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fall & winter 2017

North Shore Medical Center • Georges River Energy • Queen’s Marque Moosehead Brewery • Precast Concrete Stairs • West Broadway Condos the biannual newsmagazine of fall & winter 2017 connections the OSCO Construction Group what’s inside projects 4...... The Auerbach Center 17....Village View Suites 28....Courthouse Hill Farms 6...... North Shore Medical 20....Irving Oil Refinery 29....Fundy Funeral Home 8...... NB Bridge Replacements 21....Meridian Health 30....West Broadway Condos 9...... Red Rose Building 22....Misc. Metals 32....Holiday Inn Express 10....Saint John Water 22....Mercantile Park Garage 32....Dartmouth General Hospital 12....Queen’s Marque 23....Mount Allison 33....Stonehill College 13....Georges River Energy 24....Bath Viaduct 34....Halifax Shopping Center 14....Moosehead Brewery 27....Refinery Turnaround 34....Rebar Projects 15....Irving Oil Home Office Complexes 35....UdeM Retirement Complex 16....Irving Blending & Packaging 27....Wyndham Worldwide

3...... Message from the President 52....Our Locations priorities 37....Safety: 2017 Safety Awards 38....Environment: Sharing Green Habits profiles 39....Training & Development 18....Product: Concrete 40...Facilities: PEI Aggregate Stairs Deliveries 36....Product: Glenholme Concrete Stone people public & 44....Employee Appreciation community Celebration 46....OSCO Picnic 42....Greenslade Bursary 47....OSCO Golf 42....NSCC Bursary 48....Retirement Lane 43....Group Bursary 50....Don Isnor Sr. 43....MacLean’s Hitching Post 51....Fresh Faces 51....Congratulations OSCO construction group

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The Auerbach Center, Boston MA Comments and submissions are greatly appreciated and may be sent to the See story on page 4 editor/designer: Tammy Legacy, c/o OSCO Construction Group 400 Chesley Drive, Saint John, NB • Canada • E2K 5L6 email: [email protected] www.oscoconstructiongroup.com Message from the President

currently provide many differ- most part, not improved productivity decades. Other new technologies We ent construction products & in the construction industry. adaptable to construction applica- services from 24 facilities located in tions are also emerging……some the eastern part of Canada and the In our view, this is about to radically examples are robotics, artificial United States. One of our key goals change…….the construction industry intelligence, mixed or augmented has been to diversify into product, is the next major industry about to reality, sensors & telematics, scan- customer and geographic markets be reshaped. It has now reached the ning, nanotechnology and additive which can offer highly-valued “pack- “tipping” point because several para- manufacturing. ages” of construction products or digm shifts will disrupt the industry as services for our clients. For structural never before…. In the past, manufacturing processes steel combined with architectural have been mostly subtractive or Advances in the development and precast wall panels, precast con- formative….. Structural steel fabrica- availability of Building Information nections are designed and attached tion is “subtractive” where waste is to the steel in our fabrication shop rather than the more expensive “In the case of the OSCO Group, we’re ideally suited to participate option of field-installed. Ready mix and rebar are packaged for cast-in- as the industry moves from outside stick-built methods to off-site place structures to assure formwork factory pre-fabrication. We’re already experimenting with more contractors that material deliveries value-added functions and/or components to combine with our for both products will be properly scheduled. existing factory-built elements.”

Given our multi-product strategy to-date, are we headed in the right Modeling (BIM) standards will allow generated when materials are cut direction when compared with the the industry to finally achieve true from standard-sized pieces into construction industry as a whole?? data interoperability and integration. desired shapes. Alternatively, precast Over the last 25 years, InfoTech ad- The industry now has or soon will concrete is “formative” where mate- vances have led to the transformation have the means to deploy a digital, rial is deposited into a mould to cre- of entire industries: car manufactur- 3D model of every component and ate a desired shape. Today, “additive” ing, shipbuilding and aerospace are system in a project…….something manufacturing, such as 3D print- some examples. Unfortunately, the the automotive, aerospace and ing, has become practical wherein technology revolution has, for the shipbuilding industries have had for continued on page 46... www.oscoconstructiongroup.com connections | fall & winter 2017 3 projects

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The basketball practice facil- ity will be located on the top Teamwork two floors of The Auerbach Center, and will feature two state-of-the-art parquet-floor basketball courts, and seating for approximately 195 fans. On-site amenities will include: locker Slam Dunk rooms, a players’ lounge; expanded media work and studio production space; state-of-the-art audio-visual @ The Auerbach Center technology; expanded strength and conditioning facilities; physical therapy areas with hydrotherapy pools; and sports science and nutrition facili- OSCO Steel Plants Team Up ties. A flexible hospitality area will host community relations activities, partner On Complex 2530 Ton Project gatherings, and other guest events.

Boston Landing is a 15-acre mixed- contributed by: Jeff Keith ity; 85,000 square feet of office and use development owned by New laboratory space; 5,700 square feet of Balance Development Group that in- he Auerbach Center located retail space; and a total of 190 parking cludes the new world headquarters of at 40 Guest Street at Bos- spaces, built across one level at grade New Balance Athletics, Inc. and Tton Landing, is a mixed-used and two levels above grade. the practice development in the Allston-Brighton facility. neighborhood of Boston. It will be The practice facility will the future official world-class practice be the latest component at Boston John Moriarty & Associ- and training facility of the 17-time Landing — at 55 feet in the air, cantile- ates, Inc, Construction NBA Champion Boston Celtics bas- vered out to the edge of the Mass Pike. Manager for The Auerbach ketball team. The facility will contain a The Celtics’ new practice home will be Center project, awarded total of approximately 160,000 square highly visible from the Ocean Steel and Construction Ltd the feet of space, including: the 71,000 Turnpike, with a forty foot glass wall contract to supply and install: 2530 square foot basketball practice facil- enclosing the practice courts. tons of structural steel; 265,300 sf of metal & acoustic decking; 14 long span joists 6’ x 120’; and 44 composite joists for the project. The structural steel included a complex cantilevered truss system, featuring three field-built trusses that spanned a maximum of 220 feet x 36 feet deep and was stick- built on OSCO-Engineered temporary shoring. A shop-welded truss 120’ long by 6’-4” deep, was shipped to the site in 3 sections for field assembly and install.

OSCO fabricated the project at it’s three fabrication facilities in Saint John, & Conklin in order to achieve the tight installation schedule requirements. OSCO subcontracted the installation of the project to Prime Steel Erecting, Inc. Steel Installation started in April 2017 and was substan- tially complete in October 2017. www.oscoconstructiongroup.com connections | fall & winter 2017 5 projects

North Shore Medical Center

contributed by: scheduled for completion in 2019 as: involved in this significant project, with Dan Scally & Alex Linero Ocean Steel and Strescon providing • A new 113,000 square foot, four- structural steel and precast concrete. orth Shore Medical Center story building to include a new As with all “OSCO Team” efforts, the (NSMC) is a multi-site health emergency department, mechanical NSMC project was able to benefit from Nsystem, headquartered in Salem, space, one floor for 24 medical – the close coordination between the Massachusetts. The North Shore’s surgical inpatient beds, one floor to sister companies, to ensure a perfect largest healthcare provider, NSMC op- be shelled for a future 24 bed medi- fit between structural steel and erates multiple hospitals, ambulatory cal – surgical unit with vertical and precast panels in the field. care sites and physician offices. They horizontal connecting corridors to are a member of Partners HealthCare, the existing Davenport Building. Structural Steel founded by Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General • Converting the current Spaulding Ocean Steel’s project Hospitals. North Shore to a Center of Excel- scope encompasses three lence in Behavioral Health that will buildings, including the main NSMC broke ground last fall on a $207 be directly aligned with Massachu- hospital building and upgrades to the million project which will consoli- setts General Hospital and add 26 Central Utility Plant infrastructure. date medical, surgical and behavioral new beds to the region for psychia- All structural steel was fabricated in health services on the Salem Hospital try and behavioral health services, Ocean Steel’s Fredericton, NB facility. campus. The construction is being with a shelled floor for a future 30 managed by Walsh Brothers, a leading bed psychiatric unit. The hospital consolidation included Boston based construction manage- the supply and erection of 790 tons of ment firm. Architectural Design is • Central Utility Plant infrastructure structural steel. When complete, this being provided by Shepley Bulfinch, upgrades will include installation of a building will house the hospital’s new with Structural Design provided by 1,200 ton chiller & cooling tower and emergency department, two floors of McNamara Salvia. (2) 2000 kW emergency generators. medical-surgical inpatient beds, and mechanical space. A Walsh Brothers press release lists The OSCO Construction Group is the highlights of this extensive project, proud to have two team members The new building was constructed

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the consolidated hospital. In May of appearance. The final approved 2017, the final pieces of the 38 tons samples were buff in color, with a of structural steel for the emergency very light sand blast finish applied to all generator upgrade were erected. This panels. involved locating and installing new galvanized steel into existing steel. Precast production began in May 2017 This was completed under tight time and ended in August 2017. Strescon tolerances to ensure the two new fabricated 387 Architectural Solid 2000kW emergency generators could panels for this project, all of which be placed. were fabricated in the Saint John facility. At press time, the final steel compo- nent of the project, the upgrade of the To circumvent any shipping stresses chiller plant and cooling tower, was while transporting the panels 635 km, currently being detailed. This build- some of the larger spandrel panels ing will allow for a new (required due to the column to column 1,200-ton chiller and cooling tower to pro- “As with all “OSCO Team” efforts, the NSMC vide the Salem campus with chilled water. As project was able to benefit from the close this building will oper- coordination between the sister companies, ate up to the time of to ensure a perfect fit between structural steel erection, field survey North Shore Medical Center and coordination has and precast panels in the field.” been difficult. Erection is planned for Novem- between three existing buildings, ber of 2017. spans at the building’s vertical con- creating a complex building configu- nector) were pre-stressed. The largest ration with limited space for erection. Steel Project Manager: Dan Scally spandrel panel was 44’ long x 8’ high Significant field survey and coordina- x 6” thick and weighed 24,300 lbs. tion was required within the design Precast Concrete Overall precast production required team during the detailing phase, to 550 m3 of concrete and 93,000 lbs of maintain floor elevations and expan- One of the challenges for precast reinforcing. sion joints for connection to the exist- concrete portion of this project, was ing hospital and renovated behavioral matching the color of the new precast BWI Steel & Precast Erectors LLC was health building. panels to the color of the existing subcontracted by both companies buildings adjacent to the new con- to erect the steel and precast for this Steel connection components for struction. This was further complicated portion of the project, scheduled for the precast panels were coordinated by the “wavy” appearance required completion by mid-November 2017. internally during steel modelling, then on approximately 165 of the precast installed in the shop. This ensured the panels. The concrete mix design was Precast Project Manager: Alex Linero precast connections were correctly tested to ensure that there would be Precast Detailer: Amy Ames-Slipp located when the precast panels ar- no discoloration between flat panels Precast Engineer: rived on site. The structural steel Top- cast on wooden tables, and “ribbed” Jacob Myler ping Off Ceremony was held on July panels poured on a rubber form-liner 6, 2017 with the building expected to to give the panels the esthetically be occupied by the fall of 2019. pleasing wavy

The NSMC project also features the upgrading of two existing buildings which make up the Central Utility Plant for

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contributed by: Kim Doggett

eneral contractor Dunbar Construction Limited has awarded Ocean Steel Rebar the reinforc- Ging steel components for two New Brunswick Department of Transportation projects in Peters Mill, NB and Dieppe, NB.

Gaspereau River Bridge #1: Gaspereau River Bridge #1 in Peter Mills, near Richibucto Village, NB is an existing wooden Burr Truss bridge built in circa 1960 over the Gaspereau Creek. It is being replaced with a 34-meter pre-stressed concrete beam construction. Ocean Steel Rebar began work in July 2017 and provided 22 tons of rebar for the East and West Abutments. Another 20 tons of rebar was supplied and installed in September 2017 for the Diaphragm, Slab, and Barrier Walls.

Harrisville Blvd/Route 15 Underpass: The Harrisville Blvd/Route 15 Underpass in Dieppe, NB is part of the large, three-year Harrisville Interchange Project which, when completed, will reduce congestion and improve safety in one of greater Moncton’s busiest intersections. This high-density area sees approximately 2700 cars a day. It ties together the airport, main highways, and two of three large industrial parks. The Harrisville Interchange will see a ‘dog-bone’ shaped traffic pattern, with partial roundabouts along East and West bound ramp terminals; a new east bound exit ramp along Route 15 at Industrial Street; and a wider four-lane underpass at the interchange. This design will eliminate left hand turns and improve traffic flow.

Ocean Steel Rebar has been subcontracted by Dunbar to work on the underpass expansion of this project. The existing two-lane structure will see an additional Eastbound and Westbound lane added. Ocean Steel Rebar started working in August 2017 and to date has supplied and installed 45 of 110 tons of rebar for the East and West abutments, six piers, and six cap beams. Ocean Steel Rebar expects their portion of work to be completed by November 2017.

