block, in Uptown Saint John, NB. The new space allows the tenant, CBCL Limited, to better accommodate their existing workforce and allow for further expansion.

FCC was selected as the preferred contractor by CPL to generate a budget and construct the new office space for this important tenant. In addition to new office space, the renovation also included a new meeting room. Temporary shoring, demolition, and wall repairs were required to create an opening in an existing 2-foot thick brick wall to accommodate a new office entrance and stairs. FCC Electri- cal was responsible for the power, data and communications portion of the work, led by Ron Rathje. Bob Buell acted as FCC Construc- tion’s Site Superintendent, bringing the project to a successful completion over 4 weeks in March and April.

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Highway 104 Twinning STRESCON TO SUPPLY GIRDERS FOR 22 BRIDGES

contributed by: Andrew Levatte near Exit 27 at Sutherlands River, and Production wrapped up the end of running east to just west of Exit 31. September with the first set of girders has The project includes 28 kilometers delivered to site October 16th. Construction begun of new two-lane twinned highway for the twinning of the Highway 104 and 10 kilometers of new four-lane The second bridge in the plant between Sutherlands River, Pictou twinned highway. There are two new for production was Lamont Road County and Antigonish, Nova Scotia. interchanges and approximately 24 (PIC395) which consisted of four Crews and machinery broke ground new bridges. Dexter Nova Alliance 27.1m long NEBT1400 girders. Pro- July 17, 2020 on the $718 million will also upgrade the existing section duction is now complete on the four project that will make the highway of highway. girders and delivery is scheduled for safer for motorists and improve the early November. efficiency of one the province’s most Strescon Limited was recently important transportation corridors. awarded the contract to supply pre- With two bridges now produced cast prestressed New England Bulb Strescon Bedford started production Dexter Nova Alliance (DNA), led Tee (NEBT) girders for 22 bridges. on James River bridge (ANT283). The by local contractors Dexter Con- The NEBT girders range in size from girders are the tallest on the project, struction and Nova Construction, 1000mm to 2000mm deep. Delivery at 2000mm deep. Three of the five with BBGI as an equity partner, was of the girders began this fall and will 39.1m long NEBT2000 girders have awarded the contract to design, finish up during the summer of 2022. been produced, with production build, finance, operate and maintain a slated for completion the first week section of Highway 104 in May. Con- Once awarded the project, Strescon of November and a tentative delivery struction will be completed before quickly started working on shop of early December. the end of 2023. drawings for the first three bridges. Production began in mid-September Next up will be Barneys River Bridge The Highway 104 project, part of on Barney’s River West Side Road (PIC298), requiring four 31.1m long the Trans-Canada Highway, consists (PIC398), the first bridge to be NEBT1600. Stay tuned for future of constructing a twinned highway produced. The bridge consisted of updates! beginning east of New Glasgow four 25m long NEBT 1200 girders. www.oscoconstructiongroup.com connections | fall & winter 2020 41 projects

STRESCON OFFERS COMPLETE BUILDING ENVELOPE HALIFAX WITH VINYL WINDOW INSTALLATION PROJECT

TOWER water from entering the assembly; They will now be able to focus on definitely a superior system. the interior fit-up. Phase two of panel HOTEL installation is tentatively scheduled for Phase one of panel installation began early winter of 2020-21. in mid-November, with six floors of architectural precast concrete wall The Halifax Tower Hotel will house a contributed by: Andrew Levatte panels, from levels 4 to 10. In a matter restaurant and lounge on the main of days, the building was transformed level, banquet halls and conference from an open shell to a completely room on the second level, along with the spring 2020 edition of Con- enclosed building. No other building a pool, gym, and common rooms on In nections magazine, we intro- envelope system can match the qual- the third level. The upper levels will duced you to the Halifax tower Hotel ity and speed of precast concrete; be home to 87 deluxe king and project at 15 Lakeland’s Boulevard, a definite advantage for the owner, queen hotel rooms, along with 12 Bayer’s Lake Industrial Park, Hali- with winter just around the corner. premier suites and 4 luxury suites. fax, NS. Through late winter & early Spring of 2020, Strescon’s Bedford plant worked with the architect, along with Kohltech Windows, to develop the vinyl window installation details for the 220 windows to be installed in the 118 Architectural Precast concrete wall panels. A great deal of time and effort was taken to ensure the installation went smoothly and functioned well.

