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CATCHING SOME RAYS Are solar roofs the hype of the century or the height of technology?
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CONTENTS VOLUME 14 l NUMBER 4 ROOFING BC is the official publication of the Roofing Contractors Association of British Columbia (RCABC). Each issue highlights news and views about current developments in the roofing industry, interesting projects, information about new and emerging technologies, and news from the association to increase readers’ expertise in the roofing industry. ROOFING BC is the powerful voice to speak on behalf of BC’s roofing industry, and continues to create lasting impact with industry leaders and construction professionals. Published quarterly for:
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COVER 10 Catching Some Rays
Are solar roofs the hype of the century or the height of technology?
FEATURES 18 RCABC Member Profile
A Success of Their Own Making: Thompson Valley Roofing proves hard work pays off
22 Record Keeping 101.1
Document Storage and the Limitation Act
26 Working Safely at Heights is All About Planning 28 Faces of the Trade
Band of Brothers: Twins strike a healthy work/life balance—on the job and at the gym
32 OH&S Safety Consulting Joins RCABC Offices
DEPARTMENTS 6 President’s Message 8 RCABC Update 34 Professional Services Directory
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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
CHRIS SMITH RCABC President
EMBRACING OUR DIAMOND
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n 1958 the average cost of a new home was $12,750 and the average annual income was $3,851. While Elvis Presley was being inducted into the U.S. Army, John Diefenbaker was poised to defeat Lester B. Pearson to become the 13th Prime Minister of Canada. That was 60 years ago. In our industry, 1958 was a pivotal year as it saw a group of forward-thinking roofing professionals from all sectors join together to form what is today the Roofing Contractors Association of British Columbia (RCABC). From its meagre beginnings 60 years ago, our association has flourished and established itself as the body dedicated to the “promotion and protection of public interest” with everything pertaining to roofing. RCABC has been at the forefront of the industry for the past six decades. In 1960, it was the first to introduce a roofing guarantee backed not only by contractors, but the association itself. Today, the RoofStar Guarantee continues to demonstrate the importance of hiring qualified contractors and well-trained installers who utilize accepted products and practices. Playing a proactive role in embracing new roofing technology has also been a priority for RCABC. In the mid-1990s, the association built and opened the first educational facility in North America dedicated solely to training the roofing industry. This was further emphasized with the opening of the Architectural Sheet Metal (ASM) training centre in 2010. As the association’s 49th president, I am honoured to be involved with such a professional organization. I have seen firsthand the initiatives RCABC has put in place for its members over the years, and I am proud to be a part of it as it celebrates its 60th, diamond anniversary. We are in good company celebrating 60 years with other well-established organizations such as Lego, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Daytona 500 and long-time RCABC member Prince Sheet Metal & Heating Ltd. out of Prince George. I would also like to recognize other fine RCABC members who are celebrating anniversaries in 2018. These include: • Apex Building Sciences Inc. and Busque Engineering Ltd. – 10 years;
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• Advanced Systems Roofing & Waterproofing – 20 years; • Rockwool (formerly Roxul) – 30 years; • Flynn Canada Ltd., Harvard Industries Ltd., Duro-Last Roofing Inc., Menzies Metal Products, and Tremco Ltd. – 40 years; • 101 Industries Ltd., Pacific Waterproofing Ltd., and Plasti-Fab – 50 years; • Atlas-Apex Roofing Inc. – 90 years; and, • Mack Kirk Roofing & Sheet Metal Ltd., Canada Metal Ltd., and Soprema Inc. – 110 years. Congratulations to all of you on achieving these milestones. For those of you who I may have unintentionally omitted, please accept my sincere apologies. Communication is a priority for RCABC and is a foundation for the association’s continued success. Our province is vast, and it is extremely difficult to get all members together in one place at one time. In fact, we’re lucky if we see our industry counterparts once a year during the AGM in December. I feel it is important that all RCABC members have a voice in their association. We, as the board of directors, would like to hear directly from our peers to find out what RCABC is doing right, what it could polish, new avenues to explore and new initiatives the association can unroll. It is through these informal conversations that we strengthen our association and keep it on an upward trajectory for the years to come. RCABC and its members have always been very progressive and will continue to be leaders in the industry. As 2018 unfolds, I have two main goals which combine both personal and professional objectives. On a personal level, I would like to take the time to travel across this beautiful province of ours and take in the wonderful scenery. While I’m on the road, I would also like to visit with as many RCABC members as possible. I have no agenda other than to simply say “hello” and, possibly, have a tour of your facilities. If you just want to talk about the weather, that works for me. If you would rather I just keep driving, that is fine also. So, please, keep the coffee warm as I am looking forward to shaking hands with all of you! One final thought as we head into spring: Pressure does two things – bursts pipes and creates diamonds. Which one will you be?
