Journal of Commerce by Construct Connect® MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2018 www.journalofcommerce.com VOL. 107 NO. 45 $20.82 plus GST ALERT! How can P3s keep transit In the event of a Canada Post strike, you will have access to a digital copy Vancouver CPA firm moves projects moving forward? of the Journal of Commerce: www.journalofcommerce.com/ WARREN FREY issue DIGITAL MEDIA EDITOR If you have any questions please contact our Customer Relations team into the Exchange Tower ow public-private partnerships can at 1-800-959-0502. evolve and help deliver critical transit VANCOUVER infrastructure was explored by three Smythe LLP has occupied new Htransit experts at the recent Canadian Coun- IN BRIEF office space inside the Exchange cil for Public-Private Partnerships (CCPPP) Tower in downtown Vancouver. national conference in Toronto. ATCO unveils The Exchange is a herit- Participants for the Getting On Board tiny homes for age conversion of the old Stock Next-Gen Transit panel spanned Ontario, Exchange Building and part of British Columbia and the United Kingdom veterans the restoration was to bring the and the moderator was SNC-Lavalin execu- CALGARY, ALTA. building to a LEED Platinum tive vice-president and managing director of ATCO has unveiled the standard. capital Chantal Sorel. first completed tiny homes The project was a complex While initially public-private partnerships in a village setting for veter- one, with a 31-storey office tower (P3s) were notable when they came with a ans struggling with home- formed around the original 1920s price tag of $1 billion, Sorel said, now costs lessness. structure, explained a release. of $2 to $3 billion are the average and the pro- ATCO is building the Smythe LLP will be located jects have become increasingly complex and 275-square-foot houses across three floors of the restored challenging to manage. for the Homes For Heroes Stock Exchange Building, which Infrastructure Ontario president and CEO Foundation based in Smythe managing partner Bob and CCPPP director Ehren Cory said to Calgary. Each home is Sanghera said gave his company tackle large projects his organization looks at equipped with a kitchen, a room for growth in a sustainable the size of the task but also the risk involved three-piece bathroom and a and efficient environment. while taking care not to break a large task into living room with a Murphy “We are proud of the space we smaller pieces. bed. have created for our staff and “Taking a project that has to work as a sys- There will be 18 homes clients, and feel our new office tem and breaking it into chunks with differ- grouped together in a vil- reflects the progressive, dynam- ent government agencies handling different lage to provide a commun- ic and innovative firm we have aspects is a risky proposition,” Cory said. ity and peer support struc- grown into. “By and large we try to take down the risk ture, along with a resource “We also feel good about being profile of a project. If there’s obvious things we centre and memorials to in Vancouver’s first LEED Plat- can do to take the risk down, we’ll do that up Canadian soldiers who sac- inum heritage conversion, with front,” he added. rificed their lives in Afghan- highly efficient internal regu- Transport for Greater Manchester chief istan. Each home will be lations, reduced energy costs, executive Jon Lamonte pointed to initial named for a fallen soldier. consumption and CO2 emis- consulting with the private sector as a way to JOC NEWS SERVICE sion. This building is a welcomed ensure greater harmony and manage expecta- addition to the Vancouver com- tions and cited Southern Rail’s link to Heath- munity,” Sanghera said. row Airport as an example. The Exchange is a Credit “There’s still a procurement process to go Suisse project and was built by through, but a ‘soft market testing’ is a good PCL Constructors Canada Inc. way to introduce a project before a formalized and designed by Iredale Group process,” Lamonte said. Architecture and Harry Gugger Sorel also noted while many P3 projects are Studio. SMYTHE LLP delivered on time and on budget, transit pro- Visit our website at www.joc- Vancouver CPA firm Smythe LLP is moving into three floors of the jects are frequently more challenging, and asked onl.com for more construction restored Stock Exchange Building portion of The Exchange project, the panel to explain the differences between industry news and updates. a 31-storey office tower and heritage conversion built to LEED Plati- transit and other forms of infrastructure. JOC NEWS SERVICE num standards in downtown Vancouver. “There’s no perfect answer,” Cory said. “Transit, and for that matter buildings, are all large, complex projects both in terms of con- Buildex Calgary seminar talks cannabis in the workplace struction and maintenance, and it isn’t always going to go perfectly.” PETER KENTER Clarifying those issues at a around cannabis since before the In transit’s case, construction is almost CORRESPONDENT recent Buildex Calgary session federal government