The window configuration included: 100 - 4’w x 6’h fixed over fixed, 100 - 4’w x 6’h awning over fixed, 10 - 4’w x 5’h fixed over fixed, and 10 - 4’w x 5’h awning over fixed.

All windows include triple glazing.

With panel production well underway through the spring and summer of 2020, window installation started in July and wrapped up in the fall.

Phase one of the window installation process was to build a window buck, wrap it with a self-stick membrane, then seal and anchor the wood buck to the precast panel. The second phase included installation of the Kohltech vinyl window by anchoring it to the wood buck. Once the windows were installed, there were three lines of defense which prevented

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contributed by: Lou Totino, CRSP Promoting Safety Culture with TOOLBOX TALKS

the role of Supervisors contin- Supervisors can easily access close to • Hot Work As ues to evolve regarding Health 500 Toolbox Meeting topic materials • Electrical Safety and Safety, they have an obligation online, through the OSCO Con- under the framework of their re- struction Group’s SharePoint People • Tools & Equipment Safety spective jurisdictional Occupational Services site. • Working in Inclement Weather Health and Safety Act to provide in- Conditions formation, instruction, and training to The objective of Toolbox Meetings is • Select Safe Work Practices and employees. An avenue to complete to facilitate: two-way Health & Safety Procedures (SWP) from their Com- this task is by utilizing Toolbox Meet- discussions between Supervisors and pany Safety Program. ings (also known as Safety Talks, Tail- employees; the education of em- gate meetings, or Safety meetings) ployees involved in specific tasks; and • Hazard Alerts to focus on safety topics related to a improvements to workplace safety. As we reach our objective, top- specific job or workplace hazards. Examples of some of the topics that ics discussed provide an education Since 2015, the OSCO Safety De- are discussed, but not limited to: platform where employees can take partment has implemented a “Safety • Hazard Identification the Health & Safety knowledge they Awareness” topic of the month. Each learn at work and apply it in a home • Working at Heights month, the OSCO Safety Depart- setting. ment provides Supervisors with a • Health & Ergonomics It is this commitment made by the month’s worth of material to use • Occupational (Industrial) Hygiene OSCO Construction Group, its as a discussion outline during their • Emergency Preparedness Supervisors, and employees, which regular Toolbox Meetings. Along with creates a safe & productive work sending discussion materials, topic • Driver Safety environment and promotes a strong related posters have been included • Field & Plant Safety Safety Culture! to add to the awareness of the topic. • Personal Protective Equipment

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Site Safety During a Pandemic

