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This unique soy-based as phalt sealer is o ne o f the articles for our road building feature. You can also read about how the Construction Safety

Network is working to develop a hazard assessment web tool for the asphalt industry. Two major projects under the Gateway Program ro unds out char section.

The theme of asphalt con ti nues in our roofing focus where we look a t the idea of recycling asphalt shi ngles into asphalt pavement mixes which offers environmenta l and cost sav ings Demand for green roofing remains strong so we put che spodight o n che green roof design for Southeast False Creek's Millennium Wate r and rake a look ac what roofing manufacturers can offer.

For our profile, we speak with David Mcfarlane, head of EllisDo n's B.C. operations Three years after setting up an office in Richmond, he is o ptimis ti c about the market and the company's efforts 10 carve a niche within the industry.

The Cloverdale Recreati o n Centre is our feature project. This arc hi t ecturall y unique mulripurpose complex is rhe firs t pro ject in the city's efforts to redevelop th e Cloverdale Fairgrounds.

This issue also includes o ur annu al C EB C Awards for Engineering Excellen ce coverage. SNC-Lavalin was awarded th e top ho nour for their work on the Canada Linc Read about all the winning projects in our speci al supplement.

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A SILENT KILLER FROM THE PAST CON TINUES TOCLAHM LIVES

BY DON SCHOUTEN, WORKSAFEBC MANAGER OF INDUSTRY AND LABOUR SERVICES-CONSTRUCTION

Th ough it's no longer used in constructio n , we still calk about asbestos and its devastating effects for good re ason: asbestos continues t o cast a deadly shadow on workplace health and safety.

Decades ago, many worke r s were routinely exposed co asbestos - the deadly mineral chat cau ses permanent tissue damage when breached in. Dubbed the " miracle mineral ," asbestos played an important ro l e in construction thank s co it s durability and insulation properties.

Ir 's hard to believe chat such a dangerou s substance was used everywhere in residential and commercia l buildings: from the roof, co the floor, co che insu lation.

Initially thought to be comp letely harmless, asbestos began developing its deadly reputation when wo rkers, typically older or retired, started co get sick with diseases and cancers l ike asbestosis and mesothelioma.

Of course, we now know chat asbestos causes serious, progre ssive - and often, fatal - health problem s decades after exposure. This knowledge has come a t a great cost: within the lase 20 years in B.C., se ven out of every IO workers with an asbestos- related exposure has died

In 2009, asbestos killed more B.C. worke rs than any o cher traumatic injury or occupational disea se. Lase year, 60 out of 121 workers died from occupat ional disea se - most of chem from asbestosrelated exposures. WorkS a feBC expects asbestos-related fatalities to co ntinu e r ising in che next decade as m ore wo rkers become sick and die

For many, it's already coo lace : che asbes t os has already done permanent damage co the body. Bue now, we can prevent a nother generation of workers from suffering like their predecessors.

This rime, che s ituation is a little different : asbestos is already there, putting workers at risk when they're do ing renovations o r demolishing older buildings.

Safe if left undisturbed, asbestos becomes dangerous when broken, drilled, sawed, or sanded and its microscopic fibres stay in the air for hours !e's a unique cha llenge: unlike a regular job-sire where h azards can be seen and where trauma is immediately evident in a workplace incident, workers won't know if the y've breached in asbestos until chcy gee sick years lacer.

Asbestos could be found anywhere: in che shingl es, ceilin g, cement o r stucco , in the ve rmiculite found in ch e attic, in che fl oo ring , in fireplaces o r lighting fixture s, or in t h e insulation ch at co\'c rs pipes and electrical wires.

If wo rkers will be d oing work o n a building con structed before 1990, find out if asbestos is present before the job scares. Have a qualified profess ional conduce a site survey for asbestos and ocher toxic substances bec ause o nl y proper la b cescs can ce ll yo u if workers will be ac risk of exposure.

Like the hazard assessment, asbestos removal shou ld onl y be done by qualified profess ion a ls who have che proper traini n g, equipment and experience. Special proceccive equipment, respirators , decontamination rooms, work perime ters an d procedures a re but a few of the cools required co d o the job safely. Asbesto s remova l is extremely hazardous and che ex perts fo llow stric t protocol co keep eve r yone safe against an invi sible and patient enemy

On WorkSafeBC's website , yo u can find a sbe st os-specific information at: h1tp://ww1v2.worksafebc.com/ Porrals/ Co11s1rnc1ion/ Ha zardousMarerials.asp.

Lee's keep this generation of workers safe from asb esto s. \'<le owe it co chose who have suffered or be e n killed b eca u se of ta inted air from long ago.

Please lee me know your thoughts o n chis, o r any construction safe t y issue Call me at 604-214-6989 from che Lower Mainland , toll-free elsewhere a t 1- 888-62 1-7233, or b y e-mail Don. Schoucen@worksafebc.com

Rebuilding Relationships

BY CHERYL MAH

Consistently ranked as one ofCanada's top employm, EllisDon attracts some of the best and talented personnel. The company puts significant amounts of resources and money into training, offering employees opportunities to maximize career opportunities

"Our best asset is our p eople We pride ourselves on making it the place that eve rybody wants to work - treating people with murual respect and giving them opportunities the y wouldn't have in other similar t ype firm s," says David Mcfarlane, EllisDon vice president and area manager, B C.

Mcfarlane is a good example.

The Ontario native began his career with EllisDon in 1997, star ring as an estimator stra ight out of college. Within seven years and three major projects, he was promoted ro senior management for the Toro nto operations

"EllisDon promotes a ver y entrepreneurial environment," says Mcfarlane. "The resources are there and the mo re pro-active yo u are, the more options will become available to you ."

McFarlane, 36, graduated from Fanshawe C ollege's construction engineering management program in 1997. He holds the Professional anti ry Surveyor designation and is Gold Seal cert ified Construction was a natural choice

"My father was a small residential carpenter contractor building h ouses and doing renovations. So I grew up exposed co construction from the rime I was rwo -years-old," says Mcfarlane

Construction work was how he put himself through school - working with his father and running his own roofin g company.

While at Fanshawe, he did his co-op work experience with PCL C onstructors in his first two terms and then for his final term in 1996 worked for Elli sD on He's neve r looked back since "I graduated on a Friday and started o n Mo nday," says McFarlane with a laugh

He advanced quickly through the company, working on different projects. In 2000, he was appointed project manage r for the integration ofAir Canada and C anadian Airlines operations at Lester B. Pearson International Airport "I continued as project manager at the airport up to 2004 do ing a va rie ry of airport specific work ;' he says.

In 2004 McFarlane was promoted to director of construction management for the Toronto operations. H e was being groomed to t ake over as vice president of co nstru cti on management when he was ofti:red th e opp ortunit y to ope n up EllisDon's B. C. o perations.

"It made sense. It was a natur al career p rog ression to make th e mo ve ," says McFarlanc, who

moved out wes t in June 2007 and set up the co m pany's new 5,300 square foot office in Richm ond

The cask of opening an office, h owever, would pose a un iq ue challenge. Beyo nd the logistics of physically setting up and h iring staff was the issue of EllisDon's histo ry in B.C. As some in th e industry might re ca ll, EllisDon had al ready operated here dat ing back to 1983.

S01m of the iconic projects comp let ed by th e co mpany include th e origi nal Vancouwr Conve ntio n C entre, BC Gas (Terasen Gas } Surre Y Courth ouse and the Chan Centre at UBC.

" EllisDo n has come an d left in the past ac kn ow le dges Mc Far lane. "And we get a lot ot bad pub li cit y aro und ch at. We leti: due to l 10[ ,,t·

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siru:nions back in the 90s. \Ve had union agreements that made us non-co mpetitive in a very lean market. But we're here ro stay now." ·

The complicated Phase 2 of the Bentall 5 building was what prompted the return Bentall , as one of their national accounts, asked them ro come back to rake on the job.

"B.C. is a very rough market; says Mcfarlane "Ir's probably more difficult ro re-introduce ourselves ro the marker than just open up in a new area \Ve have to deal ";th the past perception ofEllisDon and answer the questions from suba-ades."

M c farlane has cac kled that challenge b y focusing on rebuilding rclacionships.

"The biggest challenge was getting the industry to believe we're here ro stay and to stand behind us,ff he: explains. "It has a lot co d o with relationship maintenance and building. I personall y spent a lot of time nurturing, de velo ping and c ulminating relationships."

Another challenge was the market conditions in 2007.

"We moved out here ar the end of the peak of the boom. \Ve had some good volume ofwork bur I had two projects cance lled and go into bankruptcy and anothe r one stopped," says Mcfarlane.

One of those cancelled projects was the Jameson House, a high profile mixed use development in downtown Vancouver.

" That proj ect went into bankruptcy and we 're still owed mone y," remarks Mcfarlane. "Bur we paid all the subrrades. Thar 's part of rhe way we operate. We support our subconrracrors and we don 't gee ried up on this paid when paid clause. Thar's a testament ro our commitment of building on relationships."

The Jameson Hou se was also an example of rhe company's expertise on complicated projects.

" \Ve build projects tha t others typically don't touch - that have compli cated situations or specificatio n s." says ~lcFa rlanc " For the Jameson House, we had to suspend a build ing in mid-air."

Another case in point was the 11 srorey addition to Bcntall 5. It was Vancouver's fir st vertically-phased office development a nd no easy feat

" It was probably one ofthe most technically challenging projects we completed:' says Mcfarlane.

Back in the B.C. market n ow for three years , Mcfarlane says the co mpany has been working hard to carve o ut a nic he But like many others, they were affected b y the recent recess ion

" \Ve spent last yea r tr ying t o find work a nd nobody had projects out there Right n ow in chis market our c hallenge is we have to bid what is available ro us ." he says. " I think this year and n,:.xt year we' ll see a recovery in the market.ff

Current projcets include the rcbranding of 500 McDonalds stores in \Xlcstem Canada, Richmond Brighousc School and various projects for PHSA Vancouver Coastal Health and Fraser Health.

Pursuing institutional work , traditional lump sum and P 3 co ntracts are helping to maintai n vo lumes for the co mpany.

"EllisDon probably has the best trac k record of P3 performance across any of the general contractors:· says M c farlane , who is c urrently bidding the Surrey Memorial H ospi t a l. "We partic ipate as an equity partner in P3s So un like the other generals, we sit in the conccssioner's b o x along with the design and construction huildcr."

One of che strengths that th e Vancouver office can bring to the table is the ability to leverage t he expertise and resources of its co rporate h eadquarters. As o ne of the countr y 's largest general co ntracting firm s, the employee owned co mpany h as offi ces ac ross Canada and abroad.

"Yo u ' ll ger the feel of a small t ype compa n y here but withi n the a rms reac h of our c.:orporate reso urc es su ch as o ur R&D d epartment wh ich is probably the b igges t in Can.1d.1 o; co nrractor." says i\lcFarlane " \X 'e 'rc noc .1 ..:en eral co ntrac t o r. \X1e' rc :1 multi-service ::\X' e ca n do things outside of jus t !-. buildings for clients."

ln addition to its co re constructio n ,e EllisDon provides :1 range of rd ated ser,;cc:, , as equity fin a n cing, in formation tcchnolog~ consulting services.

" \Vc ' re n o t here t o be th e biggest \'l:'e 'rc here to do the best job with the right clients and del iver quality service that people c.:ome t o c.-q,cct with ELlisDon.ff says Mcfarlane. "It's goi ng t o take so me time but we think this year is a big year for us. \v'e're ruming the comer. People arc unde rstanding the benefits of having EllisDon as their co n structor."

The office c urre n tly employs a team of25 an growing.

"I'm cum:ncly looking fu r o,:im:uors. pro, managers and superinrendcncs." says lcfarl "\'v'e\·e been lutl.)'. \Ve've attracted some of th, suba-ades and individuals b ased on our hr.ind ."

M cfarlane is n ot only busy building h is t he's also busy building his fam ily \\ "h.: spoke. he and his wife Anntl.isa h.id ju st be. parents fo r the third time with a baby b o, "\Ve h ave three boys.• he says. "i\!y olJ.:,. five and an aspiring h ockey scar ,rnd m v >l"c• is 19 months."

The family has embraced the \'<'est Coast lifc-c•, They enjoy skiing and other o utdoor activick>. CD

Left : The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at UBC Right : Bentall 5

Nature's designs manage to be both simple and complex at the same time The eye-catching new Langara College Library in Vancouver is based on this principle

Its non-uniform design is a deconstructed series of boxes that stack in a non-traditional manner. It also incorporates a number of sustainable features, such as a warped conc rete roof that assists with natural ventilation The result is an architecturally striking design, and a very complex structural problem

Working closely with the architects, we developed

Everyone appreciates an elegant structural solution

engineering that would allow the large canblevers and many sustainable featu res that were inherent in the building's design The result is a visually striking structure that is LEED Gold certification

The Langara Library is just one of a number of leading-edge structural solutions th at we've recently developed To fin d out more about Gloonan Simpson's highly collab orative approach to engineering , please visit our webs ite You'll see a number of elegant structural solutions there

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BY CHERYLMAH

Anew mulci-purpose rec rea ti o n co mp lex being built at t h e co rn e r o f 17 6

S tree t an d 62A Avenue will be th e fir st sh o w case piece for red evelopm e nt plans in the co mmunit y o f C love rda le Offe ring a vari et y o f amenities, th e $ 16 m illio n C loverd ale Re crea ti o n Ce ntre is se c t o m ee t t he need s of th e n eig h b o urh ood 's rap idl y growin g a nd chan g ing p o pulat ion

"1l1i s b uil d ing co mes o n the he els of th e Ci t y o f Su r re y's mas ter plan in 200 7;' says Sid Johnson, projec t a rch itect at C E! Architecture. " Th e C lo ve rda le Rec reation C entre is a ke y pi ece for the re vitali za tio n of th e fairgro unds dis tri ct. The re 's a grea t er concept chat th e a rea wi ll become a rec rea ti o na l pre c inc t ." Th e project is situate d at the north e nd of th e C love rd ale Fa irground s, whi ch h as h os t ed Ca n-

ada's second larges t ro de o since 1938 '., •1 g rounds is approximately 138 ac res, b ,, 6 0th Avenue, 64th Av enue and 17 6th :, c ity's mast e r pla n p ro p oses a numb er of l future uses and am enities t o r ed evelop cli. The rec re ation ce ntr e is also part o t rh, capit al infras tru ctur e p rogra m called Bu ild ' which o utlines seve ral p ro jects t o be con ,m,,. o ver the nex t six yea rs co m ee t Surrey 's growth .

Under co ns tructio n rhe 64 OOO c • , , q uare rccr ce ntre wi ll co ntain d uce g ym s, a n e xtensi ve fi tness cen t re (two level s 11 000 s fi ) II , , q , we ness h ea lth cent re, c hildmindin g areas, seni o r spaces and seve ra l m u lti-pu r p ose roo m s.

ll1c C it y of Surrey had t wo m ain d esign critcn a : c reate a landma rk bu ild ing and s howcase B.C. wood .

"The c ity wa nt ed a landmark s t at em e nt to cd cbra te wh at 's going o n in Su Th rre y cy wa me d rt t o be a s ho wpiece no t o nly for C loverd a le and Surrey bur also B c 's wood d • _ · · m us try, says Mark H e ntze , CEI partner-in-charge " Ir allo wed us to use wo od in a me a ni ngful way a nd that was ve r y exc iting. Our h o pe is tha t it will be recognized as a la ndmark recreati o n fac ility in Surrey a nd B.C ."

The archite ctural co ncept for th e building and land sc aping wa s m o vement a nd A f o w o sp ace , acco ~dm g to d esign a rchitect Michael Mi cNaughc.

\'v'e planned the building a round movement patterns ~ o f how people would move th ro ugh th e bu,l~mg whether ve rtic ally or horizontally," h e says. The idea wa s to c reate a se nse of Ao w from large ac tivity sp aces t o quie t spaces."

