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                    {
                        "data": "VOLUME 9, ISSUE 2, SPRING 2018 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "CCDC-30: The new Integrated "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Project Delivery "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "contract takes design "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and construction "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "collaboration and risk "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "sharing to a new level "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "New technologies: "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "How will they redefine the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "architectural, engineering "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and construction community? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Ontario’s new Construction Act: "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "What changes on July 1 and how "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "can you prepare for the new rules? "
                    }
                ]
            },
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                "pageNumber": "2",
                "paragraph": {
                    "data": ""
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                        "data": "Editor's "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "viewpoint This issue includes stories about documentation, tech- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "nology and legislation – all related to the interplay and co- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ordination between owners, architects, engineers and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "contractors. The goals: To reduce friction, enhance co- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "operation, and ensure payments are reasonably prompt. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Documentation relates to the CCDC resources, includ- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing the new CCDC 30 for Integrated Project Delivery "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "(IPD), setting out contract rules where the design and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "construction team co-ordinate their work and share in the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "risk (and rewards for successful results). Technological "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "changes have the potential to truly disrupt the AEC indus- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "try and shatter long-standing business norms. Finally, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "while specific to Ontario, the new provincial Construction "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Act has become the model for impending federal legisla- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion, and several other provinces are developing their "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "own prompt payment and adjudication systems based on "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the new Ontario rules. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "These are exciting times for the AEC industry, and I ex- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "pect the rewards will be immense if you embrace the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "changes (and you may run into problems if you stick your "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "head in the sand and refuse to adapt or implement new "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "business practices and technologies.) "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "As always, I welcome your observations and an- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "nouncements. You can reach me at "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "buckshon@cadcr.com. Now available: "
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                    {
                        "data": "PDF  Page-FliPPiNg techNology just like "
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                    {
                        "data": "the DocumeNt you are reaDiNg Now... "
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                    {
                        "data": "Spring 2018 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Table of Contents "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "CCDC-30: The new Integrated Project Delivery contract takes design "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and construction collaboration and risk sharing to a new level . 5 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "New technologies: "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "How will they redefine the architectural, engineering "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and construction community? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Federal government stops Chinese takeover of Aecon: "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "CCA applauds decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Ontario’s new Construction Act: "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "What changes on July 1 and how can you prepare "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "for the new rules? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "SPECIAL FEATURES: "
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                    {
                        "data": "TOP 10 AEC LEADERS IN B.C. AND ALBERTA "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Kays Road Contracting serves civil and residential projects "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "within B.C.’s West Kootenay region "
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                    {
                        "data": "15 Tiffany Whitnack at NORR incorporates collaborative approaches "
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                    {
                        "data": "to achieve design success for large and complex projects . . . . . 16 "
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                    {
                        "data": "Lori Haywood-Farmer breaks the barriers in carpentry "
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                        "data": "at Timeless Developments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 "
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                        "data": "ALBERTA’S TOP 10 OPEN SHOP CONTRACTORS "
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                        "data": "see the oNliNe versioN For a samPle. "
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                        "data": "ICBA leads fight for more construction and responsible "
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                        "data": "resource development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 "
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                        "data": "CANADA’S TOP 10 CONCRETE FLOOR "
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                        "data": "INDUSTRY LEADERS "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Frank Guida — Tri-Con Concrete Finishing Ltd.: "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Leading in the ICI concrete finishing world, with award-winning "
                    },
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                        "data": "CCDC-30: "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The new Integrated Project Delivery "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "contract takes design and construction "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "collaboration and risk sharing to a new level "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Geza Banfai discusses CCDC 30 at an Ottawa workshop. "
                    },
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                        "data": "Canadian Design and Construction Report staff writer "
                    },
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                        "data": "The Canadian Construction Documents Committee "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "(CCDC) has introduced a new standard form contract for "
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                    {
                        "data": "Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) – reflecting the current "
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                    {
                        "data": "trend towards projects where design and construction "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "are collaborative, with shared risk and opportunities for "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "profit if things go right, and penalties and risk-limiting "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "controls if they go wrong. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "CCDC chair Mark Mulholland, vice-president project "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "delivery services operations at BGIS, and construction "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "lawyer Geza Banfai from McMillan LP, outlined the con- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "cepts behind the new CCDC 30 contract and explained "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "how it compares to other construction contract models at "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "a May 4 workshop in Ottawa, one of several held across "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the country. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“CCDC 30 reads like nothing you are really used to,” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Mulholland said. “It’s intensely collaborative. If you can’t "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "play nicely in the sandbox, there are mechanisms to have "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "you thrown out. The risk pool to my mind is the element "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of the contractual arrangements that give it its power.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Success is very clear because the parties spend a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "great degree of time on mutually agreeing upon the price, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "scope, schedule, and quality. “When you achieve suc- "
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                    {
                        "data": "cess, you get your risk pool,” he said. If the project goes "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "above budget, and the final cost burns into the contingen- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "cies, pre-identified by mutual agreement, “then you are "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "into the risk pool and the owner is now spending your "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "profit.” However, if the project is way off budget, “the owner "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "continues to pay the costs if they are above the risk pool "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and contingencies.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“Owners like it, because the risk of costs increasing "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "above the top line is closely and collaboratively man- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "aged,” Banfai said. “Contractors like it, because at least "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "they are going to (recover) their costs. In the worst case "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "scenario, they aren’t going to get a profit but they are "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "going to get their costs.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Of course, the process requires quite a bit of co-ordi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "nation and planning, since the key players including the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "owner, design consultants, general contractor, and key "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "subtrades need to participate as a team from the start, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "even as they compete for the contract, which will be for a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "building for which there is not yet a design. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“On day one, when CCDC 30 is signed, as of this date, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "there is no project yet,” Banfai said. “There may be a bud- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "get but it’s just a thumbnail. There’s no scope, there’s no "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "design, even all of the parties may not be confirmed. At "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "this point, the project is a gleam in the owner’s eye.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The first stage, Banfai said, is the “validation phase”. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The Canadian Design and Construction Report — Spring 2018 – 5 "
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                        "data": "“This can extend for a number of months, when a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "whole bunch of things happen. Owners, and design and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "construction teams meet intensively to take this gleam in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the owner’s eye and turn it into something that will be "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "sufficient to allow a go/no go decision.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "During this time, the team coalesces psychologically, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "with a project management team, senior management "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "team and project implementation teams. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“At this stage, the design is worked up to a point, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "where a base target cost can be comfortably deter- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "mined,” Banfai said. “The site investigations are done, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "usual due diligence along the way is done, all under the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "management of the project team.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Participants conduct meetings where the expected "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "profits are identified and tabled in an open-book way so "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "as to establish a Risk Pool, and risk allocation percent- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ages are determined. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Then a “validation report” is produced, which “essen- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tially is the business case for the project.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "If the business case cannot be met,the owner has the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "option of terminating the contract, paying the design and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "construction team for their costs but not their profit. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“The profit of the construction and design team mem- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "bers is at risk from day one.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "If the project is a “go”, then the design and procure- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ment phase commences, overlapping slightly with the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "construction phase which follows. During design and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "procurement, the design is refined taking constructability "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and value engineering into account and looking for ways "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to “tweak the design so as to bring greater value to the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "owner for the dollars committed and/or savings, and at "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the conclusion of which you come up with a final target "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "cost.” “This number is the one that really matters for risk "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "pool distribution purposes,” Banfai said. “The idea is that "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "during the design and procurement phase, the parties "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "seek to find innovations and savings.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Typically, this work is done collaboratively in a “big "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "room” -- with desks, computers, blueprint machines, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "cork-boards and whiteboards on the walls and sticky "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "colour coded notes. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The concept is new and the speakers acknowledged "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "that while it is “taking off slowly in Canada, more and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "more (IPD projects) are coming on line.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“I don’t want to suggest this is for everybody,” Banfai "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "said. “It starts with an owner who gets it.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Earlier in the session, lawyer Banfai said he believes "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the most important quality for project success or failure "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "are the individuals running the job. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“It’s amazing how just one person – the wrong person "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "– can completely screw up a project,” Banfai said. “Multi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "million dollars worth of failure, can happen because of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "one sociopath.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Banfai said it is important to get these troublesome "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "people out of the job as soon as possible. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“Sometimes it is really hard, especially if the individual "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "is at the top of the food chain,” he said. “That is a real "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "problem. The only effective way is that you have to re- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "move this person from the project one way or another.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“If the problem is at the project management level, it "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "helps if the senior management and the members of the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "project team have a strong relationship and strong social "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "trust, so that they can have these candid conversations "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "about “Frank” and have the troublemaker removed.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Fortunately, these issues would become apparent and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "be resolved early in true IDP projects, where CCDC-30 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "would be used. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "www.threadsoflife.ca 6 – Spring 2018 — The Canadian Design and Construction Report "
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "7",
                "paragraph": {
                    "data": "The Canadian Design and Construction Report — Spring 2018 – 7 "
                }
            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "8",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "New technologies: "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "How will they redefine the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "architectural, engineering "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and construction community? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Mark Buckshon, Canadian Design and Construction Report "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Is the Canadian design and construction industry "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "about to experience a radical, transformative and critical "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "technological revolution? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The answer, according to some industry leaders, is "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“yes” -- as the industry’s inefficiencies and intermediary- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "loaded framework experiences stress as owners press "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "for greater efficiencies and disruptive integrated organi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "zations are changing the meanings of modular design- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "build to much more comprehensive and wide-scale "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "applications. Not surprisingly, many of these changes are being led "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "by U.S.-based organizations, though there are significant "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "areas including artificial intelligence (machine learning) "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "where Canadians have a leadership role. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "To learn more about where the industry is heading, I "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "accepted a media invitation to attend the TECH+ Confer- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ence in Manhattan in May, sponsored by the The Archi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tect’s Newspaper. (In exchange for a secondary media "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "sponsorship status, we received an attendee pass, but I "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "paid my own travel and accommodation costs.) "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "During the day-long event, several speakers outlined "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "critical issues, including collaboration/BIM, sustainability "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and visualization, as a variety of industry technology busi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "nesses demonstrated their products and services. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Several speakers observed that the AEC industry is "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "near the bottom of the bell curve in technological adapta- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion, only slightly better than architecture. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Perhaps the biggest “wow” moment occurred for me "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "when Chris Meyer, Boston-based general contractor and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Suffolk’s chief information officer, displayed a graph "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "showing the sudden and dramatic market decline for "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "newspaper advertising in the last decade. We’ve pub- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "lished a story in our U.S. publications about Suffolk’s "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "multi-city Smart Lab concept, but I didn’t connect the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "dots until his speech that Meyer had previously been the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Boston Globe’s publisher. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Meyer displayed a graph that showed that, while the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "newspaper industry was well aware of the Internet’s rise "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and developed different models to cope with the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "change, it could not stop the steep and dramatic crash "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "that started about the turn of the millennium, as Google "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "8 – Spring 2018 — The Canadian Design and Construction Report "