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Red Rose Building FCC Helps Maintain Prominent Saint John Landmark

contributed by: Bill Woodhouse P.Eng., M.Eng. of the building. All of the windows in the Red Rose building are constructed of he Red Rose Building, located at 12 wood and require ongoing maintenance Smythe Street in Saint John, New due to our harsh environment. During the TBrunswick, is managed by Commer- restoration project carpenters removed all cial Properties and serves as office space deteriorated wood mullions, sills, glaz- for a number of local businesses. FCC ing stops and jambs and replaced with Construction recently completed another new pieces of wood – custom milled to phase of the masonry restoration at the match the existing. Once all of the wood iconic building which was constructed in repairs were completed, all windows were 1903. This has been an ongoing project to stained and caulked. The last component restore the exterior façade of the building, of the restoration was the reconstruc- with the initial phase of restoration start- tion of the cornice at the roof edge. The ing several years ago. Graeme Duffus of existing bent metal profiles were removed, DSRA out of Halifax has been the masonry the substructure was inspected and new consultant for this project, overseeing the metal was installed, along with hardwood various phases of restoration work. crown moldings. Again, all material that was installed was custom milled to match This phase of the restoration took place the existing profiles to ensure the historical on the first half of the east wall, adja- character of the building was maintained. cent to Main St.. The masonry restoration scope included repointing 100% of the Rob Murphy (FCC Construction) was the brick, removal and replacement of eroded site superintendent on this project, with sandstone sills, bands and capitals, and Howard Allain (Marque Construction) patching of stone which had minor dete- and Kevin Cox (Marque Construction), rioration. Once all brick was repointed, a who worked on the window repairs and masonry sealer was applied to the façade cornice reconstruction. www.oscoconstructiongroup.com connections | fall & winter 2017 9 projects

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Project Update: Saint John Water Project

contributed by: Kyle Blanchard, Administration Building Treatment plant alone has taken Brendan Clancy P.Eng & approximately 7000 cubic meters. David Dunnett P.Eng Outside of the work on the Plant Most of that concrete was supplied to Building, FCC made great progress North American Construction, at the he City of Saint John, New on the Administration Building. The Treatment Plant Building on site. This Brunswick’s Safe Clean Drink- structure and building envelope has concrete was a high strength con- ing Water Project has made T been completed, with work on the crete with an integral water proofing significant progress through the interior well underway, including: chemical added to the mix. Other spring and summer months of 2017. mechanical and electrical rough-ins; concrete was supplied to FCC for Water Plant Building drywall partitions; crackfilling; interior the Administration Building as well doors and windows; and the interior as Spectrum Enterprises on under- After a long winter of cold weather masonry block. ground infrastructure on site. concrete foundation installations, Throughout the City, OSCO Con- performed by North America Con- Fire Water Pumphouse crete has also been supplying Gulf struction, FCC Construction was The Fire Water Pumphouse is Operators with various mixes for the back on the critical path with the progressing well with the exterior distribution network over the past Water Plant Building. masonry block and the hollowcore 1.5 years. The West Saint John Wells The foundation was turned over roof structure now completed. FCC have been already commissioned as to FCC on August 1st, 2017, and as is currently working to complete the part of this project. of the second week of September, building envelope, which includes The concrete supply is just about Strescon Limited had all precast roofing woodwork, sprayfoam insu- complete as has been slowing down components standing and awaiting lation, veneer masonry block, and the last couple months. grout and concrete topping. Precast the built-up roofing system. Once components included: 87 insulated the Pumphouse is water tight, we will Wrapping Up load bearing panels; 36 columns; 32 continue with the mechanical and electrical works to complete this part beams; 35,000 sq.ft of hollowcore FCC will continue to focus our efforts of the scope. planks; 3 solid shear wall panels; 6 on mechanical and electrical works projection panels; and 5 - 12” thick in the Water Plant, the Administration solid slabs. Due to the critical path, Site Development Building and the Firewater Pump- and restrictive site conditions, the The site development has been pro- house over the next few months. The building was erected in two phases gressing very well through this con- Water Treatment Plant is scheduled (July 10-28th and Aug 24-Sept 14). struction season, with all site services to be turned over for commissioning in April of 2018. To expedite the completion of the and underground infrastructure to the structure for other trades to begin plant installed. We are now focus- interior work, FCC performed the ing our efforts on road building, site hollowcore grouting scope, which grading and finish landscape work as was then followed by application of a we move into the winter months. structural concrete topping instal- lation during the month of Septem- Ready-Mix ber. At press time, FCC was in the OSCO Concrete’s Saint John Plant process of installing the water tight has been supplying the Clean Safe roof system, to allow the mechanical Drinking Water project in excess of and electrical activities to continue one year now. within the plant as the winter season approaches. The entire project at the Water www.oscoconstructiongroup.com connections | fall & winter 2017 11 projects

contributed by: Dave Marcatilli down, restraining the tipping action. anchors drilled to various depths, Rock anchors are commonly used ranging from 40-70 feet. marked the begin- as a component in retaining walls, as ning of construc- well as in systems to resist the uplift OSCO Concrete supplied both con- 2017 tion on the Queen’s of a foundation, such as in Queen’s crete and concrete pumping services Marque, Halifax’s largest waterfront Marque. An additional source of to Petrifond for the project. Ten-foot commercial and residential develop- uplift on this project is the result of pieces of lightweight 4” truck exhaust ment since Bishop’s Landing was built creating a watertight parking garage pipe were welded together in lengths in 2003. Upon completion, the Marque below tide level, which wants to float up to 70 feet. These pipes were then will be Amour Group’s signature unless restrained. connected to concrete pumps, and property. In the winter of 2016/2017, used to pump the concrete down the Amour enlisted Dexter Construction Most rock anchors consist of a holes. These holes were well below to excavate the massive project, which pre-drilled hole that is filled with sea level, and consequently full of will take upwards of 10 months to grout (sand, cement, water mixture). water. The pipe was lowered to the complete. As part of the excavation A threaded steel anchor bar that bottom, so that the concrete could be work, Dexter hired Petrifond Founda- is partly sheathed, is then inserted placed underwater without being di- tions, headquartered in , to into the freshly grouted hole, and is luted. The process of placing concrete drill and install over 475 rock anchors. eventually tensioned to the appropri- underwater is called a Tremie pour. ate specifications. Rock anchors are Foundations for buildings are gener- available in a large range of sizes and The project started in mid-summer of ally considered to support the weight load capacities, ranging from those 2017, with completion expected for of the structure above. While this suitable for house foundations, to late November. In total, OSCO is true, tall buildings that could be those used for retaining large struc- Concrete will supply 700 cubic pushed over in high winds often need tures such as bridges and high rises. meters of high slump 35MPa concrete the foundations to hold the building Queens Marque required 475 rock and grout to this project.

Queen’s Marque Rock Anchors

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Georges River Energy

contributed by: David Leskie In addition to creating new employ- ment positions for local residents, local ounded in 1881, Robbins log suppliers will see a new market for Lumber is a fifth-generation their waste products. Currently, Robbins Ffamily owned sawmill in Lumber is producing 3 truck loads of Southern Maine. In order for waste material (90 Tons) on a daily basis. any business to be successful for so The new plant will require 15 truckloads long, adaptability is key. The firm cur- of material daily as feed stock, which rently uses their waste products (wood will be sourced from local loggers chips, bark and sawdust) to fuel a bio- who have seen the demand for mass boiler which produces steam to: their low-grade pulp wood heat the facility’s buildings; dry lumber decline with the closure of in kilns; and produce 50% of its own paper mills. power. Excess waste material has typi- cally been sold to paper mills as an ad- Ocean Steel’s Fredericton,NB ditional revenue stream; however, as lo- plant supplied 92 Tons of Steel cal area mills are downsizing or closing, for the cooling tower supports and the demand for this waste material has the new building mezzanine. In addi- abated. To adapt to this new reality, the tion, our Conklin plant supplied 41 Tons Robbins’ are in the process of building a of steel for the new economizer, new boiler with better pollution controls through the boiler’s supplier, KMW and an 8.5 megawatt capacity. The sur- Energy. After a successful installation of plus 7.5 megawatt capacity will produce these three scopes of work, OSCO has electricity which can be sold back to the been approached about executing grid by Georges River Energy (a subsid- several other work packages on this iary of Robbins Lumber Inc.). project. www.oscoconstructiongroup.com connections | fall & winter 2017 13 projects

Moosehead products in the heart of a functioning brewhouse, while product is brewed just feet away. Lastly, the small batch project will include a retail MOOSEHEAD space where customers can purchase Moosehead products, clothing and Small Batch Brewery souvenirs. The FCC team mobilized to site in September of 2017, with construction contributed by: manager for this high profile project. activity ramping up in October. Base Bill Woodhouse P.Eng., M.Eng. Although other members of the OSCO building construction of the new bre- Construction Group have worked with whouse, tap room and retail areas will oosehead Breweries was Moosehead Breweries in the past, continue until March 2018. The new established in 1867 and is the Moosehead is a new client for FCC, brewhouse equipment is scheduled to Mlast major brewery in Canada and we are excited to work arrive in early March, at which point all that is owned by Canadians. Origi- with them. piping and electrical will be com- nally based in , Mooseh- pleted and commissioned. In spring ead Breweries later relocated to Saint FCC was engaged 2018 FCC will complete the fit up John, New Brunswick, following early in the project, at the of the tap room and retail areas. We the Halifax Explosion and has been conceptual stage, and will then complete a rebuild of the in Saint John ever since. Mooseh- worked through a number parking lot area and entry to the new ead has grown significantly over of options with Moosehead Brewery. the years, with a current brewhouse and their design team before ultimately capable of producing 450 barrels. landing at the current design. The final The full scope of the project is As part of their 150th celebration, design consists of a few key compo- scheduled to be complete and open to Moosehead wanted to expand their nents. Firstly, the brewhouse area will the public in Summer 2018. FCC also product offering, with the ability to contain all of the brewing equipment, teamed with Marque Construction, create new products in smaller quan- including the lauter ton, mash kettle, who will be completing the electrical tities for their customers to enjoy. To liquor tanks, fermentation vessels and for this project. Key members of the meet these objectives, Moosehead filtering/storage tanks. Adjacent to the FCC team include Shauna Miller decided to proceed with a new 20 brewhouse area will be a tap room (Estimating/Design), Bill Woodhouse barrel small batch brewery located with the capacity for approximately 20 (Project Manager), Rob Murphy (Site within their existing brewery. guests. The tap room Superintendent) and Mary Ann Gates will allow customers (Site Admin Assistant). FCC Construction was successful in to enjoy unique being selected as the construction

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Project Update: Irving Oil Home Office

contributed by: Luke Johnson P.Eng,GSC centerpieces of the building. project schedule. With the close prox- Andy Miller, David Dunnett imity of the Saint John precast facility, P.Eng & Alex Linero Precast concrete panels, aluminum and the speed that the structural pre- windows, and limestone are also cast can be erected (approx. ½ floor ork is progressing well at the progressing steadily, with the exterior per day) Strescon Atlantic has been Irving Oil Home Office project facades of the building beginning to able to work within the strict schedule Win Uptown Saint John, NB, and take shape. Strescon’s primary scope is restrictions both safely and effectively. project staff and subcontractors are to provide 675 (74,768 sq.ft.) of struc- working to prepare for the upcoming tural precast panels which will support OSCO Concrete’s Saint John plant has winter season. the hand laid limestone façade. At the been supplying the project for over a mechanical penthouse level, hand year now, and are nearing completion. With the final levels of the elevator laid limestone was not required, so They are currently working on the and stair cores scheduled for comple- Strescon will be supplying architectural top floors, and are casting stairs and tion this fall, and the structural steel cornice spandrels, and infill panels with miscellaneous concrete throughout following close behind, the project is a concrete finish to simulate the lime- the structure. The project has taken shifting gears towards interior work stone below. A total of 46 pieces (4,770 roughly 7500 cubic meters of con- that will continue through to the end sq.ft.) will be provided for this area. crete. There were more than 12 differ- of the project. The tendering process ent concrete mixes incorporated in the for the interior fit-up portion of the job Strescon and Strescon Atlantic have building. Due to the lack of working is well underway and finish subcon- been working closely with the Joint space on the site, delivery was often tractors will be starting on site in the Venture team to coordinate precast a challenge, especially at high traffic coming months. erection. For various reasons, pre- times around King Square. cast erection has been scheduled The tower crane, which has become sporadically, and in smaller mobiliza- All trades are working closely together a familiar piece of the Saint John tions (typically 1-2 days, and often on to provide the owner with a finished skyline, is scheduled to be removed by weekends). Due to the small foot print product that successfully achieves the the New Year. This can be completed of the building, and multiple trades all architect’s vision and will stand up to only after the install of the atrium working simultaneously, this was the Saint John weather for decades to flying stairs, which will be one of the most effective method to maintain the come. www.oscoconstructiongroup.com connections | fall & winter 2017 15 projects

Irving Blending & Packaging PROJECTS

contributed by: Robert Campbell (100HP), the #2 Compressor (100HP) bottles of windshield washer fluid and the #3 compressor (200HP). The and antifreeze. The upgrades were rving Blending and Packaging is a 200HP compressor was installed to designed to increase productivity 157,000 sq.ft., ISO 9001 liquid pack- replace the 100HP #1 compressor. and reliability of the line. Upgrades Iaging facility based in Saint John, The 10HP compressor unit will be included the demolition and reloca- NB, which offers custom blending used to handle air requirements when tion of some existing equipment, of liquid products. They have a core the facility is not in production. A new and installation of new equipment. product portfolio which includes controller was installed to connect The new equipment includes a Spiral over 1400 traditional lubricants, wa- the new #1 compressor with the #2 Conveyor, Infeed Case Conveyor, ter, solvents, alcohol based chemi- and #3 compressors; to control the Hartness Case Packer, ABC Case cal specialty fluids, grease, and low starting sequences (rotates between Erector, Case Erector Discharge Con- viscosity petroleum based products. compressors); and to determine load veyor, and VFD/DC Control Panel and sharing (when to start 2nd and 3rd associated equipment. Marque’s Industrial Division was compressors). contracted by Irving Blending and Marque was contracted to per- Packaging to provide the electrical Work started with the demolition of form the electrical work required and instrumentation portions of work the old 100HP compressor and asso- for the demolition, relocation, and on a number of projects at their facil- ciated cabling. The new 200HP com- installation of new equipment. The ity over the past year, beginning in pressor and 10 HP compressor with relocated equipment included the December of 2016. associated piping, was then installed Case Sealer, Case Counter, the Case by Lorneville Mechanical. Marque Printer and the Line #3 Control Con- Air Compressors Upgrade then installed cable tray, power and sole. Marque also provided Mecano control cabling, and the new com- Industrie with commissioning assis- This project involved the installation pressor controller. Marque’s work tance. This work, from demolition to of 2 air compressors; a 200HP and a was completed in February 2017. startup, was completed over a span 10HP, to improve the reliability and of just 5 days. Work was completed volume of the air system during peak Line #3 Upgrades mid-July 2017. demand. The existing air system was comprised of the #1 compressor Line 3 is the packaging line for 3.78L continued on next page...

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continued from previous page... age of 12 chemicals and blends. This portion of the project over the Resin Silo Electrical Upgrades project also required piping and valves last 10 months, working around for transfer of chemicals to and from the delivery and installation of the The Resin Silo Tank contains resin pel- the tank. A new PLC was installed to new chemical tank and associated lets used in the blow molding process, control the pumps, mixers, on/off piping. This project was completed in for bottles used in product packaging. valves, and other instrumentation as early September 2017. The electrical upgrades were for the required, as well as to interface with replacement of electrical equipment the plant’s other PLC’s. In addition to Tank Level Sensor System located in an area which is classified the new chemical tank, Irving Blend- a Class 1 Division 2 Hazardous area. ing is modifying how chemicals are Irving Blending and Packaging is Marque was contracted to replace added to the Slurry Pot. The Slurry Pot beginning the process of upgrading the existing equipment and add a is where different chemical liquids are its tank level detection system for new control panel. The new Resin combined for mixing their customers’ reading the levels in each tank. Silo Filling Control Panel was sent to blends. The new method will decrease Currently a manual level-gauge CSA (Canadian Standards Association) the risk of splashing chemicals and al- system; it is being changed to an and received CSA’s approval for use low the operator to control delivery of automated system, utilizing radar in Class 1 Division 2 rated area. This chemical from a safe distance away. sensors and remote communication project was completed in early August access to the tank level gauges. In this of 2017. Marque also supplied and installed the portion of the project, we will be PLC, VFD’s, teck cables, new junction installing radar detectors with remote Chemical Storage Tank box, cable tray, instruments, instru- digital displays on 10 tanks, including ment air tubing, bonding of all new the base infrastructure, which will Irving Blending and Packaging added piping and valves, startup, and com- provide for the future addition of the an above-ground (double walled) missioning, of PLC and Weigh Scale remaining tank level detectors. This Chemical storage tank in their facility. on the Slurry Pot. Marque and our project is expected to be completed This tank is compatible for the stor- subcontractors had to perform our by November 2017.

