Neither Rain, Nor Snow Could Stop the Combined Efforts of the Flynn Team

COVER STORY Neither Rain, Nor Snow Could Stop the Combined Efforts of the Flynn Team

Submitted by Greg Junop

For the past two years our Flynn crews have been hard at work on the Corner Brook Acute Care Hospital in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

The new seven-storey, 600,000 SF hospital will have 164 beds as well as an expanded cancer care program. A multi-scope project of this scale would be a difficult task for any one branch, but the St. John’s branch had the support of the Flynn team from day one. Together with the Halifax branch, the Toronto Waterproofing Division, TSC, Central Estimating and the Operations Excellence team (OPEX) they were ready for everything and anything, including the weather. It is well known that the weather on the east coast can be temperamental at the best of times. The annual snowfall in Newfoundland is over 15 feet and the site experienced wind speeds of over 120 km/hr or 74 mph. Special measures were taken to ensure materials, equipment, and our installed products were safe and secure during damaging weather events. Going the extra mile to make sure the site was secure and watertight at the end of the day were vital to keeping to the schedule. The roofing scope was undertaken by the St. John’s branch and comprised of 1,610 SQS of 3-ply Mod. Bit. and 140 SQS of asphalt roofing. This involved numerous crews on the site at the same time working on various areas. A rotation of 33 St. John’s employees, including six foremen and a superintendent were required to get the work done. For the waterproofing the Toronto Waterproofing Division were flown in to complete the foundation wall around the entire permitter of the hospital. The cladding scope was spearheaded by the Halifax branch and involved 165,000 SF of steel siding panels with various coloured finishes, 13,500 SF of liner siding and 300 aluminium composite panels. The team of 18 men were led by Mike Denny who was happy for a chance to return to his hometown, Corner Brook, NL. Mike’s knowledge of the region, his dedication to the quality of the systems installed, and his collaboration were vital to our success. “The Corner Brook Hospital was a massive undertaking for the St. John’s and Halifax branches, and it could not have been completed without the support of our entire Flynn team. I want to thank Evan Bartram, William Kennedy, and Darren Swinemer for their contributions to relocate for this job and their commitments on

site. Plus, Central Estimating, TSC and the Toronto Waterproofing Division for their operations support,” said Greg Junop. “The Operations Excellence team (OPEX) was also a contributor to our success. Rick Lacey and Luke DeFazio flew out and helped us implement efficiency and quality improvements.” Flynn completed all the main roofing and siding work by April 2022 with only the canopy roofing and cladding works, return works, leave out areas, and miscellaneous flashings left to complete. While the waterproofing work was successfully completed two months ahead of project schedule. The entire project continues to move along at a good pace, and we expect to be done by the end of the year.

Waterproofing: Andrew Bailie, Liam Bailie, Tyler McDonald, Greg Dunlop, Chris Sgroi, Brandon Debassige, Ryan Gluvakov, and Shane Rumboldt. Roofing: William Kennedy, Ken Petersen, Rob Kennedy, Chris Reardon, Jeff Dalton, Corey Stack, Zeb Waldner, Michael Parott, Tommy Breen, Jason Dawe, Ronald Brace, Kenny Squires, David Griffin, Michael Young, Mark McDonald, Justin Foss, Tyler Pettipas, Douglas Boland, Jeff Bennett, and Kirk Bennett. Metals: Mike Denny, Gerald Kennedy, Roger Wong, Trevor Foster, Chris Donaghue, Desi King, Rick King, Kris Weatherall, Wade Butt, Terry Matchett, Nick Edwards, Gary Weisner, Brandon Fry, Avalon Fowler, Chris Hayward, Josh Major, Colin Colbourne, Mike Kelly, Wilson Snow, and Ray Pomroy.