Fall 2008

The biannual newsmagazine of the OSCO Construction Group

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M.I.T. Koch Institute • Atlantic Canada’s Largest Parking Garage • Alberta Steel • National Awards for Centerbeam • 2008 OSCORS • +more... CONNECTIONS is the biannual magazine of cover image: the OSCO Construction Group, published every Spring and Fall to share news and information Canaport with our valued customers and employees. LNG Comments and submissions are greatly appreciated and may liquefied natural gas be sent to the editor: (LNG) receiving and Tammy Legacy, c/o OSCO Construction Group regassification 400 Chesley Drive, Saint John, NB • CANADA • E2K 5L6 terminal in Saint John, e-mail: [email protected] New Brunswick. OSCO Photo provided by Canaport LNG construction group

OSCO Construction Group members include: steel What’s OCEAN STEEL & CONSTRUCTION LTD - SJ office & plant 400 Chesley Drive, Saint John, NB • CANADA • E2K 5L6 Fax: (506) 632-7689 • Tel: (506) 632-2600 OCEAN STEEL & CONSTRUCTION LTD - Fredericton plant 550 Wilsey Road • Fredericton, NB • CANADA • E3B 7K2 Fax: (506) 444-7978 • Tel: (506) 444-7989 OCEAN STEEL CORPORATION - office & plant Inside... 53 Shaw Road, Conklin, NY • USA • 13748 Fax: (607) 723-4882 • Tel: (607) 584-7500 NEW ENGLAND SALES OFFICE 25 Burlington Mall Road, Burlington, MA • USA • 01803 Fax: (781) 221-2155 • Tel: (781) 221-2152 OSCO REBAR SERVICES - office 400 Chesley Drive, Saint John, NB • CANADA • E2K 5L6 what we do Fax: (506) 632-7689 • Tel: (506) 632-2600 YORK STEEL - metal service center Message from the President...... 3 Strescore ...... 16 550 Wilsey Road • Fredericton, NB • CANADA • E3B 7K2 Canaport LNG...... 4-5 Irving Oil Refinery ...... 17 Fax: (506) 444-7978 • Tel: (506) 444-7989 MIT Koch Institute...... 6 Precast Pipe Projects...... 18 concrete Strescon’s New Office ...... 7 Construction Webcams...... 18 STRESCON LIMITED - office & plant Halifax Airport Parking Garage....8 Centerbeam Awards...... 19 101 Ashburn Road • Saint John, NB • CANADA • E2L 3W2 Shipping Steel to Alberta...... 9 Park Place V...... 20 Fax: (506) 632-7576 • Tel: (506) 633-8877 East Saint John Elementary...... 10 Centerbeam Office Space...... 21 STRESCON LIMITED - office & plant pg.7 131 Duke Street • Bedford, NS • CANADA • B4A 3Z8 Residential Garages ...... 11 Irving Oil Hangar...... 21 Fax: (902) 494-7401 • Tel: (902) 494-7400 The Waterton...... 12 Ready-Mix News: Biofuels Plant; NEW ENGLAND SALES OFFICE Fordham University ...... 13 Skate Park; Montrose Bridge; 25 Burlington Mall Road, Burlington, MA • USA • 01803 Fax: (781) 221-2155 • Tel: (781) 221-2153 Early Childhood Center - Bronx.13 Charlottetown Marine Terminal; Giants Stadium ...... 13 Darotopp Floor Topping..22-23 STRESCON READY-MIX - plant 1212 Berry Mills Road • Moncton, NB • CANADA • E1E 4R8 Pottle Lake Water Treatment...... 14 Rebar News ...... 24 Fax: (506) 856-5897 • Tel: (506) 858-7110 Westwood Development ...... 15-16 York Misc Metals News...... 25 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 how we do it CANADA • C1A 7L3 Fax: (902) 566-1169 • Tel: (902) 628-0127 pg.26 2008 OSCORS ...... 26-27 High School Partnership...... 29 Profile: OSCO-SJ Shop ...... 28 IT Backup Vault...... 30 construction Bursary Program...... 29 Strescon Renovation Update....30-31 FCC CONSTRUCTION - office Greenslade Bursary ...... 29 OSCO Corp Milestone...... 31 400 Chesley Drive • Saint John, NB • CANADA • E2K 5L6 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 who we are KENNEBEC CONSTRUCTION - office 400 Chesley Drive • Saint John, NB • CANADA • E2K 5L6 Picnic ...... 32 Group Golf...... 34 Fax: (506) 632-1108 • Tel: (506) 632-7800 Group Retirees ...... 33 Fresh Faces ...... 35 For more information on our companies, Rally of Hope...... 33 Congratulations ...... 35 please check out website at: pg.32 Blood Donors...... 34 10 Years of Connections .Back cover www.oscoconstructiongroup.com CONNECTIONS • Fall 2008 what we do Message from the President

This has been another exciting year for our group. Our geo- ing production in the winter. We are also in the midst of replacing graphic diversity and multi-discipline construction ability has our out-of-date main electrical and sewage services at this plant. never been greater. We have participated in several interesting and Our administration group has been very involved in keeping challenging projects from New York City - to Fort McMurray, up with our growth. Our human resources department successful- Alberta - to Hamilton, Bermuda. We have provided complex, ly took over the direct administration of our pension, health and structural steel for a new fine arts museum in Boston. We are welfare plans. Our recruiting and employee satisfaction initiatives completing our largest precast concrete parking garage at the are being actively reviewed and enhanced. In the IT area, we con- Halifax International Airport which we designed, manufactured tinue to add capacity and redundancy to our network systems to and erected all with our own talented group. We undertook to ensure no downtime is experienced. A new back-up generator is fast-track the instrumentation work for the Canaport LNG plant in being installed at our main computer room in case of a prolonged Saint John. We provided eye-catching power outage. More bandwidth is being architectural precast wall panels for As we mature as a group, added to our network to improve user high-rise residential and office build- we have become more response time. ings. Our Canadian hollow core confident as a team and In summary, all of our business sec- concrete plank market continues to tors have been very active. As we mature as grow; from floors for single family have undertaken larger and a group, we have become more confident homes to roofs for the Canadian armed more complex projects. as a team and have undertaken larger and forces. Our civil group was also suc- Our group now has more complex projects. Our group now cessful in obtaining the construction significant ability to has significant ability to weather any management for the head frames at the weather any regional regional downturns, both financially and new potash mine near Sussex, New downturns, both financially operationally. Together we have built a Brunswick. and operationally. strong construction entity to quickly adapt With respect to capital improve- to whatever lies ahead. In these turbulent ments, we have invested heavily in times, it is important that we stay focused maintaining our facilities. We modernized our Moncton ready mix on our mission “To provide valued construction solutions using facility and built new offices for our growing concrete sector staff. our expertise in the design, manufacture & installation of building We also updated our ready mix fleet with several new delivery components”. Let’s continue to “pay attention to the details” to trucks and added cement storage capacity in Saint John. In our satisfy to the greatest extent possible all the needs of our cus- Saint John reinforcing steel facility we added additional capacity tomers. for bending and cutting rebar. At our Canadian structural steel Once again, we could not have accomplished as much as we facilities, we purchased updated welding equipment for steel have without the dedication and hard work of all our employees, platework to improve our productivity in this important area. In both in our plants and offices. Thanks for your continued support our American structural steel plant, we rebuilt several of our and happy holidays to overhead cranes to eliminate unnecessary downtime during pro- all of you and your duction. In our Halifax precast plant we installed a rapid-fire families!! Hans O. Klohn heating system to give us more and faster hot water capacity dur- President, OSCO Construction Group

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4 CONNECTIONS • Fall 2006 what we do

THE CHALLENGES Any project of this magnitude brings challenges to the table. The site Marque Rises to employs an average of 1500 workers, which not surprisingly, can cause some congestion. Delivery delays of mechanical piping material have compounded this challenge. Communication and cooperation between Challenges of contractors has been invaluable. Furthermore, since this is the first terminal of its type on Canadian soil, it needs to be individualized to the site. The designers are therefore committed to working closely with field personnel to ensure success. This Canaport LNG cooperative relationship has resulted in modifications to the drawings, which then need to be implemented. Although this constant state of - contributed by Adam Legere, Marque Construction Steel change may unnerve some, Marque’s instrument team has risen to the Marque Construction’s Instrumentation division is hard at work at challenge. Knowing that Canaport is on the forefront of new and exciting the LNG terminal currently under construction at the Canaport deep water technology, our group realizes that revisions are necessary as the project port site. The LNG terminal, a first of its kind in Canada, takes natural gas evolves. that has been liquefied for ease of transport aboard tankers and stores it Marque expects to complete its work on the original contract at LNG in its liquid state before reverting it to its gaseous state and shipped to the by December 2008. However, the extra work that Marque is doing, along end user through a pipeline. with the prospect of additional contracts and tenders, we could potential- Marque’s instrument fitters are involved in the installation of the ly remain on the site until mid 2009. instrumentation to monitor and control the Once completed the LNG site will provide natural gas liquefied natural gas regassification process. to markets in Atlantic Canada and New England, through Under the supervision of Stan Boudreau Knowing that Canaport the Brunswick Pipeline currently under construction and Foreman Dean Coates, Marque’s team is on the forefront of a throughout Southern New Brunswick. of experienced instrument fitters are current- ly installing various transmitters, gauges and new and exciting many lineal feet of stainless steel tubing. Marque Instrumentation is positioned as technology, our group the go-to company for unforeseen work realizes that changes involving control valves or modification of prefabricated tubing spools. This reputation are necessary as the for quality and timely work is evidenced in the extra work that Marque has done (or is project evolves. currently doing) for many onsite contractors.