Village View Suites Phase 3

contributed by: Dave Dunnett P.Eng. apartments, with the added feature of an underground parking garage. Concrete has substantially OSCO completed the concrete The building’s footprint is approximately supply for the Village View Suites, 15,000 square feet and the project is being Phase 3. Located in the Millidgeville coordinated by Stephen Brittain, one of area of Saint John, NB, it is the third the partners in the venture. The project apartment building the group has took about 750 cubic meters of constructed on this property. concrete and commenced con- This particular building is a struction in July. It is scheduled to 4-storey complex offer- open in the summer of 2018. ing 1, 2 and 3 bedroom

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Borcherdt Rises to the Challenge With Precast Concrete Stairs

contributed by: Matt MacDermid & plank, 47 precast stair units and 42 then placed in the form to achieve Nathan Ward precast stair landings. the desired result. There is no bleed- ing, lines are crisp and the image is There are many ups and downs in the Callahan Construction Managers; placed very accurately. stair business! Throughout the years, Hampton Inn, Woburn, Massachu- Borcherdt Concrete has supplied setts: 135,760 sq.ft. of Strescore In total, Borcherdt delivered 169 stair precast concrete stair products in plank, 22 precast stair units and 22 risers, 6 precast monument blocks both the residential and commercial precast stair landings. (to be placed at the park entrances) marketplaces. and one precast “medallion” (also Fort Needham Memorial featuring GC-ArtDesign). With careful In a continued effort to Project: Borcherdt is pleased coordination between our project improve the quality and to have worked with Ekistics Plan- management, Ekistics, and Turfmas- timely production of our ning and Design and Turfmasters ters, the collaboration was a success stair products, Borcherdt has Landscaping Ltd. on a project for the and we are hoping to utilize this very invested in a new stair form. Halifax Regional Municipality. The unique process in future work! Fort Needham Memorial Park project The new form is hydraulically ad- is scheduled to be completed in No- Additional Stair Projects: justable for rise and run, will tilt for vember of 2017. The commemorative Metro Regional Housing Authority/ efficient stripping, allows for quick set park honors those who lost their lives KTM Services Group; Cunard St. up times and also allows pouring of or were injured during the cata- Renovation Project: 6 residential multiple pieces per day. strophic Halifax explosion on step units. This will result December 6, 1917. The stairs leading up to the in improved Metro Regional Housing Authority/ park will honor the efficiency for Elmsdale Landscaping; Westwood former community our business, Park Renovation Project: Provision of Richmond, which of 5 custom riser slab stair units. which means was completely increased destroyed as a result Metro Regional Housing Authority/ value for our of the explosion. KTM Services; Westwood Tower customers. Stair Replacement: one @ 5 riser, 10’ To recognize this lost wide custom stair unit. A few notable clients/ community, the designer projects who have utilizing wanted to incorporate Dexel Developments; St. Joseph’s the new stair form: the word “Richmond” into the Square Condominium Project: 9 staircase and asked Borcherdt to help residential stair units. Fitzgerald and Snow; Holiday Inn with a solution. Borcherdt presented With our new form, our custom work, Express, Moncton: 74,200 sq.ft. of a product from Graphic Concrete and continued growth of our client Strescore plank, 20 precast stair units called CG-ArtDesignTM. This product and 20 precast stair landings. base, Borcherdt is rapidly expanding is a hybrid form liner and chemical our capability to help our vertically retarder. The chemical retarder is The Marriott Hotel, Dartmouth challenged customers! printed onto a paper form liner and Crossing: 113,800 sq.ft. of Strescore www.oscoconstructiongroup.com connections | fall & winter 2017 19 projects

Marque @ the Refinery

contributed by: Tara Urquhart tion for the new Clay Treater; and tying Tier 3 Gasoline in the below-grade grounding taps to arque Construction has many the Clay Treater/Jet Fuel Solids Filter. Tier 3 gasoline has a reduced sulphur exciting projects at the Irving Oil content, to just ten parts per million. MRefinery that they are currently Firewater Pump Lower sulphur content in gasoline privileged to participate in. Marque has means cleaner air for generations to Marque will be participating in the de- been involved in the installations of come. We are in the early stages of molition of existing equipment located both electrical and instrumentation for installations for the Tier 3 Gasoline in Plant 45, boiler plant pump house. many ongoing projects, including the Project. Installations currently include The scope is to demolish the electri- Jet Plant Clay Treater; demolition of a new unit ground grid, installed along cal equipment in order to facilitate the existing equipment to support instal- with new civil and piping infrastructure, installation of a new firewater pump. lation of new firewater pump; replace- and cable tray supports for tray that ment of PYLE panels; Tier 3 Gasoline PYLE Panel Replacement will run both horizontally and verti- Project; support for the 2017 fall cally down the length of the piperack. turnaround; upgrade of electrical infra- Electrical PYLE Panels are being re- Early installation of EHT and cable structure at East Saint John Terminals’ placed in three units at the Refinery. tray will be starting soon on the upper Inline Crude Sampler; and repairs to This is necessary, as replacement parts level of the main pipe rack between tank 557 at Canaport. for the existing panels are no longer Brownfield modules and substations. Jet Clay Treater Project available. A PYLE panel is a distribu- Marque’s scope is to install all electri- tion panel designed for use in hazard- cal & instrumentation for this new The intent of the Jet Clay Treater proj- ous locations. Many of these panels unit. This project is expected to reach ect is to install new upsized Jet Clay were installed 35-plus years ago, and completion at the end of the Fall 2018 Treating vessels, parallel to the existing because of their age and design, no Turnaround. longer meet the requirements set by Jet Clay Treater in No.2 Merox unit. #1 Cooling Tower substation #4 This will increase the Jet Clay Treating IOR. The associated transformers are also being replaced. All circuits will be capacity and reduce downtime when Marque has been involved in the verified on the existing panel. Tempo- performing maintenance on either complete replacement of #1 Cooling rary power will be required for both one of the parallel Jet Clay Treaters. Tower substation #4 for the last sever- normal and critical circuits. Some of Increasing clay treating capacity would al months. Completion of new ground the PYLE panels supply power to elec- yield incremental jet plant rate and, grid, substation building, new switch- tric heat tracing, which in turn heats subsequently, jet product. gear, variable frequency drives & soft critical processes within the associ- starters, new emergency power sup- Marque is providing the installations of ated process unit. Coordination with plies and UPS panels, are taking place. power and control to the new Jet Re- operations will be critical during the Cutovers from existing equipment to covery Pump; installing electric tracing power cutover stage of the project, as new equipment is corresponding with on the piping associated with the new the colder weather temperatures could the 2017 north process turnaround, to Clay Treater; installation of instru- adversely affect process temperatures. minimize any risk to operating units. ments; lighting and receptacle installa-

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2017 Fall Turnaround phase of the project will be for Dock lighting and mixer starters #2. A new motor control center is be- associated with the inspection The annual fall turnaround allows for ing installed, as well as new lights and repair of the tank. scheduled refinery maintenance. This lighting contactor, and new cables to year’s turnaround, named Operation support the loads. The existing con- 20/20/20 program Bobcat, is a $100 Million investment duits and wiring will be removed. Marque Construction is delighted to be starting September 16 and complet- able to assist the refinery with electri- ing 60 days later on November 15. It Inline Crude Sampler cal and instrumentation on so many requires a total of 2000 tradespeople A new inline Crude Sampler connec- projects. We look forward to a split between dayshift & nightshift, tion is required for the thirty-six inch productive relationship in the future working seven days a week. Marque crude line. The existing connection is and will continue our focus on safety, is supporting several units with the exceeding the spacing required for the customer service and proficient and supply of temporary power, as well certified readings. Marque is assisting specialized installations. Marque is as supporting the replacement of the with the installation of electric heat proud to support IOR’s newest safety reaction furnace in Plant 142. tracing for the new connection. program the “20/20/20 program” East Saint John Terminal where employees are encouraged to Tank 557 every 20 minutes, take 20 seconds to Electrical infrastructure is at the end see what has changed within 20 feet of Tank repairs to Tank 557 include the of its life on docks one and two at the their work area, and take note of any installation of electric heat tracing, East Saint John Terminal. The current changes or unsafe conditions.

Meridian Living in Manalapan

contributed by: Dan Scally Ocean Steel Corp. has recently com- related space. The new facility also pleted delivery and erection of 580 includes a 1,250 square-foot mainte- eridian Health is New Jersey’s tons of structural steel (fabricated in nance garage and a 2,100 square-foot, leading health care provider, of- our Conklin, NY Plant) and 96,000 covered porch/drop-off area. Mfering the highest quality patient- square feet of deck, at Meridian centered health and wellness services. Health’s new four-story assisted living The General Contractor on this These include primary and specialty complex, in Manalapan, New Jersey. project was V.J. Scozzari & Sons. Inc., care, behavioral health, fitness centers, The assisted living facility will include a construction firm based in New home care and as relates to this 55 studio units; 40 one-bedroom Jersey. The design team included project, assisted living. units; and 2 two-bedroom family units, Brommer Architects and MacIntosh for over 100,000 square feet of patient Engineering.

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contributed by: Bill Woodhouse P.Eng., M.Eng.

early July of 2017, FCC Construction began restoration work on the Mercantile Parking garage in Saint John, NB. This four-level In concrete structure is attached to the Mercantile Centre, at 55 Miscellaneous Union Street. The parking garage serves tenants who are monthly pass holders, as well as hourly parkers visiting the uptown area. The garage Metals Division was built in the early 1990’s in conjunction with the Mercantile Centre. Commercial Properties, who manages the property, hired Stantec to contributed by: Chris Banks, CET prepare the drawings and specifications for the restoration project. Due to the scope of the project and the impact to the tenants, it was • Jet Plant Clay Treater Project, Saint concluded that the work would be completed in two phases, with John, NB, Irving Oil Refinery, 31.2 tons the first phase focussing primarily on levels 3 and 4. To minimize the of structural steel. impact on the users of the garage, the aim was to complete the work • Miramichi River Bridge Repairs, as efficiently as possible, while maintaining access for some of the Miramichi, NB, MacDonald Applicators current parkers on the lower levels. Ltd, 21.3 tons of platework. The scope of work included removal of the existing asphalt wear- • Exoskeleton Framing & Pipe Support ing surface, removal of the existing membrane, and the repair of any Steel, Saint John, NB, Irving Oil deteriorated concrete. Once the concrete repairs were completed, Refinery, 38.1 tons of structural steel. the deck was shot-blasted and the new membrane and asphalt were • PEMB Steel Structures, Salem, MA, installed. The primary construction took approximately 8 weeks, at USA, Iberdrola Energy Projects, 70.5 which point the parking garage was reopened for full use by monthly tons of structural steel. and hourly parkers.

• Polycarbonate Support Structure, FCC also completed repair work to stairs and handrails, the replace- Salem MA, USA, Iberdrola Energy ment of a curtain wall at the back stairwell, and parging of select Projects, 146.2 structural steel. concrete walls. Rob Murphy (FCC Construction) was the site superin- • Miller Brook Arch Culvert Bridge Shoring, tendent on this project. Miller Brook, NB, Modern Construction, 45.5 tons structural steel. • F3006 Furnace Temporary Support Steel & Pipe Support Steel, Saint John, NB, Irving Oil Refinery, 11.3 tons of structural steel. • Tier 3 Gasoline Project, Brownfield Stick Built Steel & Stair, Irving Oil Refinery, 6.9 tons of structural steel. • Lifting Lug Plates for Concrete Bridge Girders, Bedford, NS & Saint John, NB, Strescon Ltd, 8.8 tons of plate work. • Galvanized Anchor Bolts for Transmission Structures, Fredericton, NB, NB Power, 5.6 tons of steel.

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contributed by: Kim Doggett Fund; a funding agreement signed mechanical rooms; repaired stair August 2016 between federal & landings; and a new entrance ramp. cean Steel Rebar recently provincial governments to provide a Ocean Steel Rebar also provided completed work for Avondale total of 84.5 million in infrastructure 5,600 sqft of mesh for slab repairs on OConstruction at Mount Al- investment for universities & colleges Level 1, 2, and Mezzanine. lison University in Sackville, NB. The in New Brunswick. This fund aims to former Gairdner Fine Arts Building is reinstate Canada’s research and sci- The Center for Environmental undergoing extensive renovations, ence base, as well as address existing Innovation will house 15 scientists, and when complete, will become the infrastructure needs, while contribut- their students, and fellow collabora- Center for Environmental Innovation. ing to Canada’s long-term innovation tors who were previously spread and sustainability objectives. Another across multiple buildings with aging The former Gairdner Fine Arts Build- project that Ocean Steel Rebar has equipment and small lab space. By ing was built in 1965 and named after worked on, which also benefitted consolidating the research of these James A. Gairdner; philanthropist from this fund, include the Centre for scientists, the new center will help to and landscape painter who is better Precision Medicine at Université de better facilitate the study of the known for creating Canada’s most Moncton (featured in the spring edi- effects on changing climate and prestigious medical awards. The tion of Connections). pollutants on the marine and fresh building has been closed since 2014 water ecosystems. The center will when the Purdy Crawford Centre for The total cost for the Gairdner also contain dedicated laboratory Arts was completed – another Mount building renovations is expected space, for research on Fish Biochem- Allison project that Ocean Steel Re- to be $13.5 million. Work started in istry, Nanoparticle Toxicology, bar has worked on. July 2017, with completion set for Aquatic Research, Phytoplankton Summer 2018. Ocean Steel Rebar Ecophysiology, Phytoplankton Funding for this renovation was made provided 8.6 tons of rebar for: a new Ecology Modelling, and Molecular possible through the Post Second- loading dock area; new elevator; new Biology/Biochemistry. ary Institutions Strategic Investment www.oscoconstructiongroup.com connections | fall & winter 2017 23 projects

Accelerated Bridge Construction Techniques Speed Replacement of Elevated Approach to Sagadahoc Bridge by

The following article appeared in the April 2017 issue of New England Consturction. It is reprinted with the Reed& Reed permission of Reed & Reed. By Paul Fournier to remove and replace the elevated 20 spans of NEXT Beam superstruc- quarter-mile roadway – and must ture supported by 19 hammerhead he use of Accelerated Bridge do so in about one-third of the time piers. It is being built in the footprint Construction (ABC) techniques it took to build the concrete and of the old viaduct, in a path that Tis speeding the replacement of steel structure in the late 1950s. The parallels frontage roads, Leeman the 60-year-old Bath Viaduct, which original project was given 720 days to Highway and Commercial Street, carries U.S. Route 1 over local streets complete, but Reed & Reed has only and is close to downtown Bath. It is and railroad lines, and also serves as 220 days to replace the old viaduct, also near entrance roads to Bath Iron the western approach to the Sagada- including not only the demolition of Works where hundreds of workers hoc Bridge over the Kennebec River. 19 concrete piers and 20 spans of are currently building the latest class concrete and steel superstructure, of U.S. Navy destroyers. Such fac- Reed & Reed has a $13.7 million but building the entire new viaduct. tors create significant traffic control contract with the Maine Depart- requirements and other complex ment of Transportation (MaineDOT) The new quarter-mile structure has challenges.

