AISC Award for Boston's Yawkey Center
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spring 2006 The biannual newsmagazine of the OSCO Construction Group OSCO construction group AISC Award for Boston’s Yawkey Center State Renaissance Court • Moosehead Breweries • Highway 101 CentCenterBeamerBeam PlacePlace •• 20062006 OSCOSCOO OscarOscarss •• DeDetailingtailing PrProfileofile CONNECTIONS is the biannual magazine of the OSCO Construction Group, published every Spring and Fall to share news and information with our valued customers and employees. Comments and submissions are greatly appreciated and may be sent to the editor: Tammy Legacy, c/o OSCO Construction Group 400 Chesley Drive, Saint John, NB • CANADA • E2K 5L6 What’s e-mail: [email protected] OSCO construction group Inside... Photo: Bruce T. Martin Photography, Natick, MA OSCO Construction Group members include: cover image: Yawkey Center - Mass General Hospital steel Each year, the American Institute of Steel Construction recognizes unique steel projects OCEAN STEEL & CONSTRUCTION LTD - SJ office & plant 400 Chesley Drive, Saint John, NB • CANADA • E2K 5L6 through the IDEAS2 awards (Innovative Design in Engineering and Architecture with Structural Fax: (506) 632-7689 • Tel: (506) 632-2600 Steel) These awards recognize designs where structural steel forms a prominent architectural OCEAN STEEL & CONSTRUCTION LTD - Fredericton plant feature of the building, as judged by a panel of industry professionals. 550 Wilsey Road • Fredericton, NB • CANADA • E3B 7K2 Fax: (506) 444-7978 • Tel: (506) 444-7989 At this year’s North American Steel Construction Conference, an Ocean Steel project - the OCEAN STEEL CORPORATION - office & plant Yawkey Center for Outpatient Care (Mass General Hospital) - Boston, MA was a Merit Award 53 Shaw Road, Conklin, NY • USA • 13748 Fax: (607) 723-4882 • Tel: (607) 584-7500 winner in the category of “Greater than $75 million”. The project will be featured in Modern NEW ENGLAND SALES OFFICE Steel Construction magazine and also at the 2006 AIA National Convention. 25 Burlington Mall Road, Burlington, MA • USA • 01803 Ocean Steel supplied 3500 tons of steel and 800 tons of joists for this project. Fax: (781) 221-2155 • Tel: (781) 221-2152 OSCO REBAR SERVICES - office 400 Chesley Drive, Saint John, NB • CANADA • E2K 5L6 Fax: (506) 632-7689 • Tel: (506) 632-2600 YORK STEEL - metal service center 550 Wilsey Road • Fredericton, NB • CANADA • E3B 7K2 Fax: (506) 444-7978 • Tel: (506) 444-7989 what we do concrete Message from the President . .3 CFB Gagetown . .14 STRESCON LIMITED - office & plant Greystone Park Psychiatric . .4 State Renaissance Court . .14 101 Ashburn Road • Saint John, NB • CANADA • E2L 3W2 Fax: (506) 632-7576 • Tel: (506) 633-8877 Milton Hershey School . .4 NS Box Beam Bridges . .15 STRESCON LIMITED - office & plant Point Lepreau Nuclear Plant . .5 Marco Polo Project . .16 131 Duke Street • Bedford, NS • CANADA • B4A 3Z8 NS Community College . .6 Draper Laboratory . .17 Fax: (902) 494-7401 • Tel: (902) 494-7400 pg.9 Moosehead Breweries . .7 Jean Canfield Building . .17 NEW ENGLAND SALES OFFICE 25 Burlington Mall Road, Burlington, MA • USA • 01803 Chapter House . .8 Misc Metals Division . .18 Fax: (781) 221-2155 • Tel: (781) 221-2153 Centerbeam Place . .9 OSCO Rebar Update . .18 STRESCON READY-MIX - plant Irving Paper . .10-11 Progress Snapshots . .19 1212 Berry Mills Road • Moncton, NB • CANADA • E1E 4R8 Highway 101 . .12 Metal Service Center . .19 Fax: (506) 856-5897 • Tel: (506) 858-7110 Irving Oil Refinery . .13 SCHURMAN CONCRETE - office & plant 240 MacEwen Road • PO Box 1416 • Summerside, PE CANADA • C1N 4K2 Fax: (902) 888-2959 • Tel: (902) 888-4331 SCHURMAN CONCRETE - office & plant 412 Mount Edward Road • Charlottetown, PE CANADA • C1A 7L3 how we do it Fax: (902) 566-1169 • Tel: (902) 628-0127 construction pg.22 Safety Milestones . .20 Payroll Management . .22 IT Help Desk . .21 Employee Surveys . .23 FCC ENGINEERING - office 400 Chesley Drive • Saint John, NB • CANADA • E2K 5L6 Detailing Profile . .22-23 Fax: (506) 632-1108 • Tel: (506) 632-7800 MARQUE CONSTRUCTION - office PO Box 6623 • 400 Chesley Drive • Saint John, NB • CANA- DA • E2L 4S1 Fax: (506) 632-1108 • Tel: (506) 634-1144 KENNEBEC CONSTRUCTION - office who we are 400 Chesley Drive • Saint John, NB • CANADA • E2K 5L6 Fax: (506) 632-1108 • Tel: (506) 632-7800 25 Year Club . .24 Fresh Faces . .27 For more info on our companies, please check out our websites at: 2006 OSCO Oscar Awards . .24-25 Congratulations . .27 www.oceansteel.com Flashback Page . .26 Project Flashback . .Back cover www.strescon.com pg.25 www.fcc-engineering.com CONNECTIONS • Spring 2006 what we do Message from the President Diversification is the Key... In the coming months our operating sectors (Steel, Concrete and the industry has experienced large volatility in the price of steel shapes Construction), along with our Group Services sector, will be conduct- and a slowdown in the New England market. A large number of our ing strategic planning sessions to review our 5 year plan and to make