The t ask o f making the sophis ticated desig n a re a lit y was placed in the h a nds o f D o minio n Fairmile. D o min o n broke ground in Ju ly 2009 on wha t used t o b e an o ld work s yard for the fai rgrounds. Initi al ch alleng ing soil co nditio ns were addressed by u sin g pumice stone t o help distribute the loading

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that constru ction is at 50 per cent as o f the end o f May with the project o n schedule co co mplete in January 2011. Manpower at peak saw a crew o f 50-60 on site

"Th e roo f is on o ver th e multipu r po se ro oms and meta l deck for th e rest is abo ut d o ne so

roofing w ill be st artin g o n t h e mai n g ym areas," he says

D esig n ed by CE I Arc hitec ture , the bui ldin g fe ature s a numb er of u niqu e a nd co mpli ca t e d arc h it e c tu ra l ele m ents such as a n undul atin g roo f s tru c ture a nd c ur ved arc hit e ctu ral co n c rete.

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"For a small jo b , it's got lots ofcurves, turns and complex situations," says Wm. " Lots ofthings th at could 've been - from a con struction standpoint - quite expensive ifthe y were not done correctly."

One of the m ain c hallenges and milestones was placing a large s t eel truss ( I 08 foot long, 20 con).

"The w hole gym and fitne ss areas a rc done w ith glulams," desc ribes Watt. "One end they're actually sloped outward and then the y c urve in o n the roof There a re three sections and the y a ll c ur ve and meet up in the middle at chis large s t eel truss."

George Third & Son fabricated and erected the scrucrural and miscellaneous st eel for the project.

"There were lots of challenges moscl y w ith che compounding curves o n th e project," says GTS projec t m anage r Mark Dowling, noting the installation of the I 08 foo t lo ng truss required a special c rane.

Using modular curving trusses, the Aowing roof shape gives the build in g clea rl y a n identity

" The roof s hap e is ve r y evo cative. It's go ing to make ch is building special a nd make it a l andmark building for S urrey and che Lowe r M ai nland ," sars Hentze.

A no ther eye catching feature is an ell ipti ca l e ntry housing a grand lobb y s pace with a solid timber roof. Co mposed of2x6s a nd a two metre

Using modular curving t russes , the flowing roof shape gives the buildi ng clearly an identity.

cantilever, the roof posed some technical structural c hallenges.

Emphasis w as place d throughout the d esign process o n ac hieving architec turally unique elem ents cost efficiently.

"The ke y desig n challenge was how co creat e a landmark evocati ve building within the set budget," says Hentze. " The ability to use modular glulams that were econom ical co build in different orientations was a success. We were able to come under budget on this project (original b udget was $ I 9 million ) which is usually not the st o r y with buildings using expressive wood structures."

With the centre adjace nt t o Highway 15, a ke y desig n obj ective was co have th e building be high ly visible. One way the d esign t eam chose t o do that was by creating a highl y expressive west elevation

" The west el e va tion is one of our m ost expressive," says John son "We wanted to create a big statement with it be ing dire ctly adjace nt co t h e hig h way so t h e building wouldn ' t ge e lose."

The curved wes t ele va ti on has a mixture ot co ncrete, glass and translu cent pa nels and a unique sta nd ing seam metal roof system.

"They've got chi s cur ved see d o n the we st side - looks like a big manta ray," say s \'\ "a cc. "Jc's goin g to be a c halle n ge where we're n ing to bend m etal two di ffe rent wavs w lm!, physicall y impossible." ·

H e ntze credits D omini on's c,p.:,, , the project running s m oothl y .m,1 lfc, t " They've been fan tastic to work ",ti

The cen tre will be seen as a cacah ,, ,, rnc.i, uring s tick" for furure desigm Jnd tb, i,, pmc nc, "Th is buildin g is designed in such a way tha t it ca n acco m modate expansio n. le ca n acco m modace co nnections or so me rel ation t o a n, aq uati c compo nent or rinks if th at is to becon pare o f t h e precinc t ." notes Hentze "O ur ho p e chat the centre wi ll reflect the unique ch,tr.tcter tic s and amibuce, ofClo\'crd:1lc J, a gro win~ emergi ng nei ghbour hood ." CB

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g Matrix for Asphalt Indu stry BY

ALICIA BRADY

Th e Consrruc rio n Safe t y Network ( ~S N ? is work in_g wit h chc As phalt Te c hni ca l Ad v iso r y Co mmittee ( ATA C) co d evelo p a haz ard assessment web t ool for chc asp h a lt i ndu s t r y. Th e we b cool w ill p rovi d e a n i nvento r y o f safe wo rk procedure s a n d p rac ti ces, enabl ing companies to assess the hazard s a nd risk s th at impact thei r wo rk sices.

An o nli nc format wi ll provide qui ck access co a searchabl e database of jo b casks for all asphalt work with coinc iding r isk profiles chat list the co mm o n h aza rd s assoc iat e d with eac h cask and pro vi d e a c h eckl ist o f ha za rd co ntrols. The profiles are do w nl oadable and c an be modified b y chc use r before p r inting

This wi ll b e a joint e ffort w ith th e BC R oad Builders a nd Heavy Co n st ru c ti o n A ssoc iation ( B C RB&H CA) co creat e a un ified se c of b est p ra ctices co g ive all co mpan ies improved a bili ty co identify and co ntro l projec t s p eci fi c ha za rds.

The we b coo l is base d o n a platform th e CSN d e vel o ped w ich t h e Agg rega t e Pro ducers A ssoc iati on of Briti s h Co lumbia ( APAB C) lasr yea r fo r th e agg regate indus tr y - a firs t of its kin d in North Am e ri ca.

The provincial gove rnm ent and APA BC e mbarked on a j o int effort in 2008 ro c reate a unifie d sc r o f bes t practices a nd co give a ll co mpani es improved abilit y co identify a nd co nt rol sire-s p eci fi c h aza rd s. CSN s upp o rted thi s effort by d eveloping a sea rcha b le o n linc ri sk po rta l.

The aggrega t e web p o rt al a nd training matrix (hup://wsp 1,,fe1y11 etwork.bu,1 / s1nrufm) is rh c first unifi ed sec of safe pract ice, for che aggregate ind u~cry and allows for conti nu o us im provement

a s ind ividual profiles can easi ly be updated and improved thro ug h use r fee d back and review b y CSN Staff. A ~ well, new templat es co n easily b e added if users identify gaps.

The CS N is now wo rkin g w ith ATA C and th e BC RB&H C A to take thi s in novative concept fu rth er. The firs t step is co replicate the o nl ine po rtal fo r lhe asph alt p rod uction and p av in g industry. The seco nd s tep involves giving

An online format will provide quick access to a searchable database of job tasks for all asphalt work ...

co mpani es t he ab ilit y to generate project s pec ifi c safe t y train ing ch eckli scs chat arc linked co a training manu al.

There are cwo tr ad itional ways t o approach t raining nee d s - b y occu pation an d by job cas k Th ese tw o app roaches c an some times miss criti cal components o f sa fet y tra ining fo r people wh o mu lti - t ask o n jo b sites. For exa mple , c rew memb ers m ay h ave a ll th e t raini n g ch ey n eed for che ir pri mary o ccupatio ns, bu t o n any particu la r project th ey may end up taking on casks th at lie outside chc scope of the ir occupation L f an accident happe n s and someo n e is h urt, the training gap is often the ca use a nd i t is

often whe re companies receive vio lation notices and prnalties from WorkSafeBC.

Ln the o n li ne training matrix being developed by CSN for che asphalt industry it wi ll genera t e cus t o m, project speci fi c t raining ch eckliscs chat reco n cile the cwo approaches co ensu re char an y trainin g ga ps arc closed.

The tra ining matrix cool w ill allow chc user co ge nerat e tra ining checklists for t hose who may need co multi -task on a projecr, simply by making a few selection s based on che project plan. Ln chis way, the cool wi ll be able to generate rraining specific co th e scope of individ ual projeccs.

Moreover, each rraining item chat appears on a ch eckl ist will be linked t o a mining outline in a correspo n ding Asphalt Produc tion Safety Training Manual. This manual is b eing dc~igned for th ose in s upervi so r y positions who may or may nor be p rofessional trainers. It will contain basic information about effective t raining delivery and a series o f safety t rain ing outlines under c,ghc gene ral categories:

• General OH S

• Sp ecial Equipment

• Ya rd Hazards

• Working at H eights

• Working Alone

• MSis and Ergonomics

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As well, concise Tra iner Guides are also being p repared as resources co support the application o f the trai ni ng ou tl ines. The Guides will contain esse ntial information about hazards md controls and wi ll includ e training tips and advice for getting the information across co the crew mem bers in brief t rain ing sess ions.

Th is training matrix has che ability co be replica t ed i n o cher industries co create invent o ries of safe work procedures and practices specific co each indus try co enable co mpanies 10 assess the h aza rds and risks chat impact their worksi ces.

Steph en Torrence, CSN 's executive director says, " safet y is about people, so we have ro bring it as close to people as we can. The cools we have b een d eveloping arc designed co communicate in for mation very well by making ic accessible buc unobtrusive. The days of safery manuals chat just sic o n the ,hclf are numbered, as indeed the,· s h o uld be.•

This new portal will be ready for laun ch by spring/sum mer 20 IO a nd wi ll contain risk profiles for more t h an I00 job tJ,b. CB

As c ommun ica tion progra m coo rdin ator for the Co nmuccion Safety Netwo r k, A licia Brady provid es communica ri o n a nd ma rketi n g fo r the CS N 's s u i te of sale!)• p rograms and ser vices. For more in for mation ww1<•1.ifery1utwork.bc.ca.

Roadbuilding Sustainable Asphallt

BY GORDON OLIVER

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What docs a billion dollars buy you these days? Not much when it comes to asphalt roads. A billion dollars would just begin to chip into the road construction price tag in Canada each year. In Britis h Columbia, the provincial government has co mmitted $2.7 billion dollars for the next three years towards transportation infras tructure projects with another S 1.3 billion in federal cost sharing dollars. In Albma, $5 .7 billion will be invested into the province's highway network over that same ti me. After factori ng in all municipal budgets and county road co n st ruct ion expenses in both B.C and Alberta, o ne billion d o llars beco mes pocket ch ange lost in the couch.

In order to determine the actual value of that investment, profess ional s look at the total life cycle cost per project. The City of Edmonton believe s ch at money should be spent to maintain asphalt periodically, and in so doing, assets like asp h alt roads cou ld las t a very long time.

"The City of Edmonton has a 20 10 ren ewal budget of S 130 million dollars for asphalt road maintenance. This amount is relatively small when co n side ring that Edmonton has a $9 billion d ollar asphalt inventory," says Al Cepas, pavement management engineer with the C ity of Edmonton's Roadways M ai ntenance Branch.

Cepas continues, "As phalt life cycle com arc what arc importan t. You get what you pay for. \X 'c a rc always looking fo r better ways to manage our inventory co make it bst longer."

The ques t ion then becomes, how d o yo u get an asphalt s urface to bst longer? The market offers many new technologies and products that have potential co crea te greater value in road

co n muccion. Foamed asphalt, supcrpavc des ign mixes, chin lift overlays, mi cro surfacing. cold in place recycling, rejuve n ating scalers and many ocher new ideas and technologie s will make a positive difference if used in the right situat io ns A new product or technique muse stand up to scrupulous te sting by municipal and provincial governments. Proper testi ng should

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"\Y/c at che C ity of Ed monto n are constantly being inundated with the next produce chat will solve all of our problems; I liken some of these to the old snake o il salesmen chat u sed to pedd le their p roducts chat would cure all aliments says Hugh Donovan, con struction services engin eer, with the Ciry of Edmonton , who is responsible for che evaluation of new and innovative constructio n materials and processes. "\'i/e have to ensure chat we a re adequately evaluating products to ensu re chat we arc not missing something or not u tilizing a product which would enhance roadway performance."

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Canada's Widest Bridge

BY DAVID GOODYEAR

Mcno Vancouver's primary commuting and goods movement corridor - Highway l , is undergoing a t ransfo rm ation with a lo ng-awaited , subst antial highway concessio n project now underway - the lirgesr in B.C. history. At the centre of this project is a new 2,073 metre long Port 1\ lann Bridge which will ca rr y 10 lanes of traffic across the Fraser River.

As the project was originally conceived , a n ew five -lane bridge wo uld parallel the existing Po rt 1'.lann Bridge ro p rovide the 10 lanes of capacity needed to addrcs< current congestion and forecast population and emp loyment growth, wi th a million more people projected in the region by 203 1. The tender established for the project called for the developer to operate rhc existing bridge as well as the new bridge , but allowed che option to build a single n ew crossing. The design bu ild partnership of Kiewit / Flatiron General Partnership ream in g with T. Y. Lin lnternational and lntcrnational Bridge Technologies proposed a single new bridge for the full 10-lan e capaci t y as the mos t cost effective proposal considering co nstruc tion, operation a nd maintenance coses over the life of the concession.

The new Po rt Mann Bridge includes a dramatic 850 metre lo n g cable-stayed main span unit connecting to 1,223 metres of precast concret e segmental box girder approaches. The cables tayed structure has a main span of 470 metres and s ide spans of 190 metres each.

The su perstructure within the cable-s tayed spans consiscs of two separate five-lane dec ks, divided by a 10 metre median for the centrally pos itioned pylons. The resulting superstructure is 65 metres wide, making it one of the widest cable-stayed bridge structures co d ate. Each se p arate roadwav is <upported by rwo planes of stay cables and consists of a classical composi te structure with , red edge girders and Aoor beam s com-

bined with precasr concrete deck panel s made composite with cast-in-place scrip pours. 11,e entire 1O lane, of bridge arc supported on single mast concrete pylons. The lower reach of each pylon is a massive 10 by 12 metre concrete pier that supports outriggers for fixing the stays chat stiffen the s lender upper portio n of the pyio n The upper p ylon se ction rises over 160 metres above the water, is topped with a cellular towerhead that houses the anchorages for all fou r planes o f cables. Pylo ns reach a height of about I 60 metres above the water, with the upper 40 metres containing the stay ancho rages. Stays are arrmged in a single 8 x 10 metre rowerhead cellular box, with opposing anchorages balanced across the t owerhead th rough steel tic b oxes made composite with the cellular con crete section

The approach s pans co ns ist of three parallel prccast segmental box girders with cantilever construction above the water and span-by-span construction o n land. Construction of the approaches will be with a large o ve rhe ad gantr y, now being assembled at the south end of the project. The three box a rrange ment was a key to limiting the width of th e approach structures onsho re, where right of way is limited. Constru ction of the third of three box girders is deferred at the ends of the new bridge where the final alignment overlaps wi th the current bridge. The approach was designed to a llow eight lanes of traffic on the first two box girder sections, with the third box added only after the exis ting bridge is remo ved 1n orde r to march the constraint on width in rhe approaches, the backspans of the cable-s taye d bridge are tapered to dose the 10 metre gap at the point of connection between the cable-stayed backspans and t he approach box girder strucrnres.