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To counter these issues and ex- Phase II consists of demolishing the mer 3288 Hydraulic Breaker, Kubota pedite the job, the project team of existing viaduct and building the KX121-3 Excavator with a Caterpil- MaineDOT, Reed & Reed and design- new one. For this phase, MaineDOT lar 450 Breaker, and various dump ers VHB is employing ABC technolo- allowed the viaduct to be closed to trucks, loaders and boom lifts. gies and procedures. These have Route 1 thru-traffic from October eased traffic impacts, improved 18, 2016 to May 25, 2017. Traffic has Project Manager Clark outlined the work-zone safety for the public, and been detoured during this period to carefully orchestrated ‘round the are expected to significantly reduce the frontage roads below the viaduct clock’ activities to remove the el- total project delivery time. and other local streets. evated structure:

Among the ABC technologies utilized Demolishing the existing 1,300-foot “First the crews installed wood for the Bath Viaduct are prefabricated viaduct while having to maintain shielding over the traffic spans and bridge elements and systems (PBES). at least two lanes of traffic on the railroad span. Next they saw cut the Use of these elements has slashed detours has been the most difficult concrete deck on the steel-beam the onsite construction time that challenge of the project, according supported spans, and also saw cut would have been required to build to Ted Clark, Reed & Reed Project spiral shear connectors, then they similar structural components using Manager. removed the superstructures,” Clark conventional construction methods. explained. And to further hasten construction, “We had to take down 19 piers and “Similarly, they saw cut the Tee Beam the project team has combined PBES 20 spans of viaduct, including 12 superstructures and removed them,” and “Fast Track Contracting” meth- spans of concrete Tee Beam and he said. ods with large incentive/disincentive 8 spans of concrete deck on steel beam. Demolition debris amounted clauses, and requirements for night- In another timesaving ABC applica- to approximately 2,050 cubic yards time or off-peak hour timeframes tion, existing footings were salvaged of concrete superstructure, 710 cubic that limit traffic impacts. in place and modified to support new yards of concrete pier shafts, and 240 piers. The contractor employed Cat- tons of structural steel beams. And A Multi-Phase Project erpillar 330 and Kubota excavators we did it in five weeks,” Clark said. outfitted with hydraulic breakers, and Reed & Reed was awarded the manually operated jack hammers, to project contract on March 16, 2016, During this period, Reed & Reed remove pier shafts down to the top and shortly thereafter began the first employed two shifts of workers at of their footings. Then a new 21-inch phase of three construction phases. night for demolition operations, and deep transition footing was formed Phase I included installing drainage one shift during the day to clean and cast on top of the existing foot- on the frontage roads, replacement up and haul the debris to approved ing, with transition footing rebar of a railroad crossing at the inter- recycling centers. They razed the old doweled into existing footings. section of the frontage roads with a viaduct using a 518 Link Belt Crane with a wrecking ball, a Caterpillar local street (Washington Street), and After a transition footing is com- 349 Excavator with a Gorilla GSX modifications to Abutment No. 1 on pleted, a new cast-in-place pier shaft the western end of the project. 180 Hydraulic Breaker, a Caterpillar 330 Excavator with an Allied Ram- continued on next page... www.oscoconstructiongroup.com connections | fall & winter 2017 25 projects

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is constructed on top of the footing. Shafts are typically 6-foot 8-inches by 4-foot 6-inches, and vary in height from a few feet to ap- proximately 19 feet.

When the concrete shaft has set and its form stripped, a precast concrete pier cap is delivered to the job site and erected on top of the shaft. The pier caps, measuring approximately 35-feet across the top and 6 feet at their greatest depth, are being pre- fabricated by Reed & Reed workers at the company’s dockyard on the Woolwich side of the Kennebec River. The massive 60-ton caps are hauled by trucks to the jobsite as needed and erected by a 150-ton capacity 518 Link Belt crane. are erected, forms and rebar for the deck curbs are installed on the two The Use of NEXT Beams fascia beams. Weighing between 110,000 pounds and 145,000 pounds The new superstructure consists of each, the beams are hoisted in place 80 precast concrete NEXT beams by two 150-ton Link Belt cranes. weighing 50 tons each. The NEXT After the beams are in place on top Beam (Northeast Extreme Tee Beam) of the piers, crews place concrete for is a double-Tee design developed by the curbs. northeast state departments of trans- portation, local fabricators and mem- The beams are spaced about 8 bers of the Bridge Technical Com- inches apart. Ordinarily, they would mittee of the Precast/Prestressed have to be spaced 24 inches apart if Concrete Institute Northeast. Its pur- the closure gap is filled with ordinary pose is to promote uniformity among concrete, but this project employs DOT’s, engineers and industry, in 20,000 psi Ultra-High-Performance planning, designing, fabricating, and Concrete for the closure, allowing a constructing highway bridges that narrower gap – another ABC feature. are in line with the Federal Highway Beams are covered directly by High Administration’s philosophy of ac- Performance Membrane that in turn celerated bridge construction. FHWA sign utilized for the Bath Viaduct. is topped by a 3-inch wearing course considers a bridge with a NEXT Beam of bituminous concrete. The viaduct superstructure to be a more cost-ef- Manufactured by Canada-based rail is steel rail, similar to that of the fective structure than a convention- Strescon, a PCI-certified producer, Sagadahoc Bridge. ally built bridge. the NEXT Beams for the viaduct are each 8-feet 4-inches wide and are The new viaduct must be open to There are two basic designs, the placed four to a span on the new traffic by May 25 and the project NEXT D beam and the NEXT F Beam. piers. Most span lengths are roughly complete by June 30. The NEXT D Beam has an integral 60- to 70-feet, with those over the full-depth flange that acts as the railroad crossing and Washington Key personnel for the Bath Viaduct structural bridge deck on which a Street running about 75 feet. include, for MaineDOT, Glen Phil- membrane and a wearing surface brook, Resident Engineer; and for such as asphalt pavement can be At a staging area near the viaduct, Reed & Reed, Ted Clark, Project field-applied, enabling it to be ready NEXT beams are unloaded from Manager, and Thomas Reed, James for traffic almost immediately after Strescon delivery trucks by a 250-ton Whorff and Gardner Parker, Project the bridge is erected. This is the de- Manitowoc 999 Crane. Before beams Superintendents.

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New Turnaround Complexes for Refinery

contributed by: Robert Campbell 20,000 sq./ft. The main floor has a to make up each complex. The inter- 3,400sq/ft. lunch room capable of connection of the units included: the or years Irving Oil Refinery has seating up to 300 workers at a time. installation of cabling between the 2 used construction trailers for There are 4,800 sq./ft. of locker electrical rooms in the building and Fturnaround projects. They would rooms and 1,200 sq/ft. of wash- the electrical panels throughout the use 50 to 100 trailers for offices, lunch rooms. The upper floor of the com- building; power to the air handling rooms and washrooms. They have plex has 2 meeting rooms, 14 offices, units; Fire Alarm system; gas detection also used special purpose tent-like and the potential for 96 workstations, system; and completion of electrical structures for lunch rooms to accom- as well as washroom and kitchenette circuitry between each of the units. modate up to 500 workers per shift. facilities. The Complex is utilizing energy efficient LED lighting fixtures The 2nd Turnaround Complex is iden- This year, Irving Oil Refinery has built inside and outside. tical to the first and allows the lunch- 2 permanent Turnaround Complexes. rooms between the 2 complexes to Each of these buildings were trucked Marque’s Industrial Division started handle close to 600 workers per shift. in as 28 modular units, erected and working on the new Turnaround assembled together on-site. Each of Complex #1 in May of 2017. Marque Complex #1 was completed early in the units arrived partially pre-wired. was contracted to provide the electri- July 2017 and Complex #2 was cal connection and interconnection completed in mid-September 2017. Each Complex is approximately of each of the units being combined

electrical circuits, to power the new workstations. All 380 existing data Wyndham Worldwide lines, along with 60 new data lines, were pre-labeled, disconnected and contributed by: Daniel Mazerolle GSC awarded the electrical and commu- pulled back from the existing worksta- nication contract at the Saint John tions, then rerouted and re-terminat- he Wyndham Ho- site, to rework power and commu- ed to the new workstation location. tel Group is a hotel nications to 380 existing outdated industry giant with an T stationary workstations; making room With a condensed 13 day window, unmatched presence of more than for 440 new motorized sit/stand FCC’s team lead by supervisor: Ron 8,000 hotels and over 697,600 rooms workstations on the call center floor. Rathje, foremen: Ben Kilpatrick & in 77 countries. Their inbound Saint Jeff Sharpe, and team: Adam Brochu, John, NB Operations Centre employs One of our major tasks was the instal- Jamie Morgan, Lonas Pelly, Dave over 600 associates. lation of a new 100amp, 120/208volt, Harrison, and Daniel Kilpatrick made 3-phase electrical panel, as well as it seem like a walk in the park. This past April, FCC Construction was the installation of forty-eight 120volt www.oscoconstructiongroup.com connections | fall & winter 2017 27 projects When You Have Lemons, You Make Lemonade; When You Have Manure, You Generate Power

contributed by: Dave Marcatilli

ourthouse Hill Farms, owned and operated by the Blois family, in West CGore, Nova Scotia, is one of the province’s largest Dairy producers. The fam- ily manages 160+ head of dairy cattle along with blueberry fields.

With the large number of cattle, comes a large amount of manure and the question of what to do with it? The Blois’ decided that the answer to the question would need to be environmentally friendly and financially self- sustaining; a methane digester. Anaerobic manure digesters are a not a common form of renewable energy in North America but have been used in Europe for many years.

The methane manure digester collects ma- nure and converts the energy stored in the organic matter into methane, which is used to produce electricity. The electricity can be used to satisfy demand on or off the farm. The conversion to methane is the result of anaerobic digestion—a biochemical process in which organic matter is decomposed by bacteria in the absence of oxygen. Digesters must be airtight (no oxygen) for anaerobic digestion to occur. The methane produced is collected for use, and the remaining sludge is useful for fertilizer. continued next page...

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The Blois’ hired Batiment-Bahler of Sherbrook, Quebec, to construct the digester. Bahler specializes in the construction of circular biogas tanks. The company uses unique circular steel forms with no tie rods passing through the concrete, producing a smooth seamless silo ranging from 7 to 40 meters high.

Bahler entrusted OSCO Concrete to provide a continuous supply of concrete to the project, with pours as large 275 meters. OSCO also supplied pumping services, using boom lengths from 32 to 52 meters. The project is projected to require 1500 meters of ready mix. Supply should be complete by mid-November of 2017.

Fundy Funeral Home Expansion

contributed by: Kim Doggett & The expansion consists of a 2300 several local members of the Co-Op Dave Dunnett, P.Eng. sqft lower level addition for a two- Credit Union in 1995, Fundy Funeral bay garage, staff room with wash- Home now offers services to mem- cean Steel Rebar recently room, and office space. On the main bers and non- members in the Saint completed work at the Fundy level, a 3700 sqft addition will add John area. Funeral Home on Westmor- O three large salon rooms, several land Road in Saint John, NB, office spaces, a kid’s play area, Because Fundy Funeral Home for general contractor refreshment area, lobby, and remains in operation during the Bird Construction. Work washrooms. The original foot- renovations, unique scheduling started in June 2017 with print of Fundy Funeral Home preparations had to be made to Ocean Steel Rebar sup- will also be renovated. ensure all construction was stopped plying and installing 12.70 during times when funerals were tons of rebar for the founda- Fundy Funeral Home is one of only being held. The last exterior renova- tion footings, walls, slabs, and retain- three Co-Operative Funeral Homes tion at Fundy Funeral homes took ing wall. OSCO Concrete’s Saint in New Brunswick. The movement place in 2011 when Ocean Steel John plant is also participating on started in the early 1900’s in Western Rebar also provided Bird Construc- this project; supplying approximately Canada but did not reach the East tion with two tons of rebar. 250-300 cubic metres of Ready-Mix. Coast until much later. Started by

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West Broadway Condos

The following article appeared as Precast architectural mitered spandrel ing between the precaster and project a project profile on the Precast/ panels at the top complete the design. design team made the unique and Prestressed Concrete Institute Serving as the building’s major decora- dramatic envelope system work. Northeast website at www.PCINE.org tive element, the spandrels, column cov- ers and inside return panels all feature Going for Bold West Broadway Condomini- embedded thin brick in a Manganese “This is South Boston,” explains An- ums is a new, $35 million, Brown color encased in brown tinted dres Bernal, Project Architect/Project 10-story building in South concrete, according to Tim MacDonald, 14 Manager for RODE Architects Inc. “You Boston consisting of 49 luxury residen- Project Manager for Strescon Ltd. enter the neighborhood from a sub- tial condominiums. The highly complex column cover way station at Broadway. We wanted to Bold and dominant, the steel-framed shapes, designed to create visual depth make this structure a kind of entrance structure makes a dramatic impression and shadow, were mastered thanks to to the neighborhood. We wanted by utilizing dark, parallel precast con- the extreme design flexibility of thin something that was not so much a crete column covers that soar skyward brick, precast concrete architectural background structure, but a bit of a and frame floor-to-ceiling windows. panels. Collaboration in 3D model- foreground building — something that