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "9",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "Rendering of Google's new Sunnyvale campus (BIG Architects) "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and Facebook grabbed most of the advertising market. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "In fact, newspaper advertising revenue has declined by "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "about four-fifths in the past decade, so advertising rev- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "enues are now even lower than they were in the 1950s. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Newspaper digital sales have made the slightest gain; "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "but the data is clear – the conventional newspaper in- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "dustry has been pushed over the cliff, and in just a few "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "years. Meyer suggested that AEC, like the newspaper busi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ness, is an “intermediary” industry – that is, most practi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tioners are serving others in the value chain rather than "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "end users -- and he suggested this could create a situa- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion where there will be major disruptions as new tech- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "nologies capture market presence and share. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Will this happen anytime soon? That is the big ques- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion. And the AEC industry may be saved (or ultimately "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "destroyed) by its current structure, where various pro- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "fessionals often work in their own silos. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Keynote speaker Dennis Sheldon, director of the Digi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tal Building Laboratory (DBL) at the Georgia Institute of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Technology, shared some insights into the challenges "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "(and opportunities) that the technology creates for link- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ages and collaboration between the various AEC indus- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tries, including BIM, virtual and augmented reality. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Meanwhile, Phil Bernstein, the associate dean at the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Yale School of Architecture, said current trends suggest "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "big data, computational design and integrating machine "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "learning could “eventually help architects design more "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "optimized buildings and reduce the waste that comes "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "when expectations don’t line up with how a building ac- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tually performs in the real world,” The Architect’s News- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "paper reported. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "But BIM and virtual reality have been around for sev- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "eral years now, and while they have certainly influenced "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "design and construction practices, they haven’t changed "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the universe, it seems. Something else needs to give – "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and the suggestion from some speakers is that it will "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "come from highly capitalized new integrated industry or- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ganizations, and individual owners demanding greater "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "technological adaptation and accountability. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The disruptors, such as Katerra, combine "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "modular/factory building with a beginning-to-end design, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "engineering and construction collaboration process, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "meaning that the owner places the order, architects and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "engineers (often in remote locations), prepare the de- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "sign, and the work is scheduled in factory settings, with "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "modular components shipped to the actual construction "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "site for rapid assembly. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "If these services catch on – and billions of dollars in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "investment capital have been staked on the proposition "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "– the traditional design and construction model will be "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "upended as designers, contractors and subtrades either "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "need to buy into the new competing mammoth building "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "organizations, or fight for a shrinking market share "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "where traditional practices and relationships remain in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "place. Another drive for change is happening at the owner- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ship level. Jeremy Munn, a senior capital project man- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ager for the design and construction department within "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the facilities division of Northeastern University in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Boston, for example, described how the university is fi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "nally getting all the pieces together in a digital procure- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ment/building cycle, but not by using a one-size fits all "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "system, and with plenty of training and support to en- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "courage compliance (and this progress is coming be- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "cause the owner is driving the agenda, not the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "architects, engineers or contractors.) "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Munn said his department manages 250 new pro- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "jects a year, of varying size and complexity, from minor "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "retrofits to multi-million dollar new structures. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "His goal: Build an e-procurement and building system "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "that has consistent templates, reporting dashboards, au- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The Canadian Design and Construction Report — Spring 2018 – 9 "
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "10",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "tomated project delivery processes, and advanced docu- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ment management capabilities. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "There are different software packages that do some, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "but not all, of the tasks the university is seeking – but the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "solution is not to force everything into a single piece of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "software, but rather to integrate the different tools and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "software resources appropriate to the different stages in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the design, construction and operation cycle. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "He said the university had 206 active users in its e- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "management system in 2016; by 2018, the active users "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "had increased to 660. “Most are consultants,” he said. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "As more capital projects have been managed by the sys- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tem, he said the number of automated processes in- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "creased from nine in 2016 to 27 in 2018. There’ll be "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "more changes including managing capital expenditures "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and operations, moving from a manual to automated de- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ferred maintenance program, better BIM integrations, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "more robust and consistent laser scanning of existing "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "conditions, and the introduction of virtual reality to pre- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "sent projects to senior leadership. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“Our value proposition is not to build faster and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "quicker,” he said. “It is to get students into classroom "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "seats and researchers into labs so they can spend their "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "NIH (National Institute of Health) grants.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Meanwhile architect Jan Leenknegt of BIG hinted at "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "how working as an architect for Google on a massive "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "new million plus sq. ft. office complex in Sunnyvale is "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "challenging traditional design practices with new techno- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "logical resources. (I may be able to see the site first-hand "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "this fall when the search-engine giant invites me to the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "northern California community for its annual Google "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Product Experts summit/meet-up. Leenknegt could only "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "This graph shows the incredible and sudden decline in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "newspaper advertising revenue correlated with "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Google and Facebook’s rise. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "https://charman-anderson.com/2016/09/28/us-newspapers-lost-advertising-revenue-found/ allude to the building’s design challenge because he, like "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "most contractors and others with some direct access to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Google staff, including me, are required to sign non-dis- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "closure agreements.) "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "However, speaking generally, he explained how collab- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "oration is pushing “interoperability across contractural "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "boundaries” as the number of design tools is declining "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "through consolidation, and documentation is becoming "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "increasingly automated. He also said BIM is becoming "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "increasingly important, and is vital for complex architec- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tural designs. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "However, technology doesn’t replace the human ele- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ment. Owners, designers and contractors need to “bring "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "(software) tools to the teams and empower intelligent "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "humans,” he said. “The tools are not the same for every "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "project.” There needs to be training, standards and tem- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "plates, annual BIM model audits, and feedback. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Can we draw any take-action conclusions from these "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "observations? The answer, I think, is we need to be "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "aware of the technology adaptation drivers/disruptors – "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "namely forward-thinking owners and disruptive technol- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ogy service/building companies, and develop our own "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "awareness on how to integrate and implement the new "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tools in a more collaborative environment. Otherwise, we "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "might be caught in the newspaper industry trap, through "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "which only a few nimble, creative and technologically as- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tute businesses are surviving. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Mark Buckshon is the president of the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Construction News and Report Group of Companies, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "which publishes Canadian Design and Construction "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Report and several other publications. See his blog "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "at www.constructionmarketingideas.com. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "See this video re digital "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "take up by industry "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "10 – Spring 2018 — The Canadian Design and Construction Report "
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "11",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "Federal government stops Chinese takeover of Aecon: "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "CCA applauds decision "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Canadian Design and Construction Report staff writer "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The federal cabinet has blocked the proposed $1.5 bil- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "lion takeover of Toronto-based Aecon by a Chinese-gov- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ernment owned company, citing national security "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "threats. The decision follows extensive lobbying by other busi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "nesses in the Canadian construction industry, repre- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "sented in part by the Canadian Construction Association "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "(CCA), which asserted that the state ownership of the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "business would create unfair advantages to the foreign "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "business. The decision against the takeover by China Communi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "cations Construction Co. Ltd. follows a national security "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "review that the Globe and Mail reports determined was "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "not in Canada's national security interest. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The newspaper reported: “Intelligence agencies in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "both Canada and the United States have warned that "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "companies owned or partly owned by the Chinese gov- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ernment are not merely profit-seeking operations; they "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "are also prone to passing on information or technology "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to Beijing and making business decisions that could con- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "flict with Canadian interests but serve the agenda of the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "authoritarian Communist Party of China.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "\"Our government is open to international investment "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "that creates jobs and increases prosperity, but not at the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "expense of national security,” innovation minister "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Navdeep Bains said in a statement. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Aecon reported to investors that it is reviewing the de- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "cision and will have a “more detailed response in due "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "course.” “While we are disappointed with the government’s "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "decision, Aecon is and will continue to be a leading "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "player in the Canadian construction and infrastructure "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "market,” Aecon chief executive officer John Beck said in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "a statement. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“While we have been prevented from pursuing the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "transaction, we are moving forward from a position of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "strength.” Ward Elcock, a former CSIS director who had urged "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "for the deal to be rejected, welcomed Ottawa’s decision, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the Globe and Mail reported. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“A state-owned company will always do the bidding of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "China,” Elcock said in an interview with the newspaper. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“At the end of the day, China is not an ally of Canada. It is "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "a trading partner – and a crucial one. … But having said "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "that, the interests of China are not always going to be "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the interests of Canada.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "He said the problem with allowing Aecon to be pur- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "chased by a Chinese state firm is that the Canadian com- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "pany plays a significant role in major infrastructure "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "projects, from the refurbishment of nuclear facilities to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "British Columbia’s massive Site C hydro-electric dam. Mr. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Elcock said he thinks the difficulty facing federal deci- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "sion-makers was that they couldn’t fashion a workable "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "constraint on Aecon’s future activities under Chinese "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "state ownership. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“The problem, I suspect, is there is really no way to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "put in a restriction that prevents a company that simply "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "pours concrete one day from undertaking a major infras- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tructure project on another day,” he said. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The Chinese embassy in Ottawa said the decision will "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "hurt Canada’s economy. “There is no doubt that the deci- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "sion made by Canadian government is by no means "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "good news for the investment co-operation between "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "China and Canada,” the embassy said in a statement. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“This will seriously undermine the confidence of Chi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "nese investors.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "In a statement, the Canadian Construction Association "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "(CCA) said it is pleased with the decision. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“CCA wishes to express its satisfaction with the gov- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ernment’s confidence in the Canadian construction in- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "dustry,” said CCA president Mary Van Buren. “We are "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "happy that the government recognizes the fact that gov- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ernment-owned or controlled entities have no place to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "compete against private and publicly-traded companies "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in the Canadian construction industry.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "CCA said has always advocated for the establishment "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and maintenance of a free-flowing international system "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of trade, both in terms of goods as well as services. CCA "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "supports international free trade agreements, including "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "provisions respecting government procurement. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The Canadian construction industry is highly complex, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "using sophisticated, technology-forward and innovative "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "techniques. From drones to IoT on bridges to 3D mod- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "elling, Canadian know-how is exceptional, and CCA wel- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "comes the government’s commitment to encouraging "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "entrepreneurialism. The Government of Canada is engaging in a massive "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "infrastructure program, investing more than $180 billion "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of Canadian taxpayers’ money. CCA members are proud "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "that the government is trusting the close to 1.4 million "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Canadians making their living in construction to build a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "better Canada. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The Canadian Design and Construction Report — Spring 2018 – 11 "