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IF YOU HAVEN’T HEARD OF ZEBCOE, YOU WILL SOON BRYAN WALLNER Chief Executive Officer, RCABC
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EBcoE, not to be confused with the legendary Zebco 33 spincast reel, stands for Zero Energy Building Centre of Excellence, a project that underpins the City of Vancouver’s The Greenest City Action Plan. This plan includes a target to achieve carbon neutral new construction by 2020. New city-owned buildings have to comply immediately. The 2020 deadline helps support the City’s Renewable City Strategy target to have all buildings in Vancouver (including those already built) use only renewable energy by the year 2050.
Innovation
In July 2016, the Vancouver City Council passed a resolution to create the Zero Emissions Building Centre of Excellence with the mission to “facilitate the compilation and dissemination of the knowledge and skills required to design, permit, build and operate zero emission buildings in B.C., and directed staff to engage partners, secure matching funding, consult with stakeholders and report back with recommendations for implementation in 2017.” The City subsequently issued an RFP for hosting and delivering the ZEBcoE. RCABC was a supporting partner to a proposal – submitted by the Vancouver Regional Construction Association (VRCA) – that engaged a broad group of industry stakeholders. Currently, VRCA is the preferred (only) proponent, is in the final stages of contract negotiation with the City, Passive House Canada and the Open Green Building Society, and is looking for a talented individual to be ZEBcoE’s Executive Director. This onion has lots of layers, many of which intersect on the roof and greater building envelope. Through its support of VRCA, RCABC will: • Convene on an as-needed basis a range of training sessions (developed in partnership with Passive House and/or others) applicable to roofing, moisture and air barrier trades at our training centre in Langley. • Promote zero emissions building training and events to our members on an ongoing basis.
People
RCABC has taken a leadership position over the past year educating and training special interest groups to recruit candidates to the roofing trade. High school, refugee and corrections programs have introduced over 200 potential labourers and apprentices to the trade. ZEBcoE and the technologies required to meet the ambitious City plans will challenge the labour market to provide high end labour. In an article by Jason Spector in Genentech Media, Sean Pander, head of the City’s green building program, discussed the impact on local labour and local manufacturing: “An increase in demand for high-end building components and the labour needed to install them will change the economic landscape of Vancouver’s building industry. The city contends it will do so by adding more jobs in the region that can’t be shipped overseas. There’s some solid logic here. The more sophisticated detail work has to be done locally, of course. Beyond that, the types of materials the high-performance buildings will need, like windows and insulation, are not the kind of thing that developers like to import from far away. That bodes better for the region than an approach that relied on fancy equipment imported from Europe or Asia. The local workforce will need to grow and adapt, though. That’s why the city wants to set up the centre to exchange practical knowledge about actually doing this kind of work.” A Google of “zero emission buildings Vancouver” produces articles with words like bold, innovative, leap-frog and North American leader to describe the path Vancouver has chosen. RCABC will be there to help get the message out through its partnership with VRCA and ZEBcoE, providing education and training to our members and stakeholders that will allow them to assess and adapt to the new requirements.
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CATCHING SOME RAYS Are solar roofs the hype of the century or the height of technology? By TREENA HEIN
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t this point, everyone in the roofing world has heard about solar shingles. These are different from solar panels attached over your roof – they are the roof. High-end electric car-maker Tesla has introduced photovoltaic tempered glass roof tiles (Tesla Solar Roof), but it’s not the only game in town. Dow Chemical Company started R&D on solar shingles in 2008, and its first and second-generation products, POWERHOUSE 1.0 and 2.0 solar shingles, were installed starting in 2011 on 1,000 buildings across 18 states. In 2015, Dow released a new version (3.0), which is cheaper and more efficient. For unknown reasons,
it shelved the whole thing in 2016, but revived the technology in October 2017 through a partnership with RGS Energy, perhaps due to the market being ready and/or Tesla’s entrance on the solar roof scene. RGS states that POWERHOUSE 3.0 is more economical than solar panels and pre-orders are now being taken. Pennsylvania-based CertainTEED now offers another solar shingle system called Apollo II, with high-efficiency monocrystalline silicon solar cells that the firm claims will capture the most energy per square foot of any solar shingle. Forward Solar Roofing of California offers tempered glass-metal tiles in eight colours that also offer the industry’s highest efficiencies.