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M.I.T. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research

This past March, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Scheduled to open in December 2010, the institute will house 25 broke ground for the new David H. Koch Institute for Integrative laboratories occupied by MIT engineers, scientists and clinicians Cancer Research, in Cambridge, MA. working together towards a common goal - creating better ways to The institute will be largely funded by a $100 million donation detect, prevent and cure cancer. from David H. Koch. Koch, who was diagnosed with prostate cancer 16 Ocean Steel has been contracted by William A. Berry & Son, Inc., years ago and given only a short time to live, said he became a "pas- to fabricate 3,063 tons of structural steel for this large project. sionate crusader" for cancer research after beating the disease himself. Fabrication is being split between our Saint John and Fredericton steel The Koch Institute will be equipped with the most sophisticated plants. Erection for the tunnel (85 tons) began on Sept. 15, 2008, with research tools available, including facilities for bioinformatics and erection for the rest of the building beginning in early November. computing, genomics, proteomics and flow cytometry, large-scale cell and animal facilities for genetic engineering and testing, advanced General Contractor: William A. Berry & Son, Inc. Architect: Ellenzweig imaging equipment and nanomaterials characterization labs. Engineer: LeMessurier Consultants National Cancer Institute Director John Niederhuber said the new Erector: James F. Stearns Co., Inc. facility will set the "gold standard" for research on cancer and other Deck Supplier: Canam (352,200 Sq Ft) diseases. Tonnage: 3,063 tons OSCO Project Manager: Theresa Le Blanc

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Home Sweet Home

photo above by Rod Stears Photography Strescon settles into Atlantic Canada’s first all-precast office

The first all-precast office building in Atlantic Canada, Strescon main floor to have only three interior columns, giving more free- Saint John’s new home was constructed by assembling 170 pieces of dom when designing office locations and work stations to suit concrete, much like you would using a set of building blocks. The specific needs. The resulting flexible layout will allow Strescon to main floor has 13,000 square feet of usable office space. A small change and adapt their office space easily in the years to come. Just basement area of 3250 square feet at one end is used for storage. that versatility alone, is a great reason to build with all-precast. In addition to allowing fast assembly of the exterior envelope Strescon employees moved into their new, state-of-the-art during harsh winter weather, the all-precast design allowed the home on July 5th, 2008.

photos below by Peter Horwood (Strescon)

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After more than 6 months of erection, Strescon has installed passengers annually. the last precast component of the largest precast parking garage In order to improve the flow of passengers and vehicles, the they have ever undertaken. In order to meet the fast paced sched- Halifax International Airport authority embarked on a $82 million ule for erection, Strescon Bedford started fabrication in early groundside redevelopment program which includes the reconfigu- January of 2008, and had completed the last of approximately ration of the airports roadways and underground services to make 2200 pieces by the end of September. The new Halifax Airport way for a proposed hotel plus a 2,300 space parking facility adja- Parking Garage is expected to be completed by February or March cent to the north end of the terminal building, including an of 2009. over-road pedway for pedestrian safety and convenience. The Halifax’s Robert L. Stanfield International Airport is Atlantic parking structure will also be designed to house the car rental Canada’s gateway to the world, providing passengers and cargo counters and vehicles for the Halifax International Airport clients with access to markets across the country, the United States Authority. This parking garage will be over 2 football fields in and Europe. It is also the only airport in Atlantic Canada to offer length and four stories high. . U.S. preclearance, and Canada Customs services on a 24 hour, One of the unique aspects of the Airport project is its architec- seven day a week basis. The Airport welcomes almost 3.5 million tural design for the North and South Elevations. The loadbearing 2300 Cars in a Precast Basket - contributed by Andrew Levatte, Strescon

Strescon wraps up erection on Atlantic Canada’s largest parking garage

Precast panels on these elevations are designed with a “basket- ping off these elevations. Speed ramps near the North and South weave” look. Strescon was up to the challenge brought forward ends of the garage will give vehicles quick access and exit from by Architect Rolfe Kaartinen, of NORR Limited Architects & the parking structure. Engineers. After many hours of consultation, Strescon came up Atlantic Canada’s largest precast parking garage has really with a cost effective plan for the fabrication and installation of come together at the Halifax Stanfield International Airport. these intricate panels. The garage was designed as an open concept, with the majori- WHAT WE SUPPLIED: ty of the parking structure being supported by precast columns and inverted tee beams. The floors are constructed of 10ft wide PRODUCT AMT 10” Misc. Stair Tower Panels 173 double tee’s. The East and West elevations are also unique, with 32” Deep Double Tee. . . . . 1220 Precast Stairs with Landings. 129 the slim look of the precast double-tee being exposed to view. Precast Columns ...... 81 8” Solid Slab ...... 14 Precast strand, along with stainless steel mesh, protect the safety NLB Spandrel Panels ...... 5 Basket Weave panels ...... 91 of the passengers and their vehicles on these elevations while pro- Inverted Tee Beams ...... 252 “L” Panels ...... 49 viding the slim look the Architect was trying to achieve. The 16” Thick Shearwalls ...... 48 Parapet Panels ...... 24 stainless steel mesh is framed with precast eyebrow panels cap- Litewalls...... 109 Total...... 2195

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Mine Maintenance Building & LVL Washbay Facility - Alberta, Canada

Ocean Steel’s strong industrial expe- Customer: Atcon Construction Inc. rience has allowed us to secure a project Engineer: Stantec 3000 miles to the West, in the province of Alberta. Steel supplied: 1200 tons Ocean Steel is currently supplying steel to Atcon Construction OSCO Project Manager: Mario LeBouthillier Inc. for the Mine Maintenance complex (owned by CNRL Horizon’s OIL SANDS FACTS & STATS - from http://oilsands.alberta.ca/ Oil Sands Project) in Fort McMurray, Alberta. This project is Ocean Steel’s first opportunity to provide steel to Canada’s Western • There are 173 billion barrels of oil in the oil sands proven to be recover- able with today’s technology. Provinces. • There is an estimated total of 315 billion barrels of potentially recover- The Mine Maintenance Complex requires over 1200 tons of able oil in the oil sands. structural steel, along with roof joists, floor metal deck, and floor • There are 87 active oil sands projects in Alberta. Of these, three are min- grating. The contract was awarded to Ocean Steel in May, and ing projects; the remaining projects use various in-situ (in place) recovery detailing of the job began immediately. methods. The fabrication of the garage and warehouse of the complex • In 2006, Alberta exported about 1.35 million barrels per day of crude oil are now complete and shipped to the site. Each batch of steel is to the U.S., supplying 13 per cent of their crude oil import and account- shipped by truck and takes approximately four days to arrive on ing for almost three-quarters of Canada’s oil exports to the U.S. the jobsite. • Second only to Saudi Arabia’s reserves, Alberta’s oil sand deposits were Phase 2 of the project is the mine’s Washbays Building, which described by Time magazine as ‘Canada’s greatest buried treasure’ and is all galvanized. Deliveries spanned the month of October, with ‘could satisfy the world’s demand for petroleum for the next century.’ some additions delivering early December. Atcon Construction started steel erection of the complex in early August and expects to be complete by the end of 2008.

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New Life for an Old Treasure Far too often, when old schools have outlived their original use, they are torn down and forgotten. FCC is excited to be helping Irving Oil bring this one back from the ashes.

- contributed by Molly Knorr, FCC Construction The existing building will be getting an interior and exterior facelift, while maintaining some of the old FCC Construction has been awarded the contract charm of the early 20th century. The 1960’s addition, to provide Construction Management to complete the although in better condition than the rest, was deemed renovation and revitalization of the old East Saint John to be not in keeping with the construction methods of Elementary School located on Bayside Drive. The proj- the 1920’s and was demolished in late September ect will provide new office space for Irving Oil Limited 2008. Areas within the building will be restored utiliz- and will be completed in the summer of 2009. ing some of the reclaimed materials. The existing building was built in stages with the The surrounding site will be upgraded as well, earliest construction dating back to 1911. This initial with new retaining walls, landscaped terraces and phase was followed by an expansion in 1920 and again parking which will provide ample green space, and in 1926. The latest expansion was done in 1960 and will tie into the green space across Bayside Drive consisted of more classrooms and a gymnasium. The which was recently created by Irving Oil. school was closed in 2000 and purchased by Irving Oil Looking after the project is Project Manager Molly in the summer of 2008. Knorr and Construction Foreman Paul Watson.

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Another excellent use for Residential Strescore plank.... Garages

THERE’S EXTRA SPACE LURKING BENEATH WHERE YOU PARK YOUR CAR... With building lots shrinking and houses growing, young fami- lies are anxious for more parking and storage space. Utilizing the former- ly back-filled area under the garage floor has become increasingly popular. A Strescore plank floor creates a great deal of additional space that can be used for parking, storage, or as liv- ing space. This year, Strescon has delivered over 50 garage floors, totalling over 35,000 square feet, to customers from Halifax to Massachusetts. CONNECTIONS • Fall 11 2008 what we do

THE WATERTON Why involving Strescon early in the design process can save big $$

- contributed by Andrew Levatte, Strescon impressed by its architectural grace and charm. Created by archi- tectural firm Lydon Lynch Architects, The Waterton is a postmodern The Waterton is a prime example of the benefits of involving fusion of Precast, glass and steel. The elegance of the precast, with Strescon early in the design process. Our team worked with the its warm textures and colours, is capped off with a graceful precast customer to ensure the quickest, most efficient solutions to their cornice. Of course its beauty is much more than skin deep. For design needs. For this particular project, an initial review of the starters, there’s the exquisite detail and intricate vision in the effi- Architectural Precast cladding indicated there would be approxi- cient floor plans. Then, there’s the rich craftsmanship embedded in mately 436 pieces of precast, totaling 47,000 square feet of wall the trim and finishes. Extraordinary condo attributes like ceramic area, with a cost of $400,000 over budget. Strescon Limited flooring, soaring 9’ ceilings, and an worked closely with Greater Homes Project Manager, Jacques abundance of natural light beaming Rohrer, and was able to come up with an efficient Precast panel through the generous contemporary Installation only layout which reduced the total number of pieces to 276 while cov- windows take it up yet another ering essentially the same wall area. As a result, the owner was able notch. Last, but certainly not least, took three weeks to bring the exterior envelope within budget. are the awe-inspiring views from the to complete, Early August marked the start of installation on the glass-wall balconies. Overlooking Architectural Precast Panels for Building One of The Waterton Northwest Arm Drive and moments WOW no other Condo project. Installation only took three weeks to complete, from St. Margaret’s Bay Road, The WOW no other material can Waterton cradles the picturesque material can enclose a building that wonders of Hail Pond with its resid- quick! Now the owner can ual hard and softwood stands, and enclose a build- concentrate on the inte- offers sweeping vistas of the Metro rior with little concern skyline and Halifax Harbour. ing that quick! about the weather. The Waterton is expected to The Waterton open its doors to its first tenants in June of 2009. is truly a work of art, in function and Owner: Greater Homes form. You can’t Architect: Lydon Lynch Architects help but be Engineer: Malcolm Pinto Engineering Limited