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "12",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "Ontario’s new Construction Act: "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "What changes on July 1 and how "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "can you prepare for the new rules? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "OGCA president Clve Thurston with Chris "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Stanek, a partner at Gowling WLG at the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "CDAO Construction Act seminar "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Canadian Design and Construction Report staff writer "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "When Ontario’s new Construction Act goes into effect "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "July 1, there will be major changes in the way owners, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "contractors and design professionals fulfill their legal "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "obligations and protect their interests. However, the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "biggest changes are another 18 months away, when sig- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "nificant prompt payment and new adjudication rules go "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "into effect. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The Ontario legislation is significant elsewhere in the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "country because the federal government and several "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "other provinces are preparing new construction laws in- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "corporating many of the provisions of the new Ontario "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "legislation. Several lawyers and consultants outlined the changes "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "– including challenging transitional provisions – at a May "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "14 seminar sponsored by the Construction and Design "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Alliance of Ontario (CDAO). "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Geza Banfai with McMillan LLP outlined the reasons "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "for the new rules, which trace their roots to lobbying sev- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "eral years ago from the National Trade Contractors Coali- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion of Canada (NTCCC), which led to a private member’s "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "bill that failed to move forward after government min- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "istries and agencies, private owners, general contractors, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "consultants and lenders raised strong objections. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "However, the provincial government agreed to com- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "mission lawyers Bruce Reynolds and Sharon Vogel to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "conduct an extensive review of old Construction Lien Act, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "dating back from the 1980s. After extensive consultation "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "12 – Spring 2018 — The Canadian Design and Construction Report "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "with stakeholders, Reynolds and Vogel submitted 101 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "recommendations, which became the foundation for the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "new Construction Act, which was passed and proclaimed "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "just before Christmas last year. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "By late April, government officials had drafted the nec- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "essary enabling regulations. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The changes in Bill 142 include several fundamental "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "changes in lien periods, holdbacks, trust obligations, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "claims and procedures, said Ted Betts, the head of Gowl- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ings WLG’s Infrastructure and Construction Sector "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Group. “A lot of these (legislative) changes are in the ‘modern- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ization’ bucket,” he said. “It’s worthwhile for everyone to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "read through all of them.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The so-called “modernization” changes include: "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "• An extension of the lien “preservation period”, from 45 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to 60 days and a longer lien “perfection period” from "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "45 to 90 days after the last day the lien could have "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "been preserved; both of these ensure there “is more "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "time to negotiate and work out disputes rather than "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "come to the lawyers;” and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "• Mandatory holdback release by the end of the hold- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "back period, unless owners publish their intentions "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "not to release the holdback in a public notice no later "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "than 40 days after the publication of the Certificate of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Substantial Performance. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“There’s a large deliberate gap,” Betts said. “An "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "owner has to put their cards on the table” so that con- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tractors and subtrades know where they are ahead of the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "lien filing deadline. Effectively, the new rules give the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "contractors and owners “an extra 20 days to settle dis- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "putes and avoid standoffs.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The new legislation also allows for owners and con- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tractors to release holdback on larger projects ($10 mil- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "lion or more) before the project is completed. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“The theme throughout all of the changes, in these "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "subtle changes, is getting cash flowing through the pro- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ject faster from the owners through the contractors to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "suppliers and subcontractors, and avoiding disputes. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "There are other changes, as well: "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "• Multiple improvements can be treated as separate "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "contracts for the purposes of determining the sub- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "stantial performance date and lien periods; so con- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tractors don’t have to wait for every bundled part of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the overall project to be completed before receiving "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "their holdbacks. However, this provision applies at the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "owner/general contractor level, and Betts said “It’s not "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "clear how this will play out on subcontractors and sup- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "pliers.” "
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "13",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "• New trust accounting rules require a separate trust ac- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "count for contractors and subcontractors (though sev- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "eral projects can be funded through the same trust "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "account). “Trust funds must be segregated and trace- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "able in a contractor’s or subcontractor’s trust ac- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "count,” as much as possible. This provision will help "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "prevent creditors from grabbing trust funds (including "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "holdbacks) when a contractor or subcontractor goes "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "bankrupt as the trustee can now (hopefully) see clearly "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the trust account status. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "• There are several new forms, and new tools for con- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tractors to request information about their projects. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "One issue with the new legislation, said Bird Con- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "struction board member Paul Raboud, is the “tricky tran- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "sition periods.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The regulations and legislation suggest that if any "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "contract is in force or “if there is any activity such as a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "pre-qualification happening before July 1,” the old rules "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "apply. Someone in the audience asked what the status "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "would be if you were on a general pre-qualification list "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "rather than one for a specific project. Panelists re- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "sponded by saying they aren’t sure – this may be one "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "issue that would need to be resolved through a judicial "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "process, but Raboud had a simple answer: “Assume (the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "lien period) is 45 days and not 60 days” -- in other words, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "behave as if the old law applies, unless you are certain "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the new rules will be valid. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "WeirFoulds LLP partner Glenn Ackerley said the “sub- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "stantial performance” criteria has changed – monetary "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "limits have been doubled. Now, substantial performance "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "occurs when the value of the project outstanding meets "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the test of three percent of the first $1 million of the pro- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ject’s value (instead of $500,000); two per cent of the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "second $1 million (again, instead of $500,000) and one "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "per cent of the remaining value. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Jerry Paglia, director of procurement for the Regional "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Municipality of York, says there is a “lot of training "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "needed for owners and consultants.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“The phasing in of requirements (including the future "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "prompt payment and adjudication provisions) is going to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "create complexity,” he said. “With two phase in periods, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "there could be three different forms of contract at the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "same time.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“Owners, staff and consultants are going to have to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "know which contract applies to the project, with longer "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "period for lien rights and less flexibility in what we can "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "deduct from the payments.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“We can’t deduct funds from other projects. The ad- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ministration for the contracts will take longer.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“There’s going to be more scrutiny on dealing with "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "general contractors, terminating and not paying – we’ll "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "have to publish it. (There’ll be) more of a public relation- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ship, as that information trickles down to subcontrac- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tors.” Eric Hoffstein of Minden Gross LLP said there will be "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "new bookkeeping challenges, especially for smaller busi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "nesses, because of the much more stringent trust ac- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "count requirements. “If you don’t have an outside "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "bookkeeper helping with the accounting, now might be a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "good time to do that.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Meanwhile, Steve Ness, president of the Surety Asso- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ciation of Canada (SAC), outlined new bonding rules, in- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "cluding the significant requirement that all public "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "projects greater than $500,000 must have 50 per cent "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "performance and payment bonds. “Public” includes the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "broader public sector such as school districts. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Other changes are intended to bring much greater "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "clarity and responsiveness to the bond claims process, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "with finite deadlines for responding to claims by either "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "accepting, denying or seeking more information. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The speakers indicated that, while the regulations "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "going into effect on July 1 will impact the industry, the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "really big changes will occur in October 2019, when the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "new law’s remaining provisions will be implemented. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "These include mandatory prompt payment require- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ments. In about a year and a half, “owners must pay "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "within 28 days of receipt of proper invoices,” said Chris "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Stanek, a partner at Gowling WLG. There are specific re- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "quirements in defining a “proper invoice”. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Owners can dispute the invoice “but must provide "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "written notice in the prescribed form” within 14 days of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "receiving the invoice. The notice/response system is de- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "signed to tie in with a new adjudication system, which al- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "lows an exceptionally rapid decision on payments by a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "third-party expert adjudicator (agreed to by the parties or "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "selected from a qualified panel) to determine if the pay- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ment would actually be due. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“If the owner has not paid but delivered a notice of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "non-payment, the contractor must give notice of dispute "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "within seven days after receipt of the owner’s notice of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "non-payment,” Stanek said. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Betts added that there is an additional concern for "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "contractors. “If a notice of non-payment has also not "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "been delivered, the contractor will have 35 days to de- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "cide to either pay its subcontractor out of its own pocket, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "or to commence a fight with the owner through adjudica- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion.” Everyone in the construction supply chain will subject "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the notice/prompt payment provisions and if you don’t "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "pay, “you will need to pay statutory interest.” If pay- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ments aren’t made after an adjudicator renders a deter- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "mination, contractors and suppliers can leave the job site "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and charge remobilization fees if they return. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Banfai said the prompt payment and adjudication pro- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "visions, when they are implemented, are “collectively "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "nothing short of a cultural change in the industry.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "One audience member asked what the rules will be "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "for federal contracts. Betts responded that Reynolds and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Vogel are currently conducting a review for the federal "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "government, which is expected – along with several "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "other provinces – to pass similar prompt payment legisla- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion soon. These changes will bring Ontario and Canada "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to the state of practice in Britain, Europe, Australia, and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "most U.S. states. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The new rules are a “significant change in the way we "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "will be doing things going forward,” Banfai said. “I think "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "it is all for the better.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The Canadian Design and Construction Report — Spring 2018 – 13 "
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "14",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "TOP 10 AEC LEADERS IN B.C. AND ALBERTA "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Contributing to business and community "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "CDCR staff writer "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "How do you select 10 leaders within "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "BC and Alberta’s architectural, engineer- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing and construction community? "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "In some respects, the task is easy. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "There are exceptional accomplishments, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "meaningful community service, and visi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "bility from clear and obvious accomplish- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ments. In other respects, it is challenging, be- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "cause (while there are objective criteria), "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the ultimate decision is subjective. We’ve "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "probably left many worthy businesses "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and individuals out of this list. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Setting a Top 10 list is challenging "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "enough, ranking within the list is almost "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "impossible, given the many variables that "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "go into ensuring it is right to include any- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "one on the list. So these individuals are "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "listed alphabetically by surname, followed "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "by their companies. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Marc-Antoine Cuerrier, True North "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Labor Inc. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Marc-Antoine Currier is just 35 years "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "old, but already he has built a reputation "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in a leadership role at the Vancouver Re- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "gional Construction Association’s U-40 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Council. True North Labor, a Burnaby- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "based staffing agency, provides skilled "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "workers to trade contractors in the ICI "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "construction industry. Currier also works "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "as a volunteer developing a cross-fit pro- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "gram for youth with autism. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“It’s important to continue to learn and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "grow and not to be afraid to make mis- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "takes,” he said. “Most often there is no "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "‘doing it right the first time’ so you just "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "have to get up and keep going.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Alan Fletcher, AFC Construction "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Allan Fletcher is the current chair of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the BC Construction Association’s (BCCA) "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "board of directors, clearly indicating he "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "belongs in this Top 10 list. Fletcher has "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "owned sucessful construction companies "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in Victoria and Courteny/Comax over the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "past two decades. His business special- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "izes in commercial, light industrial and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "multi-family proprojects,ects, as well as "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "award-winning custom homes. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "He is a licenced carpenter and joiner "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and currently completes about $10 million "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "annually in construction projects, and has "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "served as a board member of the Vancou- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ver Island Construction Association. He "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "has spoken at several conferences for the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "construction and development industry. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Jason Glue, Graham Construction "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Jason Glue, a BCCA board member "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "works as Graham Group Ltd’s district "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "manager in Delta, and has been a mem- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ber of the VCRA for six years. The BCAA "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "14 – Spring 2018 — The Canadian Design and Construction Report "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "observes that he believes that associa- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tions represent and support the industry "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "as well as educate and advocate. “We "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "offer the industry a voice as well as a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "place to gather and network,” he says. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“It brings people together and develops "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "relationships.” Maegan Harvey, ROV Consulting "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Richard Visscher, president of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Kelowna-based ROV Consulting, calls "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "structural engineer Maegan Harvey bril- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "liant and incredibly helpful to all the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "homebuilders with whom she works. “As "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "structural engineers we touch many pro- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "jects and are instrumental in solving many "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "problems as we create the ‘skeleton’ for "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the homebuilders,” he said. “Maegan has "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "been working for ROV Consulting for six "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "years, as well as during her work co-op "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "terms while going to UBCO. It’s high "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "time she be recognized for her many tal- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ents as an engineer.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "In addition to her formal responsibili- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ties, Harvey helped put together ROV’s "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "OQM (Organizational Quality Manage- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ment Program) manual, which allowed "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the company to become certified with "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "APEGBC (Association of Professional En- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "gineers and Geoscientists of British "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Columbia.) Matt Hanlon, Kays Road Contracting "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Matt Hanlon built a small residential "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and excavation company in Nelson, BC "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "into a trusted contractor working with "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "home builders and civil projects across "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the West Kootenay region. In the past "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "year, the company’s 10 employees com- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "pleted 60 projects. The company sup- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ports local initiatives including the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Kootenay Lake Hospital Foundation, the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ALS Walk, Little Oasis Benefit Society and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Castlegar Rotary. (See story page x.) "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Paul Heyens, Alberta Glass "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Company Inc. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Paul Heyens is chair of the Alberta "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Construction Association. In his business "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "description, he makes these observa- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tions, which reflect his values: "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“We strive for excellence every day. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "We are always on the hunt for new and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "innovative ideas. There is nothing more "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "important than the health of our people, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the public and providing a safe operating "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "environment for both. We excel at effec- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tive identification, evaluation and execu- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion of opportunities. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“We value our suppliers and technical "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "support providers as they are integral "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "parts of our success. Together they en- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "able us to develop new products and sys- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tems to provide state of the art projects.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Angela McKerlich, Capri Insurance "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Service BCAA vice-chair Angela McKerlich is a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "partner and contract surety manager, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "based in Kelowna. In a statement, the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "BCAA observers that her extensive volun- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tarism on behalf of the construction in- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "dustry “comes from a belief that "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "advocating for-- and creating – proactive "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "solutions to industry problems helps to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "foster fair, open and transparent practices "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "that strengthen the sector as a whole and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "build trust.\" She focuses her association "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "work on risk management education and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "advice for members and the industry at "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "large. Sonny Sangha, ICE Development Ltd. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Sonny Sangha has translated his pro- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ject management into a passion for con- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "struction, building (since the company’s "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "founding in 2004 when he was 27) a cor- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "porate culture of growth and learning. The "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "general contractor has close to 50 staff, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "with 20 to 30 projects at a time. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“My dad taught me that respect and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "reputation have to be earned,” he says. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“With every project we take on, that is the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "goal, to earn respect and continue to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "grow our reputation for being able to de- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "liver projects successfully.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Claire Seymour, Lacey Developments "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Claire Seymour has achieved success, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "turning a temporary work visa opportunity "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in 2006 into her Canadian citizenship and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "a senior role with Lacey Development Inc. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Lacey came from Australia. “Erik "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "(Lacey – president of the company) real- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ized that I knew how to use power tools "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and I guess he saw my potential,” she "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "said. “As Erik’s company started to grow I "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "transitioned out of working on site as "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "much and started helping him manage "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "projects. I completed a construction man- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "agement course and now I look after all "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of our new custom housing projects.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Tiffany Whitnack, NORR "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Architect Tiffany Whitnack has pro- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "gressively taken on more responsibilities "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and management duties at NORR. She "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "now works on large and complex projects "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "within the company’s Public Works stu- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "dio. She engages with the Kinette Club of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Canada. “Along with this group of won- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "derful women we are enhancing quality "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of life in our community by promoting ser- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "vice, fellowship, positive values and na- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tional pride.” (See story page 16.) "
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "15",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "TOP 10 AEC LEADERS IN B.C. AND ALBERTA "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Kays Road Contracting serves civil "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and residential projects within "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "B.C.’s West Kootenay region "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Canadian Design and Construction Report special feature "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "From its roots as a small residential landscaping and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "excavation company, Nelson, B.C. based Kays Road Con- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tracting (Kays Contracting), has grown into a trusted con- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tractor, involved with home builders, and civil projects "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "across the province’s West Kootenay region including "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Nelson, Castlegar, Trail, Slocan Valley, North Shore of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Kootenay Lake, Salmo and all areas in between. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Today the company works with homeowners on resi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "dential projects, as well as with general contractors, de- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "velopers and municipal and provincial government "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "clients on civil projects. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Kays Contracting’s range of residential services in- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "clude project planning, excavation, septic system instal- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "lation, utility connections and landscaping. Civil project "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "services include road repair and installation of water "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "mains, sanitary sewer and storm sewer. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The company owns and maintains a diverse fleet of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "equipment to take on a variety of projects, and also has "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "trusted relationships with other local contractors for "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "whom it can source other equipment that may be re- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "quired. Owner Matt Hanlon says his staff of 10 last year com- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "pleted 60 projects. “Our range of services offers great "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "value to clients. We are able to perform more aspects of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "projects than many competitors and deliver the results "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "they need with less management.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "One recent project on which the team was able to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "offer multiple services was the demolition, excavation "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and site services required for the new Taghum Shell ser- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "vice station construction west of Nelson. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Hanlon says Kays Contracting has become a relied- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "upon partner for many local general contractors because "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of its key values that include the tenacity to work through "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "challenges with a cool head; quality; and personal ac- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "countability. Hanlon says the company supports local initiatives in- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "cluding the Kootenay Lake Hospital Foundation, the ALS "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "walk, Little Oasis Benefit Society and Castlegar Rotary. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "For more information, visit www.kayscontracting.com. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "EX CA AVV A TING | CIVIL CONSTRUCTION | LANDSCAPING "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "kayscontracting.com 250.509.1567 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The Canadian Design and Construction Report — Spring 2018 – 15 "
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "16",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "TOP 10 AEC LEADERS IN B.C. AND ALBERTA "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Tiffany Whitnack at NORR incorporates "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "collaborative approaches to achieve design "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "success for large and complex projects "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Canadian Design and Construction Report special feature "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Always interested in problem solving and understand- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing how things worked, Tiffany Whitnack set her sights "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "on architectural technology, gained some experience in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the field and then pursued her designation. She "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "is now an architect with NORR. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Whitnack came to NORR during her intern- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ship through the University of Calgary’s Master "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of Architecture program and after graduation, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "was hired as an architectural designer. Over time "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "she progressively took on more responsibilities "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and management duties and, she says, plans to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "continuer her advancement with the company. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "As an architectural designer in NORR’s Public "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Works studio, Whitnack tends to work on large "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and complex projects. Her responsibilities often "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "include project design and co-ordination of the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "design and consultation teams, both internal and external "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to the office. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“I work closely with the client and often their chosen "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "construction management team. Once the project pro- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "gresses to construction drawings I work with our team "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "lead and technologist team to ensure that the project vi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "sion and intent are carried through to the completion of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the project.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "As a female in a male dominated industry, Whitnack "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "says her natural introversion can mean she is overshad- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "owed in a group of people and sometimes she finds she "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "must work twice as hard to have her credibility recog- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "nized when meeting with new clients or consultants. “I "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "look younger than I am as well so often struggle to be "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "recognized as the authority in a room of men. I feel that I "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "need to fight harder be recognized as the leader.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Part of that struggle may be what she describes as her "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "greatest challenge in her career – her own expectations "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and the need she feels to constantly improve and push "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "herself. 16 – Spring 2018 — The Canadian Design and Construction Report "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "She is proud to have earned her registration as an ar- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "chitect. “It was a dream that I worked hard to achieve. I "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "did not always have the support of those around me, but I "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "proved that with determination and hard work that my "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "dream was achievable. I also see this as a success in the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "fact that so few women with a Master "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of Architecture follow through on the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "process to become registered.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Despite the challenges she has ex- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "perienced, Whitnack says she could "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "not think of a more rewarding profes- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "sion. “Every day we make a difference "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in peoples’ lives. Though the impact "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "can vary - we create labs for those "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "finding the cure for diseases, we cre- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ate affordable homes for those that "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "need a helping hand, we create "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "spaces for people to age in place – we "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "are always touching the lives around us.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "She says for that reason alone, she would encourage "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "more women to consider becoming architects. “Every "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "day presents you with a new challenge and provides new "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "opportunities to grow as a person and change the life of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "someone else, even in a small way.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Whitnack also believes that women bring a different "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "type of management skill to the top down leadership "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "styles of men; a leadership style that is more collabora- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tive and that welcomes others’ point of views with infor- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "mation sharing. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Sharing concern for team members and seeking help "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "from others would have been seen as signs of weakness "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "or inability in the past. However, this approach fits well "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "with the current collaborative design philosophies for "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "construction. “By having more women on the design "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "teams and in management roles we can find new and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "better ways to communicate and collaborate.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Her advice to women: “I love the adage ‘What does "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "not kill you only makes you stronger.’ There is no point in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "complaining about something that does not go your way. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Pick yourself up and find a way to make something even "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "better from the experience. There is always something "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "new to learn.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "When she is not pursuing her career goals, Whitnack is "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "a member of the Kinette Club of Calgary, an all Canadian "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "service organization made up of outstanding community "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "volunteers. “Along with this group of wonderful women "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "we are enhancing quality of life in our community by pro- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "moting service, fellowship, positive values and national "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "pride.” She also represents tenants on her condo board and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "holds a position on the Chinatown Community Associa- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion. "