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Designers also knew that a just-finished with the brick pattern. Brick is “We talked to adjacent building was brick and that the easy when you have a flat wall. planned hotel was to be brick. The city But we had triangular shapes meet- brick contractors wanted brick in their building as well. ing at odd angles. The 3D component and it seemed The Manganese Brown thin brick color was very important to make it look like like it would be was selected, says Bernal, because they we wanted.” difficult for them wanted to stay in the same family of colors of the brick on adjacent build- Other Precast Benefits to accomplish. ings but be a little bit different. That’s when we The advantages in using precast com- “We envisioned the angle, the depth ponents for 14 West Broadway extend- started looking between the curtainwall and the brick,” ed beyond design flexibility, according into precast Bernal continues. “Then, we had to to Ryan Sillery, Owner, CPC Corner- [with thin brick]. figure out how to make it happen. stone Development LLC, and include We talked to brick contractors and it construction efficiency. Precast gave us seemed like it would be difficult for the flexibility to them to accomplish. That’s when we Using precast concrete components helped reduce problems during con- achieve what we started looking into precast [with thin brick]. Precast gave us the flexibility to struction due to the tight, urban build- wanted. Precast achieve what we wanted. Precast met ing site. Arriving ready for installation, met the needs of the needs of the design.” precast components do not require an extensive staging area and contribute the design.” Working in 3D little in regards to construction waste. Moreover, architectural thin-brick pre- The next step was to figure out how cast panels install as one component the whole assembly was going to work. and do not require additional on-site- How was the precast going to be sup- trades or scaffolding. “Schedule-wise.” ported? Because of the shapes in the Sillery says, “it was faster than [conven- building design the connections would tional site-laid] brick.” be very complex. After the precast was installed, how was the air vapor barrier Foundation of the new structure is cast-in-place concrete. At the base of the building, the façade joins the “what really worked for us is that the precaster, Strescon Ltd., streetscape with a ground floor restau- rant and glass storefront. The 350-seat, was working in 3D... There was a lot of collaboration three- 6,315 sqft facility offers outdoor dining dimensionally. Because of the project complexity it wouldn’t and will connect to the planned adja- have worked with only 2D blueprints.” cent hotel. The building also contains 4,836 sqft of second-floor commercial space including office and retail.

made a statement and was worthy of A covered portico at the rear of the and insulation to be installed? Contrac- this interesting neighborhood.” building offers 24-hour valet parking tors ended up using closed-cell spray for residents with access to the lobby. insulation with an ignition barrier and Bernal was trying to provide depth Below the structure is a 70-space then covering it up with gypsum. and shadow lines in the façade of the poured-in-place concrete parking building with only a few materials, just Regarding precast connection com- garage reached by car lift. curtainwall and precast piers [column plexity, Bernal notes that “what really covers]. Using a 45 degree angle that Building amenities include a roof deck, worked for us is that the precaster, came off a hotel planned for next door 24-hour concierge service, bike stor- Strescon Ltd., was working in 3D. We resulted in a wedge-shaped pier design. age, car charging stations, media room brought them into our BIM model, The finished precast piers are actually and fitness center with a gym and pool. shared and compared the models. a triangular shape with one corner cut. Units range from one-bedrooms to There was a lot of collaboration three- While the center piers are triangular, the four-bedroom duplexes (707-2882 sqft). dimensionally. Because of the project piers at the corners are bigger and no complexity it wouldn’t have worked longer triangular. On schedule, the project is projected with only 2D blueprints. This helped us for completion in the Spring of 2018. www.oscoconstructiongroup.com connections | fall & winter 2017 31 projects Holiday Inn Express

contributed by: Kim Doggett , Jean Bourque & Brendan Clancy

ork is underway to build a new Holiday Inn Express, at 777 Mapleton Road in Moncton, NB. The hotel will be six Wstoreys tall and will contain 125 rooms. Future phases planned for the site will include two full restaurants and another smaller hotel.

REBAR: Ocean Steel Rebar began working with contractor Fitzgerald & Snow (2010) Ltd, in June 2017 to supply and install 88 tons of rebar, and are currently installing 16,800 sqft of wire mesh. The last item to be installed will be reinforcing for the pool area.

READY-MIX: OSCO Concrete’s Moncton plant supplied the Ready-Mix for this project. By early November, they had sup- plied approximately 1000 m3, with another 100+/- to go.

PRECAST CONCRETE: Strescon’s Saint John Precast plant sup- plied six floors of 8” hollowcore 79,603 sqft (878 pieces), and 2,557 sqft. (32 pieces) of 10” hollowcore over the low projected roof for the pool/fitness area. Twenty precast landing slabs were also supplied by Strescon’s Bedford plant, and 20 precast stair units were supplied by Borcherdt Concrete. This is Borcherdt’s first project using their new hydraulic stair form.

The Holiday Inn Express Moncton is owned by D.P. Murphy Hotels and Resorts, a company based in Charlottetown, PE that owns four other hotels in the Moncton area among other assets throughout Atlantic Canada and .

Dartmouth General Hospital Renovations

contributed by: Kayla Smith he Dartmouth General adding four more) and extensive Hospital provides services to upgrades to areas including phar- Tapproximately 120,000 people macy and diagnostic imaging. in Dartmouth, NS and surrounding areas. They are currently undergo- Allstar Rebar is providing rebar and ing a large renovation project with wire mesh to the Dartmouth a budget estimate of $132-$138 General Expansion Innovation & million. Flexible Care project for the Department of Transportation. The PCL Constructors Canada Inc. is the project will require 335.21 Tons of General Contractor for the current rebar and 2240 square feet of phase of the project, which includes welded wire mesh. Fabrication and space for 48 beds on the fifth floor, placing began June 2017 and is eight operating rooms (replacing expected to be complete by four existing operating rooms and December 2017.

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contributed by: David Leskie This project presented a few challenges, including making tonehill College was founded allowances for quiet times, due to in 1948 as a private, Catholic, OSCO the site’s location on the active main Sliberal arts college. Located in quad of campus. Easton, Massachusetts, Stonehill is situated 22 miles south of Boston, on Tops Off The timeline was also extremely tight. a 375-acre campus. Many of the owner’s subcontracts were awarded late, so OSCO did Stonehill is currently investing over not receive final steel locations and $50 million in new facilities, which Stonehill weights (ie: Roof Top Units, Chillers, include the construction of an Aca- Vent Penetrations) until fabrication demic and Welcome Center. The new was substantially complete. To avoid Center will contain a visitor center, holding things up, OSCO worked presentation room, offices, confer- College closely with the General Contractor ence room, seven classrooms, a 360 to identify steel members that would seat auditorium, café, bookstore, be affected; evaluate the risk of lobby, and an exterior terrace. Welcome fabricating certain members without knowing final locations; and releasing BOND of Boston, MA, is providing each affected member as the vendor preconstruction and construction information was received. Despite the management services for the 35,000 Center compressed timeline, all went well, square-foot academic & welcome and the erector, HB Welding, was center, designed by S/L/A/M Col- successful in meeting the owner’s laborative, and built on the site of the ing began in early June of 2017, with Topping Off date of Sept 29th. Old Student Union. all steel fabrication taking place at OSCO’s Fredericton, NB plant. Steel The building is scheduled to be Ocean Steel was contracted to supply Engineering and Project Manage- completed by August 1, 2018, in time and install 183 Tons of Steel, decking, ment was handled through OSCO’s for the fall 2018 semester. and joists for the new Center. Detail- Saint John, NB office.

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Halifax Shopping Center Annex Parking

contributed by: Dave Marcatilli The structure provides both under- ed to OSCO Concrete and Allstar ground and above ground parking Rebar respectively. Allstar Rebar fter inspection in the winter for the Annex, which is a mixed retail supplied 278 Tons of rebar on the of 2016, 20Vic, the manage- and office building with hundreds of project. Concrete and pump supply Ament company for the Halifax visitors per day. With that in mind, Ellis began in July, with foundation and Shopping Center and its HSC Annex, Don was charged with putting togeth- structural suspended slabs completed was informed the underground park- er a schedule to both dismantle and firs,t allowing access to various mall ing structure at its Annex location on rebuild the structure in one construc- front entrances. All above ground Mumford Road required extensive tion season; and do so with limited work was completed by the fall of repairs or complete replacement. inconvenience to the tenants 2017, with limited interruption to mall After examining the benefits and and their customer base. services. The slab-on-grade will be negatives of the options avail- completed in the winter of 2018. The able, 20Vic hired Ellis Don to Demolition began in April project required approximately 3500 start scheduling the complete 2017 and in June, concrete cubic meters and with individual slab replacement of the structure. and rebar supply was award- pours as large as 357 cubic meters.

contributed by: Rebar Projects Greg Tims & Kayla Smith

MARINE & BRIDGES Givens Brook Bridge, Kings Tons Rebar Maxim Construction; 32 Tons County, NS; Spicer Construc Rebar & 54,432 sq ft Mesh - Shannex Head Office, Halifax, Tignish Harbour Boat Pen; tion; 32 Tons Rebar Tignish, PEI; Canadyne Navi- NS; Superior Foundations; INSTITUTIONAL gation; 330 Tons Rebar NSPI Tusket Dam Refurbish- 95 Tons Rebar & 63,200 sq ft ment, Yarmouth, NS; Elliots Mesh NAV Canada Dual Redundant Precast Bridge Structurs; Power Project; Riverview, NB; Excavating; 322 Tons Rebar Halifax Shopping Centre Spring Valley, PEI; Maritime Acadian Construction Ltd; 32 Annex Parkade, Halifax, NS; Precast; 109 Tons Rebar RETAIL & COMMERCIAL Tons Rebar EllisDon; 278 Tons Rebar Harrisville Blvd Underpass; Prince Edward Square Slab Surgical Suite Interiors, Dr New Kent Store Develop Dieppe, NB; Dunbar Construc- Replacement; Saint John, - George Dumont Hospital; tion; 110 Tons Rebar NB; Hickey Brothers; 53 Tons ment, Dartmouth, NS; Maxim Moncton, NB; Pomerleau Rebar Group; 46 Tons Rebar & Construction; 43 Tons Rebar Gaspereau River Bridge #4; 14,400 Sq ft Mesh Richibucto, NB; Dunbar Con- Holiday Inn Express; Monc- Dartmouth General Inno- Government of Canada struction; 41 Tons Rebar ton, NB; Fitzgerald & Snow; 89 vation and Flexible Care, Building, New Minas, NS;

34 connections | fall & winter 2017 www.oscoconstructiongroup.com projects Building New Brunswick’s First Francophone Retirement Complex

contributed by: Kim Doggett

he Université de Moncton (U de M) has partnered with Shannex RLC Limited to establish a Francophone retire- Tment living complex on Morton Avenue in Moncton, NB. This complex offers various levels of care and consists of a 60-bed nursing home facility, a long-term care facility, an independent living facility, and a lifestyles apartment building. In total, this facility will house 360 residents. Construction began in 2015 and the nursing home is expected to open first.

This partnership between U de M and Shannex is the first nursing home located on a university campus in the province of New Brunswick. As part of the lease agreement between U de M and Shannex, all services relating to the operation of the complex must be provided in French - with priority given to U de M retirees. This project also provides academic and research space within the nursing home facility which will further enhance capabilities in Gerontology research, and will also create jobs and internship positions for U de M students.

Work is currently underway on the Shannex Lifestyles Apartment Building. The lifestyles building is a five story, 97-unit residential apartment complex with approximately 186,000 square feet of living space. Ocean Steel Rebar started work back in December 2016 for contractor Superior Foundations Ltd. and will provide 223.58 tons of reinforcing steel and 41,600 square feet of mesh.

Dartmouth, NS; Department age Shed; Drummond, NB; Penstock Replacement, Bear say, NB; Kent Building Sup- of Transportation; 335 Tons Keenan Construction; 27 Tons River, NS; Elliots Excavating; 74 plies; 27 Tons Rebar Rebar & 2240 sq ft Mesh Rebar Tons Rebar Stokil, Lower Sackville, NS Yarmouth Elementary Aggregate Tunnel, Moose Barrington Street Retaining City Centre Properties; 151 School, Yarmouth, NS; Avon- River, NS; JW Lindsay; 29 Tons Wall - Phase 3, Halifax, NS; Tons Rebar & 34,608 sq ft dale Construction; 24 Tons Rebar Dexter Construction; 139 Tons Mesh Rebar & 45,120 sq ft Mesh Sustane Technologies Plant Rebar Spider Lake Subdivision, INDUSTRIAL Design - Phase 1, Chester, NS; Sullivans Pond Strom Sewer Dartmouth, NS; Harbour Con- JW Lindsay; 133 Tons Rebar & Replacement - Phase 1, Dart- struction; 39.06 Tons Rebar & Plant 425 RFCCU Tier 3 Proj- 128 sq ft Mesh mouth, NS; Dexter Construc- 112 sq ft Mesh ect, Irving Oil Refinery; Saint Cove Wharf Reconstruction, tion; 95 Tons Rebar Bloomfield Place, Halifax, John, NB; Gulf Operators Ltd; Dartmouth, NS; Waterworks NS; Priciple Development; 54 Tons Rebar RESIDENTIAL Construction; 100 Tons Rebar 431 Tons Rebar & 24,160 sq ft Givskud Potato Stor- Central Park Condos; Rothe- NSPI Gulch Surge Tank and Mesh www.oscoconstructiongroup.com connections | fall & winter 2017 35 product profile

Glenholme’s Unique Concrete Stone: Not to be Taken for Granite

contributed by: Shawn Putnam along its harbour. Years ago, the the cement content, which in turn idea of hauling stone to Halifax from helps control these factors. OSCO Aggregates’ Glen- Glenholme would have been out of holme gravel pit, there is a the question, due to the abundance • The 11/2” concrete stone has also At 65% stone to 35% sand, split of closer sources. Since then, it has been used at the Halifax Ship- to the bank material. When com- been discovered that other local rock yards, in their 4’ thick slabs, as pared to 85% sand at OSCO’s Canaan is reactive, so Glenholme’s stone is well as at the gates of the Halifax pit, and the availability of quarried not only economical, but necessary. Airport, in their 15” thick slabs. rock in , this could typi- All major concrete producers and en- • All the maintenance concrete at cally be a cause for concern. Good gineers in the Halifax area have now the Halifax Port Authority is a quality natural sand for concrete made Glenholme their supplier of 50Mpa fiber, reinforced grout mix production isn’t near as plentiful in choice, for high quality, non-reactive that contains our 1/2” concrete the Maritimes as stone, so stone sales concrete stone. can be harder to come by, due to stone. transportation costs and competition Some examples: • Strescon Bedford uses Glen- from closer quarries. • The Glenholme stone has been holme’s ½” concrete stone in all its used in Defense Construction The saving grace for OSCO is the HPC concrete, for bridge girders, Canada’s Jetty NJ project, on makeup of our stone, which at 64% NEXT beams etc. the Halifax Harbour, using almost granite and 22% basalt, is non-reac- 24,000 tonnes of ¾” concrete • Glenholme’s ½” and 3/8” concrete tive when mixed in concrete. Most stone. stones are the overwhelming other quarried rock in the area has a choice for exposed concrete different makeup, and is reactive. Re- • The Port Authority’s Pier 9C work, in all three Maritime provinc- active stone is fine for use in standard expansion used approximately es. Chances are, if you’re walking construction concrete, when fly ash 17,000 tonnes of ¾” concrete on exposed aggregate concrete, is added to the mix. Certain Govern- stone. you’re stepping on Glenholme ment, marine and high-performance stone. projects however, specify the use of • The Glenholme pit also produces non-reactive stone only. a 11/2” concrete stone which is If you’re looking for a great concrete used when mass concreting, stone for your next project, be sure Halifax has a good demand for this to control heat, hydration and to specify Glenholme stone! “Don’t high performance concrete (HPC), shrinkage. The larger stone allows just take it for Granite”. due to some major marine projects the concrete supplier to reduce

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LARGE PLANT SAFETY AWARD SMALL PLANT SAFETY AWARD Strescon Pipe Plant 300,000 hours without a lost time incident! Borcherdt Concrete 125,000 hours without a lost time incident!