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- contributed by Bernie Blakely, Founded in 1841, Fordham is the Jesuit Ocean Steel University of New York, with an enrollment of 15,600 students in its four undergraduate col- leges and six graduate and professional law schools. It has residential campuses in the Bronx and Manhattan. Ocean Steel Corporation was awarded the contract for two new seven-story residence halls at the Rose Hill campus of Fordham University located in the Bronx borough of New York. The buildings, each with two towers, and encompassing 166,000 square feet, underwent numerous value engineering concepts in order to bring within budget. Erection is scheduled Fordham to start November 2008. Customer: Gotham Construction Company University Student Engineer: LeMessurier Consultants Architect:?? Sasaki Associates Structural Steel: 1240 tons Housing - Bronx, NY OSCO Project Manager: Richard Heckel

Early Childhood Center 361 Public School 94 - Bronx, NY

- contributed by Bernie Blakely, Ocean Steel

The public school market in New York City continues to offer opportuni- ties and Ocean Steel’s experience in this market has made it competitive. This recent contract is for an Early Childhood Center (ECC) which was specifically designed to accommodate pre-kindergarten through third grade. It will contain 24 classrooms - two for Pre-K; four kindergartens, first, second and third grade classrooms; three special education rooms and three addi- tional classrooms - for a total of 515 students. Currently, Public School 94 houses 1,050 students; 600 in the main building, 325 in two portables on campus and an additional 125 at a satellite Meadowlands building on Gun Hill Road four blocks away. The new building will replace the East Rutherford, two portables that currently house 13 classrooms. Stadium New Jersey The building, which will have an entrance on East 211th Street, will have two elevators, two playground areas, a cafeteria, a multi-purpose room and a This past February, Ocean Steel wrapped up library. Erection is scheduled to start in January, 2009. fabrication & erection of over 1500 tons of steel for the new home of the NY Customer: Citnalta Construction Corp. Giants & NY Jets football teams. Engineer: Robert Silman Assoc. Customer: Structal Architect: E. Bruce Const. Mgr: Skanska USA Barrett Architect: Ewing Cole Structural Steel: Engineer: Thornton 390 tons Tomasetti OSCO Project Mgr: OSCO Project Mgr: Jeff Keith Jeff Keith

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Strescon Bedford Builds its Fifth All-Precast Water Treatment Plant

Strescon Bedford has begun construction of 12" insulated Non-Load Bearing Panels, 10 of the Pottle Lake Water Treatment Plant in pcs of 9" solid Load Bearing Panels; 22 pcs of North Sydney , Nova Scotia for the general con- 10" Strescore roof slabs,and 54 pcs of 12" tractor Joneljim Concrete Construction Strescore roof slabs. Company. Cape Breton Regional Municipality is The Pottle Lake Water Treatment Plant is in the owner of the project and their consultant is a residential area of North Sydney, so the own- CBCL Limited . ers chose a sandblasted finish in a warm earth This is the fifth total precast water treat- tone, and architectural reveals grouped in hori- ment facility Strescon has constructed in the zontal bands that wrap around the building Cape Breton Regional Municipality. The building perimeter. Panel production was started Oct consists of non-load bearing and load bearing 10th and took approximately three weeks to insulated architectural panels that support a complete. Building erection is expected to start multi-level Strescore roof. Strescon supplied 34 in late November and will take about three pcs of 12" insulated Load Bearing Panels,16 pcs weeks. Boston Museum of Fine Arts

Ocean Steel is providing steel for the Museum of Fine Arts in Tower at the end of June. Ocean completed the main part of the Boston, Mass. This project is an expansion of the existing museum project in November, and expect the smaller retrofit portions to be consisting of 3 new buildings. The Central building contains both fully complete by January of 2009. structural steel as well as architecturally exposed steel. The Museum required over 2500 tons of steel in total, broken In addition to the new buildings, Ocean Steel is providing steel down into 2150 tons of structural steel and 350 Tons of painted for the North and South Pavilion Towers which will be connected Architecturally Exposed Structural Steel (AESS). The AESS consist- to the main central building by connector walkways. Ocean Steel ed of 10 major trusses, constructed from plate which were painted will also be performing some retro-fit modifications to the existing and then welded together end-to-end on site. Once the welding is building. Steel erection for the central building began on May 12, completed and the temporary columns removed, the truss spans followed by the South the entire length of the central building, which is over 282 feet. Pavilion Tower at the There were also many other smaller but just as complicated truss- beginning of June es, box beams and box columns all fully assembled from plate. and the North Ocean steel was also responsible for the supply of over Pavilion 1400 squares of deck on this project, provided by Charles Leonard Construction.

General Contractor: John Moriarty & Assoc. Architect: Norman Foster - Foster and Partners, London. Engineer: Weidlinger Associates Erector: J.F. Stearns Company Inc OSCO Project Manager: Jason Presley

14 CONNECTIONS • Fall 2008 - contributed by Andrew Levatte, CUSTOMER Strescon Westwood Development PROFILE Halifax, Nova Scotia

Daniel C. Chedrawe and Mounir Haddad in Halifax which was foreclosed on. He fin- structure over two levels of underground are the business partners behind Westwood ished building all the townhouses plus two parking. The architects were challenged with Development Limited, based out of Halifax, apartment buildings before moving to his next a site steeped in tradition. Designed around NS. Danny and Mounir are known for being project, which was Fleming Park Estates on an existing historic rooming house which was quality builders with an eye on detail, as evi- Purcell’s Cove Road. The focus was on senior to remain due to heritage regulations, the denced in their projects, which include such apartments / Empty nesters. architect’s challenge was to retain the old, landmarks as Gardencrest, Summercrest, After seeing the interest in this market, while blending the new structures around it. and Gladstone Ridge. Danny partnered with Mounir again in 1998 This was also Danny and Mounir’s first time Westwood Development builds high qual- to build a 58 unit five-storey condo project on using a total Architectural precast concrete ity buildings that compliment their Wellington Street in the Peninsula of Halifax building envelope to enclose the cast-in-place surroundings. They especially focus on the called Wellington South. Again their focus concrete structure. exterior envelope to provide an air & water was on the Empty nesters. They built large The use of the precast concrete wall pan- tight building, which is why Precast has spacious units which attracted people moving els offered many advantages such as; speed of become their material of choice. With precast, away from their homes for the first time. installation, freedom of design and low main- they can form virtually any shape, which gives They had 85% of the units sold before con- tenance for years to come while maintaining a them many options for their exteriors, while struction was half completed. quality building envelope with clean, sharp, providing a durable weather-tight envelope The next two projects they worked on crisp lines. The precast enclosed the towers at which will stand up to the test of time. together were on old Irving Oil properties, a record pace of a floor a day, no other con- one on Sackville Street and the other on struction material can boast that record. With THE WESTWOOD STORY Brunswick Street. Garrison Watch on the precast concrete panels installed so After graduating, Danny jumped into the Sackville Street is a 61 unit, 6 storey apart- quickly, Danny and Mounir could concentrate development business in the late 1980’s. He ment building, while Harbour Ridge is four on the installation of the windows and roof partnered with Mounir on a four storey walk stories, again focusing on the empty nesters. flashing, enabling the interior finishing to up wood framed apartment building in After many years of negotiations with the move forward at a fast pace. Clayton Park behind Canadian Tire. They sold city for a development agreement, their proj- Aesthetically, the use of Architectural the building four years ago. ect at the corner of Spring Garden Road and Precast flat panels with large punched window With the downturn in the economy in the Summer Street finally got off the ground. openings; eye-catching bay window units; late 80’s and early 90’s and the lack of inter- Their first venture into high-rise construction, appealing curved balcony panels with glass est in large scale Condo projects, Danny the project consisted of: Gardencrest, an 11- railing; expressed the spaciousness and luxury decided to focus his attention on Townhouses. storey condo tower; Summercrest, a of the units, while preserving the tranquil view He purchased a partially completed develop- 12-storey apartment tower; a 3-storey com- of the Public Gardens and Citidal Hill. ment in Regatta Point on the Northwest Arm mercial building; plus the existing heritage Their next project was Gladstone Ridge

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In the future, The current projects they are working on are in the Developers are Commercial / Retail market. They are building two small going to look for neighborhood strip plaza’s. The first was in Dieppe, NB on Reges Street, with the second on Baker Drive in Dartmouth, product that will NS. Their Baker Drive project is anchored by two retail reduce the con- giants. A Sobey’s grocery store is located on one end of the struction cycle Strip Plaza with Kent Building Supplies on the other end. plus offer a qual- Danny and Mounir’s next projects include one final building in Gladstone Ridge. The project will be a 5-storey ity product. mixed use complex. They are also working on a project Precast concrete that will be constructed at the Corner of Spring Garden Daniel Chedrawe and Mounir Haddad offers both.” Road and Queen Street, to include a 7 storey boutique hotel, along with Retail / Commercial space and residential units. Hugh Davison from DSRA Architects will be design- which is a development in the heart of Halifax. Gladstone Ridge is a ing the project for them. mixed use development on the peninsula at North and Gladstone, with Both Danny and Mounir enjoy working with Precast, “It is simply two-story houses built close to the street and yards in the back - like amazing how fast you can enclose a building with precast. What’s also real Halifax houses. Just behind them, stands a 12 story luxury condo, nice is the amount of options you have for the exterior of the building Wellington Court and a 12-storey apartment building called The envelope. You can create virtually any shape with precast, allowing you to Westwood, where the residents take in the city's charms from above. construct a rich looking building at an economical cost. As a building Just down the street is Longard Row, a building designed solely for owner you are always concerned about your building envelope, but with Empty Nesters who want to enjoy Halifax from a mid-city perch. precast you do not have to worry. Architectural Precast Concrete After witnessing firsthand the benefits of using Architectural requires very little maintenance compared to other building products Precast from their last buildings, Danny and Mounir decided Precast while providing a quality building envelope.” was the material of choice for the exterior envelope on the two towers. “Typically our material of choice for constructing a building today is Again, the precast was erected at record speed, allowing them to con- a cast-in-place structure, with Architectural Precast Cladding. If more centrate on to the other materials required to enclose the building. products were like precast you could greatly reduce the construction Now that the buildings are complete, the only thing they would schedules. Also, with the average age of skilled tradespeople increasing change would be to increase the amount of precast and reduce the and fewer people getting into the construction industry, it is getting hard- amount of other materials used. The time saved by enclosing the build- er and harder to get enough workers. The quality of work just isn’t what ing with precast was lost in the amount of time it took to install the it used to be. In the future, we feel the construction industry will see other products. more product being fabricated off site, in plants where you can control The use of Architectural Precast panels with punched window the quality plus push out more work with a smaller work force. Precast openings accented by a light sandblast finish, plus the strong look of is well positioned to greatly increase their volume with total precast precast sandstone at the base, along with the eye-catching precast cor- buildings. In the future, Developers are going to look for product that nice capping off the building, expresses the spaciousness and luxury of will reduce the construction cycle plus offer a quality product. Precast the units while preserving the tranquility of the surrounding area. concrete offers both.”