The design criteria for the new bridge include requirements for three levels of carchquikc

ground motion. At rhc lower earthquake Incl the bridge i< to remain fully tunctional. :\t the highest of the earthquake kvels, the bridge is to remain intact. The ~c condir1 o m combined to control des ign for all o f the found~tJOn, on th e proj ect The main foundati ons for the new bridge arc generally supported o n ei~hcr 1.8~0 diameter s teel pipe piles o r 2,500 drilled sh afu that extend down t o a dense till-like la~·er unde r ch c upper sand and silt depos its at the s urface Piles were selected for the water pie rs and areas of the south approach accessible co the pile driving equipment needed for these large pib l n areas at the south of the alignment n o t easil~ accessible to driving equipment, 1.830 drilled sh afts we re used ins tead of piles Sha.fu were also preferred in this area to minimize n oise impact, to surrounding residences as well as to accommodate the second phase of the project. where equipment would be r e-mobilized alter re m oval of the existing bridge. The larger shafu arc being ins t:a.llcd on the north land appro.1Lho Pile, we re avoided in thi s region due to potential erfeces on adjacent facilities. The larger diame t er shafts arc more efficient in resisting the sei,m1c forces associat ed with earthquake motion, in the deep, s oft silcs and sands prevalent on the north s ide of the bridge

Bridge construction is well undcrn i, Th e large p ylon foundation s on the south bank.md in the river arc constructed up to the dec k level , and wo r k on all land foundltions on the south bin\.. is complete. Erection of the prcc.i.-.r co n cre t e ,t·•·mcnts for t he south approich will be~in on: the erection ganti:· i, fully .t»cmhkd ~d te,red. The bridge i, ,..:hcduled for inirul opcrinon ,n Dece mber 20 12 CB

David Goodyear, P E. SE.

604 739 2115 ext. 223 dang@med1aedge.ca

Moving People and Goods

BY GAYLE BUKOWSKY

Substantial population md economic growth combined with changing regional travel patterns and c:xpmding trade has placed considerable pressure o n the Metro Vancouver cransportation system Congestion on regional roads and highways co ntinues co increase, with growing imparu to residcncs, communities, the environment and the economy.

ln 2003, the Ministry of Transpo rtation and Infrastructure introduced the Gateway Program as an integrated solutio n to address the needs of our expandin g region chat a lso complements ocher reg ional road a n d transit improvements already underway or planned. The Gateway Program focused o n three priority corridors: the ease-wes t co rridor along chc south shore of che Fraser Ri ve r; eas t-west corridor along th e n o rth sh ore of the Fraser River; and che existing Highway 1 corridor from Vancouver to Langley The South Fraser Perimeter Road (SFPR) Project, currently under cons tru ction, is one component o f the Gateway Program

The SFPR will be a new 40 km long four-lane divided 80 km / hr highway, located on the sou th side of the Fraser River The SFPR has long been part of provinc ial, regional and municipal transportation plan s. Extendin g from Dcltaport Way in southwest Delta to l 76ch St reet ( Highway 15) in Surrey, with connections to Highways 1, I 5, 9 1, 99 and 17, and the Go lde n Ears Bridge, rhe SF PR will cake a significant s eep cowards improving the region's road nerwork.

The S FPR links primary gateway facilities such as Ddraport, Fraser Surre y d ocks, CN l ntcrmodal yard, Canada/ US border cross ings and the Tsawwasscn ferry terminal to Vanco uver Island.

It will also se rve the growi ng industrial ce ntres in Delea, Surrey and Langley and redu ce case-wes t travel t imes for commuters and heavy tru cks, on the south side of the Fraser River SFPR will i mprove safc ry b y re storing municipal roads as community connectors by reducing rruck and ocher rraffic on municipal roads networks. SFPR will also benefit tourists accessing b o rders, Vancouver Island and the BC Interior

The route was established followi ng one of chc mosr compre hensive public cons ultation progran1 s ever initiated fo r a transporta t ion project in B.C.; it al so included a comprehens ive technical analysis. It was carefully c hosen to mee t the needs of Odea and Surrey's growing industrial base, while minimizing potential impacts co commu niti es, agriculture and th e environment.

The SFPR travels through a minimal amount of farmland, municipal properties, along the fringe of residential areas close co the Fraser River, and within close proximiry co the Burns Bog Ecological Conservancy Arca presenting construction challenges char arc being carefully addressed.

The SFPR Project received an Envi ron mental Assessment (EA) Certificate and federal approval s in the summer of 2008 following exten sive comm unit y and stakeholder consultation. An Inter-Agen cy Environmental Review Com micc ee that includes represe n tation from environmen t al regulato ry agencies and stakeholders, reviews and provides commen ts regarding t h e imple me ntation ofSFPR enviro nm ental commi tm ents and environmental manageme nt plans.

The SFPR is located adjacent to Burns Bog and outside of th e Burn s Bog Ecological Conservancy Management protec ted are a purc h ase d

Left: As part of the SFPR proiec t. environmental enhancement projects are being constructed to improve fisheries a nd wild life habitat.

in 2004 by rhc Province of BC and others. The project co ntin ues to liaise with the Burns Bog Management Committee to ensure Sf PR work n ea r Burns Bog complemcnrs the Burns Bog Ecologica l Conservancy Management Plan A long- term monitori ng program is also being put in place to ensu re s uccessful imp lementation of env ironmental works and mitigation projects

Geoff Freer, S FPR's project director n ores that at rhc outset the Minis try re cognized the imporrancc of farming in Delea, and has engaged in ongoing cons ultat io n s in ce 2003, with the Delta Farme r 's Ins ciruce, Agricultu ral Land Comm iss ion s taff, the Corporation of Delea, and ind ividual farmers to better unders tand agriculture i n Delea and to ensure that input from Delta's farmingcommuniry is rcAccced in the SFPR project " In coopera t io n with these groups, the Ministry h as designed an Agricultural Enhancement Strategy char identifies improvements for agriculture i n Delea and will offset the cffccrs of SFPR on farmla nd in Delta." explained Freer. uThe $28 million Agricultu ral Enhancement Strategy wilJ inc rease the capaciry of the existing irrigarion sys tem and bring fresh water to approximatel y 15,000 acres of Delea farmland and impro ve drainage during storm and Rood events."

A co m bination of new farm underpasses and overpasses a nd ocher improvements will p rovide better access, safer roads and fewer delays fo r farmers and their vehicles. Removal and r ecove ry of valuabl e topsoil p rior to road co n struction is being relo cated to other farm land to imp ro \'c productiviry

The in it ial co n srrucrion phase of th e SFPR b e gan in 2008, initiated by the Minisrry using a trJ ditional bid / build proc urement model. Phase I continues with prcloading along portions of th, alignme nt, uti li ry relocation and environmenta l enhancements. Phase I works also included the construction of one interc hange and cwo rail overpasses. In preparat ion for this construction so me ground improvements arc underway and construction wil l begin in early summer 20·1 O. Phase 2 construction of SFPR w ill be deli vered using rhe P3 procurement model Fraser T ranspo rtation Group was chose n as the preferred b id der following an extensive RFP evaluation process. Phase 2 final design, co nstru ction financing and • • operaoons for a 20 year period will begin lacer chis year with substantial completion slated for 2012 / 13_

The SFPR, in conJ·unccion with othe r maJo r transportation infrastru cmre projects rece ntly com ple ted or under construction, will make subscantia.l co ntr ibution ro the movemcnr of people and goods throughout the region. CB

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Award winning firm celebrates 100 Successful Years in Business

lIn 1910, W. G McElhanney started a two-man land surveying and engineering business in downtown Va ncouver He could not possibly have imagined that 100 years later, the group of companies that still bear his name would have over 700 employees, with twenty-two branches in western Canada and an office in Jakarta, Indonesia

After a century in business that has encompassed everything from surveying the remotest parts of British Columbia with axe and compass in the early years of the 20th century, to laser airborne mapping , 3-0 street modelling and engineering design using state-of-the-art 21st century technology, the name

McElhanney is now associated w ith highways and bridges, ferry terminals, airports, power projects, and other resource industry infrastructure across western Canada

"Everywhere I go in B.C. I see projects we 've been involved in," says McElhanney Consulting Services Ltd . President Chris Newcomb . 'That's increasingly the case in Alberta as well, as we continue to expand our municipal and transportation engineering work in that province. We 've also

undertaken proje cts in more th an ninety countries around the w or ld and won numerous prestigiou s awards for our work Th at mak e~ me very proud ."

Now, in the first half of 2010, McElhanney Consulti ng Servic e~ has garnered yet mo re majo r awards. "I can't thin k of a bette way to celebrate our 100th birthday," observes Newcomb " It's a great start to our next century of succ ess."

2010 Consulting Englnttrs of 8 ,C , Award of Morit for Englnttring Exc1l11nco: Roodwlys Unklng Communltios In 1h1 Goldin Elrs Bridgo projoc:t (Mitro Voncoworl

2010 C1nadi1n Council of Lind Survty0r1 O1'fid Thompson National G1om1tics award for •unusual Applicatlons rn G1om1tica•: UDAR and tifl)horo mapping tor Plinct G101g1 flood mitigation planning project

President's Message

As chc pres ident o f th e Consulting Eng ineers of B.C. (C EBC), I h ad the honour of announcing che winners of the 20 IO Award s for Engineering Excellence. Th e high calib re of the awardwinning projects agai n chis year is testament to the extraordinary capabilities of che consulting engineering and cons cruc cion industries in B.C. Tue award winners demons trate technical excellence, innovati o n, sus tainabilit y and creativity C redit is also due co B.C.'s political leaders hip for creating the business climate and vision chat have paved che way for so many excellent project opportunitie s

In addition co recognizing excellent engineering projeccs, we a lso recognize che outs tanding contributions of two individual members. The Meritorious Achi eve ment Award is presented annually to an ind ividual for significant lifetime contributions to engineering, the industry and che community. The 20 10 Meritorious Achievement Award is presented to Ian Hargreaves, P.Eng. The Young Consulting Engineer Award recognizes an individual for achievem ents in the fir st IO yea rs of their career. James Kay, P.Eng. of Aplin and Martin Consultants was chis yea r's recipient

The project awards were selected fro m a total of 45 entries in th e following five categories: I ) Buildings: 2 ) Transportation : 3) Municipal: 4 ) Natural Resource, Energy and lndum y: and S) Son Engineering (software, studies, ere .). Awards of Excel lence and Awards of Merit arc given in e ach category, wich che prestigious Lieutenant Governor's Award given co the project chat excelled above all ochers.

The Canada Line Rapid Transit Project by SNCLavalin was chc winner ofthe Lieurenant Governor's Award this year. This project is :in important milestone in shaping the region's rran.sic-oricnted furun:

The award winners demonstrate the fine work of B.C.'s consulting engineers, borh in B.C. and abroad. The award winners also demonstrate the contr ibution o f our member firms co the s uccessful 20 IO Olympic Games, to che unprecedented upgrading to our tra nsportation system rhac is underway, and ro rhc important in frascru ccurc improvements char improve eve ryd ay life for a ll British Columbians.

Congratulations ro all th e winners. Well done !

Mike Currie President, CEBC

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Li eute nant Govern or's Award of Engi neeri ng Exce ll ence I Canada Li ne Rapid Transit ProJect

BY CHERY L MAH

Th e Canada Linc rapid t rans it syst e m offic iall y o p e ned Augu st 17, mo re t han three mo nths ahead o f sch edule an d o n b ud ge t The 19 km rap id t ra nsit line is o ne of th e la rges t infrastruc tu re projeccs ever bu ilt in B.C, malting Va n co uve r the first Canad ia n cit y with a ra p id transi t link b e twee n ics dow ntown core an d ics ai rp o rt \'v'ich a transit capacity equi va le nt t o I O major r oad lan es, the Canad a Linc links growi ng res ide ntial, bus iness , h ealch care, educatio n al a nd o th e r centres in the region. The I 6-scatio n li n e connects with existing ra pid transit a t Wate rfro nt Station and major case-west transi t ser vices elsewh e re, c reat ing an en hanced tra n sit netwo rk co serve the r egio n .

In 2005, the proj ect was p roc ured as a $ 1.9 billi o n , p u b l ic -priva t e partn e rs hi p with a 35ye a r o p e r a tions a n d m a inte n a n ce co m pon e nt SNC-Lava li n In c. was sel ec t ed as part o f th e lnTran si t B C co n sorti um to d esign , b u ild , p a rt iall y fin a n ce, a n d o p e r ate th e Canada Linc , a nd worked w ith Tra ns Li n k , th e Cities o f Va n couve r a nd Ric hm ond , an d the Van co uve r Inte rna t iona l A irpo rt A uth or ity to integ r a t e t h e ra p id trans it lin e into uniqu e u r b an n e t wo rk s u s ing elevat ed , und e r g r o u nd, and at grad e compo n e n ts.

As o n e ofthe lead ing e ng ineering firm s in B.C., SNC-Lavalin h as been involved in all five phases of the exis tin g S kyT rain syst em and w ith o ffi ces in 30 cou ntries has do n e rapid rra n sit projec ts a round th e world. l n t e rms o f s ize a nd sco pe for a single project , the Canad a line is t h e biggest EP C project SNC -Lavalin has undert ake n . Ln recogn ition of t hei r outstand ing wo rk, SNC-Lavalin wo n th is year's top h onours fro m che Consul ti ng Engineers of BC.

"SNC-Lavali n is ve r y pleased and honoured co receive the Lieutenant Gove rno r's Award of Ex cel le n ce fro m CEBC. This prestigious award rc Aects the o utstanding ac hie veme nt o f o u r engineering reams and t he mo re than 2,000 individuals who played a ro le in build ing the Canad a Li nc," says J im Burke, exec utive vice-presi dent, SNC-Laval in G ro up

Although there were many technical challe nges, Burke says the tight sch ed ule and project b udget we re the cwo most significant "The key was co d es ign a syste m that met all the performance requiremencs and that cou ld be constructed within the very real budget an d sch ed ule restraincs."

SN C- Lavalin's ma n age me nt, design , construction , an d operatio ns team s engineered an alig nment that u sed every feasible guideway a nd s t atio n configu ra tio n co naviga te Metro Vanco uve r 's geo me tric constra ints.

The p rojec t h as 16 sta t ions (eight elevated and eight u nde rgro un d ) p lus a 19 ac re maintenance

and storage facility The ~ystcm in corp orates 9.4 km of elevated gu ideway, 6.6 km ofc u e a nd cover t u nnels, 2.5 km o f bored tunnel s, cwo bridges and 40 metro rypc vehicle s.

The 2.5-km bored cunnd passed under downtown high -rise buildings and undergroun d sc.ruccurcs, and integrated th ree starions into existing bu ildings A cue-and-cove r runnel along C amb ie Scrcec, w h ich Ripped between stacked and sidcby-si de configu ratio n s, resolved vertical and h orizontal alignment challenges. while an elevated gu ideway through Richmond helped s hape N o.3 Road's new st reet visi on.

"Bu ilding such a mass ive infrascruccure project through an alread y developed co rr idor was very c h alle ngi n g." says Bu rke.

Throughout che various technical challenges was SNC- Laval in's se nsi t ivity co impacted communities. Co nstruct ion through two high ly develo ped est ablish ed urban co r ridors {Cambic Street and No. 3 Road ) made impacting local resid ents and b us in esses un avoida ble. An integ rate d e ngi neering and p u bli c commun ications team led one of t he la rgest public o utreac h in it iat ives un d ertaken in B.C.

The project also ac hieved several "firscs" fo r Metro Van couve r 's rapid cransi c nerwork : the North Arm Bridge is No r th America's first ext radoscd, cable-stayed bridge ; H yu n dai- Roccm's metro ve h icle rece ived ics North American int roduction and to A utomatic Train Control; an d micropiles s up ported the 19 -mecre-dcep c.~caYacion of the Yaletown station.