FIELD SAFETY AWARD READY-MIX SAFETY AWARD OSCO Erection OSCO Aggregates 650,000 hours without a lost time incident! 50,000 hours without a lost time incident! 2017 Safety Awards contributed by: continually improving our safety strengthen our safety culture. Carrie Watson-Mahwhinney management systems. Each year, we are proud to he OSCO Construction The dedication of our employees, recognize our operational divisions Group recognizes the managers and safety department, and employees who foster this Timportance of protecting is critical not only to identifying culture and focus on incident our most valuable resource—our safety hazards; but to promoting prevention. Congratulations to this people!! We strive to create a understanding and adherence to year’s award recipients on a job healthier and safer workplace by the safe work procedures which well done!! www.oscoconstructiongroup.com connections | fall & winter 2017 37 priorities | environment Sharing Green Habits

contributed by: April Glendenning, PTech may leak out of the compressor. This that comes from our reclaim system is smart idea not only allows employees to hauled off by local farmers to use on Construction Group identify when the compressor is leaking their fields. This means less waste that OSCO currently operates and may require a fluid top-up, but it we have to try and dispose of ourselves. over twenty locations through Atlantic also saves the company thousands of Canada and the Eastern United States. dollars in environmental cleanup costs. At the Summerside location, we have a Although they are all involved in the few trailers parked in the yard; this can construction industry, the products, MacLean’s Ready-Mix become problematic if they are parked regulations and work practices vary there for long periods of time. The from site to site. MacLean’s Ready-Mix is one of our longer a vehicle sits, the more likely it Ready-Mix operations on PEI. Our sites becomes, that the fluid lines become One thing that my job requires me to on PEI are not required to have Ap- weathered and brittle. Leaks and spills do, is to travel to each company site provals to Operate from the Dept. of are bound to happen in industrial set- and look at their overall environmental Environment like some of our other tings, however by having proper controls compliance. I very rarely see any major operations; however they still have to in place, we can lessen the impact to the issues, and instead, usually walk away ensure their operation is meeting the environment. The yard at our Summer- with great ideas that can be shared requirements set forth in the PEI Envi- side location is mostly paved in concrete. throughout our Group. Some of these ronment Act. One smart practice they This makes for the perfect spot for vehi- ideas may stem from regulatory obliga- utilize daily, is in their form area, where cles that are awaiting repair or to be sold. tions, while some are simply habits that blocks are made with leftover concrete. An impermeable surface makes cleanup get created as time saving measures or They spread a layer of absorbent mate- much easier if there is ever a leak or spill best work practices. During my annual rial down prior to spraying the forms on the property because the fluid cannot Environmental Audits this year, I noticed with form oil. This proactive approach be absorbed into the ground. a few sites have implemented great allows the zorball to collect the form oil practices which deserve to be shared. before it hits the surface underneath, Ocean Steel Corporation making cleanup much easier. Borcherdt Concrete Ocean Steel Corporation’s plant in Schurman Concrete Conklin, NY has different rules and Borcherdt Concrete is one of our regulations, with stricter environmental precast facilities in Yarmouth, NS. It is a Schurman Concrete is another Ready- laws. The Environmental Protection 10,000 square foot facility that pro- Mix Operation on PEI. There are two Agency (EPA) can show up at any time, duces on average 550 yards of concrete Schurman locations; one in Charlotte- unannounced, and issue fines for non- each year, which is used to create high town and another in Summerside. Both compliance issues, so the facility has to quality precast concrete products. of these locations generate very little run a very tight ship. One measure that While on site, I noticed that Borcherdt waste, partly due to the relationships we has been implemented at the site is the has a container placed underneath their have with the local community. Sludge use of absorbent spill mats placed on air compressor to collect any fluids that

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contributed by: Kristen Shaw CPHR

Training and Development is a top priority at OSCO, as top of waste oil drums. These mats decrease evident by the 2016 launch of the Leadership Certifi- the chance of oil spilling all over the drum when cate Program and quarterly Employee Training oppor- emptying a smaller container into a larger one. tunities. Given the success of these programs, the Plant Supervisor Also, as shown in the picture, the drum is clearly labelled with the contents of the drum. Label- Training program was launched in 2017. ling is very important, not only to identify what’s Plant Supervisor Training: The Ocean Capital Plant in the drum, but for disposal purposes as well. Supervisor Training Program was launched in January 2017, as a Strescon Precast pilot program. It is an 11-month program offered to front-line shop supervisory staff, designed to enhance and develop their soft skills. Another great habit I have noticed is at our The program includes facilitator-led training, that teaches a com- Precast Plant in Saint John, NB, where employ- bination of theoretical and practical approaches when faced with ees label containers when transferring products tough supervisor decisions when working with people. Given the from the original container into a smaller con- successful pilot program, we launched the training for our Ocean tainer. This labelling requirement stems from Steel Saint John and Fredericton shops in September. WHMIS 2015 (Workplace Hazardous Material Information System) and GHS (Globally Harmo- Testimonials: nized System). Some companies simply write on the smaller container with a sharpie; however, “I find this and all of the sessions very helpful per- the employees at Strescon are utilizing labels that clearly identify the product, as well as any sonally, as well as for team building.” risks associated with it. I have also noticed this practice at our Conklin facility and at MacLean’s “As with every module of this program, I find gems Ready-Mix as well. of practical tools that I can use in my everyday interactions with employees.” We can all learn from one another by sharing the safe and green work practices that each site has implemented over the years. From recycled water at Bedford Ready-Mix; to the recycled waste furnace oil at MacLean’s Ready-Mix; to the pond waste at Annapolis Valley Ready-Mix that MAKING IT WORK gets hauled away and mixed with Class A gravel; to the composting in our office buildings every day; I am continuously impressed to see all of FROM LEARNING TO PRACTICE the different ways each site operates while keeping environmental issues in mind. www.oscoconstructiongroup.com connections | fall & winter 2017 39 priorities | facilities

Like a Finely Tuned Machine... PEI Ready-Mix Aggregate Deliveries by the Boatload

When making concrete on Prince Edward Island, the only raw ingredient that we get directly from the Island, is the water. To that end, a great deal of aggregate must be delivered from out of province each year, to OSCO Concrete’s PEI concrete plants. Although ships are a great way to quickly get a lot of product delivered, the process requires a massive amount of coordination, planning, equipment, and people, to ensure that everything goes smoothly and safely, over the roughly 30 hours it takes to get a ship unloaded.

contributed by: Jamie Reid The Atlantic Huron of the Canadian The process starts when the Huron Steamship Line. The Huron is a self- arrives at the quarry in Newfound- nce or twice every year, Schur- unloading bulk carrier, that operates land and is loaded using a conveyor man Concrete receives an or- in the great lakes, and is quite often belt system. It takes approximately Oder of concrete stone by ship. used on Canada’s east coast. The 22 hours to load all five of the ship’s The stone is purchased from Atlantic ship is 736 ft long x 77 ft wide, and compartments. The sailing time from Minerals Ltd., and is loaded at their has a draft of approximately 30ft. She Newfoundland to Charlottetown is quarry in Lower Cove Newfoundland. carries approximately 36,000 tonne about 24 hours. Schurman usually Although it can change from time to of product. books the ship for what they call a time, the ship that is primarily used is dual port discharge. This is where

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some of the product is taken off at hauled to the Schurman yard on the been offloaded, the ship immediately the port in Charlottetown, and the outskirts of Charlottetown. Be- swings its conveyor in, and sets sail remainder is unloaded at the port cause this is almost a 12 km round for Summerside. A clean-up crew in Summerside. The water depth in trip from the wharf, it usually takes then gets started in Charlottetown, Summerside isn’t enough to handle 50-60 trucks to keep up to the ships thoroughly cleaning the wharf. the Atlantic Huron when it is fully conveyor. We usually average about loaded, so it needs to go to Charlotte- 2000 tonne of product per hour, The sailing from Charlottetown to town to be partially unloaded first. loading a truck every 45 seconds. Summerside takes about 6 hours. Ev- Each time a truck pulls under the eryone uses that time to prepare and The ship can arrive at any time of hopper, staff pull a lever to open the have a quick rest, before we are ready the day or night, and the schedule is hopper gate and load the truck at a to go again. Once in Summerside, largely dependent on weather and rate of about 3000 tonne per second the exact same process is repeated. other ship traffic at the port. We usu- We are able to use most of the same ally have a reasonably accurate ETA In the yard, we have staff to direct trucks and staff for both locations. 24 hours in advance. Everything has every truck where to dump each Our plant is quite a bit closer to the to be organized and ready for unload- load, as well as to ensure everything wharf in Summerside, so we only ing as soon as the ship arrives. We is done safely. In an effort to keep require about half of the number of need to arrange for trucks; equipment up with all of the product com- trucks, and the unloading process on the wharf and in the yard; staff ing in so quickly, two large loaders takes about 8 continuous hours. on the wharf and in the yard; as well and two large excavators are used as security on the wharf. There are to pile the stone as it arrives. When Schurman has been accepting usually 90–100 people involved in the completed, the pile is almost 60 feet aggregate deliveries by ship for many process of unloading. Once the ship high. The discharge in Charlottetown years. The company was one of the arrives and is secured, the crew posi- usually takes about 12 hours. The first to use ships for deliveries on PEI, tions the ship’s conveyor belt out over ship’s crew determine the quantity rather than the previous standard a hopper on the wharf. The stone is of stone that has been unloaded, by practice of using barges. Although offloaded into the hopper, and trucks how high the ship is sitting on the some things have changed over the pull under the hopper to get loaded. water. The hull of the ship is clearly years, this process started by Schur- marked with numbers for measuring man’s Bill Davis almost 30 years ago, All of the Charlottetown product is this. Once the correct amount has has generally remained the same.

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contributed by: Vivian Chaisson CPHR

ongratulations to Saint John High School Graduate, Larissa King, on being named the 2017 recipient of the Pte. David CGreenslade Bursary, which was presented in June, at the school’s graduation ceremonies. This bursary was established by Strescon Limited in 2008 to honor the memory of fallen soldier, Pte. David Greenslade. David was a 2004 SJHS graduate, and the son of Strescon employee, Donald Greenslade. He and five other soldiers were killed in Afghanistan in 2007, while on active duty with the Ca- nadian Armed Forces. Each year, Donald and his wife, Laurie, attend the graduation ceremonies at Saint John High School and, on behalf of Strescon, present the award to the recipient. A wonderful tribute to a young man who dedicated his youth and life to national service.

Larissa is enrolled in the Bachelor of Arts Program at St. Thomas University, in Fredericton, N.B. and plans to major in the study of Gerontology.

Strescon Presents Annual NSCC Bursary

contributed by: Strescon focuses on the Engineer- NSCC, alongside many industry Vivian Chaisson CPHR ing class, as those students often colleagues, who were also in at- become our future employees, tendance at the event. June 8, customers, or suppliers. Strescon’s 2017, bursary is a tribute to the excellent The total amount of scholarships, OnStrescon work that the Nova Scotia Com- bursaries and awards funded to presented Taylor munity College does, in consis- the NSCC Foundation, which is Russell, a graduating stu- tently training quality profession- the charitable arm of the Com- dent from the Nova Scotia Com- als who are well educated and munity College, was reportedly munity College, with the Com- engaged in our industry. $842,672 in the past year. The pany’s annual bursary, valued at chair of the NSCC Foundation, $500. The bursary is awarded each Strescon and NSCC have a long Don Bureaux, and the NSCC year, to the student with the high- history of collaboration; sup- President, Barry Saunders, re- est average in Structural Design. porting the engineering techni- cently noted in a joint statement Vivian Chaisson, HR Generalist, cal students in their learning of in their “Annual Report on Giving”, made this year’s presentation on precast concrete methodologies, that sometimes the scholarships behalf of Strescon. in particular. Each year, students donated by industry mean the take tours of Strescon’s facility, difference between a student This bursary was presented at the connect with staff, watch our “attending college or not”, or that College’s “Student Success Cele- processes, and get an opportunity bursaries pushed them to “suc- bration” awards, held each year at to ask questions. The classroom ceed in their program”. the College’s Waterfront Campus teachers report that the students (recently renamed Ivany Campus). value the time at our plant, and it Congratulations to Taylor Russell The event allows organizations assists them in project work once and we wish every success to all and industry to acknowledge the they are back at the books. We of the NSCC 2017 graduates. hard work these students put into are proud to sponsor a bursary to their studies.