Strescore Plank is so versatile, customers use it for projects requir- ing as few as two, to over a thousand pieces in a single project! Strescon sold approx Federal Prison • Berlin, NH • 216,000 sf 700,000 Square Feet of Residence Inn • Portland, ME • 140,000 sf Strescore Plank in 2008 Land of Port Entry • Calais, ME • 57,000 sf - that’s 33 miles laid South Shore Field House • Bridgewater, NS • 20,000 sf Bridgewater State College • Bridgewater, MA • 56,000 sf end-to-end!! Cherry Hill Seniors Complex • Plymouth, MA • 42,000 sf 2nd Training Quarters Accommodations • CFB Gagetown, NB • 127,000 sf Miscellaneous Small Projects • Various • 40,000 sf

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- contributed by Tara Urquhart, Marque Construction Irving Oil Refinery MARQUE CONSTRUCTION’S ELECTRICAL AND INSTRUMENTATION DIVISION is structure at the terminal. Work shall include but not be limit- involved in a variety of interesting projects with Irving Oil ed to installation of a 15kV Double Gang Isolation Switch, Refining. Included are upgrades to the Monobuoy at Canaport, cable tray, power and control cables, power distribution and an electrical upgrade at the East Saint John Terminals and an junction boxes, electric tracing controllers, equipment power overhaul to the Visbreaker unit in the Refinery. and grounding terminations and QA testing and documenta- tion. The location of the work includes is three docks, Dock Monobuoy 1, Dock 2 and Dock 3, the Tank Farm and the existing 600V The Monobuoy required the install of Hawser Load substation. Approximately, 3100 feet of cable tray is being Monitoring Equipment and upgrades to the Navigation Aids. installed. The job will range from September until December. Although the actual work is fairly routine, the location and access are not. All work was performed while the buoy was in Visbreaker Unit service. This meant our workers had to board a boat early in One of Marque’s largest projects at the Refinery involves the morning at East Saint John Terminals Dock # 3 and cruise the Visbreaker Unit. The Visbreaker unit’s purpose is to reduce for an hour to reach the Monobuoy. As much fun as this the quantity of residual oil produced in the distillation of crude sounds, consider that the work was not performed only on oil and to increase the yield of more valuable middle distillates hot, sunny, or breezeless days. The return trip was late in the (heating oil and diesel) by the refinery. A Visbreaker thermally afternoon. All work was performed on the Monobuoy itself cracks large hydrocarbon molecules in the oil by heating in a which is aptly named – it is a floating buoy 44 feet in diame- furnace to reduce its viscosity and to produce small quantities ter located in 128 feet of water approximately 4100 feet from of light hydrocarbons (LPG and gasoline). The process name of shore. The monobuoy plays an integral role at the Refinery. “Visbreaker” refers to the fact that the process reduces (i.e. Crude Oil arrives at the Canaport Crude Terminal in large breaks) the viscosity of the residual oil. super tankers. These super tankers bring crude oil from The Visbreaker unit at the Irving Oil Refinery was shut Saudi Arabia, the North Sea and other areas around the down in 2000 and has sat idle since. Because of this a com- globe. When crude cargo arrives at the Irving Canaport plete examination of the entire unit is required before it can deep-water terminal in Saint John, it is unloaded by pumping be restarted. This involves a thorough investigation of every it into large storage tanks via the monobuoy. The monobuoy item in the unit including instruments, motors, pumps, work is nearing completion. The project has been ongoing valves, controls, piping, cables, etc. The information obtained since April of this year. during the investigation is being analyzed and a scope of work is being developed. Marque has been actively involved East Saint John Terminals in this investigation and has begun some of the rework. Some The East Saint John Terminals serve a few purposes. One of the tasks we are currently working on are installation of is to provide a way to bring crude oil into the Refinery. new instrument air lines, Shut Down panels have been fabri- Another purpose is to ship finished products out after they cated and installed, checking and repairing Steam Header are blended. These products are delivered to towns and cities leads, fabricating and installing tray and supports, Root Valve all over Atlantic Canada, Quebec, California, and New replacement and testing, replacing Thermocouple cable and England. Marque is doing an upgrade to the electrical infra- reconnecting motors.

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STRESCON PIPE DIVISION UPDATE Grandbay-Westfield Storm Sewer Improvement Project This past summer, Strescon provided pipe products Projects in the for the Grandbay-Westfield area’s Storm Sewer Improvement project done by L.Halpin Excavating Ltd.. The drainage project required 244 meters of Strescon 18” Precast Pipeline RCP storm pipe, and 66 meters of 48” RCP storm Pipe, as well as 14 - 42” manholes, 1 - 84” manhole, and 1 - 48” T section manhole. A drainage system like this one will Specialty Pipe for NB Southern Railway help prevent flooding in the Grand Bay area during heavy This past fall, Strescon Limited in Saint John produced large diameter rain. The project was completed by mid summer. concrete pipe for NB Southern Railway's current project located off Gifford Rd in West Saint John. The drainage system required over 32 pieces of 8’ diameter pipe to be installed beneath railway tracks. Strescon produced 4 pieces of pipe per day, each of which was spe- cially designed with a steel ring around the bell end of the pipe to allow for the additional forces exerted during installation. The NB Southern pipe was pushed behind an auger machine, which removed the excavated fill at the same time as the pipe was being installed.

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18 CONNECTIONS • Fall 2008 what we do Saint John Heritage Restoration Project Receives Brownie Awards written by ANDREW MCGILLIGAN as published in the TELEGRAPH-JOURNAL on October 25th, 2008 Receiving national recognition for a project is humbling, but for John Irving the most gratifying part of Commercial Properties Limited's work on CenterBeam Place is seeing the lights on. The president of Commercial Properties Limited, Irving was in Toronto on October 23rd for the Canadian Urban Institute's National Awards for Centerbeam (CUI) Brownie awards. CenterBeam Place took home a pair of awards including Excellence in Project Development and Best Medium-Scale Project in Canada. "To be nominated was great and we were thrilled beyond words to actually receive the awards," Irving said. However, it's the lights on at night in the building that get to him. "I think the most gratifying thing is to see the lights on in the upper floors," he said. "For a long time, you looked up and there was nothing there; and now there's lights on at night and to me that's probably the biggest thrill." CenterBeam Place is a recently restored historic block of 14 buildings in Uptown Saint John. Irving said he was unaware the project was up for a second award. The Brownie Awards recognize work done on industrial and commercial properties that have been abandoned, but can be redeveloped. CenterBeam Place was up against some stiff competition in the Excellence in Project Development category including a project from Charlottetown as well as the Corus Building, done by the City of Toronto's Economic Development Corporation. "We were pleased to be nominated and one would always like to win, but we certainly had no expectations at all," he said. As for the Best Medium-Scale Project, Irving said didn't know they were up for the award. "When they called our name I was really, really surprised and humbled," he said. Winning the awards proves both New Brunswick and Saint John can develop projects just as well as any place in the coun- try, he said. As for why Commercial Properties took on the large devel- opment, Irving said he felt it could be a great asset for the city. "We felt we could do a good job of making it into some- thing everybody could be proud of," he said. It was the dream that kept the project going on days when the reality and magnitude of the project set in, Irving said. Pictured (L-R): Peter Milan, Project Engineer, Commercial Properties Limited note: OSCO Group member, FCC Construction was the John K. F. Irving, President, Commercial Properties Limited Jeff Yerxa, Property Manager, Commercial Properties Limited Project Manager for the Centerbeam Project. Kevin Harris, Real Estate Manager, Commercial Properties Limited CONNECTIONS • Fall 2008 19 what we do The Architectural were also impressed by the many precast panel benefits offered by architectural pre- cast, such as speed, durability and installation began low maintenance. in early May. It Park Place V will be the latest only took 5 days addition to the already successful to install approxi- Park Place Corporate Campus. Located in the City of Lakes Business mately 200 Park, this 5-storey 125,000 square precast panels. In foot office complex is being built to contrast, it would the exacting standards set out by the Canada Green Building Council have taken brick- (CaGBC) and capable of acquiring layers months to LEED® (Leadership in Energy & cover the same Environmental Design)certification. area. At this time, Park Place V is on target to be the first & largest multi- tenant office building built to LEED® standards in the region. The building will deliver a 40 per cent reduction in energy needs compared to the National Energy Code model. There’s also a 40 per cent reduction in water usage, thanks to dual flush toilets, ultra low flow urinals, showerheads and faucets. The pulse-fired natural gas boilers are extremely efficient, further reducing ongoing costs for the finished project. Other environmentally-friendly aspects include: minimal site dis- turbance with excavated rock crushed and reused on site; landscaping with native, drought resistant vegetation so no potable water is used to maintain it; and changing rooms and showers for tenants that choose alternative transportation options for their commute. Most construc- tion and design materials were produced or sourced locally to reduce transportation costs; while only low VOC emitting materials were used to improve indoor air quality. The building utilizes 20 per cent recy- cled materials (in fact, flyash – a waste byproduct of coal-powered generating – is used to strengthen the concrete). The exterior cladding for the building is a combination of archi- tectural precast column covers, precast base, cap and architectural precast / thinset brick spandrels. The brick used is a blend of three colours: schoolhouse red; courtyard; & brownstone. In order to get a true feel of the combined architectural precast / Park Place V thinset spandrels, Strescon created an electronic sample for the owner and Architect to review. Once approved, a full height section of the Precast panels save time and help project spandrel was produced. With the mock-up sample approved, the attain LEEDS certification brick was ordered and production started in early January 2008. The Architectural precast panel installation began in early May. It only took - contributed by Andrew Levatte, Strescon 5 days to install approximately 200 precast panels. In contrast, it Park Place V, a five story office building situated in the heart of would have taken bricklayers months to cover the same area. Burnside Industrial Park, Dartmouth, NS is not your standard project. The warm tones of the Architectural precast in combination with Nestled among four brick office buildings and a brick hotel owned by the the blended brick add a rich and elegant look to the building created developer, Park Place V will be the first Architectural Precast / thinset brick by architectural firm Fowler Bauld & Mitchell Ltd. Projected occupan- clad building for the Armour Group. cy is January of 2009. A combination of factors led to the owner’s decision to move away from traditional brick to go with Precast for their building envelope needs. Owner: Armour Group The increasing costs associated with brick and the metal sub-structure Architect: Fowler Bauld & Mitchell Ltd. required to support it have been climbing higher and higher. The owners Engineer: Campbell Comeau Engineering Limited

