Flynn Flash Spring 2009

President’s Message

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s I’m sure you have noticed by now, Flynn

The high number of award recipients across the country

Flash has a new look and feel – and a new tag

is a testament that this is a company that attracts and retains

line: a focus on production teams and projects.

great people and we look forward to recognizing the next set of

The reason for this redesign is quite simple:

recipients in the near future.

field operations drive our business and it’s

I feel compelled to provide a brief comment on the state of

important that we acknowledge the hard work and dedication

the economy and more importantly, the health of our business.

that makes Flynn such a success. It’s also a great way to

We all read the papers and listen to the news - the worldwide

learn about what’s happening from region to region.

financial issues are near impossible to overlook. Although we have not felt any direct impact of the economic downturn so far, we must be cautious and take appropriate action. We need to ensure our operations are managed more efficiently than ever during this time and I fully expect to emerge on the other end of this with an even wider gap between us and our competitors.

I also want to highlight that we are, in fact, likely to benefit from this situation. Flynn has experienced such rapid growth in the past few years; we’ve had little time to digest this growth. It is a prime opportunity for us to slow down a bit and really focus on efficiency related matters, such as the sharing of best practices from region to region. There are many great ideas and innovations everywhere in the company; this is a time we can learn from all facets of the business - and then share this learning. We have a strong competitive advantage by being a national, well-established and financially sound company. This makes Flynn Canada Ltd. a great place to work, especially at this time. Rest assured we will continue to invest in development programs, tools and equipment with efficiencies in mind.

There are likely to be casualties in this economic war

Don Belton with Doug Flynn at Service Award Ceremony.

but we will not be one of them. We have many exciting things in the pipeline and vibrant plans for the future. Thank you for

I am proud to formally announce that we now have a Years of Service Recognition Program. As many of you are aware,

your continued efforts and I look forward to working with all of you to make 2009 and beyond a continued success.

we have held a number of events across the country to honor employees that have held longstanding positions with Flynn.

Don Belton (featured left) was one of the recipients we were pleased to recognize. Don received a "Pioneer" award, which is a special award within the framework of the program. As a "Day 1 guy", Don qualified for this award which is reserved for Flynn Flash | Spring 2009

those few who were around way back when....

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Doug Flynn

Doctors, Big-Hearted Flynn Employees Align to Fight Diabetes

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t is an alarming and sobering statistic: the World

mid 1980s and endured progressive complications.

Health Organization estimates the number of

The decline in his health was a major factor in his early

diabetics to exceed 350 million by 2030. There

retirement from the business in 1991. His kidneys

are now over 175 million diabetics in the world -more

gradually began to shut down which led Don to an

than two million in Canada alone. Six people die every

exhausting and near debilitating four years of dialysis.

minute in the world from diabetes-related complications

A transplant became imperative. “Dad was basically

and illnesses.

reduced to palliative care,” says Doug. “There was little

It is a statistic that the employees of Flynn Canada are determined to impact positively. Since adopting the Canadian Diabetes Association as their official

quality of life…it was clear a transplant was the only solution.”

And with a 6-6 organ match, Doug was identified as

charity in 2006, the company has raised over

an ideal donor candidate. In December 2007, under

$250,000 to date. Sixteen branches across Canada

the dedicated care of Dr. David Rush and Dr. Peter

participate in a variety of fundraising drives throughout

Nickerson of the Manitoba Renal Clinic, father and son

the year with one goal in mind: unite to make a

underwent a kidney transplant. It was, undoubtedly, a

difference.

critical and sensitive decision; however, Doug resists

“We chose the CDA because it is an established,

any moral accolades. “It was done for one simple

national charity which also has regional chapters,” says

reason,” he says. “Dad either gets a new kidney or he

Doug Flynn, President and CEO. “It was important to

dies. It really does seem that clear to me. He is the

us to select an association that our employees all

brave one.”

across the country could identify with and pull together on.”

In addition to the $100,000 Flynn donates annually to the CDA, the company also matches the funds that are

Flynn Employees Up for the Challenge

CDA but also to diabetes-related causes. “There are so

These are the kind of values that founded Flynn nearly

many potential chronic complications to diabetes,

30 years ago, and although the business has experienced

complications that can become a serious condition

near exponential growth in the past decade, Doug vows

on their own,” Doug says. “From kidney failure to

the company will not lose the authentic, salt-of-the-earth

neurological disorders to heart disease to blindness –

roots that were instilled in everyone by its founder

you need to be prepared to manage multiple illnesses at

many years ago. It is a mantra that Doug relays to all

the same time.”

new employees he welcomes into the organization.

If it sounds as though he speaks from experience,

Whether you are a seasoned veteran with thirty years

he does. His father, Don Flynn - the founder of the

tenure or the latest hire, Flynn embraces each employee

company - was diagnosed with Type A diabetes in the

as though they were family.

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raised by the employees to be donated not only to the

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Such an atmosphere inevitably attracts and retains people who share similar values; as such, Flynn employees were eager to step up to the fundraising challenge. They engaged in everything from raffles to bake sales to hockey pools – even weight loss competitions. There was little these employees wouldn’t take on.