contributed by: Heather Connell being able to see while working can be dangerous. We took a few differ- Welcome aboard to we all know, COVID-19 has ent steps to help eliminate the poor Heather Connell! As flipped our lives upside down, visibility hazard. and working in the largest refinery Marque Construction is pleased to in the country adds additional • When climbing ladders masks are have a new addition to their team, difficulties. Our team has adjusted to be removed, as no one can be Heather Connell. Heather will be as- exceptionally well to the new close to you. This ensures workers sisting Marque with projects as safety requirements to keep everyone safe can clearly see while climbing. coordinator at the Irving Oil Refinery. and healthy. • Irving Oil Safety provided our In her almost 15 years as a safety Along with the digital COVID-19 crews and all contractors on site professional, Heather has worked on Check-in, we have our temperatures with 3M safety glasses that signifi- a variety of energy, mining and con- taken at the gate prior to entry. Then cantly reduce fogging. struction projects, ranging from rope upon arriving at the Marque trailer, access, to SAGD and nuclear facili- • W e trialed 3 different type of anti- everyone takes their temperatures ties, then onto arctic oil exploration, fog wipes. We all know they don’t again, which are then logged with and pipelining to name a few. the foreman. This provides us with eliminate the fogging, but one of documentation for detailed tracking. them significantly reduced fog- Being able to work with large organi- During the daily toolbox talk, the GF ging for longer periods of time. zations such as Husky Oil, Shell Oil, or Foreman verify that everyone reg- These wipes were very helpful for TransCanada, and De Beers, provid- istered “GREEN” (okay to proceed to our workers wearing prescription ed great growth, exposure and learn- work) on their Check-in, and every- safety glasses. ing experiences for Heather, while one’s temperatures are at the accept- her time with smaller companies like • Since masks are a fire hazard, they able level prior to starting the shift. Rope Access Technology, Black and are not to be worn during arc flash This may seem excessive, but it’s now McDonald, and Acuren showed her work or any other tasks that have part of our daily routine and everyone the intricacies of juggling multiple fire/sparks as a hazard. This means understands that if one gets sick, we departments when necessary. the workers have to be very aware are putting everyone at risk. of the 6’ distance as well. A wide range of amazing projects In addition to temperature checks, all and different roles have provided The solutions to the hazards men- workers wear masks when working Heather the great opportunity to see tioned above were found through within 6 feet of co-workers or other every corner of Canada and work open communication between the contractors. The masks have created with outstanding professionals along entire Marque crew on site; work- some additional hazards we have had the way. She recently journeyed back ers, foreman, supervision and safety. to mitigate. While exerting physical home to New Brunswick for family COVID has given us many head- effort we all breath harder, which can reasons and is now happy to be part aches, but it has also created great cause our safety glasses to fog up, of Marque Construction’s Team at conversation and problem solving as creating a poor visibility hazard. Not the Irving Oil Refinery. a team.

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contributed by: OCI Safe Spaces Bill Woodhouse P.Eng., M.Eng.

the Covid-19 pandemic con- Investments (OCI) was able to quickly include the installation of hands-free As tinued to unfold through the develop plans for each of the various devices (faucets, paper towel and spring and leading into the summer properties. Focused on “Protecting soap dispensers) to add further safe- months, it became evident that our our People, our Customers and our guards for employees and the public. workplaces including offices, work Businesses”, OCI began the process sites, retail spaces and warehouses of implementing the Safe Spaces Across the various companies, which would not be the same. Government program at OCI group locations include but are not limited to, OSCO regulations and public health best across the country. Construction Group, PreCon, Source practices and guidelines, along with Atlantic, Commercial Properties and a new and evolving understanding of FCC Construction was engaged by PetroService, FCC fabricated and the virus, would require new policies, OCI to implement the action items installed over 200 sheets of plexi- procedures and safe guards in the contained within the Safe Spaces plan glass and hundreds of signs! The workplace. for each property. Examples included result of this effort were work spaces signage, the installation of plexiglass which met or exceeded the required Through consultation with workplace barriers, and assistance with thermal regulations, and provided employees experts and knowledge of indus- temperature scanners. Efforts were a space where they felt safe when try best practices, Ocean Capital also expanded at some properties to returning to work.

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OSCO Warehouse Operations & Toolhound Update

contributed by: George Hubley the ability to track costs, revenue, must accompany the tools with the servicing and repairs, per tool, or employee to the job site, which can OSCO Warehouse provides grouping of tools. Further develop- be asked for at any time. The tool rental services, storage ments have included improvements facilities, shipping and receiving, con- in billing reports, and work orders The warehouse shop is also used as sumable supplies and shop facilities for tool repairs. A costs vs. revenue a prefab facility for components on for the OSCO Construction Group. analysis can be done on any tool at various projects, taking advantage The OSCO warehouse has been pro- any point in time. of the efficiencies of working in a viding these services since 1993. controlled environment. Some recent Toolhound also tracks all of our examples include: Moosehead’s mo- Toolhound, our tool track and rentals safety equipment, from harnesses bile bar, Fishways for a local dam, and software, was implemented in 2016. and lanyards, to chain falls and come COVID-19 plexiglass barriers/dividers All tools and equipment have bar alongs, to fire extinguishers. Ser- and assemblies. codes and are scanned for rentals vice dates and expiry dates are also and returns. The warehouse opera- tracked. Many of items also require The warehouse is operated by tion realized immediate benefits with certification documents (CERTS) that manager George Hubley and lead Gary Johnston.