20 CONNECTIONS • Fall 2006 what we do High Flying Home Base Irving Oil Contracts FCC to Build New Hangar for Aviation Services

FCC Construction has recently been awarded the contract to provide the Project Management services for the construction of a new hangar located at the Saint John Airport. The hangar will be the base of operation for Irving Oil Limited’s aviation services. FCC will lead the design and con- struction teams for the project which is scheduled to begin late this fall with com- FCC Construction Carves More Office pletion targeted for June of 2009. The hangar will be built to house the Space from Centerbeam Block current fleet of planes with room for As profiled in past issues, Centerbeam Place is a block of heritage buildings in expansion. The project will not only consist uptown Saint John, that had become victims of neglect over time. The past few years of a hangar, but also an office/support wing have witnessed a rebirth of the entire block, under the ownership of Commercial which will be home to the pilots and sup- Properties Limited and the Project Management of FCC Construction. The project has port staff required to keep the planes flying. proceeded in a number of phases, which have linked the interior of the buildings The single story office wing will accommo- and sympathetically restored them according to heritage guidelines. As a result, the date parking, maintenance and service revitalized block has become a hot location for upscale office, retail and hospitality areas, parts & storage, staff facilities, recep- space. The project has also been the recipient of numerous accolades and awards tion, passenger lounge and pilots office (the most recent of which are showcased in the article on page 19). space. This particular phase of Centerbeam Place was situated in the Canterbury Street With the addition of this new facility buildings from King Street to Grannan Street. The reconstruction of the interior ten- the old hangar which has ant fit up was begun by FCC in February of 2008 and came together beautifully in just a few months. FCC was responsible for installing everything from masonry opening, archways, preloc glass doors, and fire separations; to sprinkler, heating, plumbing systems and interior finishes. They also installed the cabling, lights and fire alarms. The crew for become so familiar to this job averaged about 60 men, and up to 100 when the renovations were at their Saint Johners who frequent the airport peak. will be demolished to make way for con- Some of the special features of the work were maintaining elevations across non struction. The new will incorporate some level spaces due to transitioning between different buildings. Architectural transitions design aspects of the old hangar while such as ramps and stairs because a requirement with mechanical and electrical rout- improving on others. ing difficulties as well. Because of the exposed brick and architectural features of the The design and project management building, most of the wiring, piping & mechanical systems were exposed. There’s team includes: nothing like exposed mechanics to see the true workmanship of a builder, but FCC FCC Project Manger: Dick Babcock was up to the challenge of making each section look great. To give a better idea of FCC Superintendent: Darryl Ross the magnitude of the systems, this project required the installation of approximately Architect: TOSS Solutions Inc. 49 kilometers of communication cabling. Structural: JM Giffen Engineering The building became the home to 175 Irving Oil Employees this past July. Mechanical: Hoadley Engineering Congratulations to FCC on a job well done! Electrical: Maricor

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Charlottetown Marine Terminal Atlantic Canada’s 1st Biofuels Plant Schurman is proud to participate in the construction of one of PEI’s first Biofuel Plants, owned by Cavendish Farms. The plant is located in New Annan, PEI and is one of the first of its kind in Atlantic Canada. Bio-gas is produced from organic material such as potato peels, recycled spent cooking oils, starch and sludge from the waste-water plant. Spent materials will decompose in tanks for up to three months to create methane gas to fuel potato processing operations. Schurman has supplied approximately 2200 cubic meters of 30MPA concrete for footings, walls, and slab bases for the holding tanks and foundations. The plant is expected to be up and running sometime in 2009.

Biofuels Plant Waterfront Skate Park Donation

Strescon-Saint John’s readymix division teamed up with two other local concrete companies to donate all of the con- crete required for “Station One”, Saint John’s new waterfront Skateboard Park. The skatepark is a significant investment in Greater Saint John's youth, providing a much needed venue for the youth to enjoy one of the world's fastest growing sports. The park has been designed to be world class facility, located alongside Harbour Passage on Saint John's water- front. The 17,500 square foot skate park is adjacent to Harbor Station arena, with high visibility, security lighting and easy access to public transportation. The funds for the skate park were raised primarily by the Fundy Skateboard Association and the Waterfront Development Partnership. Strescon was responsible for pouring 1/3rd of the concrete required for the project. The first pour took place on August 11th, with the official opening on October 31st.

Biofuels Plant Skate Park

22 CONNECTIONS • Fall 2008 Montrose Bridge Replacement Schurman-Summerside began the Montrose Bridge replacement on Route 152, PEI, on August 1st /08. By October 15th, the mud slabs, main abutment, wing wall, curtain wall, back wall and approaches had been poured. The photos show the preparation of the deck of the bridge for the deck pour, and the pour itself, which took 180 cubic meters of concrete. The deck pour took place on November 5th, leaving just the parapet walls and some curb to do before completion. The bridge was expected to open for traffic around the middle of November. By completion this project used 500 cubic meters of 45 MPA TerC3 cement, with Superplasticizer and Corrosion Inhibitor. Highfield Construction LTD. was the Contractor for this job. Charlottetown Marine Terminal Pouring Ready-Mix It On Update

DAROtopp® Floortopping

Strescon’s Ready Mix division began pouring Darotopp® floor for the Woodhollow Park apartment complex on Ellerdale Street in Saint John, in mid July, completing the sec- ond stage of the pour on August 6th. The Building is 4 stories high and required over 80 cubic meters of Floor topping in 2 separate pours. DAROtopp® topping is a unique type of self-leveling concrete. A DAROtopp® Floor is ideal for toppings on wood floor systems or on concrete overlays, especially if you have heat tubes in the floor. The product is especially advanta- Charlottetown Marine Terminal geous in apartment buildings, because it provides an excellent sound barrier and vastly improves fire safety rat- Schurman Concrete started placing concrete for the ings. Strescon has completed similar projects for the F.C.S. Charlottetown Marine Terminal on September 6, 2006 and Group at the Centerbeam building, and Somerset Apartments. completed the top slabs (pictured) on May 16, 2008. The new A DAROtopp® floor takes a lot of extra coordination Terminal will allow Charlottetown to almost double its port and each load of concrete requires at least 1 hour of prepa- space for cruise ships. ration before going to the site. First, the truck has the A large and complex job, the Charlottetown Marine appropriate water added at the Strescon batch plant, then it Terminal project consisted of five (5) individual slip formed proceeds to the staging area where a boom truck adds the cribs with cells, each of which being 36 m long x 14m wide x correct amount of special cement powder. The truck then 15m deep. Each crib required 1,700m3 of concrete, over three returns to the batch plant to get the special aggregates added concrete pours during a limited time of seven days. The to it and get tested at the Strescon lab, before it can proceed base(260m3) was placed the first day, followed by the next to the jobsite where it is pumped into the building with a 3.5m (360m3) high section a day later (24 hour continuous). small grout pump. The poured flooring is then quickly and This was followed by the next 11.5m height (1,080m3) being easily placed by workers. placed over the next three days (72 hour continuous). Both pours for Woodhollow Park were completed in In total, this 20-month project consisted of 10,000m3 of under 6 hours, and consisted of 40 cubic meters of concrete 35MPA concrete supplied, over 500 concrete pumping hours. each.

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INSTITUTIONAL Sobeys Fairville Blvd, Saint RNS Dining Hall, Rothesay, NB; John, NB; Bird Const. Inc. – 39 Acadian Const. Ltd. – 32 Tons of Tons of rebar, 9500 SF of mesh. rebar, 21800 SF of mesh. INDUSTRIAL Clement Cormier School Firewater Phase 6 Road Renovations, Bouctouche, NB; Crossings, IOR, Saint John, NB; Foulem Const. – 25 Tons of rebar. Gulf Operators Ltd. - 45 Tons rebar. UPEI Athletics Facility, Sitewide Foundations, Potash Charlottetown, PEI; Fitzgerald & Mine, Penobsquis, NB; Opron Snow - 58 Tons rebar, 25200 SF Maritimes – 494 Tons of rebar. mesh Bark Boiler Foundation, Boys & Girls Club Arena, Deersdale Sawmill, NB; Cook Grand Manan, NB; Fitzgerald & Const. – 62 Tons of rebar. Snow – 55 Tons of rebar, 21200 Filtered Containment Building, SF of mesh. Pt. Lepreau Nuclear Power Project North Side Fire Station, Station, NB; Opron Maritimes – : York Locati Man on: Fred or Pha Fredericton, NB; Simpson Const. – 22 Tons of rebar. Com ericton se 2 pany S , NB Addit upplied ion 67 Tons of rebar, 5300 SF of : 722 T Service Shaft Foundation, ons Reb mesh. ar

Potash Mine, Penobsquis, NB; . .

Shannex Nursing Homes, Cementation Canada - 304 Tons - .