“I am so proud of the efforts and accomplishments of our staff across the country who pitched in to raise money and awareness for Diabetes-related struggles,” says Sharon Sovak, VP of Finance, reflecting on the success of the various campaigns the employees led over the past year. “A company is only as good as its people and I can say, without a doubt, we’ve got an amazing group of people here.”

Accolades are also certainly in store for the surgeons who performed the surgery. Dr. David Rush and Dr. Peter Nickerson - both faculty members with the University of Manitoba Faculty of Medicine Section of Nephrology - are committed clinician scientists who provide state-of-the-art care to patients through the Transplant Manitoba - Adult Kidney Program.

“The care we received was amazing,” says Doug.

“It’s a very delicate, complex procedure and we knew we were in very capable hands.”

Dr. Rush and Dr. Nickerson also conduct ground-breaking research: they were the first to describe subtle (“subclinical”) forms of rejection that can be damaging to the structure and function of the transplanted kidney, a discovery that garnered international recognition.

Further research has lead to the development of novel non-invasive diagnostic tests to help prevent rejection, leading to a potentially longer lifespan for the donated organ.

Flynn Scholarships We are proud to announce the following children of Flynn employees received a scholarship last year: Kaydie Kaus, Krystal Schutchings, Nathan Dow, Filipe Soares, Jason Simoes, Allisa Vincent, Ankusha Patel, and Maria Teresa Pineda.

Giving Back On March 12th at the University of Manitoba, as a token of their respect and appreciation, on behalf of all the employees of Flynn Canada Ltd., who were part of the various fund raising efforts, Doug and his father, Don, presented Dr. Rush and Dr. Nickerson with a cheque for nearly $75,000.

The 2009 CDA Campaign Kick-off begins in a few weeks and Doug is confident this will

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be another successful year in

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(Left to Right): Doug Flynn,Dr. David Rush ,Dr. Josh Koulach and Don Flynn

fundraising. “In a company like Flynn, word gets around fast. Everyone knew about my Dad and it was incredibly touching to see how they all stepped up and showed their support.”

“My father received even more than a kidney from the people across the country within the company he founded. He received a piece of their heart.”

KANGA KID SAVES 3-4 MAN HOURS PER DAY

T.A.S.K. SUBMISSIONS

Clarence Poworoznik submitted a T.A.S.K. for the Kanga Kid Mini Skid

Teamwork/Attitude/Sharing/Knowledge

forklift). This tool offers a safe,

Loader. It is similar to the Ramrod 550 Laboursaver and the All Seasons Equipment Cheetah currently being used, but is considerable lighter (970lbs) and can therefore be used on more projects.

This machine saves approximately 3-4 man hours per day

easy and labour reduced

on an average tear off job.

TASK WINNER- HAUL AND SET WITH EASE! Tyler Tomlinson from our Winnipeg branch and pictured below, suggested attaching the WIRTH BMbH Oktopus KI-B to the forks of a Zoom Boom (reach

method for hauling and setting freezer panels, metal roofing

GOOGLE 411

and metal siding on-site. The

Shammi Munday recently found a great way to save on directory assistance charges. Google now offers a 411 service that not only finds the business number you’re looking for, but can also send

device does not require any power from the lift itself, instead you simply plug the unit in at night and it will be charged and

you the address and a map of the neighbourhood the business is located. This is a free service unlike when dialling 411 normally. To

ready the next morning. This tool is called the Oktopus because of its suction cup method of holding onto panels.

The maximum carrying capacity is 550 lbs using the 12 oval suction cups or 880 lbs when using the 12 round suction cups.

use this service, simply dial 1-800-GOOG-411 or 1-800-466-4411.

To see a video of this service in action, visit www.google.com/goog411/.

FIRST OF 13 DONE AT ASPEN LANDINGS SHOPPING CENTRE

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ith BKDI Architects, and Ledcor, Calgary Production has installed

the first of 13 new roofs at the Aspen Landing Shopping Centre.

The centre itself is 23 acres with 237,900 square feet of commercial, 116,200 square feet of residential and 33,750 square feet of office space.

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Ralph Weasel-Fat, Dave Duncan, Paul Leger (Foreman) and, Fernand Melanson.

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OLYMPIC PROJECTS TRULY COAST-TO-COAST EFFORT The Vancouver Convention Centre Expansion Project, being managed

by Vancouver’s own, Pete Taylor, was truly a coast-to-coast effort. The photos show the guys who came in from other branches.

(Left to Right):Mario Trepanier, Ardie Van Burren, Andre Losier, Grant Penny, Robert Hogue, Ben Henny, Dale Borrowman

VANCOUVER CLEARED FOR TAKE OFF

CREW WHIPS OUT 500 SQUARES A WEEK IN PORT COQUITLAM

(Left to Right): Andrew Flett, Son Tran, Mike Colville (foreman), Hinh Luu, and Vinh Tran.

(Absent: Dylan Dolville and Justin Dowd).