The Canada Li nc continues to surp ass expectations with a system rel iability of98.9 per cent an d a capacity to re d uce g reen h ouse gas em i,sions by an esti mated 20 co 27 kiloconncs per yea r, malting it a n im portant milestone in sh ap ing Metro Va ncouver's transi t-o riented future

"The c reativity and probl e m-solving ab il ties of our design , engineering and conscruccio t eams made this project a su ccess," says Bu rke

\ The Con sulting Engineers of Brit ish Columbi; -l~~-~~j .··;h·

consulti ng engineeri ng in dustry CEBC membe i s e business voice for our province's excellenceeach yea r at the annual Awards competi;, co~:anies showcase thei r innovative entered in five categorie s... buildings; municipa l tr on ~s Year 45 outstandin g projects were mdustry; and soft engineering An Award of Ex~ellanspo ation ; natura l resou rce, energy and in ea ch category, and one project out of all five cat ence and an Award of Merit may be given Lieutenant Gove rn or's Aw ard of Excellence. The awea~~n~s is awarded the highest honour, the Awards Gala on April 24th 2010 _ the eng ecipients were unvei led at the CEBC · meermg event of the CEBC winners pre sented here All of the project ent ries will b d" year congratu lates the Awards Roa d Show tou rs public venues ac ross BC. eon ,splay th rough the year as th eCEBC

CEBC Awards celebrating innovation and technical excellence in engineering

Consulting Englneors of British Columbia

To leain mo,e about CEBC and the 20 10 Awards for Engineering Excellence, visit...

IA N HARG RE AVES, P.Eng ., j oi ned H A Simons i n 1965, and inl969 he j oined Phillips Barrett Hill ier Jones & Partners. The fi rm late r became PBK, and Ian wa s appo inted President in 1991. To this day he has ma i ntained his long relationship with the firm , now t he Vancouver office of GENIVAR He is a Past President of the CEBC, and has served as a Director of ACEC He has been involved with Scouts Canada , and currently serves with two non-profit organizations and the Board of Variance in the District of North Vancouver

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JAMES KAY, PEng graduated

in 1991 from the University of

Western Ontario with a Bachelor

of Engineering Scie nc e and

B.A (Honours) in Bu siness

Administration He Joined Aplin

& Martin Consultants in 2005,

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firm's Abbotsford office James

qualities, high ene rgy and

an active CEBC member and Cha ir of

fessionals Group.

AD RI ATI CLNG TE RMINAL - IH TERHAL SIEEL LNG STORAGE TAIIKS Sandwe/1 Engineering Inc. /now Ausenco Sandwe/1)

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PILOTTES! PROGRAM FOR SIMULTAIIEOUS l'lt'9' PIIOSPIIORUS AHO CARBO NRECOVERY FROMCITY va a OF SALMONARM WPCC

Dayton & Knighl Ltd

BUILDING ENGINEERING AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

Ri chmond Olympic Oval Roof I Fast + Epp Structural Engineers

Wh en the City of Richmond was awa rded the long track sp eed skating venue for the 20 10 Vancouver Winter Olympi cs, they p resented the design team with a tall o rder: design an iconic building. The rest is history

Set along the banks of the Fraser River, the Richmond Olympic Oval boasts a number ofleading-edge design and engi nee ring features. It served as the lo ng t rack speed skating venue for the 20 10 Winter O lympic Games and was the largest structure to be built for the Games.

It is rare that the exterior of a building, let alone the roof structure and its interior ex pressio n, achieves near universal praise and acclaim. However, such h as been the case for the Oval roof st ructure.

The 6.5 acre roof is one of the largest timber roofs in the world, construct• ed from o ne million feet of pine-b eetle kill wood boards from B C. fo rests. The S l6 million roof is ro ughly the size of four and a half football fi elds.

Sweeping long spa n timbe r-st eel hybrid arches, a wo rld fi rs t , support a visual ly entrancing a rray of novel '\Vood \Vave' panels. The massive roof stru cture is co mpri sed of 15 lar ge sp an glul am arches and 452 p refab ricated wavy roof panels, which spa n 330 feet across the main hall.

The structure co nceals all mechani cal and electrical scn ices , creating a striking, uncluttered architectural expressio n. The wave panels, co nstructed with extensive use of simple pine beetle kill 2 x 4's, sustain ably a nd eco- nomically respond co the current epidemi c in B.C .'s forests. The p e rforated wavy panel structure al so yields o utstand ing aco ustic performance, making the entire s tru ctu re a truly integrated design.

\Vith such an unusual roof structure , not surprisingly the projec t has wo n the team a number o fl ocal, n atio nal and internatio nal awards. Fa st + Epp has already won an international award for its wo rk fro m th e Institution of Structural Engineers 2009. The Oval cook co p honours in a field that included the 2008 Olympic Games Bird's N est an d th e \Vimbddon Centre Court roof in London.

The Oval also earned th e Innovat ion in Architecture Award it the 2009 Awards of Excellence from the Royal Archiccc cural ln sticurc o f Canada USA Today fea tu re d it on their front cove r

Work was completed on time and under budget \\i t h tl,c arena opening D ecember 2008. The Oval's legac y use will ensure cbc tl1e build ing is en joyed by many users far beyond the 2010 Wim er Olympics.

S?FT ENGINEERING AWARD OF EXCE LLENC E

Pilot Test Program for Simulta neo

Day to n & Knight ltd u s Ph os phoru s and Carbon Recovery fro m City of Salmon Arm WPCC

Man y ~vas tewacer cr acm_e nc pl a nes experience problems w ith stru v1te accumulat in g m equipme nt a nd piping causing o peratio nal iss ues Scruvitc is a c hemi cal compo und chat fo rms cr ys tals made up of magnesi um, ammonium, and phosphates; a ll of which occur n aturally in wastewater. W hen che precipit atio n of struvi t e is controlled, valuab le slow-release fertilizer pellet s can be recovered As well, most sewage t reatme nt planes which have biological n utrie nt removal abili ties require a carbon source. One p otential carbon so urce is volatile fa tty acids ( VFAs) which are available in so me sludge digestio n processes, such as autothermal thermophilic aerobic digestion ( ATAD ) and acid phase digesccrs in two phase anaerobic digestion.

Dayt o n & Knight Ltd desig ned the pilot test program, which was ca rried o ut at the City of Salmon Arm W at er Pollution Contro l C entre, co de mon strate th e ability co recover both phosphorus and VFA (carbon) using an ATAD process and a struvi t e cr ys tallizer.

It was expected that the struvice crystallizer would remove abo ut 70 per cenc of the phos phorus and 25 per cent of che ammonium from rhe ATAD cencrate and would produce c r ysra ls, althoug h the quality was unknown. In the end, the crystalli ze r removed abo ut 80 per cenc of th e phos pho rus a nd 35 per cent of th e ammonium, and good quality c r ystals were produ ced. Alth o ug h a slight but unexpected dec re ase in VFA co nce ntration was obse rved through th e crystallizer, b at ch tests demonstrated chat th e c r ys tallizer effluent would st a bilize th e p lane's pnosphorus removal process This pilot d emonsc.rared th e abil ity to recover multiple valuable asse t s from a waste strea m while elimina tin g th e need fo r metal sales

MUNICIPAL AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

Fa lse Creek Energy Cent re I Sand well Engineering Inc (now Ausen co Sandwe )

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The False Creek Energy Centre is N o rth Ameri ca's fir s t untreated sewage he at -recovery based t hermal plant. The energy centre will ultimately deliver up to 34 MW of thermal energy t o th e South east False C reek dimict heat system (the Neighbourh o od Energy U t ili ty)

Auscnco Sandwcll was hi red t o provide preliminar y des ign , detailed de s ign and con structio n support engineer in g to the Ci t y o f Van co uver for th e energ y cen tre and associated Cambic Street pum p s tation Sandwell as sembled a team o f archi t ect s , specia l is ts and public art co nsu ltants to me et th e technical and aest hetic objec t s of this proj e c t Not on ly was 70 per cent of the thermal energy output of t h e facilit y to com e from sewage h eat reco ver y but the facilit y had to meet rhc n eed s of demanding stakeho lders li ke the exi sting neighbourhood , major develope rs and city planner s.

The faci lity consis ts of a new. self-clean ing munic ipal sewage pump station, raw wastewate r screening, sewage / refrige ra nt heat pump, ga s- fir ed boilers, HVAC, electrical, instrumentation and control system s. a nd a n e merge ncy generator. Th e equipment is housed in an a rch it ec tu rall y d esigned structure that incor po rates urban artwork publi c o p e n sp aces and public edu cat io n cle m e n ts.

The e nd result is a sh owcase energy ce ntre that is both ro bu \ t and ,IC ,ti,•··1 cally pleas ing The process inco rpo rates proven sewage con di tio n 111 ~ 11·, mem that can easily be m odified o r expa nded depending o n t he att u.tl cha racte ri stics The facility is primarily belo w-grad e and locat ed 11ml the Cambie Street Bridge. This nece ssitated a highly-eflic icnc layout 0 1 , 1,,, ment, ser vices and ma intenance corridors Altho ug h co ngc,ced d ue ro space limitati o ns between b ridge foundati ons, th e sa fet y co ncern s m o.:fa tcd with egress, gas d etect ion and ve ntilation were addres1cd Ae,th eticall y, rhe exhaust Hues we re design ed to loo k like a srai n b s steel ha nd rising beside th e brid ge deck, incl uding LED fin gerna il, wh ich cha nge colou r to d ep ict the amount o f en ergy dema nded b y the Sourh ea.st False C reek neighbo urh ood, remindin g reside nts abo ut the impo rta n ce of energ y co mer va ti o n

NATURAL RESOURCE, ENERGY AND INDUSTRY AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

Adriati c LNG Termi nal - Inte rn al St ee l NG Storage Tanks I Sa ndwe ll Engine erin g

Th e Ad ri a t ic LNG Te r mi n al. owne d by Termi na le GNL Ad riat ic~ ~.r l. , is rhe wo rld's fir st offsh ore l iquefied natural gas re cei vin g and re -gas ific ati on t er min al. loca t ed 15 km o ff

It aly's ea se c oa st. T h e t e r mi n al is a large gravity based co nc r e t e stru c ture , h o usi ng cwo 125 ,0 00 m 3 s t eel LN G st o r age t anks, eac h l 5 5m lo ng, 33m wid e, a nd 28 m hig h Each ta n k conta in s ap prox im ately 45 00 t o n nes o f seed an d 160 ki lometers of fi ll et welds.

The firs t o f their kind seed t a nk s a rc fab ri cated fr o m 9 per ce nt hi gh n ickel seed , a sp ecia lt y steel s u it able for t em peratu res ranging fr o m cr yoge nic at - 16 5° C co + 20° C ; the design e mploys a s ti ffened panel s hell with inte rnal d uctile bracing

San d w cll , as subcons ulc a nc t o A ke r Yards Ma ri ne , un d er t ook t he an a lys is and d e tail e d d esig n of th e c ri t ical inte rna l d uc t ile t a n k braci ng. Key c h a lle nges for ch is uniqu e offsh ore en gin ee rin g project includ ed:

• C onnection d esign ac co unting fo r base met al and weld pro pe rti es which arc very different compa red co t yp ical bu ilding steel

• Ensuring ad equat e fati g ue life for millio ns of cu mulative lo ad cycles fro m transportation , emptying and fillin g, and earthqua kes

• E conomical d e sign fully utiliz ing th e selec t e d s t eel a n d it s avai labl e inve ntory o f sizes

San d we ll u sed st at e-of-the- art n o n -line ar computer analysis, very refi ned so lid elem ent m o dels, and a unique fir st time im ple mentation of a "scallo p" p rofile in du ctile bracing co ac hieve a d esig n th at met all o f the owner's requ irements and was cons tru ctible a nd econom ical. Th e bradng and con· n ec tio n design and analysis we re confirmed t hro ugh destrucuvc test s at a 2/3 scale level

Each t a n k was fa bri cat ed in th ree sectio ns at H y undai H eavy Indust ries in Korea, t hen shipped co Spa in fo r mati ng and insertio n into the cy b ase st ruc ture The com plet ed LNG t a n ks comm e nced concre t e grava • se r vice in 2009

Ausenco Sandwell

Ausenco Sandwell is a proud recipient of two CEBC 2010 Awards of Excellence for the Adriatic LNG Terminal Storage Tank Bracing Project and the False Creek Energy Centre. The awards represent a commitment to providing our clients with innovative and ingenious solutions to their engineering I • challenges -a tradit ion that ' spans over 75 years and includes bridges, tunnels, rapid transit systems, water treat- ,.., ment facilities and buildings as well as a wide range of resource and energy sector projeqts. \ '. 1.'

NATURAL, RESOURCE, ENERGY AND INDUSTRY AWARD OF MERIT

Nam Theun 2 1074 MW Hydro Pro ject

Klahn Crippen Berger

The l 074 MW Nam Thcun 2 Hydrod ectric project is the most important project in a long-term collabo rati ve effort bctwcrn Laos and Thailand to de velop up to 3000 MW of hydropower energy in Laos fo r export to 'Thailand The Nam Thcun Ri,·cr, a major tribu rary of the Mekong Ri\'cr, is situated on the Nakai plateau bcrwccn t he Mekong River (the Lao-Thai border) and the Annamite Mountain s delineating the eastern border of Laos with Vietnam The project entails a rrans-basin diversio n of waters from the Nam Thcun River to the Project's powcrho uic located at the base of the Nakai escarpment and from there to the Mekong.

Klohn C rippen Berger Ltd ( KC B) was retai ned by an international design-build construction conso rt ium for bid and final design engineerin g services fo r the project's two main civ il works packages

The first package included the roller compacted concrete (RC C) main da m and reinforced concrete spillway, the diversion tunnel, RCC co fferdam s, ten reser vo ir saddle dams (four being major earth st ructu res) and the hcadrace channel.

The second package included the intake, headrace tunnel, surge shafi, pressure shafi , pressure tunnel, pcnst ock tunnel, the 4-unit main powerhou,c supplying export power to Thailand , the adjoining 2-uni t powerhouse supplying power to the loca l Lao grid, the ta il race and associated powerhou se area buildings and o ther civil struct ures, KC B's final design commenced in late 2004 and con tinued through 2009. KCB provided civil, hydrotcchnical, structural, gcotcchnical, electrica l and mechanical engineering services Th e project is expected 10 be in service in the fir st quarter of 20 l 0.

MUNICIPAL AWARD OF MERIT

Fitzsimmons Creek Debris Barrier

Kerr Wood Leida! Associ ates Ltd and Gygax Engineerin g Associates ltd

Although a system ofAood protection works has been in place for many years , numerous engineering reports have recommended additional protection in rhe form of a debris barrier on Fitzsimmons Creek in Whi stler.

In 2007, a partnership agreement be rwccn the Resort Municipality of Whistler and the Province of Bri t ish Colu mbia provided new fu nding that enabled construction of the recommended ba rrier A team of enginee rs led by Kerr Wood Leida! Associates, and incl uding structural engineers fro m Gygax Engineering Associates plus gcotechnical and environm ental specialim , was reta ined ro design and oversee the barrier's construction

Although many debris barrier concepts were considered fro m around the world, none was suitable fo r the unique challenges at Fimimm ons Creek. The design t eam, therefore, developed a completely new struc tural concept that began with the basic engineerin g principles of a simply-supported beam. The resul ting debris barrier is probably the first of its kind designed specifically for debri s Roods.

Should a debris Rood surge down Fimimmons Creek , upstream abutment walls will slow and funnel the surge toward the barrier's steel grillage. The 8 metre high barrier is designed to store 34,000 m 1 of debris and withstand an impact equivalent to a 2,800 kilogram boulder slamming into it at 5 metres per second,

Th e unique design significantly advances state-of-the-art hazard mitigation on mountain creeks. As important, the residents of Whistler have peace of mind knowing that che Fitzs immons Creek debris bmier reduct> th e community's vulnerability 10 a catastrophic Jcbris flood

Theun 2

received a CEBC award of merit. We designed the largest pre ssurediameter bifurcation in the world , establishing a precedent, in the hydro indust ry,

r energy in La os for expo rt t o Thailand.

Klohn Crippen Berger's Nam

Hydro Proiect

TRANSPORTATION AWARD OF MERIT

Pitt River Bridge and Mary Hill Interchange Design -Build Project MMM Group and Associated Engineering Ltd.