Quispamsis, NB; Maxim 2000 rebar s Inc. – 300 Tons rebar, 125800 SF t Midland Terminal Addition, mesh o Dieppe, NB; Acadian Const. – 50 h Shannex Nursing Homes, Tons of rebar, 30900 SF of mesh. s Fredericton, NB; Maxim 2000 Inc. Hoist House Foundations, p – 300 Tons rebar, 125800 SF

Potash Mine, Penobsquis, NB; a mesh. Cementation Canada – 123 Tons n Shannex Nursing Homes , of rebar. S

Riverview, NB; Maxim 2000 Inc –

WHARVES & BRIDGES 34 Tons rebar, 112000 SF mesh. Cains River Bridge Deck r

2nd Training Quarters, CFB Replacement, Doaktown, NB; a

Gagetown, NB; Maxim 2000 Vail Civil Contractors Ltd – 25 Tons b Project: McKay Highway Interchange Inc. – 316 Tons of rebar, 18900 of rebar. e SF of mesh. Location: Saint John, NB Mitchell Brook & Passekeag R Company Supplied: 40 Tons rebar, 600 couplers York Manor Phase 2 Addition, Creek Culvert Linings, Fredericton, NB; Springhill Const. Hampton, NB; Atlantic – 722 Tons of rebar. Underground Services Ltd. – 49 Saint John Transit Operations Tons of rebar. Center, Saint John, NB; Marco North River Bridge Deck Maritimes – 204 tons of rebar, Replacement, Charlottetown, PEI; 144800 SF of mesh. Highfield Const. - 34 Tons rebar. COMMERCIAL Montrose Bridge, Alberton, PEI; Rothesay Place Addition, Saint Highfield Const. – 29 Tons rebar John, NB; Simpson Const. Ltd. – McKay Highway Interchange 23 Tons rebar, 28800 SF mesh. Deck Replacement, Saint John, Kempe Building, Bermuda; BCM NB; Wilcraft Cont. – 40 Tons rebar, McAlpine – 165 Tons of rebar, 600 mechanical rebar couplers. 73900 SF of mesh. - Contributed by Greg Tims, OSCO Rebar Project: NTI Building Location: Saint John, NB OSCO Rebar Company Supplied: 69 000 sqft mesh & 107 Tons Rebar 24 CONNECTIONS • Fall 2008 what we do

CARIBOU WIND FARM, LIFTING PLATES FOR 33 embedded ring plates for PRECAST BRIDGE windmill turbine bases, GIRDERS, Bedford, NS & Bathurst, NB, Suez Energy Saint John, NB, Strescon, Generation, 51 tons of plate. 23.3 tons of plate. ROCKY, BEAVER TAIL GEARY BRIDGE REPAIRS, AND NORTH BRANCH Geary, NB, NB DOT District BROOK BRIDGES, Ashland # 5, 12.2 tons of struct. steel. Maine, USA, J.D. Irving Ltd, 110.2 tons of struct. steel. DURHAM BRIDGE, Durham, NB, NB DOT BRUNSWICK PIPE LINE District # 5, 1.4 tons of PLATFORMS, Saint John, struct. steel. NB, Black & McDonald, 6.4 tons of misc. steel. TRAIL BRIDGE, Musquash, CN RAIL BRIDGE COMPONENTS NB, Musquash ATV Club, 1.1 Although York Steel had the pleasure of fabricating COLD SPLASH tons of struct. steel. bridge components for CN Rail for a number of years in PROTECTION SYSTEM, CAMBERING 74 BEAMS, the past, we hadn’t done so in a few years. We are CANAPORT LNG Fredericton, NB, Dynex pleased to report that as of last December, we were PROJECT, Saint John, NB, back fabricating bridge components under the yearly Manufacturing, 45.3 tons of Kiewit-Weeks-Sandwell, 7.0 struct. steel. contract awarded late November of 2007. tons of misc. steel. We currently deliver throughout New Brunswick, WHEELABRATING & Nova Scotia and a portion of Quebec. The picture above BERLIN PRISON PRIMING 97 BEAMS, shows some samples of bolted angles and plates EMBEDDED HARDWARE, Fredericton, NB, L&A required to repair the bridges. Our burning table, angle- Saint John, NB, Strescon, MetalWorks, 60.8 tons of master, duplicator and TDK are kept busy producing 24.0 tons of plate & rebar. struct. steel. most of the work. By the end of 2008, we will have pro- duced approximately 90 tons of angles and plate work 23 GALVANIZED HOUSE BEAMS, various for this project. CROSSARMS, Fredericton, locations in New Brunswick, NB, NB Power, 3.5 tons of Kent Bldg Supplies & General ASSORTED PROJECTS: struct. steel. Contractors, 12.6 tons of struct. steel. PICCADILLY MINE PROJECT, •2950 pile cap plates, Sussex, NB, Irving Equipment, 82 tons of plate. •anchor bolts & embed's for Service Shaft, Sussex, NB, FCC Engineering, 8.5 tons of misc. steel.

- Contributed by Chris Banks, York Misc Metals

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The annual Employee Recognition Kilpatrick, Melanie Melanson, James Wright, Candace Galbraith, Nancy Dinner was held this year on Friday May Milton, Audrey Perry, and Todd Sansom. Maynard, and Stacey Galbraith for their 23rd. Over 160 employees came out to 10 YEAR SERVICE PIN RECIPIENTS: work to positively represent the company at enjoy this event, which was held at the Delta company sponsored and community events. Jason Baxter, Juliana Wright, Serge Hotel Ballroom in Saint John. We are Boudreau, Anna Cannon, Clint Graham, PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS extremely grateful to Bernie Blakely who Peter Horwood, Aaron Johnson, Andrew Employees recognized for their professional did everything possible to make it back MacKenzie, Brad Miller, Robert Murphy, achievements in the past year were Sajjadul from New York on time to do a fantastic job Daryl Ross, Ben Smith, and Glen Wright. Haque (P.Eng. in Maine), Simon Li (P.Eng. as our Master of Ceremonies once again. in Maine), Amy Ames Slipp (Prof. After we respectfully honoured former 15 YEAR SERVICE PIN RECIPIENTS: Technologist -NBSCETT), and Elaine Yeo employees who have passed away in the Thom Cormier, Candace Galbraith, and (P.Eng -APENGB). Each received an Empire past year in a moment of silence, we turned Chris Greer. Theatre Gift Certificate. to honouring Employees with significant 20 YEAR SERVICE PIN RECIPIENTS: This year's dinner featured a fun twist Years of Service by presenting them with Rene Belanger, Gary Fillmore, Joseph to traditional door prize draws. We host- Service Pins. Retirees who were present Legault, Ulrike Long, and Greg Osmon. (Herman Morin and George Paisley) were ed OSCO's own version of a current presented with a $500 Gift Card and the 30 YEAR SERVICE PIN RECIPIENT: popular television game show, Deal or No winners were announced for our Peer Bruce Durley Deal. Thank you to our excellent host, Nominated and Management Nominated CORPORATE CITIZENS Steve Adams who did a great job! Our Angela Hickie, Categories. Congratulations to all of our All Peer-Nominated Corporate Citizens were three contestants, Gaetan Vaillancourt Rene award recipients! presented with an Empire Theatres Gift and Belanger 5 YEAR SERVICE PIN RECIPIENTS: Certificate. This year, we recognized Greg were great sports about being put on display on stage and in the end, Richard Babcock, Richard Cleveland, Osmon, John Yeo, Nancy Jones, Debbie Angela Hickie walked away with the first Michael Hillis , Jason Isnor, Nicholas Flewelling, Christine Martin, Juliana Honouring Our Valued Employees at the 2008 OSCORS

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cash deal of the evening of $350.00 and the intense briefcase elimination process that ensued between Gaetan and Rene was price- less entertainment and in the end Gaetan discovered he won the $10.00 Cash Prize, and Rene made off with the $1000.00 Cash Prize. John Irving and Hans O. Klohn offered cash prize after cash prize to Gaetan and Rene but both were totally convinced their briefcase held the Grand Prize of $1000.00!! We were fortunate to have the employees children involved in the fun by acting as our briefcase models. Thanks to Heather Fox, Debbie Keyes, Nancy Jones, Gaetan Vaillancourt, Katherine Antworth, Stewart Totten, Melissa Condly, Linda Edison and Tracy James for providing us with their children and friends, and getting them to rehearsal. We hope all who attended enjoyed them- selves and great thanks to the employees who participated in our Focus Group, in which we explored what improvements could be made to the Employee Recognition Dinner this year. - contributed by Vivian Chaisson, OSCO Group Services mployees at the 2008 OSCORS Peer-Nominated Management-Nominated CUSTOMER FOCUS: GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT: LEADERSHIP: Nancy Maynard (Construction) Dan Fox (Construction) Joe McDevitt (Construction) Greg Tims (Steel) Debbie Flewelling (Steel) Joel Harris (Steel) Dave Kierstead (Concrete) Dave Dunnett (Concrete) Gary Fillmore (Concrete) Neva Murray (Corporate) Ron Margeson (Corporate) Teena Thampan (Corporate) ABOVE & BEYOND: OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE: PROCESS IMPROVEMENT: Dan Fox (Construction) Ron Rathje (Construction) Heather Wilen (Construction) Ann Eagles (Steel) Brian McLaughlin (Steel) Andrew Rodgers (Steel) Rebecca Patterson (Concrete) Chris Greer (Concrete) Andrew Levatte (Concrete) Neva Murray (Corporate) Brian Maxwell (Corporate) Céline Yarnall (Corporate)

Survey Results Safety SMALL PLANT OVERALL: Schurman Summerside MOST IMPROVED FIELD SAFETY: Corporate: HR Department EXCEPTIONAL Ocean Steel Rebar PERFORMANCE: Construction: Civil Site LARGE PLANT OVERALL: Concrete: SJ Engineering Strescon NS in recognition of working 5 YEARS without Steel: Steel Detailing York Steel a lost-time accident. OVERALL: HR Department CONNECTIONS • Fall 2008 27 how we do it

- contributed by Gary Cyr, Ocean Steel - SJ

OSCO-SJ Shop Part 43 of 4: PROFILEPROFILE ??Painting and Shipping

Lee Richard

Vince Davis Devon Craft Carmen & Peter

In the past three issues of Connections, we followed the vari- shipping yard. ous stages of steel fabrication as it progressed though the shop, In the yard our shipping crew: Carmen Kelly, Billy from 1) The Receiving Yard & Line Machines; to 2) Detail O’Hearon, Lee Richard and Peter Mitchell, unload the bug- Machines & Fitters; to 3) Cranes, Welding & Quality Control. For gies and sort the material by job and sequence in preparation for this fourth and final section we will look at the Painting & Shipping loading and shipping to site. of material. A pick list is produced and given to a loading crew for load- Once the material is in the paint shop, Vince Davis our ing, where Shipping Foreman, Gary Cyr ensures that the proper painter with 30 years in the plant, and Devon Craft spread out material is being loaded, and it is being loaded according to the and blow down the steel in preparation for paint application. The Department of Transportation laws. If the load is going to the material is then inspected for any loose debris. Vince verifies by United States, custom papers are made for the driver to clear cus- project number what coating system is to be applied and carries toms. on with the painting as specified. Once the material has been This concludes the 4-part profile on Ocean Steel’s Saint John painted and cured, the material is placed on buggies to go to the shop and its employees.