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "17",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "TOP 10 AEC LEADERS IN B.C. AND ALBERTA "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Lori Haywood-Farmer breaks the barriers in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "carpentry at Timeless Developments "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Canadian Design and Construction Report special feature "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Growing up on a farm, working with horses and in- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "volved in all kinds of sport, Lori Haywood-Farmer’s path "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "has included a degree in biology and an apprenticeship in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "carpentry. She is now a key member of the team at Kam- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "loops, BC-based custom homebuilder, Timeless Develop- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ments. Haywood-Farmer says she originally went to work for "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Timeless Developments when the owner, a friend of her "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "brother, needed labour help. That was in 2003. She has "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "since acquired her carpentry papers and is now involved "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "with many different aspects of the custom homebuilding "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "process. When she was studying carpentry, she says there "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "were no other women in her program. In the workforce "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "though, and working for Timeless Developments, she "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "says she has worked with a few and that really, anyone "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "who is interested in and willing to work is welcome. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "She says there is a certain satisfaction that comes "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "from taking a home from concept to final product. “When "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "you work with a client to understand what they want, get "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the drawings, and then help create their dream, that is "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "something special.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Her favourite role, she says, is the finishing work that "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "must be done to complete each project. Whether it is the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "interior details, the custom furniture or accessory pieces "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "she crafts to complete the home’s aesthetic, this she "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "says, provides balance and allows her to be flexible and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "creative. “There is a lot of interest in barnwood these days,” she "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "says. “For me, growing up on the farm, that feels full cir- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "cle. I love being able to work with something that is so fa- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "miliar and natural to me, and to turn it into something "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "new, something that will add to a new home’s feel.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Timeless Developments constructs several custom "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "homes annually and in 2012, picked up Gold at the Key- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "stone Awards in the category of Best Single Family De- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tached Home 2,000 to 2,499 sq. ft. The team specializes "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in timber frame homes, built green, Energuide certified "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "homes and general contractor renovations including bath- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "rooms, kitchens and decks. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Haywood-Farmer says she enjoys the work’s variety, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "which is one of the reasons she would recommend a ca- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "reer in carpentry to women. “There is some work that is "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "more labour intensive but so many different things open "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to you once you get started. If you enjoy making things, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "have an eye for detail, or are a hands on person, there is "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "so much potential.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "5055 Yellowhead HWY "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Kamloops, BC V2H 1T5 250-318-1177 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "www.timelessdevelopments.ca The Canadian Design and Construction Report — Spring 2018 – 17 "
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "18",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "ALBERTA’S TOP 10 OPEN SHOP CONTRACTORS "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Safety, community leadership, and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "a focus on quality and integrity "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "CDCR staff writer "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "It isn’t easy to qualify to be a Top 10 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Open Shop Contractor in Alberta, be- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "cause membership on this list goes be- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "yond the company’s size and the obvious "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "requirement that it be an open shop con- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tractor. We looked for other indications of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "workforce and community leadership in- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "cluding whether it had achieved member- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ship in the Alberta’s Top 70 Employers "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "competition, or leadership in relevant "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "business and community associations. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The list here is based on subjective "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and objective measurements, so we will "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "not attempt to rank businesses within "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the Top 10. Accordingly, the list is alpha- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "betical, referencing also head office loca- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tions. “Our company was founded by two "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "people who never stopped looking for a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "better way to do construction,” it says. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“Forty years later, that commitment to re- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "lentless improvement lives on through "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "initiatives like our use of Building Infor- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "mation Modelling, lean construction, and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "new project delivery models. By empha- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "sizing innovation before work begins at "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "site, we make new ideas easier and less "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "expensive to carry out.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Concept Group, Calgary "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "This full-service electrical contractor "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "has been in business since 1997. Its di- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "versity of services encompasses electri- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "cal, HVAC and refrigeration, security and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "fire/life safety, data, controls and plumb- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing. It has locations in Edmonton, Fort "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "McMurray, Bonnyville and Saskatoon. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Botting & Associates Alberta Ltd., "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Calgary G & M Plumbing and Heating, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Grand Prairie "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "This mechanical contractor has been "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in business since 1953. Employees par- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ticipate in an exceptional benefits pro- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "gram. “At Botting, we foster a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "challenging atmosphere which will en- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "courage our employees to grow and ma- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ture both on and off the job,” the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "company says. “Friendly co-workers and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "a safe comfortable workplace are also "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "important elements of employment with "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Botting.” This company has been in business "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "since 1979 and has achieved CoR health "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and safety recognition. “Our technicians "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "are the best plumbers in the industry, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "paying careful attention to detail and fin- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ishing projects on time and on budget.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Chandos Construction Ltd., "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Edmonton Chandos Construction Ltd. belongs to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "both the Top 70 Alberta Employers and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Canada’s Best Managed Companies. The "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "business says it focuses its charitable ef- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "forts “on at-risk youth and individuals "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "working in trades” and additionally en- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "courages employees to give back to the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "community by providing as many as "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "three paid days off for voluntary initia- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tives, while it matches employee dona- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tions. Chandos has 389 employees in Ed- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "monton, Calgary and Red Deer, as well "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "as out-of-province offices in Regina, Van- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "couver, Toronto and Ottawa. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Clark Builders, Edmonton "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The company has applied an attitude "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of “continuous improvement” in its 40 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "year history. This includes defining suc- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "cess, collaboration and innovation. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "18 – Spring 2018 — The Canadian Design and Construction Report "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "25-year history with a focus on design- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "build and pre-engineered projects. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "On its website, the company says: "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“Our ‘Total Responsibility’ approach leads "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to cost effective, forward thinking and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "practical solutions to many design and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "job site conditions. With over two "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "decades of experience, our firm is very "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "familiar with industrial and commercial "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "site requirements enabling us to identify "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "any potential deficiencies long before "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "they become costly changes or delays.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Fillmore Construction Management, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Edmonton Founded in 1991, this Edmonton "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "based company also has offices in Cal- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "gary and Grand Prairie, and is on the Al- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "berta Top 70 list. The company’s motto "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "is: “Passion for Excellence” and it is one "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of Canada’s 100 Best Managed Compa- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "nies in 2018. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Fillmore supports many community "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and charitable organizations, including "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the MS Bike Tour, Habitat for Humanity, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Bicycles for Humanity, B4H0, Haddrell "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Residence, Pedal Power for Edmonton’s "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Food Bank and Unruh Residence. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Montech Mechanical "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "(Insight Mechanical), Edmonton "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "This business offers a full range of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "mechanical services, from initial concept "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and budgeting to complete mechanical "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "design and construction. “From the of- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "fice to the field, all team members work "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "collaboratively to ensure we exceed "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "client expectations,” the business says. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Insight Mechanical became a wholly "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "owned Montech Mechanical subsidiary "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in 2006, and the company overall has a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Stuart Olson Dominion "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Construction Ltd. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "This $1 billion plus organization “rep- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "resenting one of the largest and most re- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "spected construction services "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "companies in Canada,” is one of Al- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "berta’s Top 70 employers. The company "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "employs more than 4,000 people. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The company’s leadership takes "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "health, safety and the environment (HSE) "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "extremely seriously. It engages all em- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ployees in health and safety training year- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "round, with executive members leading "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "by example through committee chair- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "manships, events, and the creation of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "policy and expectations. “And our internal "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "compliance is rigorous. Each month all "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "operations are monitored and graded "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "based on their HSE performance.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "SITE Management Ltd., "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Sherwood Park "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "SITE describes itself as a “fully-inte- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "grated energy services company that "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "provides exceptional environmental, in- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "frastructure and access services for oil, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "gas and resource development compa- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "nies.” The business advocates for extensive "
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                        "data": "community involvement and participa- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion, including supporting Aboriginal "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "communities. It supports community "
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                        "data": "high school sports, arts and achievement "
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                    {
                        "data": "clubs, agricultural associations and "
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                    {
                        "data": "clubs, minor hockey and soccer, and sea- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "sonal festivals, rodeos and more. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“SITE takes every opportunity to form "
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                    {
                        "data": "joint ventures and partnerships with local "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "community stakeholders in a communal "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "effort to increase local economic, social "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and environmental efforts,” the company "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "says. "
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                "pageNumber": "19",
                "paragraph": [
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                        "data": "TOP 10 OPEN SHOP CONTRACTORS INDUSTRY LEADER "
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                    {
                        "data": "ICBA leads fight for more "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "construction and responsible "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "resource development "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Canadian Design and Construction "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Report special feature "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "From humble beginnings has "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "come an open shop giant. Founded "
                    },
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                        "data": "in 1975 in the small town of Trail, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "B.C., by a group of open shop con- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tractors denied access to bidding, "
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                    {
                        "data": "the Independent Contractors and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Businesses Association (ICBA) has "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "grown to be a powerful voice for the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "open shop construction and respon- "
                    },
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                        "data": "sible resource development indus- "
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                    {
                        "data": "tries. With a reach that extends across "
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                        "data": "Canada, the association represents "
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                        "data": "2,000 member companies and "
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                    {
                        "data": "clients who collectively employ more "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "than 50,000 people. ICBA speaks out "
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                    {
                        "data": "on issues that impact members, in- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "cluding labour and employment poli- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "cies, fair tendering, safety policies, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "regulation, taxation and infrastruc- "
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                    {
                        "data": "ture. ICBA fights for fair and open "
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                    {
                        "data": "competition in awarding contracts "
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                    {
                        "data": "for public projects. "
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                    {
                        "data": "ICBA communications director "
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                    {
                        "data": "Jordan Bateman says advocacy is "
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                    {
                        "data": "one of the association’s key member "
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                    {
                        "data": "benefits. Pushing government at all "
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                    {
                        "data": "Chris Gardner at the ICBA AGM 2017 "
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                    {
                        "data": "levels to approve projects, he says "
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                    {
                        "data": "ICBA is unapologetic in its support of "
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                    {
                        "data": "construction and resource develop- "
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                    {
                        "data": "ment. “We’re doing everything we "
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                    {
                        "data": "can to get the Kinder Morgan Trans "
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                    {
                        "data": "Mountain pipeline project built. We "
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                        "data": "fought hard to get a yes for this and "
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                        "data": "now we’re doing all we can to make "
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                        "data": "it stick.” "
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                    {
                        "data": "Construction is a tough industry, "
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                        "data": "Bateman says, and ensuring the in- "
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                        "data": "dustry’s voice is heard above the din "
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                        "data": "of professional protestors, pandering "
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                        "data": "politicians, and negative non-govern- "
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                        "data": "mental organizations (NGOs) re- "
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                    {
                        "data": "quires a similar toughness. "
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                    {
                        "data": "“Unlike many associations who "
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                    {
                        "data": "fear rocking the boat, we consider "