Managed by Mike Colville

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he Vancouver branch worked on 4 separate multi-scope projects at the

Vancouver International Airport (YVR). One of these projects is the YVR Security in Advance of Pre-Clearance Project or, SIAPC, which is a renovation of the US Departures portion of the existing International Terminal Building. This building is approximately 80,000 square feet and will have a rooftop addition of almost 10,000 square feet. The general contract was awarded to PCL West Coast Constructors

(Left to Right): Christian Snead (Superintendent), Wes Webb, Dylan Adams, Krish Seiveking, Lance Kubbernus, Jarod Cook, Bob Gallanet. In the back, Girard Robichaud, Chris Hanna, and Blaine Braun (Foreman)

Inc., who enlisted the expertise of Flynn Canada for the envelope system which will

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include the metal roofing, flat roofing, metal cladding and architectural panels.

Sitting on the tank: Brian Zahorejko (Foreman) and Ray Zahorejko (Leadhand). These are only 12 of the 27 men over 5 crews who are installing Metal Decking in the Vancouver Market

DL Warehouse in Port Coquitlam is a 450,519 square foot warehouse with an aggressive schedule. Beedie Construction is the GC and has asked for a minimum

of 42,000 square feet to be laid per week. As usual, our crews were at their best, laying 50,000 square feet of metal deck per week. That’s 237,000 Hilti Pins and 320,000 sidelap screws!

INDUSTRIAL EMPLOYEES SAVE A LIFE WITH CPR AT SUNCOR Flynn Industrial crew members, Ralph Winsor and Peter Townsend saved the life of a man working for Lockerbie & Hole Industrial at the Suncor site in Fort McMurray.

Flynn received the following email of thanks from Rob Strohmann, Project Manager with Lockerbie & Hole:

and Peter Townsend for their fast reaction in administering CPR to our employee. Their quick response and professionalism was instrumental in maintaining a pulse until the ERT arrived on the scene. The patient is (Left to Right): Peter Townsend and Ralph Winsor still in critical condition, and under sedation, however his vital signs are stable. This type of heroism is greatly appreciated not only by L&H Management, but by all the 600 plus workers on the project. Please pass on our sincere appreciation for their actions.’

We are proud to have these guys on our team.

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‘On Friday, October 24, 08 one of L&H employees went “down” at approximately 14:40 with an apparent heart attack.

We would like to commend two of Flynn’s employees, Ralph Winsor

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SOUTHGATE CHEV TO BE CLAD IN FLYNN ACCUMET The Calgary branch supplied and installed 8,600 square feet of Accumet 2000 Composite Panels.

The Flynn crew that handled this job is pictured.

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(Left to Right): Zach Michaud, ted Ponting and Jesse Boettcher

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Brendan’s crew: Les Mackenzie, Nico Meyer, Brendan Lowndes (Foreman), Jared Beatty, Justin Duff and Jan-Rene Dahlman.

PIPING HOT ASPHALT 85 FEET UP REQUIRES A SKILLED CREW

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rendan Lowndes and his crew have completed a Canada Post job where they were required to pipe hot asphalt 85 feet into the air. The crew had it under control though. Everything progressed nicely on this job.

This is the same crew that worked in Sparwood, BC, at the Line Creek Coal Mine. Great work guys!

SHINGLERS CAN TACKLE IT ALL!

The 1,300 square cedar re-roof project at Parklane was completed on schedule despite the Crew consists of Geoff Myers, Jim Muir, Doug Jackson, Eric Gagne, Ross Mckay, Dave Alldrick, uncooperative elements. Upon completion of the project, the Shingle Crews had a gap to fill Ron Hill before starting another project. To help the team, the Victoria Superintendents dispersed the Shingle crews to help some of the projects which were severely time pressed.

With excellent team work, all Flynn departments were able to catch up for lost time on the necessary projects.

UA LOCAL 488 EDUCATION CENTRE NEARS COMPLETION Flynn Industrial Ltd. crews normally work on heavy industrialized job-sites or on one of the mega oil-sands projects. However, when the Plumbers and to their facility in northwest Edmonton, General Contractor Bird Construction called on Flynn Industrial to do the metal cladding.

This was not your run of the mill metal siding project – instead, the specs called for architectural coloured zinc cladding. The installation consisted of a (Left to Right): Derek Saindon (Foreman), Joe MacDonald, Scott Godard, Wayne Bourque and Brandon Allen, Randy Moldenhauer (absent in the photo)

vapour barrier, Z bar insulation and 8000 square feet of a special zinc cladding system.

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Pipefitters Local #488 announced the construction of a significant expansion

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CALGARY CREWS RIP THROUGH RE-ROOF PROJECTS Bob Spamola’s crew were hard at work completing a 25,000 square foot re-roof of the LCL Distribution Centre in Calgary.

Brian McCaghren’s crew worked on a 13,900 square foot re-roof for CREIT, through consultant AD Williams.

Randy Gidilewich’s crew - The Calgary YWCA received a 55,000 square foot re-roofed .

Back Row (Left to Right) : Mike Munro, Grant Dick, Chris Shirley, Bob Spamola and KC Neilsen

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Front Row (Left to Right) : Brad Brown and Stefan Neudecker.

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Jason Block, Brian McCaghren, Jason Daigneault and Philippe Alstream, made up the rest of the crew

(Left to Right): Randy Gidilewich, Alex Jakab, James Simon, Cecil Bennett, Joe Danenas, Glen Gauvreau, Ivan Goodstriker, in the front, Leanne Simpkin, Carolina Gislason.