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Before we take a look at some of the analysis of costs, benefits and more of the Tesla Solar Roof, let’s answer the big question: when might installation be expected in Canada? On that score, Tesla is vague. In a blurb that seems to have been written in 2017, the firm states on its website that “initial trial installations are complete and customer installations are underway with plans to ramp up in 2018. As production ramps, we will begin deliveries internationally. Solar Roof will be installed based on your order queue position when Solar Roof is ready for your region.” The firm finished its factory in New York last September. Tesla did not respond to questions about the date when Canadian installations might begin or how many Canadian pre-orders have been placed (Tesla did not respond at all), but various media outlets report that total Tesla Solar Roof pre-orders are extensive. A refundable
pre-order downpayment will cost you $1,000 US. In addition to placing a pre-order directly with Tesla through its website, eventually U.S. customers (and perhaps Canadian) will be able to get the solar roof panels at Home Depot, but it’s not clear how installation will be handled. Tesla is also reportedly in distribution discussions with Lowe’s.
Costs
The first thing to understand about the cost of a Tesla roof is that the Tesla home battery system called Powerwall is required. It rings in at $7,000 USD. The second thing is that a Tesla solar roof system will include identical photovoltaic and non-photovoltaic tiles, with the PV tiles to be placed only on roof surfaces that receive a lot of sun. Tesla predicts that to meet typical power needs, PV tiles will need to cover 50 per cent of the roof surface of most houses and PV tiles obviously cost more than their non-PV counterparts (more on that
Tesla predicts that to meet typical power needs, PV tiles will need to cover 50 per cent of the roof surface of most houses and PV tiles obviously cost more than their non-PV counterparts. Total roof cost will also depend on the size of your roof.
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COVER later). Total roof cost will also depend on the size of your roof. How much you’ll save compared to other roof materials depends on the material being compared to, and those prices can vary in different regions. Also, keep in mind that there will be immediate and ongoing power savings (electricity and also perhaps natural gas, depending on the house in question) due to the power being generated by the tiles, and that power prices also vary on a regional basis. For Canada, let’s look at a detailed cost comparison of a Tesla roof to other roof types published by Adam Yereniuk, director of operations at Kuby Renewable Energy of Edmonton, in 2017. In a company blog post (https:// kubyenergy.ca/blog/teslas-solar-roofin-alberta), Yerenuik notes that for a roof area of 1,500 ft2, average prices in Canadian dollars for slate are $22.61/ ft2, clay tile $15.83/ft2, metal $20.62/ft2 and asphalt shingles $8.71/ft2 plus tax. He notes that Tesla predicts the typical homeowner can expect to pay (at a conversion of $1.33 CAD = $1.00 USD) $29.06/ft2 if only 35 per cent of the roof has PV tiles, which he says Tesla claimed last year would be sufficient for the typical home. With a solar energy conversion efficiency of 10 per cent, light degradation over time and many other factors taken into account, Yerenuik calculates that the Telsa Solar Roof cost for folks in Edmonton would be $43,590. However, Serving that does not include installation, tax,
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or the cost of a Tesla Powerwall, which comes to $9,310 CAD, again, plus tax. Even with the electricity savings of at least $11,436 that Yerenuik calculates would be achieved over a 30-year span, the total cost of a Tesla roof system is still many, many thousands of dollars more than slate or metal. (For comparison, Forward Solar Roofing offers its PV shingles for $61 USD/ft2 and non-PV shingles for 8.50/ ft2, so a 1,500 ft2 roof with 35 per cent PV shingles would cost $52,616 CAD, without accounting for power savings, or taxes, installation and battery system.) Yerenuik goes further, comparing the Tesla system to a roof with asphalt shingles and enough solar panels to generate the same amount of energy as what Tesla claims can be generated on a yearly basis – about 5,740 kWh. “A solar panel system of that size will cost somewhere between $12,500 to $14,000,” he says. “It currently qualifies for a 30
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per cent provincial rebate, dropping the cost to about $10,000. So the net cost for shingles and solar panels would be about $4,500 lower than the Tesla tiles for Edmonton residents, but installation, Powerwall and taxes are extra.” Another factor not taken into account in any Tesla calculations is snow. In October 2016, Tesla founder and President Elon Musk tweeted, “Solar glass tiles can also incorporate heating elements, like rear defroster on a car, to clear roof of snow and keep generating energy,” but has not followed with any public specifics since, nor has the firm addressed the topic in its online forums. Yerenuik says that in Alberta on an annual basis, you can expect that snow cover on any solar system will cause an energy-generation loss of 5 to 10 per cent. That would likely be higher in B.C., he notes, due to typically higher amounts of snow.