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                    {
                        "data": "Peyton Manning - ICBA AGM 2017 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Nathan Bogusz - carpenter apprentice "
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                    {
                        "data": "pursuing his Red Seal "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The Canadian Design and Construction Report — Spring 2018 – 19 "
                    }
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            },
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                        "data": "TOP 10 OPEN SHOP CONTRACTORS INDUSTRY LEADER "
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                        "data": "ourselves an advocacy machine,” "
                    },
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                        "data": "said Bateman. “While we offer solid, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "well-reasoned policy advice, our DNA "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "has shaped us into a battle tank, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "rather than just a think tank.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The association’s second largest "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "member benefit is, in fact, benefits. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ICBA offers the number one solution "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "for industry, balancing a simple sys- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tem for health, drug and retirement "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "benefits that are inexpensive for "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "members. “These benefits save em- "
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                    {
                        "data": "ployers time and money, and help "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "them recruit, retain and protect their "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "employees,” said Bateman. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Beyond essential health and retire- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ment, the specialized benefits arm "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "also offers consulting and special- "
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                    {
                        "data": "ized services including travel benefits "
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                        "data": "for employees working abroad, "
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                        "data": "bonding, liability, and property and "
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                        "data": "casualty insurance. "
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                        "data": "While ICBA represents some of "
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                        "data": "Canada’s largest companies, Bate- "
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                        "data": "man says about 90 per cent of the "
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                        "data": "membership is comprised of small "
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                        "data": "businesses. “We have a lot of pas- "
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                        "data": "sion for small companies and for "
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                        "data": "those just starting out. They are our "
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                        "data": "lifeblood.” Part of supporting these busi- "
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                        "data": "nesses involves training. Last year, "
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                        "data": "Bateman says the association "
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                        "data": "trained 3,500 employees through "
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                        "data": "250 courses. “We are the single "
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                        "data": "largest sponsor of trades appren- "
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                        "data": "tices in B.C., taking care of the pa- "
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                        "data": "perwork so our members can focus "
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                    {
                        "data": "on training and working directly with "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "their apprentices.” "
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                        "data": "Understanding the growing chal- "
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                        "data": "lenge to the workforce, ICBA sup- "
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                        "data": "ports trade schools with donations "
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                        "data": "to buy new equipment, supports the "
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                        "data": "appeal of trades careers through "
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                        "data": "for anyone with any kind of en- "
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                        "data": "row’s company owners.” "
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                        "data": "CANADA’S TOP 10 CONCRETE FLOOR INDUSTRY LEADERS "
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                        "data": "ceeded at industrial and commercial "
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                    {
                        "data": "works, as well as residential projects. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "In 2002, the business merged with "
                    },
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                    },
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                        "data": "(see separate profiles). "
                    },
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                        "data": "Tri-Con Haid has won several "
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                        "data": "number of Grand Valley Construction "
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                        "data": "Edmonton Les Hinz is the vice-president (and a "
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                        "data": "trol systems in commercial truck "
                    },
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                        "data": "transport applications in North Amer- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ica. CDCR staff writer "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "How do you determine who should "
                    },
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                        "data": "qualify to be on the Top 10 list for On- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tario’s cement and concrete finishing "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "industry? A logical starting point is the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "relevant trade association, the Cement "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Finishing Labor Relations Association "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "(CFLRA), which serves as the em- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ployer bargaining authority with rele- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "vant labor unions. We also looked for "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "community contributions and the num- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ber of years in business in compiling "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "this list. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The list here is alphabetical, so you "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "shouldn’t consider the order of names "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "here to be in a ranking order. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Paul Bravo, Bravo Cement "
                    },
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                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Paul Bravo has been this southern "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Ontario company’s president for more "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "than 27 years and he has served on "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the CFLRA’s board of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "directors, including a term as the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "association’s chairman. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The business offers a diversity of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "services in new concrete floor con- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "struction and maintenance, with a "
                    },
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                        "data": "commitment to technology and "
                    },
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                        "data": "service. Vince Caruana, Diplock Floor, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Mississauga Caruana has served on the CFLRA’s "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "board of directors. The business has "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "been in operation since 1986. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Frank Guida, Tri-Con Concrete "
                    },
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                        "data": "Finishing Ltd., North York "
                    },
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                        "data": "Frank Guida has built this success- "
                    },
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                        "data": "tional concrete flooring business to a "
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                    {
                        "data": "high level from its start in 1982, with "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "major projects including massive car "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "plants, Pearson International Airport’s "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Terminal 1 and 3, and major distribu- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion warehouses for Home Depot and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Walmart. The company has also pio- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "neered in technology, notably steel "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "fibre jointless flooring, and has in- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "stalled flooring on more than 100 ice "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "rink surfaces. (See separate profile "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "page 10.) "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Joe Guida, PATTERNED CONCRETE® "
                    },
                    {
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                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Joe Guida has been president of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "this business, established in 1987, for "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "31 years. It focuses on professionally "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and durably stamped and decorative "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "concrete, largely for the residential "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "market. See separate profile page 12.) "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Jeff Haid, Tri-Con Haid, St. Clements "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Jeff Haid leads this western-Ontario "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "business which began in 1995 as Haid "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "& Haid Construction Ltd. It has suc- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Geoff Kinney, Concrete Floor "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Contractors Association of Canada "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "(CFCAC), Oakville "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Geoff Kinney leads the relevant na- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tional association – and also is presi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "dent of the specialized CFLRA, serving "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "unionized Ontario contractors. He has "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "been the CFCAC’s executive director "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "since 2010, providing technical leader- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ship, product development and pro- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "motion, ethics, risk management, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "education and quality planning. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Ernie Perfetto, Metro Concrete "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Works (2016) Inc., Concord "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Ernie Perfetto is the CFCA’s 2018- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "2910 chair. He also leads Metro "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Concrete Works. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Luc Rancourt, Duron Services, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Ottawa When floods threatened areas of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Ottawa in 2017, CFLRA director Luc "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Rancourt helped out as a volunteer to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "protect neighbourhood homes. Ran- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "court is the company’s president, lead- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing the business established in 1995, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "with the commitment: “We focus on "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "safety, performance and quality for "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "each and every project.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Jim Woods, Apollo Concrete "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Contracting, Hamilton "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Jim Woods has received the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Concrete Floor Contractors of Canada "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "(CFCA) Geoff Kinney Sr. Industry "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Award for “his many selfless and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "continuing efforts to improve our "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "trade,” the association says. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The Canadian Design and Construction Report — Spring 2018 – 21 "
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "22",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "CANADA’S TOP 10 CONCRETE FLOOR INDUSTRY LEADERS "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Frank Guida — Tri-Con Concrete Finishing Ltd. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Leading in the ICI concrete finishing "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "world, with award-winning recognition "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and community support "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Canadian Design and Construction Report staff writer "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Tri-Con Concrete Finishing Co. Ltd. has provided con- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "crete floor finishing services for industrial, commercial and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "institutional ICI projects in the GTA area for more than 35 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "years. The enterprise handles a diversity of projects with indi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "vidual attention and a focus on detail because, as founder "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and company president Frank Guida says, “you need to do "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "it right the first time.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "In this business, concrete floors are a specialty in them- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "selves. Tri-Con provides a full-service approach, from super "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "flat, heavy duty warehouse and retail floors to exterior con- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "crete and architectural work. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Along with Frank, brothers Sandy and Joe Guida and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "partner Jeff Haid oversee the business with more than 100 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "employees. Joe has responsibility for PATTERNED CON- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "CRETE® Ontario exterior concrete finishing (see separate "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "story) and Sandy takes care of day-to-day site operations. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Haid leads the award-winning Tri Con Haid Concrete Finish- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing Ltd., producing highest quality concrete floors from its "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "base in St. Clements, western Ontario. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "22 – Spring 2018 — The Canadian Design and Construction Report "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“Dealing with operations has allowed me to be involved "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in so many interesting conditions and has given me the op- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "portunity to build tremendous knowledge in the field of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "concrete placement and finishes,” Sandy Guida said. “We "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "have the capacity to install a million square feet a month "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "like clock work.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Projects have included massive car plants, Terminal 1 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and 3 at Pearson International Airport, and major distribu- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion warehouses for Home Depot and Walmart. Tri-Con has "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "also provided jointless concrete floor (with no saw cuts) for "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The Toronto Rock lacrosse team. The company has worked "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "on more than 100 hockey rink projects, including the chal- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "lenging task of installing the new third-floor ice rink surface "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "at the Mattamy Athletic Centre for Ryerson University in the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "converted Maple Leaf Gardens. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“Since 1982, we have always sought to use the latest "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "techniques, equipment and technologies such as steel fibre "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and applying them to concrete floors,” said Frank Guida. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Tri-Con’s professionals work with clients at the design "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "stage, suggesting the best methods to achieve priorities in- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "cluding wear resistance, loading or flatness. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“Our focus is on our customer satisfaction and the pro- "
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "23",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "fessional installation of concrete "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "floors with the highest quality, serv- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ice, safety; using the latest technol- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ogy with value-added products and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "equipment,” Frank said. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Tri-Con has used steel fibres to re- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "place the conventional wire mesh or "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "rebar concrete floors since 1983 to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "achieve design versatility and im- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "proved characteristics in concrete. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "With steel fibres, concrete floors can "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "be designed thinner and offer better "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "performance. Optimizing steel fibre in concrete "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "floor design, Tri-Con has successfully "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "installed jointless crack free floors "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "without saw cuts. These are easier to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "maintain, while saving wear on equip- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ment such as lift trucks, he said. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Frank Guida has shared his innova- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tions at World of Concrete presenta- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tions. As well, Tri-Con has pioneered "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in architectural design polished and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "decorative/stamped concrete. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Tri-Con has more than $2.5 million "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in state-of-the-art concrete finishing "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "equipment including steel fibre blow- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ers, laser guided screeds, automated "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "hardener spreaders, curing systems "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and sealers. The result: floors with ex- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ceptional flatness with wear resist- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ance, dust free and guaranteed "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "quality – turning retail floors into "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“works of art,” and long lasting and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "low maintenance industrial and com- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "mercial floors. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“A professionally designed, placed "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and finished industrial or commercial "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "concrete floor offers a lot of versatil- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ity,” Tri-Con said. “Whether it’s a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "super flat warehouse, showroom, or "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "a retail floor, our floors will add the fin- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ishing touch that elevates the charac- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ter of your building to new levels.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Frank Guida doesn’t just think "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "about concrete – he has a passion for "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "community service and accordingly "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "co-ordinates annual charity golf and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "pro-am fishing tournaments. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The company and related busi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "nesses have received several awards "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and recognitions including several "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Golden Trowel Awards, GVCA "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Awards of Excellence and Merit, and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Ontario Concrete Awards. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "For more information, see www.tri- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "conconcrete.com. 2011, 2012, 2013 & 2017 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ASK ABOUT OUR I.C.I. JOINT FREE "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "CONCRETE FLOORS "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The Canadian Design and Construction Report — Spring 2018 – 23 "