SOFT ENGINEERING AWARD OF MERIT

Thinking Outside the Dike : Cowichan Va lley Integrated Flood M anagement Plan Northwest Hydraulic Consul t ants

In 2007. th e Cowic han Valley Regional Distr ict a nd its pa rm e rs initiated th e development of a n Integrated Flood Management ( l FM) Plan for the Lower Cowichan Valley with che seated goa l of reducing flood ri sk co all com munities, while protccnng aquati c and r iparian habitat a nd address ing the cu lrural values of the valley's ri ve rs.

Flooding i1 a river sys tem's natural response co large precipitation events When people occupy highly produ ctive land on narural fl oodplains for their livelihoods, protection from fl ood inundatio n becomes necessary. The traditi onal engineering approach co flood p rotection focuses on the physical. techn ical , economic, and political challenge s, but fails co ad equardy address social, cul tural, ecological and morph o logical constraints. Give n the inh erent weaknesses of traditional flood protection, a better practice is IFM This new method adopts a basin-wide, multidisciplinary approach co flood management that maximizes th e nee benefits from the floodplain areas while reducing the vulncrabiliry and risks due co flooding, promoting community involvement, and prese rving and enhancing narural ecosystems. !FM combines traditional flood management cools with land use planning, and integrates enviro nmental and culcural data with modern engineering cools.

The I FM plan , prepare d by Northwest Hydraulic Consul can ts, makes use of modern e ngineering tools, including two -dimensional numerical modelling and GIS. and incorporates biological data and che traditional knowledge of the Cowichan First Nation. The plan promotes innovati ve methods of flood hazard managemen t including Rood zoning a nd developme nt controls in order co minimise both short- and long-term economic environmental and social costs, and where possible, increase che environmental and social capital of the regio n

The $198 million Pitt River Bridge and Mar y Hill lnccrchangc design -build projec t is pare of B.C.'s Gateway Program It significa ntly improves the movement of traffic and goods by both land and water throughout B.C.'s Lower Mainland. Further, it provides alccrnacivc cycling and walking opportunities co ad;acenc communities. The bridge accommodates seven lanes of traffi c, pedestrians, and cyclists. Provisio n s arc included for converting two lanes to Light Rapid Transit or adding a n eighth dedicated Rapid Bus lane co the bridge and through the si re. As of October 2009, chis landmark cable-stayed scruccure and grade-separated interchange replaced the two existing swing bridges, counter-flow system, and at-grade intersection.

Peter Kiewit Sons contracted MMM Group to provide all design -related se rvices MMM Group provided d esig n management and road work, civ il , and interchange structure designs in-house. The rive r bridge design was sub -co ntra cted co Associated Engineering.

The application of a cable-stayed bridge solution to th is conges ted softsoil site, along wi th a reconfigured interchange, led to a winning designbuild pro posal. Subsequ ent value e ngin ee ring with the owner reduced the co ntract price by ap proximately JO per cent. MMM Group achieved che owner's aggressive project schedule b y fully integrating design with construction Additional innovations during detailed de sign and construction dramatically reduced construction materials quantities without co mpromising performan ce, enabling the client contractor to co mpl ete the project within the price committed co the owner.

The innovations developed on the Pitt River Bridge and Mar y Hill Interchange project we re instrumental to che project's success.

MM M Group co ngratul a tes the winners of this year's Consulting Engineers o f Brit is h Columbia (CEBC) Awards and we thank the CEBC for recognizing the achievem en ts and contributions of consulting engineers 1n BC

MMM Group is 1ecogn,z~d as an du1try leader ,n the prov1s,on of quah:y. cost effective and techn,cally excel e ,t II ult1d 1c1phnary engineer,ng solut,ons for a diverse range of as1,gnmen11.

For informat,on on MMM Group and our 1ward-w1nmnq pro1em, please visit: www.mmm.ca

MUNI

CIPAL AWAR D OF MERIT

Seymour Capilano Filtration Plant

SSBV Consultants Inc (jointly owned by Stantec . AMEC and Bl ack & Veatch)

The 1,800 million litres / day Seymour Capilano Filtration plant covers 16 h ectares and is the large st filtration p la ne in C anada It ,tlso incorpo ra t es t he largest UV (ultra v iolet light) disinfection system in the worl d .

The Greater Vancouver Water District (GVWD ) supplies potab le wa t er to 19 member municipalitie s and two million peopl e in Metro Van cou ver. \Vater is o brained from the Capilano, Seymo ur, and Coquitlam wat e rs heds and reservoi r s

The sources , although of hig h rdative raw wat e r qual ity, have experien ced problems o f high t urbid ity exc ursion s in the supply reservoirs, lim it s o n disinfection capability, and lack of corros ion control faci lities. Over the yea rs, the GVWD h as improved disinfection a nd corrosion control capabilities at Seym o ur and Coquitlam A s pare of th e cont inuing program t o improve potable wa t er quality, t h e Seym o ur Capilano Filtration Plant will filter the Capilan o and Seymour sources at a s ing le plam site locat ed in the Lower Seymou r Co nservation Reser ve The plane completed las t yea r an d co mmissioned earlier this ye ar, is presentl y treating th e total Seymour source and will treat t h e Capilano source once co nn ect ing t un nels are completed con necting Capilano to t he plant.

Sust ainability has b een a ke y co nsiderat ion in the si ting, de sign, and co ns t ruction stages. D es ign decision-making has be en g uided b y Metro Va ncouver's triple b otro m lin e assessment, ba la ncing env iron m ental , social , and economic asp ects In line w ith this philosoph y, Metro Vancou ver is seeking LEED Gold certificat ion for t he Operations and Mainten ance Centre of the facilit y and site d evelo pment maintained the goals/ strat egics of the Lower Seym ou r Conservatio n Rese rve Management Plan

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TRANSPORTATION AWARD OF MERIT

Roadway s linking Communities - the Golden Ears Bridge Project I McElhanney Consulting Services ltd .

Deli vc red on time and budge t, t he Golden Ears Bridge is th e firmajor signifi cant improvement to the Metro Vancouve r road SY te rn in more than 20 years.

TransLink was responsible for secondary hi g h way routes b tween the communities of Surrey, Langley, Maple Ridge and Pitt M eado \1 Infrastructure bottlenecks crossi n g the Fraser Ri ver at Port Mann Btidg a nd Albion Fe rry were creating 40 to 60 minute time travel ddays for rran5portation mo ve ments betwee n Langley and Maple Ridge Spurred by rapid population growth in the four communiti es, the goal was to provide an efficient access across the river while protecting the fish spawning environm ent, fa rmland, and com pliment the scenic region

The winning solution included roadways linking Highway I in Langley across t he bridge to Maple Ridge and Pitt M eadows. McElhanney d esigned the main bridge geometrics, fo ur roundabouts, pedestrian / cyclist t rails environmental co mpensatio n , preservation of environmentally sensiti, Kat z ie Slo ugh and dra inage upgrades through far mland.

Key features of the project included realigning the reference con geometrics, realizi ng substantia l co nstruction cos t savings and avoid~ t he treed Kat z ie Slo ugh ; d es igning 2.2 km o f pedestrian / c yclis t rrail, designing n o ise barriers t o minimize distu rbance t o adjace nt ne igl, h ood s. A 10 h ectare srormwater storage facilit y was also d es ig n ed to c,; e nviro nmenta l compen satio n

The project rece ntly won the Silver Award for lnfrast rucrure fro Can adian Counc il for Public -Private-Partner shi ps. Its s up erior rramr tion solution n ot o nly links comm unitks of today but w ill bolsta gr , and eco n o m ic development for years to co me

B~ILDING ENGINEERING AW ARD OF MERIT

Hillcrest Curling Rink and Percy Norman Aquatic Centre

Stantec Consult ing Ltd

NATURAL. RESOURCE. ENER GY AN D INDUSTRY

AW ARD OF MERIT

As hlu Cre ek Hydroe lect ric Proj ect

Golder Associates Ltd. Hatch Mott MacDon ald and RSW Inc.

Go lder and RS \X/ com p leted d eta iled fos c crac k engineering fo r th e S 13 5 mi llio n As hlu C ree k H yd roele ctric proje c t u nde r significa nt t im e conma in ts a nd e n vi r ~n m e ntal challe n ges, a nd with lim ited subsurface geo t echni cal data. M 1jor d esign clem e nts we re th e in take, intake s haft, p ower tun n el, pen.cock, a nd powerho use.

Hatc h Ion MacDo na ld des igned che 4.4km cunnel char acts as a wate r con duit for the project The runnel rep laces a convention a l su rface pcnsco ck and sign ifi cantly red uced ad verse environmental impac ts of th is "run -of-river' p roject

The p roj ec t is located in a steep valle y 35 km no n hwes r ofS qua mish Th e pro ject uses a sho rt segment o f stee p rapid s co develop a n omi nal capacit y of 49.9 M W under a head o f 224 m a nd a design flow of 29 m l/s. Ar all rim es. a n in-scream fl ow rel ease of2.42 m 1/s is d ischarge d down meam of t he inta ke to mainta in aquatic life

The Ashlu po werh o use p ro vides renewa ble e nergy to 24,000 h o mes in B.C.. in harmo ny wit h the environme nt A carbo n credit o f 2 l 9 ,0 00 t ons of C O 2 per year ca n no w b e used t o o ffse t greenhouse gas e missions. P rese rvatio n of r hc natura l e nvironme nt in t he Ashlu C reek rive r va lley was ac hieved by ado p t ing a 4 .4 km ru nn el as th e wa te r cond u it A majo r ex pa nsio n of the Ash lu C ree k salmon spaw n ing po n ds fo r che Squamish River resulted in an ad d itio na l 60 ,000 111 2 of natu ral habit at.

Partnering a nd e mployment oppo rtun it ies fo r chc Squamis h Nation res ul ted in new fu nding for rh e local abo ri gin al co mm uni t y. So m e $ 10 mi ll io n of the p rojec t cost s we re directed rowa rds the local economy

ENERGY FOR THE FUTURE

Sta ntec was respo nsible fo r d es ig n in g t h e mec h an ical and electr ical syste m s for the larges t curlin g ve nue and aq uatic fac ility in Vancouver. Th i~ signature ~enuc has r ece ived lots of a ttenti on as it hosted the curlmg compet mon for the 20 10 \Xf 1nte r Olympics

The d esign had to m eet Inte rn a tio nal O ly mpic C ommittee's ( IO C) stri nge nt requiremen ts rel ated co te m pera ture, humid ity, ai r mo ve ment, and lighting levels ove r th e ice surface Curli ng a t the Olympic level req u ires ice of the hig hest quality and con sistency The ch alle nge was to d esign a system that deli ve rs the required ice q uality w hil e maintain ing a co mfortab le environ m e nt fo r the sp ecta t o rs seated close co chc ice lanes. To assist in fin e runing the d esign , a C o m putatio nal Fluid D ynam ics ( CFO } model was c reated to pre d ict th e air m o vem e nt and tc m pe ra ru rc variation across t h e ice su rface at vario us elevations.

To a cco mmo d at e mo re than 6 ,000 individ uals d uring the O lympics, chis fac ility incorpo ra te d t emporary desiccant dehumid ifiers, em ergency generato rs a nd co nd it ioned ai r b orrowed from o ther par es o f th e bu ildi ng to e nsu re a successful a nd un interrupte d event

Th e projec t , slate d to be certified as LEED G old , boasts an e ne rgy cost savings o f approxi m a tel y 36 per cent b elo w the AS H RAE 9 0 1- 1999 Reco ve re d hea r from ice plant is u sed fo r b ui lding, po o l, a nd d o mes t ic water he ati n g . H ear recove red fro m the build ing's e xhaust air p rehea ts the

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James Kay, P.Eng.

Young Consulting En gineer Aw ard A plin & Martin Consultants

James Kay, P Eng., graduaced in 200 1 from che University ofWescern Oncario with a Bachelo r of Engi neering Science and B.A (H onour s) in Business Adm inist ration. Following graduation, he immed iaccl y pursued a ca ree r in th e privace sector, inicially working for comulnng engineering co mp anies in O nca ri o th ac offered professio nal services ro chc land dcvelopmenc seccor. Drive n by hi s scrong desire co advance his career and co seek new opporcu nities and challenges, Kay m perso nal goals co cscablish himself in che co nsulcing engineering community in B.C.

He joined Ap lin & Marcin Consulcams in 2005. Si nce then , he has continued co assume respons ibilities for business de vdo pmcnc , clienc management, and ove rall projecc managemenc ofland developmenc and mun ici pal infrastructure improvemenc projeccs chroughouc chc Fraser Valle y and che Okanagan.

ln 2008, Kay accepced che opporcunity to manage th e firm's new Abbotsford office, which has since grown co a staff of eight Kay is known fo r his leadership qualities, high energy and enthusiasm. His ab ility to effectively function at business development, project managcmem and branch office managcmenc is because of his superior organizational skills, in co njunction with the commitment to wor k long hours. He is an active CEBC member and chair of the CEBC Young Professionals Group Whi le juggl ing a hec ti c business sc hedule, Kay and his wife Ju lie also find cime to ra ise a family. \'(/ith two pre-sc hoo l children to look alter, ic cakes a ceam efforc to run a househo ld and to maintain a hi gh level of energ y and enthusiasm towa rds h is business activities.

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Ian Hargreav" hai been a part of the coruu lting engineering ind1151ry in B C. fo r the put 45 years. Born and educated in the UK he graduated from Leeds University in Yorluhire with a degree in Civil Engineering in 1961 After obtai ning his degree he wo rked fo r A Monk & Co., a civil engineering contracto r, where his first assignment w..s on the coru 1ru c1ion of one of England's fim motorwap.

H e and h, s wife Dorothy moved 10 Vancouver in 1965 where he joined H A. S1moru. He gai ned valuable structural steel design experience in nuj o r industrial m ucturcs in the pulp and paper and pctrochcmic:i.l indumies. In 1969 he joined Phillips Barrett Hillier Jones & Partne rs, a , mailer multid isc ipl inc firm of engi neers and architects The firm later became PBK , and Ian was appointed president in 1991. To this day he ha.s mai ntained his lo ng rel ationship wi th the firm , now the Vancouver office ofGE N IVAR .

Hargreaves' involvement with CEBC dates back to 1984. He is a past presid ent of th e CEBC, and hu served a.s a Director of ACEC. He ha.s been involved with Scouts Canada, and currently se rves with two non• profit organization s and the Boa rd of Va riance in the District of North Vancouver

Reti rement is allowing him and Do roth y to enjoy th ei r grand children and to travel. They pa rticul arly enjoy exploring B C. in th eir tent tra iler. He is an o utdoo rs pe rso n and enjoys hiking with friends and recently wa lked ac ross England where he got re-acquainted with the Yorkshire moo rs . A few years ago he cycled the Outer Hebrides and enjoyed th e beauty of the moorland s of Scotland

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The re has b een a lot of activity recently among d esign and construction professionals regarding how ro reduce the e nergy consumption ofour new and exist ing building srock. Nee ze ro (ene rgy, carbon or cost ) buildings arc gain ing interes t as well as marketability with the potcnrial ro significantl y redu ce the load o n our communal e nergy ne tworks,

Achie v ing net zero is a c h a llengi ng bur feas ible cas k, requiring a trul y integrated des ign process To ac h ieve nee zero fo r any facility, it is c riti ca l ro reduce th e energy load of the building as mu c h as possible befo re incorpor ating r e newable strat egics to offset and bala n ce e n ergy con sumption.

"Passive D esign" refers to a design concept th at makes use of n atura l cl imatic conditions, toge the r with features of th e building itself, to limit the h eating and cooling load o f a building. Examples of passive design strategics include :

• optimized building orientation

• optimized insulation and minimal thermal bridging

• a irtight envelope

• passive solar energy for heating ( thermal mass, t rombe walls. so la r hot water, t hermal c himneys)

• optimized daylight {windows, skylights, cle re.sror ies, solar rubes, light shelves)

• optimi zed shading system s fo r p ass ive heating and cooling load control

• ventilation air preconditioning ( heat recove ry, earth cubes)

• natural venti lation strategics (cross Row, single sided , st ack induced, night Rush )

A trul y passive design also limits t he use of moving pares in m ech anical systems. Feasible strategies depend o n location, climatic conditi ons an d th e specific project goals, oppo rtunities and constraints.