In terms of other analysis that have been published, all in 2017, Bloomberg’s news site also found that Tesla’s solar roof costs more than a conventional roof plus standard roof-mounted solar panels. Green Tech Media market research firm found the same. Forbes has calculated that an average-sized roof with Powerwall would cost close to 60K in U.S. dollars. No one can know whether solar roofs will be common in the developed world in the foreseeable future, but many who can afford such roofs, especially those in sunny locales like California, are going to have these systems installed, for the cachet of it, if nothing else. We do know that with several other providers giving Tesla a run for their market share, prices are sure to become more competitive. As with other types of roofing, competition – and quality – are always a good thing.
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A SUCCESS OF THEIR OWN MAKING Thompson Valley Roofing proves hard work pays off By ABIGAIL CUKIER
Chris Rollier, project manager and owner, with long-time employees Jared Lennea, foreman (left) and Chris Dodds, superintendent (right).
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RCABC MEMBER PROFILE
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rom the time Chris Rollier started Thompson Valley Roofing, he ran it as if it were a member of the Roofing Contractors Association of British Columbia (RCABC). He wanted to eventually apply to the association and knew it only accepted the best. And member or not, Rollier wanted to run his company following the same principles as the RCABC – integrity, the highest quality roofing practices and sound business ethics. Rollier started Thompson Valley in 2002 with minimal equipment, little money and one good apprentice by his side. Serving Kamloops, the North Thompson Valley and Nicola Valley, the business grew and was incorporated in 2006. A journeyman Red Seal roofer, Rollier combined his business and trade knowledge to develop the company. “We had a great relationship with some of the larger contractors in town and they told us they wanted to work with us. But many of their jobs required that roofers be part of the RCABC. So we met with the board and applied. On Sept. 13, 2013, I got the call that we had been accepted,” Rollier said. “Once you are a member, you have to be better and want to be better. Your guys want to be better. It improves morale. And it improves the playing field. It raises the bar for the whole industry. RCABC members are the best in British Columbia.”
says Thompson Valley has received more opportunities for bigger jobs with heavier materials and sales have doubled. Thompson Valley’s workforce has grown to 20 employees and its current shop is triple the size of its original location. “When we were starting out, we saved our money and kept putting it back into the company so we could buy better tools, better trucks, better safety equipment, better machinery,” Rollier said. “We have also added benefit plans and pension plans for our employees. It’s exciting to see.” Rollier feels it is important to reward employees, as he believes they are the key to success. “I have such great respect for these employees who have helped pave the way for our company,” he says. “A company is only as good as its team and our team is dedicated and hardworking. They love doing inspected work and dealing with consultants because they are confident in their abilities.
“...Company safety records and procedures are a huge part of what general contractors are looking for when they choose a roofing contractor. Implementing a working safety
“Our key personnel has grown so much. Our first apprentice is now head superintendent. It is great to see their growth.”