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attistella Developments adopts a charity in the city on an annual basis.This past year the charity of choice was The Brown Bagging Society. This charity makes brown bag lunches for school children in the Calgary area who for various reasons arrive at school without a lunch. Brown Bagging works closely with all the schools and makes up to 1500 lunches on a daily basis.

(Left to Right):- Colin Swirles (Project Manager), Georgina Walker (Glazer), Luc Prefontaine (Glazing Foreman of project), Robert Cobey (Glazer), Ryan Veniot (Glazer)

EMPLOYEE NEWS: VANCOUVER The Production Roofing Department in Vancouver recently

Promotions:

added a new Superintendent to their team, Evan Nebone.

Ray Bruce, previously a Superintendant, has been promoted

Evan comes to us with experience in construction and will

to Production Manager of Generic Metals.

be a valuable asset to the team. We wish him all the best in

Stewart Bates, also previously a Superintendant, has been

his future Flynn endeavours.

promoted to Production Manager of Decking

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BATTISTELLA COLOURS CONDOS/ BROWN BAGGING HANDOVER

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TWO ROOFING SYSTEMS FOR WYCKHAM HOUSE

Front row from (left to right): Nathan Townes, Sailor Yardley, James Moore, Cliff Swan, Jean Gourdet Back row from (left to right): Art Lee, Charles Wilson, Frank Barrett, John Fedishen

RE-ROOF CHALLENGES AT EDMONTON’S DOWNTOWN GRANT MacEWAN COLLEGE

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dmonton crews worked hard at the downtown campus of Grant MacEwan College, replacing

more than 37,000 square feet of re-roof before the snow came down. Safety was of utmost concern at the congested site as college students and staff went about their daily business below the work area. Disposal chutes were placed in fenced off areas as the complete removal of the existing roof, right down to the vapour barrier, was the first item on the agenda for Foreman

Thorsten Hartje and Dave McKnight

Thorsten Hartje and Dave McKnight finished work on the two roofing systems for the Students’ Association of Mount Royal College, student centre, Wyckham House.

The first was 7,400 square feet of inverted Tremco TRA while the second was 2,400 square feet of Sarnafil PVC.

MID-WEST GLAZING PROJECTS

James Moore and his crew.

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EMPLOYEE NEWS: EDMONTON

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Flynn Canada Ltd. Edmonton would like to acknowledge and congratulate the following employees on their new job assignments, Gord Singer – Roofing Manager, Chuck Simpson – Service Manager, Adam Hernberg – Roofing Co-Coordinator.

(Left to right): Nelson Pilgrim(Foreman), Bob Jones, John Pattison, Glen Paquette

FROM POLAND TO CANADA

(Left to Right):, we have Krzysztof Zachara, Klaus Kolodzig, Lazar Arkadiusz, Grobys Piotr, Slawomir Kontowicz, Malczyk Franciszek, Wieslaw Lazar, Dariusz Lesniewski, Helen Fita, Simonne Rafs, Robert Slusarczyk, Lukasz Kokczynski, Beverley Taylor, Arkadiusz Kokczynski, Fred Thom, Marcin Rzedzian.

With the ongoing boom in the Mid-West, recent recruitment efforts have brought the Edmonton branch a number of new team members all the way from Poland. Welcome Abroad!

MOVING ALONG NICELY

Health Skylight project installing Kawneer 2000 Series skylight, canopy and faรงade glazing to structural steel under the direction of Foreman Nelson Pilgrim, while Klaus Kolodzig and his crew were busy at the Art Gallery of Edmonton.

(Back row): Michael Minchin, Jim Anderson, James Drewe, Adam MacRae Foreman Klaus Kolodzig

(Front row): Shane Collier, Dennis Killips, Gordon Krekowski

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he Edmonton branch ids working on the Capital

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DEFENCE CONSTRUCTION IN AWE OF SASKATOON PRECISION

Three crews were combined for this job. (Left to Right): Vernon Hunt, Edwin Casemore (Spray Foreman), Brent Casement (Service Foreman), Michael Basseraba, Shane Benoit, Luke Paules (Service Foreman), Jamie Benoit, Kyle McKay, Clifton Wolfe, Jason Schwanbeck , Bill Jensen and RMI roofing inspector.

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anadian Forces Base, Shilo, required 120,000 square feet of water-tight coating for their G400 building. Their original spec had called for a water based product, but because the tender closed on October 2nd and the product required a temperature above

100C for 48 hours, Saskatoon Production proposed an alternative, the Garna Flex B.A.S. system.

The alternative was accepted and after a few site meetings, on October 15th, the 9 man crew started work. By October 19th, all 120,000 square feet were completed.

John Magnuson of Defence Construction commented, “I wish all of our contractors were like Flynn. You completed this project with military precision.� Excellent work guys!

DISEASE CONTROL LAB A WALK IN THE PARK

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Dominion Construction is running the new Saskatchewan Disease Control Lab being built in Regina.

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Flynn is responsible for 27,300 square feet of Accumet 2000 which was installed over a vapour barrier, z-bars and insulation.

(Left to Right): Lucas Swayze, Dustin Geib, Ryan Cameron (Foreman) and Troy Dube.

FLYNN ENTERS UNIVERSITY OF REGINA A Regina Metal Crew is working on the #2 Research Drive Project at the University of Regina. Westridge Construction is the general on-site.