rolled out their always within an established urban landscape, he legalization of recrea- entitled, Clearing the Smoke on proposed legislation for legaliza- he added, and there is a need to constantly tional cannabis in Canada Weed at Work: What Employers tion in April 2017,” says Elawny. communicate and be proactive with a large on Oct. 17 provides a set Need to Know About Cannabis “This issue has become critical number of stakeholders. Tof regulations around a once- in the Workplace, was two experts for employers, such as those in the “The level of partnering between local and illegal substance. from Field Law in Calgary: Chris- construction industry, where can- global firms is a great strength, but it also has However, legalization didn’t tin Elawny, a labour and employ- nabis use could affect the safety its growing pains,” Cory noted. make things any clearer for con- ment lawyer; and Chloe Mathiou- of workers. It requires a balance Another pinch point for P3 projects is struction workplaces who now dakis, a lawyer with cannabis between the rights of the employ- expansion once the project is built, Sorel said, need to create up-to-date drug industry expertise. ee and workplace safety.” citing the Canada Line in Vancouver. and alcohol policies. “We’ve been working on issues See EMPLOYERS, Pg. 3 See POLITICAL, Pg. 3 Canada Post Publication Mail Sales Agreement 40063367 BID CALENDAR: ALBERTA 5 • BRITISH COLUMBIA 10 • POST-BID REPORTS: VANCOUVER 19 • VANCOUVER ISLAND 20 REGIONAL B.C. 21 • SOUTHERN ALBERTA 23 • NORTHERN ALBERTA 24 • PRE-BID REPORTS 27 Page 2 Journal of Commerce Monday, November 12, 2018 Revealing the mystery of modern trades training LINDSAY LANGILL English ironmasters such as John Wilkinson were indis- family units provided greater success when knowledge was SPECIAL TO THE JOC pensable to inventors such as James Watt and Samuel Cromp- to be shared. These family units or clans were able to provide This is the first of a series of articles exploring the mystery ton. Tradespeople turned inventors’ ideas into reality and the apprentices with greater exposure. Not only did more and history behind trades training and how it has evolved over helped bring about the Industrial Revolution. opportunities present themselves but a greater number of the years to what it has become today. In connecting skilled trades workers with the inventors apprentices were put to work alongside a number of skilled — a marriage of the skilled doers and the innovative think- artisans. While the knowledge was kept in the family clan, or centuries knowledge has been passed down from ers gave rise to a system of training and apprenticeship that the dissemination of knowledge transfer was greater and one generation to another. became the backbone behind advancing a nation. influenced a wider geographical area. Whether formally or informally much of what we Apprentice training within Europe advanced through four Fknow has been learned from others. institutions and similarities can still be found today within G Trades training has relied on this method of knowledge our modern apprenticeship system. The earliest documentation indicates guilds had their dissemination for centuries. beginnings in the Roman era with merchants forming con- The Roman Empire valued the skills and high standards of T F sortiums to oversee and control business. While these col- workmanship that enabled the empire to build and conquer In the 11th century, historical documentation shows cer- lapsed after the fall of the Empire, the structure of the guild during a time when “all roads led to Rome”. tain skills, crafts and trades were part of European family was brought back in Europe during the High Middle Ages Similarly, Europe positioned itself with men and women tradition; skills typically passed down from father to son (1000 –1250 AD). of skill well in front of the Industrial Revolution by advan- and mother to daughter. Certain families had monopol- Early guilds saw European craftsmen form associations cing trades training mainly through apprenticeships. As de ies on specific trade work as “skilled families of artisans” based on their trade. Masons, carpenters, metalworkers and la Croix argued, Europe was set for a successful Industrial emerged. Towns and cities where this practice existed typ- other artisans would form separate associations where they Revolution because centuries prior skills were being taught ically had slower growth as dissemination of knowledge shared and controlled the secrets of their trade. Besides con- that saw skilled workmen mature through the system. was slow to expand outward. One risk associated with this trolling the trade knowledge, they also controlled price. The As de la Croix and other researchers have observed, with- model was if no son was born or should a single family founders of the guilds were master craftsmen who then went out the workmanship of skilled craftsmen who could turn member die before his/her time, this knowledge would die about hiring apprentices to work and learn the trade.