priorities | technology

homebase contributed by: Kristen Shaw, CPHR oming into our third year since The Learning module is a tool Upcoming work in homebase in- Claunching homebase, we are full to: keep up to date with compli- cludes exploring how to enhance the steam ahead, enabling the features of ance regulations; increase workforce Learning, and Health & Safety mod- this powerful employee and manager knowledge, skills and abilities; and ules, and exploring our next round of self-service system. Since our last allow knowledge sharing across modules to implement. update, we have released three new companies through online learning. modules! As part of our initial roll-out, annual Thank you for your continued feed- policy acknowledgements took place back and use of homebase. Given The Onboarding module is a in homebase over the month of Sep- our in-house system support, we tool to help new employees feel wel- tember, and a Winter Driving training welcome feedback and suggestions comed to their team and minimize course will be available for company to provide more value to our employ- the time it takes to become produc- drivers before the snow hits. ees. We look forward to continuing to tive in their positions. It keeps track create solutions for an improved and of onboarding tasks both before and The Health & Safety module collaborative employee experience. after the start date. Supported by the is a tool to report, respond & track onboarding module and streamlined progress of health and safety inci- If you have any questions about our processes, the first impression is an dents. The module was launched as latest modules, or homebase in organized and consistent employee a response to the global COVID-19 general, contact your Human experience, no matter the company pandemic and has been crucial to the Resources Generalist who will be or location. monitoring, reporting and analysis of happy to assist you. overall employee wellbeing.

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to our 2020 Scholarship recipients!

are pleased to announce the will receive a scholarship of $1,000 CAD diploma is obtained. Please join us in We winners of our first Ocean Capital per year, renewable for up to four congratulating all recipients and wishing Companies Scholarship! Each recipient consecutive years or until their degree or them luck with their studies.

Katherine Barbour Austin Baxter Ethan Buell Jaide Cashin Amber Dyer Alexander Fraser Bernice McNaughton High School Saint Malachy’s Memorial High Sussex Regional High School Saint John High School Three Oaks Senior High J.L. Ilsley High School Western University: Arts & School Dalhousie University: Engineering Dalhousie University: Medical Dalhousie University: Arts Univ. of Waterloo: Mech. Humanities UNB: Mechanical Engineering Parent: Robert Buell (FCC) Sciences. Parent: Steven Dyer (OSCO Engineering Parent: Theresa Barbour Parent: Jason Baxter Parent: Sean Cashin Concrete) Parent: John Fraser (Strescon) (Acadia) (Strescon) (Petroservice)

Emma Galbraith Samuel Holmes Haley McPherson Haley Tofts Emma Weagle Harbour View High School Samuel de Champlain Hampton High School Rothesay High School Harbour View High School UNBSJ: Bachelor of Arts/ Ed Univ. of Moncton: Mech. St. Thomas University: Arts UNBSJ: Health Sciences UNB: Nursing Parent: Candace Galbraith Engineering Parent: Shawn McPherson Parent: Charles Tofts (Source) Parent: Rod Weagle (Source) (FCC) Parent: Brian Holmes (Source) (Ocean Capital)

BORCHERDT concrete products

2020 Pte. David Greenslade Bursary

contributed by: Tyler Isnor attend the graduation ceremonies on behalf of Strescon and present the award to the recipient. Pte. David Greenslade Bursary was A wonderful tribute to a young man who dedi- The established by Strescon Limited in cated his youth and life to national service. 2008 to honour the memory of fallen soldier, Pte. David Greenslade. David was a 2004 SJHS Congratulations to this year’s recipient, Saint graduate, and the son of Strescon employee, John High School Graduate, Ethen Hovey. We Donald Greenslade. He and five other soldiers wish him well in his pursuit of post-secondary were killed in Afghanistan in 2007 while on ac- learning. Best wishes are also extended to all tive duty with the Canadian Armed Forces. Each 2020 Graduates. We wish you much success! year Donald and his wife, Laurie Greenslade www.oscoconstructiongroup.com connections | fall & winter 2020 47 people