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Rollier is especially grateful because he knows it can be difficult to find good employees. “It has always been tough, especially when the economy is strong, like it is in B.C. right now. Solid wages and benefits are key to keeping employees. I have talked to other types of businesses and trades and lack of manpower is a common trend in construction right now. Training and promotion is sometimes the
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RCABC MEMBER PROFILE only way to gain experienced employees. As our company grows, so does the demand for workers.” Another trend Rollier has seen in recent years is increasing attention to safety regulations and initiatives. “Every year, more safety standards come into effect. We have noticed that we have to pre-qualify for many jobs now. Company safety records and procedures are a huge part of what general contractors are looking for when they choose a roofing contractor. Implementing a working safety program is key for staying relevant in the industry.” While about 75 per cent of its work is commercial, Thompson Valley provides residential services, including re-roofing, repairs to blown off shingles or damaged flashing, as well as custom alterations and renovations. Thompson Valley Roofing works on government and commercial buildings, including schools, hospitals, shopping centres and apartment buildings. Employees are trained and certified in
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RECORD KEEPING 101.1 By TANJA NOWOTNY
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verything in business has limitations: Patience. Credit. Data usage. When it comes to the Limitation Act, roofing contractors need to be proactive when it comes to insurance policies and record keeping to ensure they are protected against liabilities if and when they arise. “Each province has its own Limitation Act and British Columbia is no different,” said lawyer Andrew Breen at Dolden Wallace Folick. “Each province’s Limitation Act varies to some extent, but
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in recent years there has been a movement to try to line them up so they’re more consistent across the board.” Originally put in place in 1996, the Limitation Act outlines time limits in which a party can sue for bodily injury or property damage. With time periods set at two to six years, the Act – in its original form – caused a lot of confusion in the industry. “The problem with the Limitation Act was there used to be a two-year and a six-year limitation depending on
whether there was property damage or bodily injury,” Breen explained. “If it was bodily injury, it was two years; if it was a contractual type of damage, it was arguably six years. This created quite a bit of confusion.” On June 1, 2013, the B.C. Government amended the original Act and revised the basic limitation period to two years for all cases. According to Breen, what this means is a party generally has two years from when the damage/injury is known to have occurred – or ought to have
FEATURE been known to have occurred – to start a lawsuit. This is considered the discoverability principle. When it comes to roofing and construction claims, Breen cited the example of a contractor who installs a roofing system on a building in Vancouver, which is exposed to heavy amounts of rain. Eight years from the original installation date, the owner discovers an issue of wood rot and/or mould. The owner then hires a consultant who investigates and determines whether it was an installation issue which led to the water ingress. “If you were to just apply a strict two-year limitation period from when the work was done, the owners in this case would be out of luck because it was eight years since the work was done,” he said. “Applying the discoverability principle, you have two years from the time when the damage was discovered to sue. In this case, although it was eight years after the original work was done, it was within the two-year limitation when the damage was discovered by the owner.” According to Breen, roofing contractors protect themselves by taking out general liability insurance on an annual basis. This means that the contractor is covered for claims which may arise within the policy period. Although every policy is different, most insurance policies include exclusion clauses which outline instances where insurance companies would not provide coverage, such as an “own work” exclusion. “If a roofing contractor doesn’t properly install a flashing or a membrane and it must be re-applied, that is generally considered exclusion work,” Breen explained. “The insurance company isn’t going to pay for that because it’s not considered property damage. However, if property damage is caused by water that gets into the building as a result of that shoddy work, that is covered. Once again, the damage would have to be reported within the two-year limitation period.” In addition to the basic limitation period of two years, the Limitation Act also specifies an “ultimate limitation period.” In British Columbia, that
ultimate limitation period is now 15 years. According to Breen, the ultimate limitation period provides a drop-dead date for which a plaintiff can sue on work completed. “The ultimate limitation period provides roofers or anyone else running a business with some form of certainty that they aren’t going to get sued for work they did at a certain point in time,” he said. “For example, if a roofer installed a system in 2004,
he/she is still susceptible to a lawsuit for that work because it falls under the ultimate limitation period of 15 years.” Once again using the example of water damage – which is the most common in British Columbia – Breen explained that a plaintiff can sue a contractor for damage on projects they completed within the 15-year ultimate limitation period, as long as that damage is discovered and reported within the basic two-year limitation.
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According to Breen, if the contractor were to get sued for a project that they completed eight years ago, and it turns out during questioning that the plaintiff knew of the damage four years ago, that case would be dismissed because the plaintiff reported the damage outside of the two-year basic limitation period. When it comes to the Limitation Act as it relates to the roofing industry, Breen said that it works in favour of the contractor. “The Limitation Act is meant to help roofing contractors in a sense that there’s only a basic limitation period of two years in which to be sued,” he said. Although there is nothing a roofing contractor can do to avoid being sued, there are steps they can take in order to minimize their long-term exposure to potential claims. Breen suggests that contractors should maintain not only their general liability insurance, but also detailed project records. “It is very important that roofing contractors maintain project records for at least 15 years,” he said. “Keep everything related to a project such as invoices, contract documents and inspection records. Put it all in a folder and lock it away.” Better yet, he said the best way to store project documents is by embracing technology. By maintaining project records electronically, contractors don’t have to worry about the physical documents and potential loss or clutter, because all of the documents are stored on one single hard drive. For more information on the Limitation Act in British Columbia, please visit www.canlii.org.