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contributed by: Tyler Isnor We are pleased to announce that our NBCC SJ, Sarah is continuing her 2017 Bursary Recipients are Meagan education at Dalhousie University ach year, the OSCO Construction Galbraith, Daughter of Candace taking Medical Sciences, and Darion EGroup sponsors an educational Galbraith (Marque Construction), has been accepted into the theater bursary draw. The draw is open to Sarah Fraser, Daughter of John program at Acadia University. children of employees, summer Fraser (Strescon Limited) and Darion students and co-op students who Jones, Daughter of Jason Lund Congratulations to Meagan, Sarah are pursuing post-secondary educa- (Schurman Concrete). and Darion! We wish them, and all tion. Three draws are held, each for a the other applicants best of luck with $500 bursary. Meagan has been accepted into the their future studies. chemical technology program at A Place to Hitch Your Buggy MacLean’s Ready Mix Installs Hitching Post to Welcome Amish Families

contributed by: Doug MacLean business for the local concrete plant. farms and put them back into produc- tion! A surprising amount of concrete ver our long history, MacLean’s Fifteen years ago saw a migration of has been used for houses, barns, silos, Ready Mix has welcomed and Buddhist Monks to Eastern PEI, which and even a new schoolhouse. Hardly a Osupplied concrete to many led to many new construction proj- week goes by, that a horse and buggy groups of newcomers to Eastern PEI. ects, with a lot of the concrete being doesn’t enter MacLean’s Ready Mix’s supplied by MacLean’s. yard. To that end, the MacLean’s crew In the late 60’s and early 70’s, a large has constructed a hitching post, number of tobacco farmers relocated Last year, it was the Ontario Amish complete with a stainless steel frame to PEI from Ontario. This resulted in and their families that moved to the and concrete base, to welcome the a great deal of farm construction and eastern end of the Island. As of now, Millers, the Streichers, the expansion, providing a new market there are approximately 20 Amish Shetlers, the Troyers, and for MacLean’s. farms in Kings County, with upwards the many other Amish of 40 families still expected to arrive. During the late 70’s and 80’s, the families we hope to “back to the landers” settled in Kings Every one of these settlers have taken meet! County, once again causing a spike in over abandoned or unused small

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contributed by: Kristen Shaw CPHR environments. The work of individual Charitable employees, plant and field managers, hank you to everyone who and the safety department, are critical Candy attended the Employee Ap- in identifying safety hazards, pro- For the fifth year in a row, the candy preciation Celebration on June T moting understanding, and adhering for the treat bags was purchased 9th! Highlights from the celebration to safe work procedures. It is these from Freak Lunchbox during their are outlined below. hallmarks that maintain our safety “Candy for Kids” campaign. During culture, for which a collaborative Retirees this campaign, 100% of the proceeds effort is demonstrated by individuals of their bulk candy sales go to the and the company overall. As a token of appreciation, retirement Freak Lunchbox’s charity of choice. This year’s charity was the Canadian recognition videos were created for Duanne Shanks and Lou Totino, Mental Health Association, Saint all retirees who opted to have one. Safety Managers, announced the win- John Branch. OSCO’s donation this We reflected on the retirees’ careers ners of this year’s plant and field sites year was $880.18. and marked the transition to the next who have achieved the lowest OSCO exciting phase of their lives. Our re- Safety Index (OSI) rates in the past tirees’ peers, managers, fellow Group year. We applaud all employee’s ef- 50/50 Draw members, and customers were asked forts and personal commitment to the For the fourth year, we sold 50/50 to be involved in the filming process safety of our people and operations. tickets in the weeks prior to, and to create a thoughtful expression (see page 37 for a full list of winners). during the dinner. The winner of the of gratitude about each retiree’s draw was able to choose a charity of relationships and commitment to the Game their choice for the other 50%. This OSCO Construction Group. This year, year’s winner was Jeff Price, who videos were made for David Bishop, The game was short and sweet this chose Bobby’s Hopsice as his charity. Garnet Edgett and Paul Biggar. year, with “Pick A Box.” 5 table num- Other retirees recognized at the din- bers were drawn from a bucket, and ner were Terry Arseneau, Marven each table had to agree on which Event Feedback Jordan, Brian Lane, Allan McTag- sealed box would be selected for the For event feedback or suggestions, gart and Wayne Gaudet. table to win. Each person at the win- please contact any member of our ning tables won a prize. The prizes Planning Committee: Bernie Blakely, Safety Awards included: patio lights, pre-paid Visa Sloan Gillis, Tyler Isnor, Heather cards, hardcover luggage, wireless MacKenzie, or Madison Spear. The Management and Staff of OSCO speakers, and hammocks. Congratu- Construction Group are committed to lations to all of our winners! the safety of our employees and work

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Service Awards Based on years of service from Jan 2017 to Dec 2017

5 Years Michael Hillis Alex Linero Gerald Grassby EMPLOYEE Kenneth J. Woodworth Tracey Welsh Stephane Martel Darren Briggs Sandi Hansen Robert Bailey Larry Ross Audrey Perry Fred Stewart Richard Cleveland APPRECIATION Sarah Durley Normand Thibodeau Josiah Matthews Nihad Balihodzic Trevor Watters Melanie Melanson Shane Jones 20 Years CELEBRATION Jeff Vincent Harvey Parsons Andrew Surette Juliana Bogliuni-Wright Maurice Payeur Ben Smith Jason Klingensmith Frank Godsoe Rebecca Aube Owen Paisley Marc Leblanc Glendon Wright Chris Yurchesyn Richard Digout Paul Fisher Serge Boudreau Doran Gilbert Davis Schedler Andy Miller Clint Graham George Hubley Andrew Mackenzie Brett Harrison Jeff Kyle 25 Years Matthew Mangan Tony Awalt Colin Crealock David Stevens Mark Chamberlain 10 Years Thomas Cormier Gillian Young John Fraser Steven Spicer Chris Greer Mike Payzant David Webb Kurtis Fanjoy Shonda Burgess 30 Years Vivian Chaisson Dave Marcattili Earnest Cliff Williams Shawn Putnam Josh Mishaud Mike Hazelwood Rebecca Patterson Heather Fox Jeff Boucher James Cosman Professional Development Tim Schotanus William O’Hearon Cyndy Clark-Richardson Wayne Hartin Tina Blair Robert Morin As a supporter of professional development, OSCO Construction James Leamon Lawless Group continues to recognize the ongoing development of our Rheal Arseneault Donald Daigle employees. This is an opportunity for everyone to celebrate our Erica Campbell Michael Jones collective commitment to professionalism and learning. David Brown Luke Johnson (FCC): Master’s Certificate in Project Management 15 Years 35 Years (UNB); Project Management Professional (PMP) Theodore Mazerolle Daniel Mailman Certification (Project Management Institute) Amy Ames-Slipp 40 Years Dan Fox (FCC): Master’s Certificate in Project Management (UNB) Gerard Bungay Harrison Willison Josh Fowler (Ocean Steel Rebar): Master’s Certificate in Project Dwayne Jenkins Bruce Durley Management (UNB) Glen Anstey Harry Ehrie Scott Osmon Alex Linero (Strescon): Professional Engineer (APEGNB) 45 years Jean-Pierre Lachance Alfred Condon Ling (Lori) Li (Ocean Steel): Professional Engineer (Rhode Island, Nicholas Kilpatrick Roger Allain New Jersey, Massachusetts, Maine, West Virginia) Delbert Noble

www.oscoconstructiongroup.com connections | fall & winter 2017 45 people ... President’s Message (continued from page 3) OSCO Group Picnic components are made by depositing small layers of materials without the use of moulds or the creation contributed by: Janessa Kelley CPHR of waste. his year’s annual OSCO Group Picnic was held At the same time, owners, governments and con- on Saturday, August 12th at the Oak Point Camp- sumers are demanding more environmentally sensi- Tground. We had another successful year, with al- tive building methods where waste reduction, energy most 1300 employees and guests registered for the event! efficiency and other “green” initiatives are becoming The weather didn’t want to cooperate, but it was still a the norm. Global competition has forced private great time despite the rain. The Picnic is a way to show owners and public owners to demand better use of our appreciation to our employees and their families, by private and taxpayer funding. Contractual relation- having a fun-filled day with a delicious BBQ, games and ships are moving towards more collaborative ap- prizes. A big thanks to everyone who made their way out! proaches such as Integrated Project Delivery formats. There now exists a shortage of experienced & skilled While the BBQ was firing up burgers, sausages and other construction tradespeople whose costs continue yummy treats, DJ Duffy kept the crowd entertained at the to climb…..Safety on congested jobsites with com- sound stage, and kids dotted the park with colorful faces pressed schedules is becoming more challenging….. from our face painters! Adults were also able to try their luck at our auction tent - congratulations to the following So where are these changes & trends going to take winners: the construction industry??? • Wine Opener Kit: Stewart Totten (Strescon) We believe that more and more work on construc- • $100 Prepaid Mastercard: Anthony Jennings tion sites is going to move off-site into factories (Strescon) which will specialize in making either components, • Samsung Tablet: Cody Chaulk (Ocean Steel) panelized pieces or 3D volumetric modules for rapid, • Woods Cooler Bag: George Andrews (retiree) kit assembly on-site. Like the shipbuilding industry, • Self-winding Hose Reel: Kevin McGrath (Strescon) more and more specialized building elements will • Dinner & Movie Package: Rich Tyner (Ocean Steel) be pre-manufactured with a greater degree of finish • Cuisinart Knife Set: Abdul Maftah (Ocean Steel) than traditional stick-built methods. Elements will in- • $500 Irving Gift Card: Abbey Duguay (FCC) corporate multi-disciplinary functions, such as struc- • $100 Stews Buffing & Cleaning Gift Card: Ryan Char- tural, fire rating, air & vapor barrier, aesthetic effect, bonneau (Strescon) electrical, plumbing, HVAC, and interior finish. We’re • 2 T-Fal Frying Pans: Norma Little (Rebar) already seeing companies in Europe and Asia where • Monster Blue Tooth Speaker: Nick Kilpatrick (FCC) this conversion into factories is starting to occur……. • $60 Costco Membership: Karen MacVicar (FCC) • One Free Vacation Day: Andria Goguen (Group Ser- In the case of the OSCO Group, we’re ideally suited vices) to participate as the industry moves from outside stick-built methods to off-site factory pre-fabrica- Thank you to our committee members who worked hard tion. We’re already experimenting with more value- throughout the year to organize the picnic: Amy Cairns, added functions and/or components to combine Andria Goguen, Meaghan Murray and Tyler Isnor with with our existing factory-built elements. Our knowl- Group Services. Also, thanks to Mark Keirstead and Kris edge and experience includes: construction man- Hogan (Group Services) for loading all the supplies, driv- agement; manufacturing of components for struc- ing the trucks to and from the picnic, and arriving bright tural steel, precast concrete, ready mix & rebar; and, and early to help out; we couldn’t have done it without specialty subcontracting for electrical & mechanical you! Putting on a huge event like this means all kinds of elements. This broad understanding of different help is needed throughout the day, and we want to thank building methods & disciplines should give us a good everyone who came along to help us out in any way they base from which to retool & contribute during this could. transformation. Should be an exciting journey for us all………. Eastern Trades College were also on hand to volunteer, and they did a great job making the day run smoothly. A donation was made to the College in the amount of $1,412! Thank you to those who could join us this year and Hans O. Klohn make our company picnic yet another success. See you all President, OSCO Construction Group next year!

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contributed by: Chelsea Presley • Chris Banks (York Steel) $100 winners of this year’s tournament: Irving Gift Card • Closest to the Pin for the Women: he Annual Group Golf Tourna- • Gaetan Vaillancourt (Strescon) Jenn Wilcox (Ocean Steel) ment was held on Saturday, $100 Irving Gift Card TSeptember 9th, at the Sussex • Closest to the Pin for the Men: Golf and Curling Club. The day ran • Randall Rackley (Ocean Plant) Mark Shaw (Strescon Atlantic) extremely smoothly and we were $100 Canadian Tire Card • Longest Drive for the Women: lucky enough to get in 18 holes • Colin Crealock (OSCO Group) Monique Walsh (OSCO Group) of golf with no rain. We enjoyed a $100 Canadian Tire Card fabulous meal by Timberland Cater- • Longest Drive for the Men: Derek ing and each employee walked away • Derek Bowen (Strescon) $100 Bowen (Strescon) with a prize. Some were also lucky Canadian Tire Card • Winners of the Tournament: Chris enough to win a door prize. • Rusty Kilpatrick (FCC) $100 Ca- Greer, Brad Johnson, Mark Shaw nadian Tire Card and Derek Huskins (Strescon • Dave Yorston (FCC) $100 Irving Atlantic) with a score of 65. Gift Card • Rob Murphy (FCC) BBQ – Value $700 Donated by MQM Ltd. Congratulations to all of you for a • Matt Gass (FCC) $100 Irving Gift game well played and we look Congratulations to the following Card forward to seeing you next year!

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Best of Luck to GARNET EDGETT Garnet Edgett retired from Marque Construction on March 30, 2017 This Year’s Retirees after 29 years of service. Garnet supervised many Marque sites, and was most recently based at the from All of Us at the Irving Pulp & Paper mill. He enjoyed supervising the crews, providing input when quoting jobs, and most OSCO Construction Group! importantly, providing quality ser- vice to his customers. Over the last 25 years, Garnet has noticed a real contributed by: Janessa Kelley CPHR & for all logistics and buying, and built evolution in how the company has Vivian Chaisson CPHR many relationships with vendors become more safety conscious, and over the years to ensure we were doing its due diligence to ensure DAVE BISHOP always getting the best pricing and the safety of its employees. One of deals. Terry has been a key resource Garnet’s greatest sources of pride Dave Bishop started with the OSCO for the company, helping to guide is that his son, Dwight, has been a Group in October 2009 and retired and share his knowledge with the site supervisor with Marque for the at the end of December, 2016. As rest of his team. Terry has two last 20 years. Garnet still returns to the first Environmental Manager for daughters that he is very proud of help out at times, but when he’s not the company, Dave established and and beams whenever talking about supervising our sites, he serves as implemented many policies and them. We are sure he is appreciat- a volunteer Captain of the KV Fire procedures that we use today. Dave ing his new-found time by enjoying Department, which he has done was also responsible for auditing the outdoors; gardening, fishing, for many years. We would like to all of our locations and he was able landscaping; and of course, helping thank Garnet for all his hard work to do so, by building long-lasting his daughters around their homes. and commitment to the company, relationships with site personnel. He Thank you, Terry, for your commit- and we wish you all the best in your paved the road to success, enabling ment to the company and we wish retirement! OSCO to be recognized by Sustain- you all the best in your years to able Saint John for making envi- come. You will be missed! ronmental improvements in many JOE DAFCIK areas. Dave will be enjoying his PHIL THOMPSON A fond farewell was given to Joe retirement with his wife Marsha and Dafcic when he retired from Ocean you can find him in warmer climates Phil Thompson started with Steel Corporation in February 2017. where the sun is shining! We would Strescon in November 1974 and Joe started with the company in like to thank Dave for all of his time recently retired on June 30th, 2017 2004 and worked as a Fitter for and dedication that he put into work after 43 years of service! Phil was many years. Joe is an avid deer here at OSCO and wish him all the a long service employee at the hunter- both in archery and rifle best in his retirement. Precast plant in Saint John, where seasons and is also known to enjoy he was responsible for making turkey hunting and sport shooting. TERRY ARSENEAU architectural panels. His was such a Joe is a wonderful family man and unique skillset, that Strescon had a takes pride in being a grandfather. Terry Arseneau retired from Ocean training video created, to ensure the A retirement celebration was held Steel as the Senior Purchaser in process was captured before Phil’s for Joe in the plant lunchroom, February 2016 after an incred- retirement. Phil was the lead in the as he said his final good-byes this ible 45 years with the company! video and it will be shown to new past February with coworkers and Terry was in high school when he employees for years to come. We friends he had worked with. Many started working here as a summer wish to thank Phil for his many years came out to give their well wishes student, which eventually led him of dedicated service and hope he and to show their appreciation for into purchasing. He was responsible has a long and happy retirement! all his efforts and contributions he