This job consists of 2,400 square feet of Accumet 2000 and 7,100 of metal cladding.

Both require the installation of a vapour barrier, z-bars and insulation.

CREW CAPS OFF MISCELLANEOUS JOBS

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or the past month these guys have been the clean-up crew. They’ve been responsible for catching up on cap flashings and miscellaneous other jobs. In the photo below they are at the Rosewood Alliance Park Church where they were responsible for 900 square feet of Delta Span Cladding.

(Left to Right): Brad Matlock, Eric Brass, Spencer Sayer (Foreman) and, Luciano Moya, Jon Pelletier (absent in the photo)

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(Left to Right): Dam Kuntz, Jason Derr, Riley Williams, Jon Krysak (Foreman) and, Campbell Stevenson.

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FROM GERMANY TO CANADA

Jan-Rene Dahlman and Nico Meyer

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The Regina branch would like to extend a warm welcome to new employees from Germany. Jan-Rene Dahlman (left) arrived in

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October and Nico Meyer (right) arrived in July. Welcome aboard!

SERVICE NEWS Moncton Service is very happy to welcome the newest

relocated from Toronto to Moncton and Dean is working as a

Service Dept., member. Dean Snow and his family recently

Service Foremen. Good Luck Dean!!!

NEW MENTAL HEALTH CENTRE GETS A FLYNN ROOF

BRUCE CREW LENDS A HAND IN LONDON

Jim’s crew consists of Jim Furtado,Manual Da Ponte,Antero Furtado,Eduardo Camara,Dan Camara,Daniel Bush

(Left to Right): James Ironbow, Tammy Olson (Risk Manager), Craig Michelle, Robert Morrison, Justin Brewer, Ryan Barnes, William Paules and, Devin Kardynal (Foreman)

Through the generosity of local donations, The Royal University Hospital Foundation in Saskatoon completed work on the new Irene and Leslie Dubé Centre for Mental Health. This project increased the number of beds and provided dedicated areas for treating children and adolescents.

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im Furtado’s crew from the Bruce Power Plant recently came back into London to help out with two jobs.

The first was a 204,000 square foot mechanically fastened 45mil white TPO membrane at Hanwha L & C Canada for McKay Cocker. The job required 35,000 pre assembled fasteners on the field and another 45,000 on the perimeter securement. Jim’s crew finished this job in great time and quickly moved to the next.

The next job was an IRC Group project in Ridgetown Campus for the University of Guelph. The job consisted of removing the existing roof system down to the concrete deck and then installing a vapour barrier, 1.5” Express ISO with Duoteck adhesive and cap sheet. Keep up the great work guys!

STANDARD AERO CALLS ON FLYNN AGAIN

maintenance and service work. When Standard Aero decided to add a new building to house a turbine test facility, they chose Flynn to do the roofing. The metals department supplied and installed 85,700 square feet of roof deck And the roofing crews installed the new EPDM roof system.

Crew Consists Of: Paul Gravito (Foreman), Louis Gagne, Hans Dell, Mark Oste And Cecil Prince

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Standard Aero is a large international aerospace company based in Winnipeg and Flynn has a long term relationship with them doing roof

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AIR CANADA SEES RELIABILITY IN FLYNN

Back Row (Left to right): Ljupco Gjorgieveski, Waldemar Hetze, Ostap Kukharskyy, Paul Desmond, Oleh Pavlyna and Jarek Rzezdian (Foreman ) Front Row (Left to right): Darren McLennan and Patrick Haines.

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hen Air Canada’s maintenance facility in Winnipeg needed a new roof, they came directly to Flynn Canada. Having done a re-roof on Air Canada’s Hanger # 1 several years ago, the branch was confident they could complete the second one

just as fast and just as well. The job consisted of a complete reroof of approximately 97,300 square feet.

The newest addition to Jarek’s crew is Kanga. This hard little worker comes to us all the way from Australia (pictured in TASK). It is a ride on skid steer much like the Cheetah we are all used to but more compact and lighter so it can be used on more jobs.

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WILLOWSIDE HOUSING GETS UNDER WAY

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(Left to Right): Jim Cottle, Glen Mosdell (Foreman), Todd Drever, Andrei Moroz-Filoti and John Rae.

Cambridge crew has just completed a modified bitumen system on the new condominium complex on Victoria street in Kitchener.

HAMILTON KEEPS ONTARIO POWER GENERATION (OPG) DRY

(Left to Right): Carlos Costa, Paul Liddiard, Mike Rodrigues (Foreman), Pedro Silva, Gilbert Medeiros, Antonio Lourenco, Joe Leal, John Silva, Joe Cordeiro, Rui Lima, Jeremiah De Zeeuw, David Fernandes, Peter Bendyk, Carlos Graca, Manny Oliveira, Brian Van leeuwen, Gary Heap, Dan Castonguay, Bill Fischer and Brian Fedak

Ontario Power Generation’s Nanticoke plant was the site of a major re-roof project for 3 crews from the Hamilton branch.

Carlos Costa’s Production Crew was responsible for the term bar installation on the Boiler House. The roof was centrally

Mike Rodrigues’ Production Crew took on the 100,000 square foot re-roof of the Turbine Hall which consisted of units 1 through 5 and additional repairs on units 6, 7 and 8.