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "24",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "CANADA’S TOP 10 CONCRETE FLOOR INDUSTRY LEADERS "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Joe Guida of PATTERNED CONCRETE® Toronto "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Durability and natural quality "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "enhance company’s stamped "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and decorative concrete "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "inter-generational reputation "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Joe Guida leads this business, focusing on professionally "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and durably stamped and decorative concrete, under the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "PATTERNED CONCRETE trade name. In addition to resi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "dential applications, projects include municipal works, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "parks, skate parks and exterior commercial works. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The business started in the late 1980s after Joe’s older "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "brother Frank Guida, who leads Tri-Con Concrete Finishing "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Ltd. (see separate story) noticed the growing popularity of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "stamped concrete, which involves applying color and texture "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to make concrete look like natural stone, cobblestone, brick, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "or even wood. They purchased the PATTERNED CONCRETE "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "trade name and founded Patterned Concrete Ontario Inc. in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "1990, with Joe as president. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Today, the company employs more than 70 workers, but "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "24 – Spring 2018 — The Canadian Design and Construction Report "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Joe remains actively involved with the business and client "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "files. And he has met clients who had work done in the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "early 1990s, reporting everything looks just as good as it "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "was when the work was first done. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "With natural stone forms, the decorative concrete "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "doesn’t look at all artificial. Guida says the company has "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "successfully fine tuned materials and procedures to with- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "stand the colder Canadian climate. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“There have been situations where a high-end pool com- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "pany goes to see a client with a multimillion dollar house,” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Joe said in a published report. “They say they definitely "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "want a natural stone, then they look through the book of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "examples and choose a stamped concrete installation by "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "PATTERNED CONCRETE. "
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "25",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "“They’re amazed by how authentic the con- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "crete looks,” he told Our Homes magazine. The "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "success relates to the company’s stamping tools. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“Because a lot of our stamps are made from natu- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ral stone, they have a deeper imprint, so they "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "allow us to do grouting,” he said. “It just takes "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "stamped concrete to another level, where all of a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "sudden it does not look lie stamped concrete. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Plus the natural stone means that the textures and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "details of the source material are reflected in the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "final product.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The PATTERNED CONCRETE team includes "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "specially trained licenced contractors. Guida is "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "looking at new stamping tools and finishes and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "carrying the work on to the next generation. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“The things we’ve built become part of our "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "customer homes, a part of their families,” he said. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“Kids will play on their patio when they’re two or "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "three years old. Then when they’re 25 or 30, or "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "even after marriage, its still there and part of their "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "lives. “A good concrete job is to be enjoyed as part "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of the culture and part of the conversation. It "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "could – and should – last for generations.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "For more information, see www.patternedcon- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "crete.ca or phone (800) 252-4619. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The Canadian Design and Construction Report — Spring 2018 – 25 "
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "26",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "TIREBOSS ™ solves a problem: "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Truck tire pressure should be "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "variable, depending on load, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "speed, and working conditions "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Canadian Design and Construction Report "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "From its beginnings in 1996, Edmonton, AB based Tire "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Pressure Control International Ltd. (TPC International) has "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "grown to be a global presence, providing on/off-road mo- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "bility solutions for trucking applications in the forestry, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "oilfield, concrete, agriculture, and power utility industries "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "with their TIREBOSS™ Tire Pressure Control Systems. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Founders and company vice-president Les Hinz and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "president Brian Spreen, were instrumental in the imple- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "mentation of the first Tire Pressure Control systems for "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "North American commercial truck transport applications. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "They have 25+ years each in implementing Tire Pressure "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Control Systems for the benefit of various industries "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "around the world. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Hinz says the first application addressed a need in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "forestry and grew from there. Today the team supports "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "upwards of 8,000+ systems worldwide. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“We see our product addressing different needs in dif- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "26 – Spring 2018 — The Canadian Design and Construction Report "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ferent regions around the world and in different indus- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tries,” he said. “In Florida, for instance, the application is "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "well suited to dealing with sand. In some industries, the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "issue we address may be field compaction or road sensi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tivity. In others, it may be mobility in the mud related to a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "specific jobsite.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "An explanation on TIREBOSS's website explains the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "benefits: “Tire inflation pressures are generally specified "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to permit a vehicle to carry a full payload at highway "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "speeds without overheating its tires. Consequently, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "when the vehicle is partially loaded, unloaded, or travel- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing at reduced speeds, its tires are overinflated for the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "operating conditions. Overinflated tires can contribute to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "a variety of problems including poor mobility, increased "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "vehicle vibration, tire wear, an occurrence of tire punc- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tures and damage to the road surface.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "He says the company’s TIREBOSS system is benefi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "cial anywhere trucks are off-road or have mobility issues. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Related to the concrete industry, he says benefits include "
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "27",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "a cost-effective alternative to all-wheel drive, improved "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "mobility and traction, better site access and reduced site "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "damage. Vehicle maintenance costs are also reduced "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "from the smoother ride and less vibration.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The product can be installed on, and transferred to, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "any truck so it provides a long lasting solution. It also "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in-creases the life of tires by ensuring they are always at "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the correct pressure at various stages of the haul cycle.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The technology can be applied to any vehicle from "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "delivery trucks to pumpers, to ready-mix vehicles. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Hinz says safety is a key focus of TPC and built into "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "TIREBOSS. The technology has been designed to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "monitor the vehicle’s speed and to alert the driver if the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tire pressure should be adjusted, and will automatically "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "inflate the tires if the alerts are ignored. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“Safety is a big focus of what we do. From the system "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "design to the training tools and on the ground training "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "we provide drivers, we work to ensure driver safety.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Hinz says that TIREBOSS is a long term quality "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "product. Part of the company’s reputation, he says, is "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "based on its strong technical support, and in part on "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "TPC’s success serving its clients so they can better serve "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "their clients. “Our focus is our client, on ensuring they "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "are well taken care of, that the system is working "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "efficiently, that any issues are addressed and that the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "customer is as happy in year one as year 10.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "TPC is a member of Florida Independent Concrete & "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Associated Products Inc., and a member of the National "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Ready Mixed Concrete Association. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "For more information, visit www.tireboss.com/benefit- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "for-concrete. The Canadian Design and Construction Report — Spring 2018 – 27 "
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "28",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "NEWS BRIEFS "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "BRITISH COLUMBIA "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "BC engineering/construction "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "GDP rises 48.7 per cent in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "2017: StatsCan "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The engineering and construction "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "sector are fueling B.C.'s economic "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "growth and Gross Domestic Product "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "(GDP), says Statistics Canada "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "(StatsCan) data. In fact the growth "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "last year reached a staggering 48.7 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "per cent. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "For the first time since 2011, GDP "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "by industry increased in every "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "province — rising 3.3 per cent in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "2017 — following declines for two "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "consecutive years, according to the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "latest StatsCan data. B.C.’s economy "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "had the second-highest growth rate "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "at 3.9 per cent, trailing only Alberta, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "StatsCan reports. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "StatsCan section chief Guillaume "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Dubé said the growth related to new "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "projects including a natural gas ex- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "pansion project in Dawson Creek and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "a Prince Rupert propane export termi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "nal. Fifteen out of 19 subsectors saw "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "increases — but wood product manu- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "facturing, the largest manufacturing "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "subsector in B.C., declined 2.1 per "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "cent, Dubé said. He explained that "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "many sawmill and wood-preservation "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "operations were forced to shut down "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "during last year’s wildfire season, the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "worst in the province’s history since "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "1958. Dubé said that GDP doesn’t take "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "into account the distribution of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "wealth or whether the wealth of indi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "viduals is growing. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ALBERTA Alberta carpenters union "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "signs on as a sponsor for "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "SCNC 2018 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Skills/Compétences Canada (SCC), "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "a not-for-profit organization that ac- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tively promotes careers in skilled "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "trades and technologies, says the Al- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "berta Regional Council of Carpenters "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and Allied Workers (ARCCAW), has "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "partnered with it in support of the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Skills Canada National Competition "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "(SCNC). The next competition will be "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "June 4 and 5 at the Edmonton EXPO "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "28 – Spring 2018 — The Canadian Design and Construction Report "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "CONSTRUCTION ACROSS CANADA "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Centre. ARCCAW will be sponsoring the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Launch Pad at SCNC, where students "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "are introduced to the competition "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "through a cutting-edge, youth fo- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "cused, audio-visual experience that "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "leads them to a career exploration "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "event. SCNC is an opportunity for youth "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to discover many of the career op- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tions that are available to them in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "these sectors. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“With Alberta’s economy rebound- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing and diversifying, we want to en- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "sure that young people know that a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "career with the union is a great way "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to make a good living,” said ARC- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "CAWA executive secretary-treasurer "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Derrick Schulte. “We offer quality and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "safely performed work in return for "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "good family supporting jobs, and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Skills Canada is a natural partner – "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and one we are proud to support.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Through the support of its many "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "sponsors and suppliers, SCC is able "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to raise awareness of skilled trade "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and technology careers at SCNC. At "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the 2018 Skills Canada National Com- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "petition, representatives from indus- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "try, government, and labour, along "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "with educators and youth will gather "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "in Edmonton. More than 550 sec- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ondary and post-secondary students "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "will compete for the title of national "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "champion in more than 40 skilled "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "trade and technology contest areas. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "In addition, there will be more than "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "50 interactive Try-A-Trade and Tech- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "nology activities to give the approxi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "mately 7,500 visiting students the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "opportunity to learn about careers in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the skilled trade and technology in- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "dustries. ARCCAW will be hosting a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "large Try-A-Trade and Technology ac- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tivity at the Carpentry Skill Area dur- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing SCNC. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "(raymond for image see "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "https://youtu.be/GxRgVqDtdGc) SASKATCHEWAN "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Saskatchewan’s Ministry of High- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ways and Infrastructure has placed "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "24 highway projects for tender in late "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "May, worth an estimated $65 million. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "“Safety is the most important pri- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ority on our provincial highway sys- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tem,” highways and infrastructure "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "minister David Marit said in a press "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "release. “We are pleased with this year’s "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "spring tender plan and the continua- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion of passing lane expansion "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "throughout the province.” "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "In addition to the passing lanes, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the tenders cover the twinning of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Highway 7 around Vanscoy. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Construction start dates depend "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "on when the tender is awarded, con- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tractor availability, and weather. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Combined with the tenders re- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "leased in September 2017, there are "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "over 130 Saskatchewan highway pro- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "jects in progress, with an estimated "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "value of million $285 million. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "MANITOBA WCA president speaks out "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "about prompt payment "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "legislation Winnipeg Construction Associa- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion (WCA) president Bill Hambley "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "says the province's prompt payment "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "legislation, Bill 218, \"needs some sig- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "nificant amendments before it will "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "work as intended.\" "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "In a note to members, he writes "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "that the WCA has met with the bill's "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "sponsor, Progressive Conservative "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "MLA Reg Helwer. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "\"He advised there is currently a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "window of opportunity for the indus- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "try to come together, discuss practi- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "cal solutions to the payment issue "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and present a unified position on the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "draft legislation,\" Hambley wrote. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "In response, Hambley says WCA’s "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "General Contractor and Trade Con- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tractor divisions held meetings in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "early May and agreed they would "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "work together with the Manitoba "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Prompt Payment Coalition to see if "