Based on years of service from Jan 2020 to Dec 2020

5 Years Vanessa Buckley Thomas Hinam John Wilson Joel Paget Peter Adams Daniel O’Brien Richard Martin Daniel Fox Mary Ann Gates Wojciech Parusinski John Arnold Adam Brochu Michael Stonehouse Rick Hetherington Tyler Gaudet Oliver Lewin Elaine Ganong Michael McTague Peter Knelsen Mike Maloney Mark Keirstead Kevin Attridge Owen Vlug Eric Bordage Ryan Hebb Andrew Dill Nelson Carvery Jeff Murphy William Girouard Greg Carrier James O’Brien 15 Years Isaac LaPointe Leonard Myra Shauna Miller Ron Arsenault 2020 Kurt Wasson Pamela McAllister Jared Bieber Brad MacPhee Tara Tam Keith Reid Christine Cannon Dwayne Mansfield Justin Blakely Joseph Vautour SERVICE Shawn Maxwell Kenneth Smith Jason Ward Kevin Vickers Roger Curtis Chris Banks Mark Chouinard Deborah Walton Michael Jenkins Deborah Keyes Carmen Kelly AWARDS Derek Bland Karen Gatien Stephen Watts Frank Gallant Ian Hudson Tabatha Patterson Linda Edison 30 Years The OSCO Construction Paul Ouelette Mark Chase Pat Bagley Tiffany Goguen Group is proud to Ozgun Dervisoglu Yashpal Jaura Shawn Shafiei 35 Years congratulate this year’s Dan Fowler Mahadeo Ramnanan Vernon Wilson Service Award recipients. Jason Cabral John Jones Tracy Pekala 20 Years Gaetan Vaillancourt Thank you for your Derek Capitao James Pettipas David Dunnett Scott Pettipas David Moore Randy Gallant hardworking contributions Laurie Lebouthillier Kerri Scott Augusto Silva towards our Companies’ Rendall Malin Daniel Raftus Robert Stephens David Bonin Stacey Card Alphonse Levesque success! Joe Grandy Lisa Frazee Eduardo Pereira Nick Hatt Tony Janssen 10 Years Jason Johnson Gregory Currie Ashley Dooks Jennifer Hubbard Stewart Totten C. Scott Patterson Rachel Lessard Phillip Sherring Janet Raiber 40 Years Marty Ross Timothy MacDonald Doug MacLean Jason Lund Angela Hickie Eric Nolan Desmond Brooks Paul Magennis 25 Years 45 Years Brad Fitzsiimons Andrew LeVatte Robert Betts Alison Jones John Grouchy Carl Butler Nathan Isnor William Groom

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Best of Luck to This Year’s Retirees from All of Us at the OSCO Construction Group!

