2007 Employee Recognition Awards
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Spring 2007 The biannual newsmagazine of the OSCO Construction Group 2007 Employee Recognition Awards • 77 Fourth Avenue Office & Parking Garage • Bath Ironworks • • Atlantic Wallboard Plant • Home Depot • Salter’s Gate • +more... CONNECTIONS is the biannual magazine of the OSCO Construction Group, published every Spring and Fall to share news and information cover image: with our valued customers and employees. OSCO Oscar Awards awaiting Comments and submissions are greatly appreciated and may be sent to the editor: their new owners. Tammy Legacy, c/o OSCO Construction Group 400 Chesley Drive, Saint John, NB • CANADA • E2K 5L6 2007 year marked the 5th year of our annual e-mail: [email protected] Employee Recognition Dinners. OSCO Photo by: Rod Stears Photography construction group OSCO Construction Group members include: steel OCEAN STEEL & CONSTRUCTION LTD - SJ office & plant What’s 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 53 Shaw Road, Conklin, NY • USA • 13748 Fax: (607) 723-4882 • Tel: (607) 584-7500 NEW ENGLAND SALES OFFICE Inside... 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 Fax: (506) 632-7689 • Tel: (506) 632-2600 YORK STEEL - metal service center 550 Wilsey Road • Fredericton, NB • CANADA • E3B 7K2 Fax: (506) 444-7978 • Tel: (506) 444-7989 what we do concrete Message from the President . .3 James Monroe High School . .11 STRESCON LIMITED - office & plant 101 Ashburn Road • Saint John, NB • CANADA • E2L 3W2 International Border Crossing . .4 Hershey Medical Center . .12 Fax: (506) 632-7576 • Tel: (506) 633-8877 Bath Ironworks Shipyard . .4 Dartmouth Crossing . .13 STRESCON LIMITED - office & plant 77 Fourth Avenue . .5 Irving Oil Refinery . .14 131 Duke Street • Bedford, NS • CANADA • B4A 3Z8 Fax: (902) 494-7401 • Tel: (902) 494-7400 Precast Concrete Residential . .6 Irving Oil - Loch Lomond . .15 Power Plant Scrubbers . .8 FCC Cabling Updates . .16 NEW ENGLAND SALES OFFICE pg.6 25 Burlington Mall Road, Burlington, MA • USA • 01803 808 Columbus Ave . .8 OSCO Rebar Projects . .16 Fax: (781) 221-2155 • Tel: (781) 221-2153 Home Depot . .9 Progress Snapshots . .17 STRESCON READY-MIX - plant Atlantic Wallboard . .10 Metal Service Center . .17 1212 Berry Mills Road • Moncton, NB • CANADA • E1E 4R8 Fax: (506) 856-5897 • Tel: (506) 858-7110 Bayer Corporation . .11 Miscellaneous Metals . .18 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 New Group Website . .19 Group Safety Report . .20 construction pg.20 RRSP Education . .19 FCC CONSTRUCTION - office 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- who we are DA • E2L 4S1 Fax: (506) 632-1108 • Tel: (506) 634-1144 KENNEBEC CONSTRUCTION - office New GM for OSCO-Conklin . .21 Flashback Page . .26 400 Chesley Drive • Saint John, NB • CANADA • E2K 5L6 FCC Site Administrators . .21 Fresh Faces . .27 Fax: (506) 632-1108 • Tel: (506) 632-7800 Profile: OSCO-SJ Shop . .22 Congratulations . .27 For more information on our companies, 25 Year Club . .23 Curling Bonspeil . .27 please check out website at: pg.24 Employee Recognition Dinner .24 Recognition Dinner pics Back cover www.oscoconstructiongroup.com CONNECTIONS • Spring 2007 what we do Message from the President Building Strong Leadership In this issue we have highlighted our provide ways to help our customers prioritize ...our senior manage- employee recognition awards dinner. Each what they can do so that we can perform as ment team is working year we single out employees who have made expeditiously as possible. Improvements we a special contribution to our group’s activities. have underway in our project and change hard to make our Awards are presented in both peer-nominated management processes will help us to make working environment and employer-nominated categories and it is this happen to better collaborate with our cus- one of the best in the reassuring as our organization matures to see tomers. We feel this will distinguish our group our employees develop their skills to become from others who do not have the information construction industry. future leaders. systems necessary to offer this service to the The 2006 results of our annual employee extent that we can. survey are also encouraging. When we started CAPITAL UPGRADE PROGRAM surveying employees in 2002, approximately In the meantime, our capital upgrading 70% felt that management was providing program for our Saint John precast facility is strong leadership, motivating employees on well underway. This year we will address our merit, getting employees to understand how connection hardware & steel reinforcing shop, they could contribute to our future and pro- our new maintenance shop and our in-door viding good communication. Over the five year material storage requirements. We are also period to 2006, this percentage has steadily finalizing our plans for additional office space climbed to 83%. The figures that “best-in- required to handle the growth in our staff at class” companies hope to achieve are between Strescon over the last few years. 