The Pass ivH aus Planning Package ( PHPP) standard, developed b y Passivhaus lnstitut in Ge rmany , has gained attention in Europe and is gaining trac tio n in North America The intent is co design a super-insulated, low-e nergy bu ilding using a com bination of passive strategics with such c riteria as:

1. annual e nergy d emand for space h eati ng and cooling sh ould be less than 15 kWh / m2

2. primary ene rgy use for heating, cooling, hot water and appliances may not exceed 120 kWh / m '

3 . additio nal energy requ irements may be co mpl etely su pplie d using ren ewable energy so urces

This st andard was initially intended fo r residential a pplications bur is also used for larger commercia l projects. Nearly 15,000 buildings aro und the globe have a lready received the " Pass ive H ouse" certification, m ost of d,c m locarcd in Europe.

The Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (C I RS ) is currentl y un der constru ction at d1c University of British Columbia campus in Van. couver, B.C. The building is targe ted to be a Net E nergy Producer and Net Positive Carbon facility, i,c., to "exceed" d1c objectives ofa net u: ro building.

As p ar t of the design p rocess, detailed simulation and m o deling work was conducted to analyze and optimize passive strategics. The project c:irgetcd daylighting for I 00 per cent ofoccupied space, which is achieved b y opt imizing location, size and rype of glazing, as well as building geo metr y. The narrow flo o r plate aUows deep daylight penetration into the spaces and is also very effective for cross Row ventilation using operable windows. No m e chan ical coolin g is provided to rhe offices in this building. The shading system consists of fixed tilted ove rhangs, with building integrated PV panels that arc also pan of the renewable e n ergy system. A mesh fo r a green wall is located on the west ext e rior wall o f the atrium to provide s hading in the summer and allow passive heating from the sun in the winte r There is a sola r hot water panel o n the roof estimated co provide 60 per cent of the cotal annual domestic h o c water load and as much as I 00 per cent of the load during sunny summ er days.

An essential part of ac hie ving net ze ro e n e rgy at C IRS is che u se of an adjacent lab building as a heat source , and also as he ar s ink. The strategy involves hear extraction from the adjacent building's lab exhaust a ir, and was te hear is rejected r o preheat o utdoor ai r o n the same building. This strategy will result in an overall reduction in the campus energy cost and carbon footprint each year. The overall energy co n sumption fo r C IRS, including the e nergy required t o transfe r heat t o and from the adjacent building, is estim a ted to be less than a third of that o f a conventional office building in B.C. Passive design strategics were instrumental in reducing these energy loads and helping t o optimize energy pcrform.m cc.

ln Europe, reductions as high as 80 to 90 per cent in annual heating ene r gy have been real ized in many PHPP projects. In C anada, passive design strategies arc being applied increasingly in new co n struction applications; however, the remai ning opportunities t o reduce the encrgi consumption in our buildings by applyi ~ these strategies arc e n ormous. fa isting build1· re t rofits could also benefit greatly fro m approach. The sun's energy is free, and a makes daylighting, na tural venrilarion J1 passive s strategics possible It is ou r I',\· use of this abundant resource t<' .,, extent possible. CB

Martina Soderlund, M .Sc., LE ED rainable building analys t in th e , fice of St antcc. You can reach h e sod c rlund@st an t cc.co m or .l•

Green is the New Gold

BY THOMAS MUELLER

Green building and constru ctio n practices have come a long way in th e past IO years. Sustainable building practices that were once thought of as outlandish and costly are now considered best practice a nd essential ifyou are to com pete within th e growing marker demand for "gree n".

The question s many within th e b ui lding construction market are now asking is "am I equipped with the right knowledge and skills to compete in thi s new and growing area of busine ss ? And how do I respond to today's d emand while ramping up to meet tomorrow's standards?" The answers are simple: you need only to look to the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) and its affiliated partners to find the necessar y training to support your busine ss needs.

Over the past IO years Canadians have come to recognize the value of a whole-building approach to sustainability and they are beginning to demand that designers, building owners and developers incorporate these attributes into their offices , homes and communities. The live key areas of a sustainable building approach include: environmentally re sponsible site development, water and energy efficiency, materials selec tion and recycling, a nd b e tter indoor environmental quality.

CaGBC has be e n promoting and supporting the whole building approach since 2002. In 2004, the CaGBC introduced the Leaders hip in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED ) Canada rating system into the market and s ince this time the rating system has been clearly accep ted as th e premier green building rating tool

An advanced building like the LEED Platinum certified Vancouver Convention Centre West requires leading professional services and products

in th e country. Currently, th e re are more th an 2,000 registered and certified projects representing more than 20 million sq uare meters of green buildings in Canad a.

To support the growth a nd development of green building and constr uc tio n in all provinces across Canada, CaGBC has developed a full suite of wo rksh ops and cus tomized education programs ro support bu sinesses in their effo rts to better und e rst and sus tainable building and construction and ro ex pand the capacity ofgreen building within th e Canadian market.

Leading the green wave is the LEED Accredited Professio nal (LEED AP). With more than

...in 8.C . and in Alberta, green building practices are now considered to be the standard ...

10,000 LAP 's in Canada , and 2,281 in B.C. and 1,47 1 Alberta alone, these individual s have demonstrated their knowl edge and und e rs tanding of green building practices.

" The green building world is expanding; key players include nor only those in the building industr y but also sales and marketing professionals, lawyers, real estate broke rs, product ma nu-

facturer s and suppl iers, stude nts and more ," says Peter Templeto n , president of the Green Building Ce rtificatio n In stitute that administers the LEED AP program "The LEED Green Associate credential gives these individual s a way to differentiate them selves from their peers in a h ig hl y competitive job marker."

Once individuals h ave taken the first step a nd passed rh e n e w LEED Green A ssociate ( GA ) exam, the y ca n focus o n the L EED AP spec ia lt y exams, such as BD+C ( Buildin g Design and Construction ) or O+M ( O perat ions and Maintenance). These credentials recognize ad va n ce d knowledge in green building practices along with sp eci ali zed expertise relevant to the field an indi v idu al wo rks in For emerging d ema nd s for green retrofits and recommi ss ion ing these c redentials arc see n as among the most impor tant to h aves within the construction marker.

Man y wit hin industr y and within the publi c sector h ave recognized that; in B.C. a nd in Alberta, green building practices are n ow cons id e red to be the s tandard in order to compete within a compe tit ive marketplace. Budding owner a n d d e velope r demand , public policy at a ll levels of government and increasi ng global awa reness of th e b ene fits of s ustaina ble building practices have fu eled the market to now recogni ze th a t green is not jus t a fad but b est pracdc e that is here to stay.

So wh y is "g ree n the new gold"? Studies from the United Stares have shown tlut LE ED certified buildin gs are demanding hi g her lease rat es p e r squ a re foot a nd higher occupancv r a res th an non- LE ED bui l din gs Publi c h ealth officia ls a re n ow recogn iz i ng chat green buildings that address imp ro\'cd dayl ighting and ventila tion and better indoor a ir quality have a p ositive impact o n occupant health an d overall wdl b e in g. Tenants are pu shin g the marker fo r ward with a growing demand for certified g reen office space to attract a nd re tain top talen t.

The questio n you mu st as k yo urself as a building co n struction profess ional is "d o I have the necessary kn owledge and skill in my company to satisfy chis increas ing demand for g ree n ?" CaGBC, its chapters and affiliated partners like th e Canadia n Construction Association h ave targeted trainin g programs to s upport industr y profess ional d evelopment needs. Vi sit the CaGBC webs ite for details on h ow to earn LEED credentials, for information on how to access public workshops or to coordinate priva te works hop s which will address the specific needs of your company. CB

Thomas Mueller is the president and CEO of the Canada Green Building Council. For more information, and th e schedule for workshops please visit tvtvtu.cagbc org.

North America 9 s Greenest Bun lding

BY GLENN DREXHAGE

A renderin g of CIRS. due to open on Su stainability Street in 2011

'S'u stainability is about what kind of world we want to li ve in," says UBC's John Robinson.

If so, then the ambitious project he's leading - the development of the Centre for Interac tive Resea rch on Sustainability ( C IR S) - should provide so me val u able inspiration

The $37-m illion building will be greenhouse gas-positive and a net energy producer, meaning that it will help UBC reduce the energ y it uses and carbon it emits All water will be so u rced from rainwater, with wastewater treatment occurring on s ite The r e is also more carbon seque stered in the building's wooden structure than will b e emitted during its co ns tru ction and eventual dismantling.

Noc only does the UBC -b ased centre aim to b e am ong the greene st buildings in North Am erica, it will al so serve as a living laborator y fo r su stainability research, development and practice.

For exampl e, building p rocesses w ill be continuous ly monito re d, including h ea ting, cooling, lighting, equipment use, water h arves ting and treatment, building occupancy, inhabitant b ehavi o ur an d more. Peo ple working in th e faci lit y wil l be able to foll ow th e proceed ings o n their d eskt op computers and vote o n their use fulne ss. C onstruction b ega n las t Septemb e r, and th e buildin g is set ro open in the s umm er of 20 11 o n Susta inability Street on USC's Va n couver campu s. In Apri l, C IR S was award ed the Best

of Gree n : Design and Arc hitecture award from TrceHuggc r, a media outle t dedi cated t o driving su st ainabili t y mainstream

Contributing to the project was a multidisc iplinary team of consultan ts, including Busby Perkins + W ill ( arch itects) , Stantec (mechanical engineering ) and Fasr+Epp (s trucrural engineering).

"I think C IRS is goi ng to help co ntribute to the world," says Ro b in son, who was named the n ew UBC Vancouve r Sustainab ilit y Executive Director in January. Also a professor at UBC's Institute fo r Re sources, Environment and Sustainability, Robinson was one o f thou sands who participated in the !ntcrgove rnm emal Panel on C limate C h ange, whic h sh a red th e 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore, the global warming g uru and former U.S. Vice President

A s a res ult o f UBC's S ustainability Academ ic Strateg y - which Robinson chaired - C IRS s h o uld serve as the h o me t o th e ove rarc hing Univers it y Su stainability Initiative (US! ). " This will c reat e a s ing le home for UBC's sustainable activitie s." Robinson says. " It 's partic ul a rly approp ri ate to tak e a highly innovative, new approach and put it in the most sus tainable building in North America ."

In additi o n, this mo ve means thar the acad e mi c and operationa l s ides of th e sus t a in a bility equation wi ll be represented in a sing le se tting - a rar ity at other North American uni vers ities. " lt's prove n h ard to d o;• n otes Robin so n. " The y're

very different wor lds." lndeed , s us tain ability is serious to UBC - so much so that it's li st ed as one of th e nine ke y commitments in Place and Promise, th e Univers it y's n ew str ategic plan.

Earlier thi s year, UBC an n o un ced aggressive new targets to reduc e greenhouse gas ( G HG ) emissions on irs Vancouver campu s. Already the fir st Ca n adian u n iversity to meet Kyoto protoco l t argets for its core academic buildings, UB C will now aim to reduce from 2007 levels: 33 p er cent ofG HGs by 20 1S, 6 7 percent ofGH G i by 2020 and eliminate I00perce nt ofG H Gsb y '•l 0.

CIRS rese arch p artn ers include Sim •· Frase r University, the Em il y C arr ln sti tu t<' , ., \r t + Des ign, and the British Columbia I,- c o f Technology. M eanwhil e, commercial i p· portunitics will b e explored with p ar t r., BC H ydro , Haworth and Honeywell.

C IRS will a lso encourage p ubl ic in a m ove that Robinson says is c ru cial. nity engagement isn ' t ju st d cs icable in it's ac tu all y necessa ry to ac hie ve a future," he not es. • Politicians ca n ' t arc things without a co n stitucn c)' for r ' Busi n ess can ' t deliver sust ainable p r se r vices if there isn't a m arket."

Learn mo re about C lRS anJ UB ship in sustainabilit y at 11bc.r,1 and or.<. Aversion al th is artic le appeared'" the Feb, 20 10 ec:h11ou monthly publlcat1on, UBC Reports Author Glenn Ou:i\ t'l.l

c!ransformatio n

s Millennium Water

BY JENNIFER STAMP

0ne of the first things that strikes yo u as yo u look over rop of Vancouver's newest sustainable communiry, Millennium Water (2010 Olympic Games Athlete's Village), is how noticeably green it is. The many rooftops scattered across eight ciry blocks are covered in vege tation. Roughl y SO per cent ofeach residential pared square footage has vegetative coverage, a requirement by the City of Vancouver that aids in achieving various LEED credits.

The green roofs at Mill e nnium Water are made up of both extensive and intensive profiles. Both have a number of benefits including mitigating the heat island effect, reducing peak Rows of storm water, insulating the building from heat gain/loss, providing forage and habitat for wildlife ln the case of intensive gre en roofs they also provide amenity space for residents.

Extensive green roofs are those made up of thinner so il profil es ( 50mm to I 50mm ) and vegetated with small ground covers and grasses. In this project, t wo types of extensive green roof syst e ms were used: XeroAor and LiveRoof. XeroAor Scdum m ats were installed on the res idential parcel s and both Li ve Roof trays and XeroAor Sedum mats were inst a lled on the Community

Centre The advantages to both of these system s is that the y arc pre-vegetated (95 per cem vegetative coverage) resulting in a n immediate green effect and reduced m aintenance cost s during the est ablishme nt period.

Durante Kreuk worked with XcroAor Canada t o d evelop a buildup of the extensive green roof Sedum mats to to le rate the wet Vancouver winters. The mats were laid over I 00 - I 50mm of mineral growing medium ( that has less than 10 per cent organic matter) over the roof assembly co mprised of: filcercloch / drainmat, I 50mm rigid insulation , root barrier, and the waterproof membra ne system. Several Sedum varieties we re used for the green a reas and red leafed Sedums were installed ( bound by aluminium edging ) to create the various athlete figures of the 20 I 0 Olympic Games events

At the Community Centre, Live Roof trays with low growing drought tolerant grasses were in stalled , creating a sh o reline aesthetic three storeys above the water 's edge. The trays filled with mineral growing medium were se t over I 50mm rigid insulation over root barrier and the waterproof membrane sys tem. Root barriers were installed under both extensive and inten sive green

roofs to provide added protection to the waterproof membrane from agg ressive roots o f anv weeds deposited by wind a n d birds.

Intensive green roofs are those made up of thicker soi l profiles ( 150mm to 900mm +) and veget a ted with larger plant material such as trees a nd shrubs The intensi ve green roofs at Millennium Water are co mprised of courc ya rd common amenity garde n s and semi-private rooftop gardens accessed on ly by residents with di rect connection s through su ites. When d esigning the courtya rd garden s, we strove to provide spaces co support all the activitks one would reg ularl y d o in the backyard of a s ingle family resi dence. Th e amenity gardens we re com p rised of a "kit of pans": a children's play area for ages 2-5 and 6 - 12, an unprogrammed lawn area, urban agriculture, a rainwater g arden and an amenity patio ( located adjacent to the inte rior amenit y room ). The ch ildre n's play areas were d c,isn-•' to be more natu ralist ic an d provide imagi n u iv _ play, rather than programm ed activi ties. An ML ., of lawn was loca t ed adjacent to th e children, play area so that activiti es could spi ll ove r into the lawn. The urban ag ricu lture was located close b y so that parents could keep an eye on their

children while working in the garden plots. Th ese areas, roughly 200 sq. metres per parcel , were outfi tted with all the essentials of a backyard garden: potting benches, tool storage and compostcrs. Lastly, nearly all parcels have a rain water feature. Rain water stored fo r irrigation in underground cisterns is re circulated th rough the

water features, pro viding both a visual amen it y fo r residents and aerating the srorcd wate r.