Elevation for these units was 100 feet above the ground floor.

located in the plant at an elevation of more than 200 feet from ground level.

Units 3 through 8 combined for a total perimeter length of over 6,000 feet. 2 rows of bars (4 at the corners) are fastened

Flashings were completed with one ply of Garland Versiply and one ply of Stressply, the seams had Garlamesh set in

with 3 3/4” tap-grip convrete screws every 12”. A strip of Garland Stressply Mineral cap sheet was applied over each bar, and set in

flashing bond.

flashing bond. The cao was then coated with Pyramic and Solex.

WHITE OAKS MALL GETS A RE-ROOF

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branch. Upon its completion, the crew headed over to the White Oaks Mall to undertake a very difficult reroof project. The crew had to work nights after the mall was closed to haul off the garbage.

(Left to Right): James Bain, Brad Eckert, Don Dadson, Bill Fearon.

Bryson Williams and Mike Whitteker.

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recently finished work at the University of Windsor, Human Kinetics building expansion for the London

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FROM OPP TO NIGHT COURT

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ui Medeiros’ crew completed work at the OPP Southwest Regional office in London for SNC-Lavalin-Profac through the IRC Group. The crew worked nights, starting at 5pm through until 3am.

The job consisted of removing the existing 4-ply built up roof system to be replaced with a peel and stick vapour barrier, 2 layers of polyiso with Duotek Adhesive, taper insulation, a 1/4�

Sopraboard with Duotek Adhesive and a cap sheet to finish it off.

As soon as this job was complete, the crew headed over to the London Courthouse for the same clients and are once again working nights.

Back Row (Left to Right): Sergio Martinez, Rob Monk, Gord Dennis, Jeff Mowry, Ken Williams, Rui Medeiros (Foreman) Front Row (Left to Right): Terry Woods and Louis Teixeria

LONDON SERVICE TAKES IT ALL ON London service tackled a re-roof project with the help of Eddy Medeiros leading the way. The crew removed an existing BUR

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system on Hillside Church and replaced it with a modified bitumen system with a full mop of asphalt.

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While this project was u n d e r w a y, t h e re s t o f the London Service department kept busy with their maintenance work across the city. Nice work Gerald Gowers, Ed McDonald, Bill Moss, and Charlie Thomas.

(Left to Right): Aaron Burry, Christopher McBurney, Matt Regier, Tom McHugh and Eddy Mederios

OTTAWA RE-ROOFS MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC MANUFACTURER Abbot Point of Care develops and manufactures medical diagnostic equipment used to provide healthcare professionals with life-saving diagnostic information. When they needed a new roof, they looked no further than Flynn.

The job required 44,000 square feet of modified bitumen that included the application of a new vapour barrier and an adhesive applied insulation system.

(Left to Right): are: Aaron Cribb (Foreman), Jeff Nelson, Waylon Robinson, Marco Adriano, Patrick O’Neil, James Bourgoyne, Jacques Therien, Eric Gauthier and Abdulah Najafi.

Left to right: Michel Dupuis, Patrick Albert, Gilles Lavoie, Guy Jolicoeur, Matthieu Seguin and Phil Begin

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llis Don’s LDH School project, is a 99,600 square foot 2-ply modified bitumen, asphalt applied roof. This was the largest new construction job for the Ottawa Production department.

Ottawa Metals installed 2,500 square feet of 22 gauge corrugated in charcoal and 22 gauge AD300 in bone white. In addition

3,900 square feet of 3mm Axiom Plus was installed. Both architectural metals were installed over a blueskin membrane.

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OTTAWA TAKES ON THEIR LARGEST NEW CONSTRUCTION JOB

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CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE

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(Left to Right): Chris Pigeon, Yves (Moose) Morin and Marty Trudeau

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rews set up to install the first of 220 face glass units in between 24 structural glass fins standing 65 ft tall’ (front cover photo). Notable mentions (not in photos): Darrin Dunwoodie (Foreman), Mike Dunwoodie, & Leonard Gabriel who were involved from beginning of job. Project is 95% complete. Installation will be completed in Spring 2009.

NEW LEED SILVER COURTHOUSE IN DURHAM HAS FLYNN ALL OVER IT

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urham Consolidated Courthouse is a modern, integrated facility that consolidates Superior Court and Ontario Court Justice services currently delivered from eight locations across the Durham region. The building – located in downtown Oshawa – houses 33 courtrooms, three motions rooms, two conference/settlement rooms and a related justice services area.

Adding to the LEED Silver is a 700 square metre green roof which helps to reduce energy use and absorb storm water run-off.

The crew on Durham Courthouse

Left to right: Ernie Deguilio, Manny H. DeSousa (Project Estimator), Manny Bandeira (Site Foreman), Tara Aldaya (Project Manager), Paulo Furtado, Adrian Crossfield, Dave (no longer with crew), Carmon Cinnirella, Bruce Paquette, Ashton Prashad and Rick Lacey (Site Super) absent from photo.

won the top safety award for Metals. The project included generic cladding and aluminum panels. The value of the project was $962,216.00 .