85% and 90%. Although we are not there yet, MARKET OVERVIEW our senior management team is working hard Our construction group remains busy in to make our working environment one of the most business segments; the only exception best in the construction industry. would be the industrial mechanical division. CUSTOMER-FOCUSED INITIATIVES Although the construction markets in Canada Our group has also shown good progress and the United States are strong, the Canadian in our customer-focused initiatives; particular- dollar has also appreciated well above our ly in sales and marketing. As we all know, forecasted rate of $0.85 CDN per $1.00 US. customers are the key ingredient to any busi- This exceptionally high rate presents addition- ness which is why we have expanded our al challenges for our Saint John precast facility customer base and targeted specific market and our two Canadian structural steel plants. sectors, both by type of project and geograph- We will continue to work hard to find more ic location. At the same time, we have built cost-savings to help offset this currency more market intelligence and tracking tools to exchange as well as our freight costs which help identify good opportunities. Building have also climbed to historical highs. I am strong on-going relationships with these tar- confident with the talent and dedication we geted customers will continue to be a priority. have in our group that we will be successful in As specialists in specific areas of con- our search !! struction, we have an obligation to help our customers complete their projects on time and on budget as smoothly and cooperatively Hans O. Klohn as we can. Rather than present obstacles to President, OSCO Construction Group why things aren’t getting done, we want to CONNECTIONS • Spring 2007 3 what we do companies involved: Strescon International Border Crossing - contributed by Grant Maxwell, Strescon Precast What Strescon is Supplying: Strescon has been contracted to supply 104 concrete girders to 4 different contractors for the new International Crossing and approaches International Bridge: at St. Stephen, NB/Calais, Maine. the main crossing of the St. Croix River 40 NEBT 1800 - 140 feet long has been discussed for over 25 years and needed Presidential approval Customer: Cianbro Corp., Pittsfield, ME before construction could begin. Two Railroad Bridges: The Maine and New Brunswick Departments of Transportation will 22 - 78 foot long Box Girders split the costs for this structure, comprised of forty 140-foot long New 10 - 90 foot long Box Girders Customer: England Bulb Tees, weighing approximately 158,000 pounds each. The Fundy Construction, Calais, ME approaches include two railway overpasses on the Maine side and three Pleasant Street Overpasses highway overpasses in New Brunswick. New Canadian and American cus- 10 NEBT 1800 - 120 feet long Customer: Vail-Civil Contractors, Fred. NB toms facilities will be built in conjunction with the new International Bridge Crossing. All truck and tourist traffic will no longer need to go Church Street Overpasses directly through the downtown areas of St. Stephen and Calais. 12 NEBT 1800 - 120 feet long Customer: Redem Construction, Rusagonis NB Strescon’s beams are scheduled to be delivered in November of 2007, with bridge completions scheduled for late 2008. Jason Wile of Cleland Road Overpasses 10 NEBT 1800 - 118 feet long Strescon-Bedford is the concrete Project Manager. Customer: Redem Construction, Rusagonis NB companies involved: Ocean Steel Bath Ironworks Shipyard - contributed by Bernie Blakely, Ocean Steel Ocean Steel has been contracted by Pizzagalli Construction to supply and erect the PO2 Ultra Hall project at Bath Ironworks Shipyard in Bath, Maine. The facility is part of a $257 million US Navy contract for the DDG 1000 Zumwalt Class