Both the intensive and the extensive green roofs arc irrigated using highly efficie nt drip line and spray heads to ensure the rooftops and gardens arc lush and green th roughout the year. Both native and drought tolerant plant species

were installed to lessen the demand fo r irri· ganon.

One of the key things to co nside r in the d • · es1gn of green roofs is maintenance access As h · t ere were many roofl evcls ove r eight cit y blocks this requirement proved to be che most challenging aspect in the design of both the extensive and intensive g reen roofs at Millennium Water We worked with the va rious arch itectural teams to provide rooftop access via roof hatches, exit stairs and common wallways so maincenancc crews can do periodic weeding and inspect the roof.

When mo\•e in day comes for the residents of Millennium Water they will enjoy the amenities provided by the many green roofs at Vancouver's newest sustainable neighbourhood CB

Jennifer Stamp, CSLA, BCSLA, ASLA, is a landscape architect and parmer at Durante Krcuk. Durance Kreuk was the landscape designers for the Olympic Athletes Village at Southeast False C reek. Contact her atjemiifer@dkLbc.ca.

Re cycllutrng Rools to R@adls

" Waste i s worse than los s. The t i me is co min g when every person w ho lays claim to abili t y will keep the que stion of waste before h i m co n stantly The sco pe of thrift is limitle ss." - Thomas Edi so n

BY HILAR YHANNA

Before

Tear o ff asphalt s h in g le roofing n ow h as a new lease o n life in B.C.

a nd A lb erta Rec ycl ing asp h alt shi n g les known as RAS into road ba se h as over a decade worth of hi st o r y in the Eas t ern States. Althoug h n o c a new process, in Wes tern Canada it's raken a liccle longe r t o "l ilt off" ,o ro s p eak Recycli n g rear off o r d eco n struc tion asp h alt s hingles is a process that a llows t his valu able resource to shin e. Not o nly

in ics wo r k in protec ting p eople's homes, this ground up RAS produc t can n ow pave w ays to better-quali t y a nd less expen sive roadways.

When residential asp h a lt shing les a re brought to asp h alt shingle recy· cling stations, the load s arc checked for har mful ma terials, such as a,bcstos and evalu ated for acceptable small amou nts of n o n-h azardous paper, plastic, me tal and wood mixed wich chc recyclable, shingle m aterials. Approximately eve r y I 00 tonnes a load is segregated and teste d for as b est os. Once cleared of cl1e risk of p ossible contaminatio n the load is re introduced to the clean-up process. Alter che s hingles arc cleaned manually and w ith h eavy equipment th ey a rc chcn loaded into a purpose-buUt, mobUc, Rotoch o pper RG I s h ingk grinding machine The re is no n eed to remove ch e n ails fro m shingles as thi s machine is equipped with a cross belc magnet that pulls chem o ut during the grinding process. Whether organic o r fiberglass, shin gles ground t o a sp ec ifi c s ize o r gr ade, retain an as phalt contenc of more than 20 p e r ce nt chat can be extracted. Us ing just three -to-five perce nt of RAS in hot o r warm asp halt mixes w ill r eplace cons iderable am o unts of virgin asp h alt chat may provide pav ing companies wich substantial savings. T his end product can also be used b v ce ment comp anies as fuel for their kilns, as a road b ase offcnng dust control f~ r secondar y roads as well as p aving parking lots, bike p ath s and dr iveways. Toe e nvironmental ne cess ity of re- u si n g sh ingles is hig hl ighted in an Athena ln s tirute repor t ( 2007) , w hi ch estimated t h at up t o 1.25 million tonnes of a sphalt-b ased roo fing waste is gen e ra t ed each yea r in Canada, with re-roofing accounting for m os t of this waste. In th e Vancouver regio n this major waste s cream adds as much as 80,000 tonnes per year or the equivalent of75 lb s per p erso n ro landfill s. \Xl'ith the growing importance of creati ng and nmntammg a su sta mable h c c f g ·nd as a nd as awareness Jnd envi ro nm e nt ar t e ro rerront o governme nt a c , desire fo r pos itive e n vironmental action grows in local com mun'.ties, the need for RA S facilities wil l grow. Alberta's C limate C h an ge Act1on Plan is expected ro cur projec t ed greenho u se gas emiss ions in h al f by 2050 , md Metro Vancouver h as initiated a "Zero Wast e C h a llenge" program, th e goal

of which is to divert 70 pe r cent of waste from landfills by 20 15. Recycli ng roofing shingles can make a significant contribution to chesc goals. For every to nne of asphalt s hingles rec ycled, che local economy can save rwo barrels of oil that wo uld h ave be en u sed to produce the sh ingles, creating a smaller carbon footpri nt b y savin g up to 160,000 barrels of oil annually. According to D an Krivir. a shingle recycl ing co n sultant in Minnesota and enior project manager at Foth ln frast ruccu re & Enviro nme nt, che grce nhou~e gas savings fo r every conne o f RAS rec ycled equals 60 tonnes of CO2 save d

Roofi n g companies arc in a g reat p osition to help make a difference to t he enviro nment and attract new clients wi th this lat est means of recycli ng, while potentially increasi ng ch c ir revenues and possibly realizing s avings in t ip ping fees. In fac t , RA S faci lities that recove r a nd repurpose what used to be a n end-of-life roofing mat eria l with no purpose o ch er chan caking u p valu able landfill space arc a real st ep fo rward in reducing our carbon footp rint Shingle recycling is a winni n g proposition for ever yo ne invo lved, from the average homeowner who is able to help reduce waste wh en the y re- roof to t h e roofing and p av ing compa n ies who can p o tentially save money whi le b oosti ng che economy. In add it ion , recycling employ, seven people for eve r y one per,on employed ac a landfill site. CB

H ilary Hanna is vice- pres ide nt ofGemaco Sa les Led Ge maco Sa les, with its h ead office in Kelowna , B.C. , o p e n ed th e onl y li cen sed faci lity dedicate d t o as phalt s hing le recycling in the M etro Van co uve r region in Februa r y 2010. For m ore informati o n , co ntact he r at hilary @ge111,1cosales. rom or visit www.ge111acos,d es.co111.

Demand for Green

BY JIM MATSUO

Ebnviro n mcntal factors h ave taken a greater role in the d es ig n , m aterial selec tion and co nstruction of today's buildings

For this reason architects, building ow n ers, gen eral co ntrac t ors and specifycrs arc par mering co develop a nd retrofit buildings chat focus o n s ustainable practices such as LEED and BOMA's BES t programs. Roofing manu facturers continue co develop produces with considerat ion of re cycled and recyclable content all the while maintaining q uality an d durability of the produces. There is also a n increased demand for highly re Rec cive memb ranes wh ich arc now being carried by most manufac turers. Som e a rc furthe r d eveloping thei r membranes for pe rforman ce improvements.

One of the prim ary methods of improving a bu ilding's long term cost efficiencies is through energy conse r vation. Roo fing has recently become one of chc key components in allowing a build ing co becom e self sustain ing over tim e.

The inclus io n o f gree n roofi n g and solar photo voltai c ( PV) panels co the buildup ofa roo f can not o nly provide function for a single building, but in so me cases it can also support ne ig hbo uring buildings as well.

The sola r PV panels on the roof of the North Va ncouver Public Library p rovide a so urce of electricity not o nly fo r chis building. but also fo r adjace nt buildings includin g City H all located directly south of the library. More and more projects a re beginning t o sec che inclusion of these t ype s o f solutio ns. Through the su pport of many s takeho lders chis constructio n secror is being t aken co new levels.

We have begun co see legi s lat ion of g reen roofi ng with in various ci t ies and municipalities, as well as g reater in volve ment fro m owne rs themselves w ho arc co nsi dering long t e rm bene fit s. Green roofs provide a multitud e of

benefits ra nging from so lel y envi ronmental to cos t savings for che b u ildi ng owner. G ree n roofs clear rhc ai r of dire and dust particles much like fo rest s o r n atura l canopies d o, they add co inc reased bio dive rs ity and aid in oxygen production. In urba n areas gree n roofs lowe r che urban heat island effect which is a maj o r conce rn in che fight against cl im at e change. From a munic ipal standpoi nt green roofs have a positive e ffe ct on st o rm water management , reducing rhe peak fl ow a n d inund ation o f ch e sewage sys t e m , c utting che risk of com b ined sewage ove rflow. While gree n roofs arc cle arly b e n eficial co che e n viro nm ent they a lso have benefits for che building owne r. G re en roofs can ex tend chc life span of roofi n g membranes 10- 15 yea rs, cause a not iceable reduc ti o n in h eating a nd cooli ng coses and prov ide mark ed sou nd damp ening.

As with anything new, th ere arc always pros and cons chat require further d evelopment and testing Fiest and foremos t , the cost co ins tall a stand ard conventional roof versus a g reen roo f has a cost differential - depending on the t ype and scope of the green roof project H owever, the shore t e rm cost differential will be offset by th e long te rm re turn s as well as bene fits for all. We muse look past the immedi ate cost and see these more as investments - for the build ing owner, current and future tenants and with e nv ironmental and soc ietal considerations.

Secondly, there is che issue of lo n g te r m maintenance a nd se rvi ci ng. Whe n a roofleak is encounte red it is typica ll y qu ire easy co so urce ch c wate r ingress point and repair t h e affect ed area in s h ore orde r. The abilit y co d o chi s is imp acte d w h en yo u have a g re en roof o n cop of the roof m e mbrane What m a n y s pecification w riters co ntinue co do today is call fo r a water flood tes t to be conduct ed co t he roof prior to

installat ion of the overburden. Altho ugh chi s may ap pear t o be a proacti ve preven tati ve measure it is i n face not a recommended practice for roof sys tems. Flood cesc ing can be a very effect ive solu tion for verifying che integr ity of waterp roofi n g as it is designed to withstand t he h ydros t atic pressures creat ed from these tests - h owever a roof membrane syscem is n o t This recommendation against using these cescs was issued in an ASTM adviso r y bu lletin b y che Ca nadi a n Roofing Contractors Assoc iatio n in March 2007; a nd also supported b y che Roofing Contracto rs Association of British Columbia I n light of chese recommendati o n s, ow ners a nd des igners sh ould be looking for an alternate method co eruure che roof i, soun d prior co cove ring ch e s urface.

Many organizations are now conducting The rmal scans of roofs. Th is will allow you ro dete rmine if there a re any breaches in the membran,

by d etecting the presence of moisture with.in ch, assembly. R oofs can also include a leak detection system which is an electrical con ductor grid installed pri o r co the placeme nt of the overburden which allows owners co pinpoint where a m embrane breac h h as occu rred. Noc o nly does ch.is system quickly identify when a leak h as occurred , lim iting interior damage , but it also allows a ro n' -; er to kn ow exac tly where the green coof re m , n eeds to be done co cond uct the repair Th ke ep lo n g t erm ser vice and maintenan.:, a minimum.

E.uensive green roofs are cradirio n l cenance and are usually planted wit. ducive to the loe:tl di.mare. Man, 1 the country are working "~ch roo tinc and landscape architects co prepare the Ix>< planes for the building location A prime cxami:,

a green roof chat will result in long term benefit the Vancouver Convention Ccnrn: which is the lar,.. est green roof in Canad a. CB

Jim Matsu o is Fly nn C anad a's gen e ral manager, ro o fing in their Van couver Branch . He can be contacted acjmatmo@flym1.ca.

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When Owners are not "owners

Loopholes in lien liability?

BY JAMES L. LE BO , Q C AND ANDREA M SWABUK

Two rece nt d ecisio ns of th e Albert a Co urt of~ecn's Bench su gges t a gap in th e lien liabil it y of owners in Alberta w h o have wo rk pe rforme d on their propert y that would oth e rwi se b e su bject to lie n claims These decisions s ho uld b e of p a rti cula r conce rn to co ntract ors, especially th ose working o n new d evelop ment cons tru cti o n

In Alberta a n "own er" is sp ecifically defin ed under th e Albe rta Builders' Lien Act (the "Act") to me an· a p e rson havin g an estate o r inte rest in land

a t wh ose requ est, ex press o r impli ed , a nd

( i) o n w hose c redit,

( ii ) o n w hose be hal f,

{iii ) w ith w h ose privity a nd co n se nt, o r

{iv) fo r w h ose direc t b en efi t ,

wo rk is d o n e on or material is furni s h ed fo r an impro ve ment to th e la n d and includes all p erson s cl aiming und er th e owner whose rights a re acquired after the comme n ce m en t of th e work o r the furni shing of the material ."

Al th o u gh this definiti o n seem s r elatively s traigh t forward , these recent cases sugges t chat determinin g w h ether a party is an owne r fo r lien purposes m ay b e mo r e co mp licated. In partic ul ar, a purch ase r / lan d d evelo per may n o t a lways b e cons ider ed an ow n e r under th e Ac t

The case of Accra Develo pments In c. v Sterling H o m es Lrd., 2 009 ABQB 494, d e mons trates the unique criteria t hat th e co urt has refer red t o w h en d etermining an owner under th e Ac t Acera had entered into a lo t purchase ag reem ent with S t erling fo r 136 lots in Coc h rane, Alberta St e rlin g was to bu y the su bdi vided land and se r viced lacs from Acc ra an d build h omes o n chem. The h o m es were for Seedi n g to selJ for its own b ene fi r. Acc r a was to regi ster a p lan of su bdi vis ion. H oweve r, Acera ultim atel y failed co get appro val for chis p lan. The lots could nor be t r ans fe rred co Sterlin g and S t e rling su bsequentl y regist ered a lie n for$ 1. 5 m ill ion ag ainst the lan d s ow ned by A ccra.

Acera challen ged the validity o f the lien and argued that the fact chat Acera had encouraged Sterling to build on the lacs could no t be interpre ted as co nsti tuting a request to d o so. While Accra knew and conse nted co Sterling comme ncing co nStruction of the houses, the court found chat th e work was not don e for Aceras be nefit. The court co ncluded that the lien was invalid, as Acera was no t an own er This d ec ision is of concern b eca use it s ignificantl y limi ts th e d e finition of an "owne r" unde r th e Ac t Be fo re this d ecisio n , it see med safe for a p arry su ch as a contract o r co assume chat a lan d d evelop er wo uld b e co n sidered an "owner", and th erefo re be suscep tibl e to li en s b e ing fi led on t h e property for work reques t ed by t he developer It is now less clea r w h at wil1 cons t itute a " requ est" under the Act. An appea l of this decision by S terl ing was argu ed befo re the Court of Appeal of Alberta in early May 20 I 0, a nd the Cou rt of Appea l has reserved it s d ecision

The second d ecisio n of rh e A lberta Court of een 's Bench that remi nd s contract ors the y may n or always be able to co u nt o n th eir b uilders' lien ri g hts is E. Gruben's Transp ort Ltd. v. Alberta Surp lu s Sales Ltd. 20 I 0 ABQB 244. In chis case, the la ndow ner ente red into an agree m e nt for sale of its land s. Th e pu rch ase r/ developer app lied for subdiv isio n approval and co ntract ed t o co mm ence the buildin g of roads The p urchaser began experien cing fi n ancial diffi culties and did no r pay the road b uilder, who registe red a lie n aga inst rh e lands. The lands however, co ntinued co be owned by the ven d o r The ag reement for sale was lacer cancelled du e to the purchaser 's default, although che vendor carried on with the subdivi sion The ven d or sub sequ e ntly applied co di smi ss th e roa d builde r's lien.