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alls from heights are often associated with serious, life-changing injuries — it takes only two seconds for a worker to fall 64 feet. Falls from elevation remain a top concern for WorkSafeBC and are part of the 2018-2020 Construction High Risk Strategy. From 2012 -2016, falls from heights in the construction industry resulted in 5,781 time-loss claims, 2,025 serious-injury claims and 22 workrelated deaths. Working safely at heights starts with planning. Long before a worker climbs up on the roof the employer must ensure they: have received adequate training and supervision; are provided with the right equipment; and are instructed in the fall protection system to be used and procedures to be followed before they are exposed to the hazards associated with falls from elevation. If work will be carried out above 25 feet, or when work procedures are being used as a fall protection system, then the fall protection plan must be in writing and available at the workplace. A written fall protection plan must be site-specific and include five main elements: hazard identification; the fall protection systems to be used; the procedures to assemble and inspect the systems; the inspection requirements of the anchors, where
applicable; and the procedures to rescue a suspended worker. According to Part 11 of the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation (OHSR), a fall protection system must be used when work is done from a height of 10 feet or higher, or from a height of less than 10 feet, where there’s a risk of injury greater than the risk from a fall on a flat surface. Part 4 of the OHSR provides additional requirements to protect workers from fall hazards, such as ensuring that floor or roof openings are adequately covered or guarded, as well as guidance on guardrail construction. Jaret Swanson, Manager of Prevention Field Services at Construction West, encourages supervisors to use their plan as an educational tool to ensure workers are sufficiently trained in and knowledgeable about the fall hazards on each job site. “An effective fall protection plan should include input from all parties involved in the construction process, including the prime contractor, the employer and the supervisor,” Swanson says. “The prime contractor, for instance, must ensure that the overall fall protection plan is coordinated and followed. This means reviewing written fall protection plans submitted prior to beginning work, and establishing and maintaining a system whereby all fall protection requirements
noted in the plan are being complied with by all sub-trades.” WorkSafeBC offers a fall-protection plan template to assist with the process. An important element in developing an effective fall protection plan is understanding how to select the safest practicable system of fall protection as laid out in the hierarchy of fall protection as detailed in the guidelines for Part 11 of the OHSR; practicable means that which is reasonably capable of being done. Fall protection selection must be made in the following order of priority – all where practicable: guardrails must be selected first, fall restraint next, followed by fall arrest. Only after the previous systems have proven to be impracticable can other procedures deemed acceptable by WorkSafeBC be employed. Work procedures provide the least effective system of fall protection because workers are not physically protected from the hazard. Guardrail means a guard that consists of a top rail 40-44 inches above the work surface, a mid-rail located at the midpoint of the space between the underside of the top rail and the upper edge of the platform, and vertical supports spaced not more than eight feet apart. Standard guardrails must be designed to withstand a load of 125 lb. or be built to meet the criteria set out in Part 4 of the OHSR.
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FEATURE A fall-restraint system prevents a worker from falling from a work position, or from travelling to an unguarded edge from which a fall could occur – for example, a fall-restraint belt or fullbody harness that attaches a worker to an anchor. A system that arrests a worker’s fall within 12 inches is also considered to be a restraint system. A fall-arrest system protects a worker after they fall by preventing the worker from hitting a surface below. An example of this system is a fullbody harness connected to lifelines, which are in turn attached to secured anchors. A fall-arrest system, in order to be effective, should not allow a free fall of greater than six feet. In addition, the inclusion of a shock-absorbing lanyard greatly reduces the impact to a worker’s body during a fall.
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Work procedures acceptable to WorkSafeBC can be found in the guidelines and include safety monitoring systems. It’s important to note that just because a part of the work process makes the use of work procedures the only practical system of fall protection, that doesn’t necessarily mean the whole job can be conducted using this system. The safest system should always be used when practicable for each stage of work. When employers accept projects that involve working at heights, they are also accepting the specific responsibilities that accompany the added risk their workers will face to complete the job. Developing and implementing a thorough fall protection plan that’s understood by everyone at the work site is an integral part of the process toward ensuring every worker returns home safely at the end of their shift. WorkSafeBC recently published a new online interactive infographic that illustrates information about the top five job types within construction with the most accepted time-loss claims as a result of falls from heights, from 20122016. Six new ladder-safety videos have also been created to remind workers, employers and homeowners to use them safely. For more information, www.worksafebc.com.