Left to right: Harlen Deveau, Dan White , George Levy , Chris Cook , Ryan Pike, Steve Vincent , John Dickson , Chris Burrows (Site Supervisor) , Beau Burrows , John Toffoli , Mike Ku ,Dustin Armitage , Steve Hewitt , Dave Burrows , Marty Flaherty , Eric Caron and Gord Wiggins (Project Manager)

Dan Sims and Ron Cowdy continue managing the work outside the ACC at PCL’s Maple Leaf Square which represents the largest multi-scope project (architectural metals, glazing and roofing) contracted to Flynn to date. The Estimator on this project is Al Perrault.

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MAPLE LEAF SQUARE MOVES ALONG NICELY

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HALIFAX SERVICE TAKES ON CONDO RE-ROOF

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Left to right: Terry Logan, Joe Buckley, Jeff Arklie, Dave MacDonald, Joey Nelson, Gerald MacCormack (Foreman) and Laurie Poirier

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ate last summer, Halifax Service started work re-shingling three condominium buildings for a total of 66,000 square feet.

The project involved removing the existing shingle system and installing an ice and water shield over the entire roof area, metal valley flashings and 25 year fibreglass shingles. Siding was removed on the chimney boxes and received a modified base cap and sheet with new chimney flashings.

The spec originally called for a torched base cap, but the Service department was able to suggest and install an improved self-adhered base cap instead.

The last of the three roofs required special staging due to the steep slope. The Department of Labour visited twice and remarked positively on the staging, commenting that they don’t usually see that on a shingle job.

As expected, the owners were very pleased with the finished work and the tidiness of the site .

HALIFAX CREW PREPARES FOR WINTER ON THE ROCK

FLYNN BRINGS THE POWER AT GOREWAY STATION

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Work is complete on the $1 billion Goreway Station construction site

(Left to Right): Guilherme Ferreira, Jao Maltez, Nuno Silva, Tony Fernandes (Foreman), Salvatore Venosa, Manny Freitas and Chris Aitcheson(Site Super) absent in the photo John Fleming (Foreman) and Darren Collins

A Halifax crew installed panels at the Long Term Care Facility in Corner Brook, Newfoundland.

Foreman John Fleming and Darren Collins are leading this job which requires the installation of 5,000 plus panels. The facility is scheduled to be operational in the fall of 2009.

which employs 800 workers and 47 sub-contractors on the project. This is the first new major

power plant built in Ontario in the past 25 years.

“This is the Rolls Royce of power plants,” says Mike White, SNC-Lavalin Power Ontario construction manager. “The co-operation among all the trades has been fantastic.” This is in no small part due to Flynn’s men on this site.

The 875 MW plant is Canada’s largest combined cycle power station, fuelled by natural gas. When it runs at full capacity, it meets the power needs of over 330,000 homes.

Thanks for keeping our lights on guys!

NORTHWOOD NO WALK IN THE PARK Halifax’s new Northwood Continuing Care Facility had our crews busy. The roofing system is built around more than 400 inside and outside corners and 90 roof drains. The project also

12 foot curves.

Lewis Gale (Production Foreman), Chris Huybers, Wayne Pellerin, Stanley Carll, Steve Lewis, Kevin Vallee, Peter Unsworth, Brian MacDonald(Production Foreman), Willie Cooley, Dion Courtney, Paul Allenback, Derek Kelly, Jonathan MacIntrye, Kevin Ingram and Dewayne MacDonald

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called for 7,000 square feet of both intensive and extensive green roofing and included radical building elevations with 15 foot peaks and

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WINNIPEG CREW SHOWS GEORGIA GC HOW IT’S DONE IN THE COLD

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rimus Builders from Woodstock, Georgia, contracted Flynn to supply the roof for an addition to Versa Cold Storage in Winnipeg.

The contract required that Flynn Metals install 126,500 square feet of prefinished 22 gauge metal decking. Once that was completed, the roofing crew moved on-site to install a built up TPO membrane roof. It was interesting watching the General Contractor’s representatives adapt to the Winnipeg winter!

Crew consists of : Wieslaw Jezak (Foreman),Thomas Bak, Andrzej Milosz, Karel Harrison, John Bonany, Sean Ducharme and Billy Ranville

FLYNN HELPS OPEN NEW BORDER CROSSING The St. Stephen Area border crossing project represents the first new crossing along the Canadian/U.S. border in decades. This new facility was modeled for an international border crossing that incorporates state-of-the-art technologies designed to improve the efficiency of people and goods moving across the border.

The roofing crew worked long hours to install the 58,600 square feet of insulated 2-ply modified bitumen roofing on the multi-roof and building facility. Two thumbs up for a job well done, guys!

(Left to Rright): Pat Nason, Jason Grasse, Allain Bouchard, Graham Cole (Foreman), Calvin Gillies and Paul Gillies

MENTORSHIP THE NAME OF THE GAME

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eneric siding continues to be a large part

of Flynn’s business in the Maritimes.

Greg Nickerson and his crews were very busy jumping from job to job across the region to maintain schedules and keep our customers satisfied.

Although a young man himself, Greg has a knack of training our new hires to help us develop crews for the future.