Strescon held the 19th annual Strescon Plant Challenge at the Memramcook Golf Club on 4-Man Team Division Winners: Saturday - June 28, 2008. There were 80 partici- Brad Johnson, Jamie Patterson, Danny pants and two divisions. O'Brien & Norman Goodin (Low Score of 69) 2-MAN TEAM DIVISION WINNERS: Closet to the pin: Corey Merzzetti (SJ Plant) Wayne Gaudet & Ken O'Donnell (Low Score: 70) Longest Drive: Eric Gauthier (SJ Plant) Steve MacDonald & Paul Benoit (Score differ- The Bedford Plant regained the trophy by 28 CONNECTIONS • Fall 2008 ential winners) winning 2 more matches during the challenge. how we do it Training Future Detailers Each year, the OSCO Construction Group supports higher education through its Bursary Program for OSCO partners with local high schools so employees’ children. Congratulations to this year’s win- ners: Trisha Arseneau, daughter of Terry Arseneau students can explore careers in drafting (OSCO-SJ) pictured below left with Vivian Chaisson, HR; and Courtney Gallant, daughter of Frank Gallant The OSCO Construction Group is partnering with educators from Saint (OSCO-SJ), below right with Vivian Chaisson, HR. John high schools in District 8 to bring new, state-of-the-art software to stu- Trisha is in her 2nd year of Dental Hygiene at dents and promote careers in the field of computer-animated drafting. Toronto’s Oxford College of Arts Business & Technology, “We were seeing a real need to recruit young people and show them while Courtney is starting her 2nd year at the Nova the kind of interesting, technical work that we do,” says Lisa Frazee, Scotia Community College–Kentville Campus taking Engineering Drawing Manager at Ocean Steel, part of the OSCO Funeral and Allied Health Sciences. Construction Group. “We recognized the opportunity to create a win-win We thank all those who applied and wish the situation by partnering with local high schools. We can provide educators remaining draw entrants a very successful school year. with the training they require to operate one of the more advanced drafting software tools available, so they can expose students to our field and its many opportunities.” Frazee, along with colleagues from Strescon, also part of OSCO, met with teachers and staff to understand what tools are currently being used in high schools and to identify ways to collaborate to bring innovative software to the classroom. “The teachers told us that students were often frustrated in their AutoCAD (computer aided drafting) courses because of old systems and slow processes,” explains Frazee. “We offered to help by donating our time to train teachers on SDS/2, the state-of-the-art software that we use every- day to create 3D drawings.” Over the summer, OSCO worked with District 8 to acquire the indus- try-leading software, which is free to schools, and to demonstrate its use to Congratulations to Laura teachers. The training highlighted applications for the program, which can Foss, winner of the 2008 be used for work with steel, wood, or concrete. OSCO also began planning $1500 Greenslade bur- an on-site training session for all AutoCAD teachers, which was held at sary. Strescon is honoured OSCO’s facility in October. to be the primary donor “Once training is complete and the software is made available in all to an educational bursary four high schools in District 8, students will have the opportunity to take in memory of Private their interest in drafting to the next level,” says Henrietta Burns, Learning David Robert Greenslade Specialist for District 8. of the Royal Canadian “This software is a fantastic resource for students,” adds Burns. “After Regiment (2RCR) who more than 30 years in education, I’ve learned that innovative programs like died on active duty with this often introduce young people to their future career. This software defi- the Canadian Armed nitely has the potential to do that as it allows us to add to the menu of Forces in Afghanistan on courses that students can choose from.” Greenslade Easter Sunday, April 8, Showing teens the career potential of 3-D drafting while they’re still in 2007. David was the son high school is something that Kelly Lanigan, HR Recruiter with OSCO, is Bursary Winner of Donald Greenslade certainly interested in. “Currently, there is no secondary-level training avail- (Strescon-SJ) and his able for people who are interested in working as a drafting detailer,” for 2008 wife, Laurie. explains Lanigan. “Now, we will have the chance to recruit students for co- op terms and some may even continue to work with our company after graduation.” CONNECTIONS • Fall 2008 29 how we do it Safeguarding our Systems

- contributed by Nick Hatt, OSCO Group Services

Recently we decided to take advantage of Strescon's new Head-Quarters and install a safe for off-site storage of our systems backup tapes. In the event of a fire, the "Fire-King" safe will maintain the necessary temperature and humidity levels for up to 3 hours. A robotic library (capable of loading and unloading backup tapes automatically) is located in OSCO's server room. A Full backup of all Data from our servers is written to these Backup Tapes every weekend. A Differential backup (just the changes since the Full Backup) is written to backup tape every night. Every morning, tapes are taken from the robotic library, and couriered to Strescon's H.Q., where they are stored in the safe. Tapes are stored and organized on shelves within the safe, based on bar-code ID's, making the task of sorting through these tapes very easy. At the end of an average week, the new safe would see about 10TB (TeraBytes) worth of data in the form of LTO3 tapes. That's a whopping 10,000 GigaBytes of data!

Strescon Renovation Update New Rebar Fab Shop - SJ This past summer, Strescon completed the instal- lation of a new rebar and wire mesh shop in the old pipe plant building. This update allows Strescon to cut and bend all of their own rebar - a type of steel that is commonly used as a frame for concrete prod- ucts. By manufacturing their own rebar, Strescon is Moncton Ready-Mix able to improve productivity and reduce material cost. Being able to bend mesh with the new mesh bender, also reduces the amount of rebar required Strescon’s Moncton Ready-Mix plant is removed and rebuilt with new appliances for each job. The new rebar shears and the availabili- currently wrapping up renovations to and amenities. The internal wooden walk- ty of 3 cranes, allow Strescon to handle and process improve both safety, and employee comfort. ways were replaced, while the office has the rebar more efficiently. The first step was removing the old received new wall board, and windows. The new Facility consists of 2 rebar benders, a attached garage and tearing down the hop- The exterior of the plant will also be rebar shear, 2 indoor cranes, 1 outdoor crane, a per shed. A new steel garage was erected in given a facelift, with new siding once the mesh bender, 3 welding stations, a drill press and a 2007 and Strescon poured the floor of that renovations to the inside are complete. small hack saw and plate angle sheer and punch. garage in June 2008. The new building is The extensive improvements to Strescon’s new shop helps ensure the quality and now being used to house the concrete Strescon Moncton have proceeded over the swift availability of their products to their customers. pump and for maintenence of equipment. course of the year without any negative Inside the plant, the employee lunch impact on production. Moncton looks for-

30 CONNECTIONS • Fall 20082006 room and washroom were completely ward to the projects completion. how we do it

Congratulations to OSCO Corp! Ocean Steel’s Conklin Steel Fabrication plant has celebrated twenty-four months and over 200,000 hours worked lost time accident-free.

“QuickWater®” Heating Strescon's precast/prestressed con- e crete products require concrete at specified temperatures. To achieve these temperatures, especially in winter, close to 30 gallons of hot water must be used per cubic yard of concrete. Previously at the Bedford plant, this hot water was created by a boiler. Boiler systems are only about 60% efficient and take a lot of time and fuel to heat up batching water. They also have to be active 24/7, so standby losses are significant. The QuickWater® heating system only takes moments to activate, keeping “on demand” hot water in its tank for our use. At 2.5 million BTU, it can produce 34 gallons per minute of New Cement Silo for SJ 180 degree Fahrenheit water. This sys- In order to increase efficiency and carry tem uses much less energy than a boiler, larger cement inventories, Strescon has and doesn't need to be kept on all the recently installed a 200 ton cement silo for time. (pictured at right) use by both precast and readymix divisions. Strescon-Bedford installed the sys- The new silo will greatly reduce truck wait- tem on February 19, 2008 and it has ing times during cement powder deliveries. processed over 163, 000 gallons of hot The 60-foot high, 11-foot diameter silo was water so far. up and running this past November. CONNECTIONS • Fall 2008 31 who we are

We had a wonderful Company Picnic this year. The rain held off until the last 15 minutes. Our Picnic was held this year on August 9th and we had a great turnout despite the threatening clouds! Each year, employees and their families come out to Oak Point Kiwanis Park to enjoy great food while the children play games and collect prizes. Lots of changes were implemented this year to try to improve the picnic quality and everyone’s patience with the lineups and new game and prize formats was much appreciated. This year saw the addi- tion of a midway Scrambler Ride, which the young and old seemed to enjoy. Picnic-goers were also treated to Cotton Candy and popcorn. The children enjoyed the Inflatable Bouncers and the Teddy Bear Picnic zone. A huge thanks to all of the volunteers who assisted us in ensuring this year’s picnic was a success!