latest project awards have come from the mid-Atlantic market and adjustments for current business conditions. In particular, we want to without this added customer base, we would have suffered significant revisit specific sector/ business unit sales goals and to find ways to decreases in our backlog of work. We have also experienced “start- help our managers improve their people skills. Although our employee up” issues with our Conklin facility but good progress has been made. satisfaction scores have steadily improved since we started our surveys Our last big challenge is our productivity in the plant which is not in- in 2002, employee satisfaction should continue to grow with better line with our Canadian plants. This is not related to the quality work feedback and training programs. force we now have in-place; it is more a function of configuring our One of our key goals was to reduce the group’s exposure to unfa- workflows and processes to take advantage of the new computerized vorable currency fluctuations with the American dollar. As I mentioned manufacturing software. This facility is an important and integral part at our annual employee recognition dinner, we have made great strides of our future success. We remain committed to our US-plant strategy in the steel and concrete sectors since 2001. In the steel sector, we and I am confident that our team in Conklin will reach its productivity have reduced our US currency exposure from 75% (in 2001) to 43% goals in the near future. (in 2005). This was accomplished by obtaining more US currency All of our other business units are performing according to or sales in our US-based facility in New York while at the same time better than plan which will help the OSCO Group achieve its 2006 tar- increasing our Canadian-currency sales both in the reinforcing steel gets. No doubt the structural steel business will improve over time and and the metals service center. In the concrete sector, the reduction was we will remain patient to meet these better business conditions when even more dramatic; from 68% (in 2001) to 24% (in 2005). This was they arrive. In the meantime, our customer-base continues to grow and done by significantly increasing our Canadian-currency sales volume in as a result we have opportunities all along the entire eastern seaboard ready mix, pipe and precast (both Halifax and Saint John). The rapid from Newfoundland to Maryland. appreciation of the Canadian dollar against the US dollar in the last Our mission “to provide our customers with valued construction two years has highlighted why this goal was so important. solutions using our expertise in the design, manufacture and installa- Despite these efforts, our Canadian-based structural steel facilities are tion of building components” has not changed; nor has our vision of still finding business conditions challenging, although they’ve improved the future to “BE FAST • BE GLOBAL • BE CONNECTED”. We continue over the last few years. Along with the continued appreci- to add more diversification in customers, markets, product lines and ation of the Canadian dollar, territories to level out the peaks and valleys in our sales. At the same we remain focused on what business we’re in and what strategies we should follow as the world continues to change around us. Hans O. Klohn Pictured (left to right): Hans O. Klohn, President John F. Irving, Vice Chairman Hans W. Klohn, Vice Chairman John (Jack) E. Irving, Chairman CONNECTIONS • Spring 2006 3 what we do companies involved: Ocean Steel Greystone Park Psychiatric Center -Parsippany, NJ - contributed by Brian R. Smith, Ocean Steel Corporation Owner: New Jersey Economic Development Authority The new construction at Greystone Park Psychiatric Center is the most recent improvement to New Jersey’s premier 171-acre mental health facility. This state-of-the art facility continues the Architect/Engineer: The Vitetta Group 128-year history of quality patient care at the facility. The campus style new construction con- General Contractor: Torcon Inc. sists of 11 structures to be erected using two cranes. Our customer, Torcon Inc., is steadily progressing through foundation pouring. Steel erec- Erector: Stonebridge, Inc. tion began on March 20, 2006. Our structural steel erector, Stonebridge, Inc., is making Ocean Steel supplied: 2800 tons exceptional progress and we look forward to the successful completion of this 390-patient facil- structural steel & 430,000 square feet of deck ity. We are proud to participate in this important improvement. The OSCO sales team believes that the healthcare sector will continue to be a strong market for us in the Mid-Atlantic region. Steel Project Manager: Brad MacPhee companies involved: Ocean Steel Sweet Deal for Ocean Steel - contributed by Bernie Blakely, P.Eng., Ocean Steel beams. To remedy the situation, it was decided that some of the Ocean Steel & Construction Ltd. is proud to be part of the original school would be demolished, with other existing areas rebuilding effort of the Milton Hershey School Old Senior Hall brought up to code.