Left to right: Peter Westhaver, Greg Nickerson (Foreman), Jeff Doane and Mark Knight. Absent from the photo: Travis Bartlett and Lester Carey

MONCTON AND ST.JOHN’S HAPPY AT GOOSE BAY PROJECT

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liant’s Goose Bay project was a 5,400 square foot Tremco roof located in Happy Valley, Goose Bay Newfoundland.

St. John’s needed some extra manpower, so Moncton stepped up and sent their crew of Edgar Cormier, Foreman Roger LeBlanc Jr., Yves Robichaud, Roger LeBlanc Sr., and Norm Cyr, seen here boarding a plane to Happy Valley.

The crew successfully completed the new Tremco roof system and returned safely to Moncton. Norm loved the area so much that he requested that he be a part of the next crew to assist St. John’s in Goose Bay. Nice work guys

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Edgar Cormier, Foreman Roger LeBlanc Jr., Yves Robichaud, Roger LeBlanc Sr., and Norm Cyr

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2008 ANNUAL SAFETY AWARD WINNERS Victoria

Kitchener

Roofing: Chris Sitter (F), Tony Baraniuk, Stan Craig, James Harry

Roofing: Gilbert Medeiros (F), Mike Correia, Gilbert Medeiros, Louis Avila, Richard Collette, Dave Aroujo, Jose Avila, Dave Szuco,

Metal: Mark O’Hanley (F), CJ Howie, Aaron Wauthy

Metals: George Murray (F), Barry Dourety

Vancouver

Service: Santo Garcia (F), Kevin Phelan Roofing: Luis Pauta/Mike Colville (F), Toan Le, Dennis Richards, Robert Copan, Francisco Rey, Vinh Duong, Omed QAsim, Vinh Tran , Hinh Luu , Justin Dowd, AndrewFlett, Dylan Colvile Metals: Brian Taylor / Brian Decker (F), Barry Hoyano, James Kenyon, Bryan Bernardo, Sam He, Erven Alde , Mark Gaiser, Wilson Zhou, Jeff Mencher, Larry Frazao, Stelios Papanicolaou, Drew McMillan

Hamilton Roofing: Manny Alexandre (F), Bill Creighton, Craig Aulenback, Dominic Girard, Marco Pasquale Metals: Mike Fernandes (F), Graham Webb

Calgary

Service: Gilbert Medeiros (F), Mike Correia

Roofing: Brooklyn Gear (F),John Gear,Cam Merkely,Andrew Franzen,Larry Hornby

Toronto

Metals: Andrew Foster (F),Wayne Thompson,Jerremy Pepper

Roofing: Craig Crawford (F), Tony Sousa,Jared Neale,Fritz Kraus,Norm Bertlin,Joe DaSilva,ed Johnston,

Service: Gord Manchulenk (F),Bill Moss Glazing: Robert Coby (F),Chislaine Haitel,Martin Behman,Andrew Franzen,Larry Hornby

Metals: Manny Bandeira (F),Paulo Furtado,Adrian Crossfield,Ernie DeGuilio,Ashton Prashad,Carmon Cinnirella,BrucePaquette, Service: Alex Nunes (F),Tome Sousa,Gavin Hibbs,Carlos Benevines,Mike Odiko,Kevin Clark,

Saskatoon Roofing: Devin Kardynal (F),Ryan Barnes Metals; Kevin Bereza(F),Curtis Sawisky

Glazing: Scott Dadji (F),Glen Empson,Bradley Diamond,Shawn Corrin,Mitch Sing,Bill Diamond,Scott Mclean,Carlos Cordeiro

Ottawa

Service: Melvin Sawitsky (F),Clifton Wolfe,David Fiss,Joshua Bodnarek Roofing: Aaron Crib (F), Percy Jodoin, Eric Gauthier, Jacques Therrien, Jeff Nelson, Marco Adriano, Whalen Robinson

Regina

Metal: Denis Siguoin (F), Dave Taylon, Lee Prieur Roofing: Brendan Lowdes (F), Dustin Wandler, Justin Duff, Kyle Anderson, Nico Meyer,

Service: Dave McIsaac (F), Jason Flanagan, Ken Roy, Sefton Brown

Metals: Ryan Cameron (F), Adam Kuntz, Dustin Geib, Service: Duane Humble (F), Duane Humble

Moncton

Winnipeg

Roofing: Graham Cole (F), Jason Grasse, Patrick Nason, Paul Gillies, Calvin Gilliss

Roofing: Wieslaw Jezak(F), Jan Patacz, John Bonany, Waldemar Hetze

Service: Leo Cormier (F), Jean Cormier

Metal: Peter Smith (F), Jamie Smith

Halifax

Service: Taras Kukharskvy (F), Ted Mikolajczyk Metal: Robert Mackinnon (F),Jeff Doane,Joe Buckley,Joey Nelson

London

Service: Gerald Maccormack: (F), Dave MacDonald, Jeff Arklie, Murdock Woods, Laurie Porier

Roofing: Terry Wood (F), Sergio Martinequz, Jeff Mallory, Rob Monk, Gord Dennis, Ken Williams, Louis Teixbera

St. Johns

Metals: Rue Menderios (F), Ryan Haywood Service: Ed McDonald (F), Bill Moss

Roofing: Allan Squires (F), Anthony Barnes, Tony King, Harvey Peckford

Congratulations to All