contributed by: Janessa Kelley, for Ready Mix and was known from OSCO wishes Muriel the Ashley Miller & for his ability and mechanical best of luck in her retirement! Kyla Burry aptitude - he was often referred to as “The Mechanic”. We wish DAVID LANG BILL BENNETT Alvin all the best in his retirement – you will be missed! David Lang retired from Ocean Bill Bennett, a Forklift Operator Steel - Saint John on April 3, and Yard Leadhand for Strescon, JOHN HILCHEY 2020 after 10 years with the retired on June 26th, 2020 after company. David relocated from 44 years with the company. He John finished his 39 year career Nova Scotia to work at York spent his career working in vari- with Strescon Bedford on August Steel as a Foreman when he first ous laborer roles in the Precast 28, 2020. Starting in the Qual- joined the company. He then and Pipe Plants. We wish Bill all ity Control department, John made his way to Saint John, the best in his retirement – you moved quickly into the Plant where he worked as the Quality will be missed! Superintendent role, where he Manager for the remainder of was known as a get-it-done kind his career. David, thank you for FRED (CHRISTIE) of guy. Everyone from Strescon your outstanding commitment and the OSCO Construction to the company. We wish you all BESHARA Group wishes John all the best the best in your years to come Fred retired from OSCO Con- in his retirement! and you will certainly be missed! crete - Saint John on August 28, 2020 after 21 years with MURIEL VALLIS ART WOODEN the company. Fred started as a We gave a fond farewell to Art Wooden retired from Ocean Tractor Trailer Driver for Precast Muriel when she retired from Steel Fredericton in June, after and Pipe before transitioning to OSCO Group Services on March working an incredible 49 years a Ready Mix Driver. The team 7, 2020. Muriel started with with the company! Art started celebrated his milestone with a Source Atlantic in December with the company in January covid-friendly BBQ in the sum- 2012 and had transitioned to the 1970 and he retired as the Plant mer. We wish Fred all the best OSCO team in January 2018 as a Foreman. Art was a very loyal in his retirement – you will be Payroll & Benefits Analyst. Muriel and dedicated employee who missed! was a great addition to the team enjoyed both his work and and was known for her dedica- co-workers. You could always ALVIN BELYEA tion to her work. We know Mu- count on him to share a good Alvin retired from OSCO Con- riel will be enjoying her time off laugh! Thank you, Art, for all of crete Saint John on October at her new home, where she can your contributions to Ocean 31, 2019, after 25 years with the be found floating in her pool, Steel and we wish you all the company. Alvin was a Driver cool drink in hand! Everyone best in your retirement. www.oscoconstructiongroup.com connections | fall & winter 2020 49 people

Group Golf Challenge 2020 contributed by: Chelsea Presley Door Prize Winners: Fred Stewart (Group) $100 Sobeys Gift Card Saturday September 12, Madison Spear (FCC) $100 East Troy Hawkes (Ocean Steel) $100 2020, some of the employ- Coast Bistro & $25 Can Tire Gift On Canadian Tire Gift Card ees of the OSCO Construction Group Cards were able to have some normalcy Gaetan Vaillancourt (Strescon) $100 Tournament Winners: amongst COVID 19. Under the pro- East Coast Bistro & $25 Can Tire Gift Closest to the Pin for the Women: vincial regulations, we were able to Cards Monique Walsh (Group) hold our annual golf tournament at Kyle Blanchard (FCC) $100 Cana- Closest to the Pin for the Men: Bill the Sussex Golf and Country Club. It dian Tire Gift Card started out as a chilly morning with a Gates (Ocean Steel) Tyler Isnor (Group) $100 Can Tire frost delay but soon we were on the Longest Drive for the Women: Gift Card course with the sun beating down Chelsea Presley (Group) and having a great time! Gary Cyr (Ocean Steel -Retired) $100 Can Tire Gift Card Longest Drive for the Men: Jeff Keith A big thank you to Timberland (Ocean Steel) Jonathan Atherton (Group) $100 Catering for the amazing chicken Can Tire Gift Card Tournament Winners: Jason Presley, dinner that all the players rave about. Jeff Keith, Bill Gates and Ben Smith Once again, each player walked away Jeff Keith (Ocean Steel) $100 Can (Ocean Steel with a Score of 65) with a prize and some were lucky Tire Gift Card enough to win a door prize. Tim Ganong (Ocean Steel) $50 Li- Congratulations to all of you for a quor Store & $50 Sobeys Gift Cards game well played and we look Sajjadul Haque (Strescon) $50 Li- forward to seeing you next year! quor Store & $50 Sobeys Gift Cards