32 CONNECTIONS • Fall 2008 who we are Best of Luck to our Retirees!! The OSCO GEORGE GRASS ALLYRE MALLEY Construction Group George loved working as a Machine Operator Allyre started out as a Labourer at would like to take this for Strescon in Bedford; he held that same Strescon in Saint John and although he position until his retirement in April 2008. had done some steel setting work in the opportunity to sincerely When asked what part he liked the most about past, he was a labourer for most of his thank our retirees from his job, George said “the employees”, whom career, remaining in that position until he the past year, for their he enjoyed working with very much. The retired this past January 2008. Allyre is many years of biggest change he experienced with the com- now keeping himself busy doing work pany was the computerization of most around the house, he is currently working dedication and service. functions, which he felt took awhile to get used on building a shed. He has two grown We wish them a happy, to. Since he retired, George has been doing children and two grand-children, whom healthy retirement, full work around the house and spending time he enjoys spending time with. with his children and grand-children. of blue skies. OSCO Groupies Raise $10,000 for Rally of Hope

This year’s Rally of Hope raised money for new Brachytherapy equip- Local business pledged $2 for every lap of the course walked, per team ment to help treat prostate cancer, which is the number one cancer killer member. The Groupies earned $120.00 by walking 60 laps. for men in Canada. In keeping with the theme, this year’s participants were Overall, the Rally of Hope was a huge success, raising over $652,000 given boxer shorts instead of tshirts. in total; well above their goal of $500,000. With your help and support, The Rally of Hope Survivor Challenge pitted colored teams, identified the OSCO Groupies Team reached its goal to raise a total of $10,126.04. by their bright colored boxers, in a variety of challenges to gain points. It has recently been announced that next year’s Rally of Hope will be The OSCO Groupies were on the red team this year, along with Chandler the last. Foundation executive director, Tim Cameron has announced the Sales, and Source Atlantic. Although we were unfortunately eliminated dur- rally's last goal of $1.5 million to renovate and buy new equipment for the ing the second round of the competition, we did win the basketball pick neonatal intensive care unit. It will be the event's 24th year. up tournament. The event, which began in 1985 as the Labatt 24-hour relay, has The Walking Challenge also took place for teams that either did not raised more than $14 million for various projects over the years. want to participate in Survivor, or were eliminated from the competition.

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returned to the donor. Each donated unit of The Gift Gorden Macquarrie (below left) has donated a full unit of blood 61 times and has blood can save up to been donating plasma every week since That Keeps January of 2001. So far, he has donated over three lives so together 256 units of plasma. Gordon Haines (below Gordon and Gorden have on Giving right) has donated blood 71 times and has been donating plasma every second week potentially saved over 396 since December of 2000, for a total of 199 - Contributed by Vanessa Klohn, units. Each donated unit of blood can save lives with their blood, OSCO Group Services up to three lives so together Gordon and and 455 lives with the Ocean Steel shop employees Gordon Gorden have potentially saved over 396 lives Haines and Gorden MacQuarrie have with their blood, and 455 lives with the donation of their plasma. been avid blood donors since the early donation of their plasma. “It really feels 1970s. Both men began giving blood when good helping people, and their high schools had blood drives and have doing the ‘Good Samaritan’ been what they call “lifers” ever since. A unit thing,” say Gorden. Both of blood can be extracted in 1 hour from are proud to take a little arrival to departure and can be given every time out of their week to 56 days. There is another process of blood help out people who really donation called plasma donation which need it. Gorden and takes an extra hour but can be done as often Gordon also said “that the as every week. For a plasma donation blood blood donation process is is taken from the donor as usual and placed quick and relatively pain- immediately into a centrifuge where the plas- less”, and they encourage ma is extracted. The leftover blood is then everyone to give.

- Contributed by Vivian Chaisson, OSCO Group Services

The 2008 OSCO Golf Tournament took place on Saturday September 13th at the SussexSussex GolfGolf andand CurlingCurling ClubClub underunder overcastovercast skiesskies butbut nono rainrain atat least!least! 9393 employeesemployees headedheaded outout toto thethe beautifulbeautiful 1818 holehole coursecourse forfor aa shotgunshotgun startstart atat 11 pm – some were expert golfers, some were novice golfers, and some just wanted toto gogo forfor aa funfun dayday.. ThereThere werewere aa fewfew interestinginteresting spectatorsspectators onon handhand –– roamingroaming deer and two moose were spotted cheering on the players. All in all, it was a funfun dayday withwith thethe playersplayers onon thethe coursecourse forfor aboutabout 55 hours.hours. When everyone returned to the Club, we enjoyed an awesome BBQ Chicken Dinner Buffet, and the following winners were announced: Men’s Longest Drive: Mike King,, MensMens ClosestClosest toto thethe Pin:Pin: JoeJoe McDevittMcDevitt,, Ladies’Ladies’ LongestLongest Drive:Drive: Monique WalshWalsh,, Ladies’Ladies’ ClosestClosest toto thethe Pin:Pin: Shauna Miller.. TheThe groupgroup withwith thethe lowestlowest scorescore forfor thethe tournamenttournament winwin waswas Chris Greer,, Derek Huskins,, Brad JohnsonJohnson,, andand Gaetan Vaillancourt.. TTicketsickets werewere drawndrawn soso thatthat everyoneeveryone wentwent home with a prize. The main door prizes are valued at approximately $200 or more and were awarded as follows: Chris Banks (T(Trolleyrolley JackJack andand $50$50 CanadianCanadian Tire Gift Certificate), Randy Gallant ($50.00($50.00 SourceSource ForFor SportsSports GiftGift Card,Card, andand anan IPODIPOD Shuffle),Shuffle), Chris Greer ($50.00($50.00 SourceSource forfor SportsSports GiftGift CardCard andand anan IPODIPOD Shuffle),Shuffle), JodyJody HunterHunter (IPOD(IPOD Nano),Nano), David Moore (Dual(Dual ScreenScreen PortablePortable DVDDVD Player), Rick WWillistonilliston (Digital(Digital PhotoPhoto Frame),Frame), Dave Mahaffy (GPS(GPS NavigationNavigation System).System). ThanksThanks toto everyoneeveryone forfor bravingbraving thethe cloudsclouds andand forfor participatingparticipating inin thisthis greatgreat event,event, andand specialspecial thanksthanks toto allall thethe volunteersvolunteers whowho helpedhelped putput itit together.together. Group Golf ‘08

34 CONNECTIONS • Fall 2008 FRESH FACES who we are Ocean Steel - Saint John congratulations! David Lang (Transfer) ...... QA Manager Randy Albert ...... Detailer Family Additions recently received Certified Welding Jeff Underhill . . . . . Assistant Plant Manager Inspector status from the American Strescon - Saint John J.P. Lachance (Strescon-NS) and Welding Society. Jennifer became proud parents of their Strescon recently had a trainer from first child, 6lb-8oz daughter Ava Grace, Jim Milton (Transfer) . . Safety Coordinator Tekla provide onsite basic training at who was welcomed into the world at Andrew O'Donnell ...... Detailer the OSCO Training Center, for the lat- 3:59 a.m. on June 4th, 2008. Jeffrey Richard . . Asst Plant Superintendent est version (v14.0) of Tekla Structures Jeff Vienneau . . . Quality Control Inspector Corey MacMichael (OSCO Group The following employees received a Services) and Heather welcomed their Ryan Crant ...... QC Inspector Certificate of Completion: second daughter on Oct 10. She was 7 Strescon (SJ) Detailing Department Tyson Martin ...... QC Inspector lbs 11oz. Named Miley Paige • Amy Ames-Slipp Melissa McCamon. Administrative Assistant MacMichael. • Serge Boudreau Jason Isnor ...... Detailer Ryan Snodgrass (Ocean Steel) wel- • Matthew Crowley Matthew Skerry...... QC Inspector comed his new son, 9lbs 13oz son, • Jonathan Dodge Alex Webb...... Quality Control Inspector Liam Harold on August 13th. • Angela Hickie • Jason Isnor Strescon - Bedford Clint Graham (Kennebec) & Jessica wel- comed twins on August 29th – Kate • Tim MacDonald Alex Peck...... QC Inspector Marie 6lbs 3oz and Greggor Leo • Andrew O’Donnell Nathan Smith...... Lab Technologist Melville 6lbs 4oz. • Raymond Roy Nick Kilpatrick (Kennebec) & Coeby Strescon (SJ) Engineering Department FCC Construction • Xiangning Li welcomed daughter Zaiah on July 8 @ • Sajjadul Haque Rick Williston . . . . . Civil Division Manager 6lbs 15oz. Strescon (Bedford) Sales Department Len Andrews (Ocean Steel) and Kalie, Shonda Burgess . . Administrative Assistant • Kinnon Bona Janie Dysart ...... Site Clerk welcomed son, Zachary Leonard on • Andrew LeVatte Brian Matthews ...... Project Manager August 12th. Congratulations to Design Engineer, Philippe Brideau (Ocean Steel) and his Roxanne Walsh . . . Elect Prod Coordinator Laboni Haque, P.Eng. (Strescon-SJ) wife welcomed daughter Angèle Hélène Daniel Mazerolle ...... Junior Estimator who received her professional engi- on Nov.14th. She was 7lbs, 7oz. Pam McAllister . . . Administrative Assistant neering license (P.Eng) of New Paul O'Leary ...... Site Superintendent Weddings Brunswick on June 19, 2008. Shelley Rogers . . . . . Project Administrator Congratulations to Nick Hatt who Scott MacMichael (OSCO Group Mike Reicker...... Estimator recently received his MCTS : SQL Services) married Heather on July 12th. Robin Young . . . . . Administrative Assistant Server certification Dawne Grandy (LeGrow) OSCO Group Services (Strescon-NS) Congratulations to Karen Gatien and Troy Grandy were married on July (OSCO Group Services), who recently Tara Tam (Transfer) . . . . . Payroll Manager 11, 2008 in Nfld. passed her CMA entrance & is now proceeding through the two year CMA Amy Shanks...... Recruiter Certifications & Accreditation program. Scott MacMichael . . . . Business Analyst IT Accomplishments Congratulations to Chris Carmicheal Corey MacMichael . . . Technical Specialist (OSCO Group Services), who recently Congratulations to Teresa Blakely, who Chris Thompson . . . . Accounting Specialist obtained his CMA (Certified has made the Dean’s List at UNBSJ. Michael Hazen . Assistant Finance Manager Management Accountant) designation. Teresa is finishing off her BA Certificate Elaine Tissington ...... Paralegal Level I and has maintained a GPA Milestones Donna MacKenzie . . Accounting Specialist greater then 3.7 for the last 4 years. PAUL MCDERMOTT (Strescon-SJ) Duanne Shanks...... Safety Trainer Congratulations to Corey MacMichael celebrated 40 years of loyal (& acci- Kerry Sheppard...... Safety Coordinator (OSCO Group Services) who achieved dent-free) service on Oct. 7th. Paul his Microsoft Certified Technology graduated in 1968 from the Civil Ocean Steel - Fredericton Specialist (MCTS) Certificate . Technology program at the Saint John Amanda Murch. . Switchboard/Receptionist Congratulations to Shop Supervisor Community College and was one of Mark Moore ( Ocean Steel Corp. ) who the original members of NBSCETT. 8 Allister Mood ...... Project Manager

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