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made to the team over the ment was Plant Superintendent. years of service at Schurman Con- years. Joe, we would like to Marven’s passion was being out- crete in 1997. Ewing held the role thank you for your hard work, doors, and he loved nothing more of Ready Mix Truck Driver at the and we hope you enjoy your than going to his camp where he Summerside plant. He was an excel- retirement! could hunt and enjoy nature with lent driver for the company, and his family and grandchildren. We great with customers who he dealt DAVID MCSHEFFREY were deeply saddened by the news with every day; whether it be at a of Marven’s unexpected passing construction site, or in a resident’s David McSheffrey started with this July. Everyone who worked yard. Ewing could always be relied Strescon’s Saint John plant in Au- with Marven always said how kind on to be ready for work, adapting to gust 1991 and retired this past March and generous he was, both at work our seasonal needs and changing from the Pipe Plant. During his final and at home. He was a loyal and schedules. Over the years, Ewing’s years at the plant, he was responsi- dedicated employee and he will be driving skills and patient personal- ble for finishing the products. When missed by many. ity were noted to be of particular asked about David, his coworkers help in training new hires to our described him as someone that WAYNE GAUDET fleet; and he was often the go-to could always be relied on. When he for that, when needed. Ewing is an took on a new task, everyone knew Wayne Gaudet began his career avid outdoorsman, enjoying fishing, that it would be completed to the with Schurman Concrete in 2001 animals and gardening, monitoring best quality and standards, as he at our Charlottetown Ready Mix his own greenhouse regularly. We always did excellent work no matter plant. He worked in the office, in enjoyed working with him over the what he was working on. Thank you, a complex, multi-tasking role of: years, and hope that he gets to kick David, for your valuable contribu- paperwork; order taking; scheduling; back a little now, and enjoy the extra tions to the company and we wish batching concrete; and dispatching time with his wife Gail, their three you a long and happy retirement! drivers; all the while making this dif- children, and their families. Best ficult job look easy. Wayne gave his wishes in Retirement, Ewing! BRIAN LANE all to customer service, and repre- sented OSCO Concrete very well in GEORGE GAMBLE Brian Lane started with the com- Charlottetown. He would regularly pany on March 15, 1976 and put in an be giving out directions to a driver After 30 years with the Irving incredible 40 years of service at the one minute, batching concrete for companies and the last 20 years Saint John office as a Checker/De- another driver the next, all while with the OSCO Group, George tailer. Brian had a passion for cook- simultaneously figuring out the next Gamble retired from his role of ing and was a member of the Saint five moves of their fleet for the day. Group Controller. Over the years, John Y Service Club for many years, Wayne adapted to this role’s evolving George has mentored our sector serving as their President from 1984- challenges as well, having learned controllers into a strong and 85. He was also a former member of the new computerized batching knowledgeable team of accounting the Seaside Lawn Bowling Club, rep- system, and OneWorld Software professionals, by overseeing their resenting NB at a number of different along the way. Wayne spent the last growth and success. We will greatly championships. It was met with great few years in the position seasonally; miss his can-do attitude, enthusiasm sadness, when the family announced balancing the needs of the com- and dedication to our organization. his unexpected passing in August. pany, with his need for sun in Florida We would like to thank George for Brian served the community and the other half of the year. It worked his insight and his wise counsel on company for many years and his well until he decided full-time retire- accounting issues, as we acquired dedication will not be forgotten. ment was the plan. Wayne retired in new businesses and integrated them November of 2016. We wish him a onto our systems. George has MARVEN JORDAN wonderful, long and healthy retire- agreed to come back and help out ment, with lots of sun-filled days. from time to time with the fiscal Marven Jordan started with York year end close out, but mostly he Steel on January 2, 1970 and worked EWING SNOWDEN will be enjoying his time with his an amazing 46 years of service. His wife, family and grandkids. most recent role before his retire- Ewing Snowden began his many www.oscoconstructiongroup.com connections | fall & winter 2017 49 people people

l-r: Jack Irving, Don Isnor Sr. (left) with Hans W Klohn & Hans O Klohn at Don Isnor Sr’s Retirement Dinner.

entry into the local ready mix con- Donald E. Isnor • 1927-2017 crete market in 1968, its entry into the Atlantic Provinces concrete pipe market in 1972 and finally, in 1978 the A Fond Farewell to a Company Icon acquisition of the former LE Shaw Pyramid Precast Concrete Plant in is with much sadness that burn Lake Road after a fire destroyed Bedford, Nova Scotia. we announce the death of the Ocean Steel and Construction It Mr. Donald E. Isnor P.Eng. on precast concrete production facility Don’s reputation in the precast August 1, 2017. on Chesley Drive. Don was appointed concrete industry was Canada-wide General Manager of the company through Don’s early adoption of the Donald Edward Isnor was born in Hal- and remained at Strescon until his fledgling CSA precast plant certifica- ifax, Nova Scotia on February 3, 1927. retirement in 1993 as Vice President tion program in the early 70’s. At the He graduated from the Nova Scotia and General Manager. time, the program was managed by Institute of Technology (now DalTech) Kai Holbeck. Don and Kai would dis- with a degree in Civil Engineering in Don realized that if the new company cuss solutions to industry issues that 1951. Don moved to Saint John in July was to grow, it needed to diversify its Kai would see during various plant 1951 and immediately started work product line beyond the precast wall inspections. Don was respected both at Irving Pulp and Paper as a junior panels it had started with. Accord- as an innovator of new technology Engineer. Later in 1952 he met and ingly, in 1961 he travelled to Ohio to and a person you could do business became friends with Hans W Klohn visit a Martin Marietta prestressed with “on a handshake”. His knowl- who had come over from Germany concrete plant to learn how to make edge of the industry and sage advice representing the steel company pro- prestressed concrete products. As a will be greatly missed. viding the steel for the mill expansion. result, in 1964 the first prestressed double tees were produced for the In addition to his years at Strescon, In November 1955 KC Irving estab- Garden street car wash and in 1965 Don was an avid sports fan, espe- lished Ocean Steel & Construction Strescon produced its first preten- cially baseball, having played senior Ltd. with Hans W Klohn as president. sioned bridge beams for the prov- ball in Halifax. He also enjoyed Don immediately joined the newly ince. Other products were added spending time camping with friends formed company as employee num- and new markets were entered as the and family. Above all else, Don was a ber 2 and was appointed Manager of company continued to grow. loving husband to his wife of 66 years the Construction and Concrete divi- Patricia and father to sons Don sions. Strescon Limited was formed in In addition to growing the precast (Darlene), Jim (Kim) and daughter 1963 at the current location on Ash- product line, Don oversaw Strescon’s Peggy (Eric Hopper). www.oscoconstructiongroup.com50 connections | fall & winter 2017 www.oscoconstructiongroup.comconnections | fall & winter 2017 people FRESH FACES congratulations! Ocean Steel Family Additions: Congratulations to Chandler McDevitt (FCC) and Jaydah on Cody Chaulk...... Document Printer/Runner, SJ Congratulations to Vanessa Marissa Jurada...... Procurement Associate, SJ the birth of Waylon William Brad- Buckley (Ocean Steel) and Nick Nathan Gilbert...... Shop Foreman, Fredericton ley McDevitt, on Nov 8th. Cowan who welcomed baby girl, Sloan Gillis...... Procurement Specialist, SJ Christy Reeves...... Procurement Specialist, SJ Mya Deanna Cowan, on April 20th. Weddings: Congratulations to Nidal Alshoun Congratulations to Colin OSCO Group Services (FCC) and his wife who gave birth Crealock (Group Services) and his to a baby boy April 27th! Matthew Erb...... Technical Support Analyst wife Samantha, who tied the knot Ken Glover...... Director of Procurement Congratulations to Mike Neil on Sept. 16th! Lina Thiperson...... Programmer/Analyst (Group Services) and Jessica who Congratulations to Eric Bordage Chris Woodill...... Strategic Technology Manager gave birth to a baby girl, Emery (Group Services), on his marriage Mae Neil, on May 10th. to Jocelyn Hall, on June 17th. FCC Construction Congratulations to Chris Congratulations to Dave Yorston Carmichael (Group Services) and Ryan Fox...... Junior Estimator, SJ (FCC) and his wife Robin, who got Jessica Bragdon, who welcomed Elena Ezzat...... Site Administrative Assistant, SJ married on July 28th. Clare Tooley...... Safety Coordinator, SJ baby girl, Stella Mae Carmichael, on July 12th Congratulations to Scott Patterson (Group Services) AllStar Rebar Congratulations to Paul Fisher and his wife Stephanie who got (OSCO Concrete & Aggregates) Dawne Grandy..... Promotion – Plant Superintendent married on Sept. 9th! Kayla Smith...... Administrative Assistant and Alysha, who welcomed baby girl Abigail Elizabeth Fisher, on Congratulations to Terry Cernjak Schurman Concrete August 29th. (Strescon) and his wife, Victoria, on their recent marriage on Sept. 16th. Congratulations to Craig Reid Wendy Czajkowski ...... Batcher/Office Administrator (Strescon-NS) and his wife Debra, Congratulations to Stacy Card who welcomed their first child, (Bedford Ready Mix) and his Strescon Linden Michael Reid to the world wife Beverly, on their Aug. 19th wedding. Trina Delaney...... Administrative Assistant, SJ on Sept. 27th. Sean Tait...... Quality Control Inspector, SJ Congratulations to Ben Kilpatrick Applause: Katherine Card...... Quality Control Inspector, SJ (FCC) and his fiancée Tracey Congratulations to Mark Swapan Saha...... Quality Control Inspector, SJ on the birth of Charles Gordon Kaitlyn Clark...... Precast Detailer, SJ Chouinard (Allstar Rebar) on Kilpatrick, born on July 25th. Ryan Jurada...... Precast Yard Supervisor, SJ completing his Masters Certificate Douglas Pearce...... Safety Coordinator, SJ Congratulations to Mitch Gass in Project Management at Saint Michael Laskey...... Member in Training, SJ (FCC) and his wife Kristen on the Mary’s University in June. Craig McCullum...... Project Manager, SJ birth of their baby boy Hazen, Congratulations to Ashley Dooks born on August 4th. (Group Services), who received his Registered Professional Recruiter (RPR) Designation through the As- sociation of Professional Recruit- Congratulations to Brent DeMerchant ers of Canada. and Robynne Higgins on achieving Congratulations to Ling (Lori) Li certification as Rebar Detailers through (Ocean Steel) who, in addition to the Reinforcing Steel Institute of Canada. the Province of New Brunswick, Certification requires a specified amount now holds Professional Engineer- of experience, in addition to having exam- ing licences for Massachusetts, ples of their work submitted and reviewed Maine, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, by a peer based RSIC Review Board. Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and West Virginia. WOW! www.oscoconstructiongroup.com connections | fall & winter 2017 51 Our Locations STRUCTURAL STEEL: READY-MIX (OSCO Concrete): AGGREGATES:

OCEAN STEEL - Corporate office & SJ plant OSCO CONCRETE NB - Saint John plant OSCO AGGREGATES 400 Chesley Drive, Saint John, NB • CA 101 Ashburn Lake Rd., Saint John, NB • CA 749 Little Dyke Rd, Debert, NS • CA Phone: (506) 632-2600 Phone: (506) 633-8877 Phone: (902) 662-3722 Member Since • 1955 Member Since • 1963 Member Since • 2008 OCEAN STEEL - New England Sales Office OSCO CONCRETE NB - Moncton plant OSCO AGGREGATES 40 Burlington Mall Road, Suite 207 1212 Berry Mills Rd, Moncton, NB • CA 248 Canaan Mountain Road, Burlington, MA • USA Phone: (506) 858-7110 Canaan Mountain, NS • CA Phone: (781) 221-2152 Member Since • 2004 Phone: (902) 546-2373 Member Since • 1991 Member Since • 2014 SCHURMAN CONCRETE - Summerside plant YORK STEEL - Plant & service center 240 MacEwen Rd, Summerside, PE • CA 550 Wilsey Road, Fredericton, NB • CA Phone: (902) 888-4331 CONSTRUCTION: Phone: (506) 444-7989 Member Since • 2004 Member Since • 1995 FCC CONSTRUCTION - office SCHURMAN CONCRETE 400 Chesley Drive, Saint John, NB • CA OCEAN STEEL CORPORATION - Office & plant Charlottetown office & plant Phone: (506) 632-7800 53 Shaw Road, Conklin, NY • USA 412 Mount Edward Rd, Charlottetown, PE • CA Member Since • 1960 Phone: (607) 584-7500 Phone: (902) 628-0127 Member Since • 2004 Member Since • 2004 MARQUE CONSTRUCTION - office 400 Chesley Drive, Saint John, NB • CA MACLEAN’S READY-MIX - Montague plant Phone: (506) 634-1144 PRECAST: 669 Queen’s Road, Montague, PE • CA Member Since • 1966 Phone: (902) 838-2925 STRESCON LIMITED Member Since • 2012 KENNEBEC CONSTRUCTION - office Corporate Office & SJ plant 400 Chesley Drive, Saint John, NB • CA 101 Ashburn Lake Rd., Saint John, NB • CA SACKVILLE CONCRETE Phone: (506) 632-7800 Phone: (506) 633-8877 Nova Scotia office & plant Member Since • 1994 Member Since • 1963 17 Estate Drive, Lower Sackville, NS • CA Phone: (902) 864-3230 STRESCON LIMITED - Bedford office & plant Member Since • 2008 REBAR: 131 Duke St., Bedford, NS • CA Phone: (902) 494-7400 BEDFORD READY-MIX - plant OCEAN STEEL REBAR LIMITED Member Since • 1978 414 Bluewater Rd., Bedford, NS • CA Saint John office & plant Phone: (902) 835-0882 400 Chesley Drive, Saint John, NB • CA STRESCON LIMITED - New England Sales Office Member Since • 2008 Phone: (506) 632-2600 40 Burlington Mall Road, Suite 207 Member Since • 1955 Burlington, MA • USA GLENHOLME READY-MIX - plant Phone: (781) 221-2153 749 Little Dyke Road, Glenholme, NS • CA ALLSTAR REBAR NOVA SCOTIA Member Since • 1991 Phone: (902) 662-3722 Office & plant Member Since • 2008 48 Duke Street, Bedford, NS • CA BORCHERDT CONCRETE PRODUCTS Phone: (902) 832-0917 ANNAPOLIS VALLEY READY-MIX - Plant Office & plant Member Since • 2008 326 Hardscratch Road, Brooklyn, NS • CA 20 Park Drive, Windsor, NS • CA Phone: (902) 742-7811 Phone: (902) 798-2291 Member Since • 2008 Member Since • 2008