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FACES OF THE TRADE
Twins strike a healthy work/life balance—on the job and at the gym
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“I don’t believe an accident of birth makes people sisters or brothers. Sisterhood and brotherhood is a condition people have to work at.” —Maya Angelou
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ibling rivalry is one thing, but when you happen to be identical twin brothers born less than an hour apart, it’s a safe bet that you might be a bit competitive with each other. But in the case of Jeanos and Julian Jarwe – both employed with the RooFix company of Burnaby, B.C. – egos never come before getting the job done safely, efficiently and yes, cooperatively.
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builders. From the very beginning of their working lives, both knew they wanted to do something worthwhile as a vocation. Naturally drawn to all things physical, Jeanos and Julian felt the need to do something beneficial for themselves and for people in the community. Julian says, “Originally, I wanted to be a firefighter. I wasn’t only interested in the physical demands of working in that trade but I also felt the desire to have a career I considered useful. I wanted to go
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FACES OF THE TRADE home at the end of every day and know that I’d made a difference. So when I looked a bit deeper into the roofing business, I knew that I’d like working on rooftops, I wasn’t afraid of heights, and that at the very least I would be making a positive difference in someone’s life.” Jeanos adds, “Homeowners don’t get their roofs repaired or replaced on a whim or for cosmetic reasons. It’s not fun money to spend – it’s because as a homeowner you actually need it. So as a roofer, you know every job is important to someone. And although the roofing gig has interfered a bit with our workouts – most jobs are roughly 10 hours a days – we still find the time to get to the gym in the evenings. The physical demands of our working environment provide a kind of workout anyway.” The twins have been employed for over two years with RooFix, a wellknown roofing company in Burnaby that works in both residential and commercial markets. The company’s service territory is primarily the lower mainland but also extends well beyond those borders at times. Having done most of their work in the residential sector, Julian says, “You certainly get to see other parts of B.C.
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FACES OF THE TRADE with this job, which is part of the fun. Not only in and around Burnaby but in Vancouver proper, North Vancouver, Port Coquitlam, Maple Ridge, Whistler, and Squamish for example.” Known in the trade as sloped roofers, Jeanos talks about the optimum conditions on the job site. “Whenever a roof is at an easy 4:12 pitch ratio, the substrate is in perfect condition, the fascia board isn’t necessary to replace, and there’s easy access to garbage disposal with the bin close to the house. That’s really as good as it gets!”
And the less desirable situations? Julian explains, “Sometimes you’ll encounter a very steep pitch to a rooftop – like a 12:12. That kind of roof is difficult to work on and slows down your progress substantially. You have to be more mindful and sure-footed when you’re walking along the roof and there’s a trickier safety set up. You haul up a lot of extra equipment on a job like that and under those conditions your back can definitely get sore. But that’s where our physical conditioning really helps – as bodybuilders our backs have already been strengthened at the gym. It makes a big difference.”
“…when I looked a bit deeper into the roofing business, I knew that I’d like working on rooftops, I wasn’t afraid of heights, and that at the very least I would be making a positive difference in someone’s life.” – Julian Jarwe One of the many aspects of working for RooFix that the twins enjoy is their ironclad commitment to safety. Jeanos says, “The company has zero tolerance for safety breaches and so do we. Our superintendent does regular site inspections on every job and we also have a safety committee that performs random check-stops. All of the safety training at RooFix is very thorough.” And what about job satisfaction? Julian describes one of their most rewarding experiences: “We were working on a townhouse complex in Kitsilano with just me, my brother, one foreman and one labourer. Unfortunately our foreman got hurt and it was just the three of us. This was a 34-unit complex and it took almost three months to finish that job. But when we completed it, that was a proud moment. We worked quickly, efficiently and safely and there were virtually no deficiencies after the inspection. It was a great feeling!” And like the twins often parodied in contemporary movies, the brothers compete with each other and disagree constantly. Julian says, “There’s never a day when we’re not arguing. Jeanos is roughly 215 pounds, and I’m about 194. He usually outdoes me at the gym, but on the job site I tend to be the “go-to guy.” Apparently there’s no disagreement on that.
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Flynn Canada Ltd. ................................................9 www.flynncompanies.com
UNION Sheet Metal Workers’ Local 280...........................31 www.smw280.org
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