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "29",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "consensus can be reached on im- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "provements to Bill 218. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "As well, the WCA board agreed to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "appoint a group made up of two "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "members from each the association’s "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "General Contractor, Electrical Con- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tractor and Trade Contractor Divisions "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to meet with the Manitoba Prompt "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Payment Coalition (led by the Me- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "chanical Contractors Association) to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "review the bill. This group will also "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "look at the recently adopted Ontario "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Construction Act to see if ideas can "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "be borrowed from that legislation. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The intent is to provide a piece of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "workable consensus legislation in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Manitoba. Hambley said the WCA has com- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "mitted to providing members with "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "regular updates, like this, on the sta- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tus of Bill 218 and our conversations "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "with the Manitoba Prompt Payment "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Coalition. ONTARIO "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "GTA IO and Metrolinx sign "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "$2.5 billion contract for "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Finch West LRT project "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Infrastructure Ontario (IO) and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Metrolinx have signed a $2.5-billion "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "contract with Mosaic Transit Group to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "design, build, finance and maintain "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the Finch West Light Rail Transit pro- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ject Mosaic will be responsible to de- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "sign, build, finance and maintain the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "11-km LRT in a semi-exclusive lane "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "along Finch Ave. This consists of a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "below-grade terminal stop at Humber "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "College, 16 surface stops, as well as "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "an underground interchange station "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "at Keele Street that connects with the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "new Finch West Subway Station on "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the Toronto-York Spadina Subway Ex- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tension. The project also includes a mainte- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "nance and storage facility for the light "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "rail vehicles and other required com- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ponents, such as trackworks, signal- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing, communications, and public "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "infrastructure. Mosaic’s team includes: "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "• Applicant lead: ACS Infrastructure "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Canada, Aecon Concessions – a di- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "vision of Aecon Construction "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Group, CRH Canada Group. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "• Construction: Aecon Infrastruc- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ture and Management, Dragados "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Canada, Dufferin Construction Co. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "- a division of CRH Canada Group. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "• Design: Arup Canada, Dillon Con- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "sulting Ltd., DPM Energy, DTAH, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Perkins + Will Canada, Sener SES "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Canada. • Maintenance: ACS Infrastructure "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Canada, Aecon O&M – a division of "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Aecon Construction Group. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "• Financial advisor: RBC Dominion "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Securities Mosaic is scheduled to begin con- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "struction in fall 2018. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "OTTAWA Hard Rock Casino receives "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "approval for $318-million "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "expansion project "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Ottawa City Council has approved "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Hard Rock Casino Ottawa’s plans to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "expand the Rideau Carleton Raceway "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and Slots. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The $318-million project includes a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "redevelopment of the Rideau Car- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "leton Raceway at 4837 Albion Rd. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The casino plans to build an enter- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tainment venue with a 2,500-seat the- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "atre for live shows, restaurants, a "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "nine-storey hotel and a parking "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "garage for as many as 1,200 cars. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The investment is expected to cre- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ate approximately 3,100 construction "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "jobs. The multi-year project is sched- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "uled to be complete by 2022. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "QUEBEC Governments commit $70 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "million for Quebec City, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Trois-Riviers transit systems "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The federal government and the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Government of Quebec have an- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "nounced more than $70 million in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "funding for capital and other projects "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "to support the municipal transit sys- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tems of Quebec City and Trois-Riv- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ieres. The May 7 announcement for "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Trois-Rivieres covered 19 projects "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "being undertaken by the Societe de "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "transport de Trois-Rivieres (STTR). "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The Government of Canada will pro- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "vide $5.8 million for the projects and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the Government of Quebec will con- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tribute $4.6 million. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Besides the purchases of new "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "rolling stock, the STTR will build bus "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "shelters to serve the CEGEP, Trois- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Rivieres hospital, college Lafleche "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and the University of Quebec at Trois- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Rivieres, indicated a media state- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ment. The total spend announced May "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "16 for Quebec City will be $60.9 mil- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "lion for 24 projects being carried out "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "by the Reseau de transport de la Cap- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "itale (RTC) under the Public Transit In- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "frastructure Fund. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The Government of Canada will "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "provide $33.8 million for the projects "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and the Government of Quebec will "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "contribute more than $27 million. The "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "RTC will provide the remaining fund- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing. Among the projects receiving "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "funding are the rehabilitation of the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Lebourgneuf operations centre roof, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "as well as work to refurbish the main- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tenance workshop, the statement "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "said. The RTC will also build a new "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "terminal, the Terminus de la Faune, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and a Park-o-Bus at the Quebec City "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Airport. “The RTC is on the eve of a historic "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "development period and is thrilled "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "with this support from the govern- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ments of Canada and Quebec. These "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "contributions will allow the RTC to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "start putting foundational infrastruc- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ture like the park and ride in place for "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "our future network, and to continue "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "improving the customer experience "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and diversifying our bus fleet. Every- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "one in the area will benefit from this "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "announcement,” said Remy Normand, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "president of the Reseau de transport "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "de la Capitale, in a statement. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The Canadian Design and Construction Report — Spring 2018 – 29 "
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "pageNumber": "30",
                "paragraph": [
                    {
                        "data": "NEWS BRIEFS "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "NEW BRUNSWICK "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Fredericton’s $8.9 million "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "downtown makeover "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "includes permanent "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Officer’s Square stage "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Fredericton is getting a $400,000 "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "permanent main stage at historic Of- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ficers' Square as part of an $8.9 mil- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "lion makeover of the downtown "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "space, CBC reports. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The stage will be made of corten "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "steel, which rusts in the elements "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and forms a protective outer layer. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "\"We wanted to find an element that's "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "both recyclable and durable, but "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "beautiful,\" said architect Monica Adair "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of Acre Architects. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The stage will be built next to the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Fredericton Region Museum. Con- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "struction will start next year. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "NOVA SCOTIA "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "$200 million Canso "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "spaceport construction "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "delayed The start date for the construction "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "of Canada's only commercial space- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "port has been delayed. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Stephen Matier, president of Mar- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "itime Launch Services, had hoped to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "break ground this spring on the $200- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "million project on Nova Scotia's East- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ern Shore. However, Matier says the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Canso rocket launch site likely won't "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "start being developed until later this "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "year. 30 – Spring 2018 — The Canadian Design and Construction Report "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "CONSTRUCTION ACROSS CANADA "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "He told CBC that he had hoped "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the process would be moving faster, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "but his firm doesn't plan on cutting "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "corners. The project aims to attract consor- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tiums of firms that want to put satel- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "lites into orbit for commercial "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "purposes, such as near-Earth imag- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "ing, rather than putting humans into "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "space. The private-sector venture re- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "quires the province's environmental "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "approval and further regulatory ap- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "provals for launching procedures. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Matier said his company will submit "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "an environment assessment to the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "province within the next month. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The company is still aiming for the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "first round of satellite launches to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "begin in 2021, he said. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "StandardAero plans "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "30,000 sq. ft. Summerside "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "plant expansion "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "StandardAero Summerside, for- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "merly known as Vector Aerospace, is "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "preparing a 30,000 sq. ft. expansion. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Jeff Poirier, vice-president and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "general manager for StandardAero, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "says work currently done in Winnipeg "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "will now be transferred to Summer- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "side. \"Summerside's reputation in the in- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "dustry for great quality, great turn "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "time and superb customer service al- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "lowed them to transfer this work that "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "was formerly done in Winnipeg to "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Summerside with very little concern,\" "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Poirier said. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "\"It's a full-level expansion of the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "entire facility, entire company,\" Poirier "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "said. \"This is not just a good news "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "story for Summerside, this is a great "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "news story for Prince Edward Island "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "as a whole.\" "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "He said Slemon Park Corporation "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "will put out a request for tender in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the coming weeks to construct the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "expanded facility, with the construc- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tion process to begin soon after. The "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "work is expected to be completed by "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "the end of the year. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "NEWFOUNDLAND AND "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "LABRADOR Government to remove "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "secrecy about Muskrat Falls "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "contractor pay "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "A proposed change to the Energy "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Corporation Act means the identities "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and amount of money paid to con- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "tractors hired directly by Nalcor for "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "work on the Muskrat Falls project will "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "soon be available for public disclo- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "sure under Newfoundland and "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Labrador's access to information "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "laws, CBC reports. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Natural Resources minister "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "Siobhan Coady said in May that an "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "amendment to the act will modify the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "definition of \"commercially sensitive "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "information\" related to the project’s "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "temporary workers. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "The names of so-called embedded "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "contractors and payments received "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "from Nalcor Energy will no longer be "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "protected, and that disclosure will be "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "retroactive to past contracts, she "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "said. The change will bring Nalcor in "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "line with other Crown corporations "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "and agencies with respect to infor- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "mation disclosure and accountability, "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "where the secrecy was \"not reason- "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "able or necessary,\" she said. "
                    },
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                        "data": "She said the change is part of the "
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                        "data": "Liberal government's commitment to "
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                        "data": "openness and transparency. "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "CBC reports the amendment fol- "
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                    {
                        "data": "lows intense media scrutiny of the "
                    },
                    {
                        "data": "issue in 2017, with Nalcor saying it "
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                        "data": "was unable to release billing rates "
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                        "data": "limitations in the Energy Corporation "
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                        "data": "Act. "
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