50 connections | fall & winter 2020 www.oscoconstructiongroup.com people FRESH FACES congratulations! Ocean Steel & Construction Matthew Johnson, on Trevor Dickinson...... Shipping Foreman Family Additions: August 20th, 2020. Evan Mills...... Detailer Congratulation to Sal Radcliffe Congratulations to George Strescon (Group Services) who welcomed granddaughter, Adrian Rose Hubley (FCC) and his wife, who Andre Ipolito...... Detailer, SJ Trecartin (home birth - wow!) on are proud grandparents for the Renato Dutra...... Detailer, SJ Aug. 28th, 2020. . second time. Daughter Shannon Justin Tinker...... Project Manager, SJ and her husband Jordan Tyler Nickerson...... Project Manager, SJ Congratulations to Jordan welcomed 7lb 8oz baby girl, Eduardo Xavier...... QC Inspector, SJ MacNeill (Strescon-SJ) whose Madeline, on Dec. 8th, 2020. Emily Buck...... QC Inspector, SJ baby girl Reese made her appearance on Oct. 1st, 2020, Engagements: OSCO Group Services weighing in at 7lbs, 15oz. Congratulations to Megan Linda Burns...... Procurement Specialist Congratulations to Travis Webber (Strescon-NS) and Jeff Tiffany Mutch...... Accounts Receivable Specialist Willcott who welcomed son Hynes, who got engaged on April Mike McGrath...... Analyst, Human Capital Dominic, on September 16th, 16th, 2020. Management & Reporting 2020 . Jiamei Qi...... Accounting Specialist Congratulations to Mitch Mc- Sal Radcliffe...... Safety Trainer Congratulations to Luke Quade (Strescon-SJ) who got Johnson (FCC) and his wife Jinell engaged in September 2020, to Ocean Steel Rebar who welcomed baby boy, Griffin Amy Eichmann. Hardik Dhorajiya...... Detailer Catherine Lowe...... Detailing Manager

FCC Construction ... President’s Message (continued from page 3) Heather Connell...... Safety Coordinator the University of New Brunswick (UNB) and within OSCO. We Borcherdt Concrete have embedded several UNB research students at Ocean Steel, Strescon and FCC Construction on specific projects to further Russel (R.J.) Cooke...... Bus Development Associate OSCO’s ability to design its products for manufacture and as- PreCon Precast Limited sembly (DfMA). One real-world application has been at Strescon where we now install windows in our factory to provide, in Paul Slosarcik..... Director Operations, Central Region record time, a complete exterior wall system for a building. Angelo Guglielmo...... Director Business Services, Central Region We are also doing our part to help reduce the built-environ- Elizabeth Amaral...... Accounting Specialist ment carbon footprint. Recently, FCC Electrical participated in Rida Fatima...... Accounting Specialist the renewable energy market with the supply and installation of Adebusola Ariyo...... Accounting Specialist a solar panel system for an existing building. We are currently Angela Rozenveld...... HR Manager, Central working on additional proposals to further participate in this Gangpat Nagar...... Modeller segment of the sustainable energy market. Dina Abusitta...... H&S Coordinator Miteshkumar Soni...... QC Inspector 2021 will likely still be an unpredictable year. More progress is Saad Ahmed...... QC Inspector required before normality, as we know it, will return but Edward Panasiuk...... QC Inspector hopefully the worst of the pandemic is behind us. We are John Ponikvar...... QC Inspector confident that no matter what the future may bring, we will find Oskar Zbroja...... QC Inspector a way to continue to protect our people, our customers, and Prince Garg...... QC Inspector our businesses. Thanks again to everyone for their valued, Samantha Ruberto...... HR Generalist much appreciated Stephanie Femia...... HR Coordinator Eduardo Trujillo...... Production supervisor contribution this year to Angel Sos...... Project Manager the OSCO Construction Nachiketa Panchal...... Jr. Estimator Group. Hans O. Klohn President, OSCO Construction Group Usman Qureshi...... Field Safety Coordinator www.oscoconstructiongroup.com connections | fall & winter 2020 51 PEI

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NY MA Our Locations STRUCTURAL STEEL: PRECAST: READY-MIX (OSCO Concrete):

OCEAN STEEL - Corporate office & NB Plant #1 STRESCON LIMITED OSCO CONCRETE NB - Saint John plant 400 Chesley Drive, Saint John, NB • CA Corporate Office & NB plants 101 Ashburn Lake Rd., Saint John, NB • CA Phone: (506) 632-2600 101 Ashburn Lake Rd., Saint John, NB • CA Phone: (506) 633-8877 Member Since • 1955 Phone: (506) 633-8877 Member Since • 1963 Member Since • 1963 OCEAN STEEL - NB Plant #2 OSCO CONCRETE NB - Moncton plant 550 Wilsey Road, Fredericton, NB • CA STRESCON LIMITED - NS office & plant 1212 Berry Mills Rd, Moncton, NB • CA Phone: (506) 444-7989 131 Duke St., Bedford, NS • CA Phone: (506) 858-7110 Member Since • 1995 Phone: (902) 494-7400 Member Since • 2004 Member Since • 1978 OCEAN STEEL - New England Sales Office SCHURMAN CONCRETE - Summerside plant 40 Burlington Mall Road, Suite 207 STRESCON LIMITED - New England Sales Office 240 MacEwen Rd, Summerside, PE • CA Burlington, MA • USA 40 Burlington Mall Road, Suite 207 Phone: (902) 888-4331 Phone: (781) 221-2152 Burlington, MA • USA Member Since • 2004 Member Since • 1991 Phone: (781) 221-2153 Member Since • 1991 SCHURMAN CONCRETE Charlottetown office & plant CONSTRUCTION: PRECON - Office & Brampton, ON plant 412 Mount Edward Rd, Charlottetown, PE • CA 35 Rutherford Road, Brampton, ON • CA Phone: (902) 628-0127 FCC CONSTRUCTION - office Phone: (905) 457-4140 Member Since • 2004 400 Chesley Drive, Saint John, NB • CA Member Since • 2020 Phone: (506) 632-7800 MACLEAN’S READY-MIX - Montague plant Member Since • 1960 PRECON - Woodstock, ON plant 669 Queen’s Road, Montague, PE • CA 1100 Dundas Street, Woodstock, ON • CA Phone: (902) 838-2925 MARQUE CONSTRUCTION - office Phone: (519) 537-6288 Member Since • 2012 400 Chesley Drive, Saint John, NB • CA Member Since • 2020 Phone: (506) 634-1144 SACKVILLE CONCRETE Member Since • 1966 BORCHERDT CONCRETE PRODUCTS Nova Scotia office & plant Office & plant 17 Estates Road, Lower Sackville, NS • CA KENNEBEC CONSTRUCTION - office 326 Hardscratch Road, Brooklyn, NS • CA Phone: (902) 864-3230 400 Chesley Drive, Saint John, NB • CA Phone: (902) 742-7811 Member Since • 2008 Phone: (506) 632-7800 Member Since • 2008 Member Since • 1994 BEDFORD READY-MIX - plant 414 Bluewater Rd., Bedford, NS • CA REBAR: Phone: (902) 835-0882 AGGREGATES: Member Since • 2008 OCEAN STEEL REBAR LIMITED OSCO AGGREGATES Saint John office & plant GLENHOLME READY-MIX - plant 749 Little Dyke Rd, Debert, NS • CA 400 Chesley Drive, Saint John, NB • CA 749 Little Dyke Road, Glenholme, NS • CA Phone: (902) 662-3722 Phone: (506) 632-2600 Phone: (902) 662-3722 Member Since • 2008 Member Since • 1955 Member Since • 2008 OSCO AGGREGATES ALLSTAR REBAR NOVA SCOTIA ANNAPOLIS VALLEY READY-MIX - Plant 248 Canaan Mountain Road, Office & plant 20 Park Drive, Windsor, NS • CA Canaan Mountain, NS • CA 48 Duke Street, Bedford, NS • CA Phone: (902) 798-2291 Phone: (902) 546-2373 Phone: (902) 832-0917 Member Since • 2008 Member Since • 2014 Member Since • 2008