Th e co urt h eld that th e vendor was m e rely a passive participant in th e roadwork and therefore had no t requested the work to b e done. The coun fou nd th at the vendo r did not fa ll within th e scaru cory de fini tion of owner unde r th e Act a nd was therefo re n o r subject to liens regis t e r ed by co ntract ors, and ch e lien was discharged

Li ke the A cc ra deci sion, ch is case is also troubling from rhe perspe ctive of a co ntr ac t or worki n g o n a new d evelopment. On a j ob, it is di ffic ult t o re gard th e landow n e r as j u st a passive p art ici pant, since it is t h e de velopm e nt its elf whi c h o ften p rov ides value co the land It is the rL :·ore surprising, from th e perspect ive of a contractor wh o has d one wo r l 11 d ad ded va lu e to th e land, that t h ere are no lie n rights whe n pa ym c , •r t hi s work goes i nto d efau lt It is possible chat chis case m ay b e li m ro it s ow n circ umsta nces, w h e r e there was a fa il ed ag re e m ent for , t h e trend of t h ese two cases s u ggests ot h erwise. I n a n y event , to r s would b e p rud ent to inquire if th e party d eveloping a p ro j, all y h as so me lega l interest in ch c land s, o r face chc ri s k of p t wit h out l ien ri g hts

Give n these d ecisions, ca reful consideration must b e gi ven a nd co ntractors t o lien rig hcs and liab ili ties for work done in nc m ents O n e ca nn ot merely ass u me that a d evelop er/ purchaser i, h· an own e r within t h e m ea nin g of the Act. A findin g chat th e : 11 not an o wn er ca n lead t o a very un h appy resu lt fo r a contr,l( t .i s expe nd ed signifi ca nt fund s o n co n st ru ctio n activity which 11 1,. llv b e t h o ught to g ive rise to lie n r ig hts. CB

James Le b o is a partner a t M cLe nnan R o ss LLP and c h ai r n's Co n s truction Industr y G roup , with a practice primari h in the areas o f cons tructi o n a nd commercia l litigat io n . C o, ,it jle bo@ mross com o r 4 0 3.303 9 111. Andrea Swabuk i~ 111;:

st ud e nt at M c L e nn a n R oss LLP. R eac h h e r a t asw,zfm/..·0 , ,, r 4 0 3.30 3. 015 3.

False Statutory Declarations

Bea tty Flo ors ltd

v KTM Development Corp . BY DAVID MCKENZIE

0n a typical construc ti o n p roject, an owner hires a ge ne ral co ntrac tor to build th e project. The general co ntrac ror th en h ires subcont ractors to co mplete va rious portions of th e work. The subco ntractors in turn hire sub -s ubcont rac tors and suppliers. This c nnre arrange m ent is o ften referred to as the constructi o n pyram id The ow ner, whose co ntrac t is with the ge neral contrac tor, has no contrac t s with subcon tracto rs o r suppliers further down che line, and may h ave little co m muni cation with them. L ikewis e, the general contractor has no contracts with sub -s ub co ntracto rs or ,upplie rs, and may have little mean s o f determining to what exte nt t hese p ar ries a re being paid for t h ei r se r vices. A s unpaid p a rties ca n me an liens and resu lti ng d elay,, che co nstru ct io n indu stry has develo ped the use o f statuto r y d ecla ra t ions co help ensure chac pa yments Aow d own t o t he base of the co nm uctio n p yramid.

A st atutory d eclaration is a sworn st atement m ade by a co mra cror or su bco ntr ac t o r that may be re qu i red as a condition of paym ent of a progress d raw o r h o ldback release. Statutory declaration s will o nl y be re quire d as a condi ti o n o f payment if th e parties' contract co ntains a t erm to th at effect Abse nt s u c h a term , there is no obligatio n o n a part y t o provid e st atu t o ry decla ra t ions as a co n d itio n o f p ay m e nt.

Under a rypical statutory d e cla ra t ion, rhe signi ng p ar t y swears o r affirm, that all of its acc o un rs rel a tin g to irs co ntrac t have been paid in full up to and including th e las t progress draw The scaturo r y d eclaration therefore pro vides so me assurance to the party making paym ent t h at t h e funds being paid are in fa c t rea ching th ose fa rth er d o wn th e pyramid

The re cent B.C. Supre me Court d ecis io n of Beatry Floo rs Ltd v. KTM Development Corp d e m ons trat es the po tential co nseque nces of making a fa lse s tatement in a st aturory declaratio n In this case, Bea tt y Floors Ltd (" Beatty") was a sup plie r and installer offloo r cove rings and Aoorin g. Beatt y e ntered into seve ral co nt racts wi rh KTM Develo pment Corp. (" KT M" ) for the suppl y of m ater ial to va rious government offices KTM was workin g on. The principal of KTM swo re two s tatuto r y decl a rati o n s in relation tO KTM 's wo rk a r these offices th at stated that a ll subcontrac tors' labour a nd acco unts for mare rial s and equipm ent relating to the offices h ad been paid. The statutory declarations swo rn by KTM's principal were false, as Beatty had n ot been p aid As a res ult of the s ta tu ro r y declarations, KTM received further p ayme nts from the owner tha t never rea c h ed Bearr y. The court found KTM a nd its principals li able for breach of mlSt, as the fu nds paid to KTM by the owne r had been imp ressed with a trust under th e BC Builders L ien Act The court awa rd ed dam ages to Beatt y in th e

amo unt o f $37 ,829 88, being the a mount owed by KTM IO Beatty. The court went furt he r and awa rded addi t io nal puniti ve dam ages in the amount of $ 15,000, srating that KTM and its p rincipals "shou ld be puni shed co d I · · h · fu- detcr chem a nd o ther~ from swearing fal se sta mcory cc ara nons 111 t c turc ." The cou rt made the fo llowing co mmen ts :

Owners a nd project managers rcl y on statu rory declarations from contractors in order ro ensu re th e contracro r has d isc ha rged its o bl igatio ns and the subco ntra cto rs' labourers a nd materia l men o n projects have bee n paid Va lid statutory decla rations are c ritical to t h e payment p rocess and arc of para mount im portance to ow ners and project managers. If statut o ry declarati o ns cannor be reli ed o n by o wn e rs and project manage rs, the orde rly payment process on co nstru ction p rojects will become chaotic.

The Beatty de cision co nfirms t he i mp o r rance of statuto r y declarations in t he co nstru ction indust ry. It a lso pro vides a warning t0 ind ividuals, corpo rations a nd co rporate principals th at fa lsely sweari ng a statutory decl arat ion co uld res ul t in j udi cial punishment down the road. Additionall y, the Beatty d ecision reminds own ers a nd general c ont racrors th at completed statu to ry declarations may not p rovide a fu ll guarantee cha t payment has been made to parties further d own the pyra m id, and that as a result claims of lien might still be filed aga imt a projecr desp ite the provision of com· pieced sta tu to ry decl arat ions by the general cont racro r a nd the subcontractors o n th e project. CB

D av id Mcken zie is a lawyer pract icing construcrion an d c ommerc ial li tigation at Jenkins Marzban Logan LLP in Vancouver H e is call e d to th e bar of British C olumbia. Co ntac t him at dmckmue @jml.ca.

Promises, Promises

BY DOUG SANDERS AND BLAIR REBANE

Every contract is reall y just a bundle of promises betwee n the p arties to the contract. ln construction contr ac ts a n owner's fundamental promise is to pay for wo rk that is p erformed at an agreed price ; a contr actor's fundamental promise is to complete a ce rt a in scope of work within an ag reed time, and a design profess ional's fundamental promise is to provide services in accordance with the s t anda rd of a reaso nable profess io nal. In add ition to the fundamental promi se s, there will b e a numbe r of o ther pro mi ses contained in most construction contract s, s uch as the provisio n of insuran ce or o btaining p ermits.

There arc two com mo n promise s that s hould be examined care full y prio r to entering into a construction contract The first promise involves a warranty with respe ct t o wo rk performed. The term "warranty" has b ee n abused in the world of co nsumer produ cts Brilliant marketers have turned what most people wo uld consid er a n egative into a posi ti ve in most warranties. What the y h ave done in reality is cake a very long- winded c.xclus ion of liability clause and turned it into something ch at seem s beneficial. Examin e the warranty fo r your n ext electronics purchase a nd kee p reading past th e lin e chat says the company will repair or replace the product in the next year. The real meat in ty pica l product wa rrant y provis ion s is the language chat limits yo ur rights in rela tion co the produ ct purchased and provides chat ch e lim it ed warranty is yo ur o n ly remed y for a failure of the product.

The legis latures in each of the provi n ces h ave also enacted legislatio n (often called the Limita· tions Act ) which ide ntifies a length of t ime during which a perso n can s ue o n a contract o r cake actio n o n a to rt. In B.C. for instance, a person h as cwo

years to sue on most torts, but this can be extended to up to 30 years if the aggrie ved perso n did not know and could n o t reason ably ha ve known that he had a reason to sue. Othe r provinces have shorten ed these time fram es so that in Alberta, Saskatch ewan and Ontario you have two years to bring a suit , with a potential maximum o f 10 or 15 years depending o n the p rovince

There are two common promises that should be examined carefully prior to entering into a construction contract.

Consumer product warranties often reduce the time in w hich a p erson can sue and limit the remedies available by either contrac t or tort. What then is a warranty in a constructio n co ntract? Placing this in context, the co ntractor has alread y promi sed t o deliver what was agreed ro in che con t rac t and the Limitations Act prescribes h ow long the contractor is po te nti all y liable ln m osc in stances a constru ctio n wa rranty h as been desc ribed as an additi o n al obligation ro repair rather th an a limitation as is the case in consumer product warranties. The importance from each side of a contract is to make s ure t he y understand the intent and function of the warranty and to

reali ze that in mos t cases it docs n o r end che con cracto r 's liability

The second promise that gains mu ch attention in constructio n co n tracts is called an indemn itv An ind emni ty d escrib es w hic h parry wiU be r~sp onsible a nd carries the ri sk in certain circumst ances The most comm o n ind emn iry proccccs o ne party agai nst the negligence of the o cher parry where chat neg li gence results in harm to a th ird party There a re many varian ts of indcmni • tics, including tho se in whic h one parry promi ses to "hold har m less" the o ther parry aga inst damages fo r b r each of contract. In the co nstru c tio n co nte xt, thi s makes little sen se as the contractor has already promised tO perfo rm certain wo rk , failing which it will be liable for an y damages che ow ner might suffer. The add it ion of an indemn it y docs n o ching more than ask the contracto r to indemnify the owner for the very same thing it is al ready liable for. Man y p eo ple confuse indem niti es with insurance. H oweve r, there is a b ig d jffcr · en ce being that with in surance another compan ) is promising t o pay mone y ifcerta in e ve nts o ccu r

On the o cher hand, an indemnity is simply just a repeti ti ve p romise by th e same p arry and is o nl y as good as che party who made the promise in the first place.

There is certai nl y a place in a contract for an indemnity, although it is important ro remembe r che underl yi n g premise and to carefu lly evaluate whac the indemni ty is t rying to acco mpl ish that is nor o therwise in the contra ct . H ow t h en do the orig inal p ro mise to perform , th e warranty and the indemnity work t ogeth er ? A cre ati ve lawyer might argue that a contractor w h o fail ed co perform initially al so fail ed to perform under the warranty when asked t o fix the problem and did n o r , and then failed to indemnify for the same problem

While it is likely that the first t wo arguments wou ld su cceed, the latter h as been rejected in a recent court case when che court held tha t the indemnity did nor ext end the l imitation peri od. Properly crafted , the original promi se iden tifies the work to b e perform ed by the contract or, the cime frame for performance and the price to be paid In addition, the warranty identifies the condition ( including the tim e frame ) und er which the contracto r will fix th e problem and ch e indemnit y protects against third party claims caused by the othe r party.

In its s implest form, a contract is a se ries of promises. A proper understand in g o f chose promi ses is crucial in id entifying the ris ks contained in a co ntract, who ca rries th ose risk s aJ1d who has to perform w h at functi o ns. CB

D o u g Sanders is a partner and professiona l e ngineer with Borden Ladne r Ge r vais LL P Blair Rebane is a partner o f the firm Contact them at 604.687 .5744.

0Ider J ow nr ow n areas conju re images of intense, edgy urban nos. As chc Mccro Vanco uv er region grows and evolve,, there will be a number of regio nal t own centre; outside of Vancouver's downtown. Surrey C it y Cent re is chc next identifiab le "downtown · somh ofche Frase r River lnis brin g, up chc quest ion: wh.u would be the character and im age o f a , uburban downtown 1

Peop le's expeccacions ofs ubu rbs arc a reprieve fro m urban environments. Surre v has a rich narural environment ofimcrconnecccd screams, wetlands and f~rcscs. \'v'h crc images o f urban enviro nments arc illtcnsc, built up, uburban environm ents arc c,1l111 , Ao wing anJ green

Surrey C it y Centre ha_, an oppo rrnnic y co retain and enha nce its existin g nacurJI cnviro nmcnc. n1erc arc cwo creeks clue arc fi sh bcari11g habi cacsalmon arc sci ll , pJ\\'lling h ere. For many cities the p rese rvati on of th e natural enviro nment \\',ts .1 lo "' prioriry gh ing a higher priorit y co indumy N.1rn r.tl fcJt11 rc, were ,omt:time, cove red Ol'Cr and some we re contam inatnl. C hangmg pno m ic, ,uggesc clu e 1 new do1V n cow n can be both green .ind urb.111

A srnd y of Surrey's grcc.:n infr.1,rru crnrc ,uggc~c, 1 ne\\' .1ppro.1ch co rc.:cain ing existi ng significant hub, .ind corrid o" co .1ll ow wildlife and habitat co be illtercon nn:ccd . The C1 1y Centre c.111 comribucc in ,m.1llcr w.1 ys as 1 co mponent o f th e ecosy, tcm by pri o riti zing creek ,ccb.,ck, .rnd , cormwaccr man.1gc mcnc Also, la rge healthy trees co '1tpporc bird h.,bic.1c for bird migratory routes over Sur rey, foragin!i from trc,· co m:e .rnd 1,. soc iatcd in;cc cs.

H ea lth y tree s .ire c reate d by all owi ng proper rout growth. Tiu, sugge s t, a wider bou levard ( up co 3m ). Th i, folio\\, tl1<· Jc,1r.,blc urb an des ig n image of wi d er, fl owing greener , trcet;c.tpc, in ,111 urb a n concexc.

Surre y City Centre is a unique oppurcunirr to incorp nr.1tc the lllchr up -t,1 date green environ mcn ~J objccrivn imo .1 "J owncown" urb.m comc~c. CB

.\lary llcth Rondeau , MAlll C, LEE D A.P is 1enior urban de,igncr ,It the City ofSurrey. C ontact her a t 111bl'o111/e,1 11@s111re_ y.r.1

RIVER GREE N

River Green will be one of the largest residential construction projects in Metro Vancou ve r history Aspac Ocvclopmcms Ltd. recen tly unveiled the first phase of Rive r Gree n, a 2,600-unit masterpbnned co mmun icy. Th e first phase of conscruccion is sbted co mrc in Septembe r with completion expec ted in 20 12 Built on a 28 acre parcel of waterfront, total build-ounvill cake 10 to 15 years.

Designed by arch itec t James Cheng, the first 458 uni ts will include featu res such as public arc, ext ensive landscaping, tree-lined boulevards, expansive lobbies, indoor swimming pools, 24 -ho ur concierges, private islands and water gardens, Snaidero kitchens and Roo r-to -ceiling windows.

Marketing of Ri ve r Green will be from a $9-million three storey centre locat ed next to the Richmond Olympic Oval. It is o ne o f the most expensive presenmion centres ever built in Canada.

CALGARY AIRPORT EXPANDS

The Calgar)' Airport Authorit y will spend $2.4 billion ove r the next five yea rs to expand its faci lities, including a n ew 22-aircrafr gate wing and the launch of the longest runw ay in Canada The pla nned 4,267- metrc runway is equivalent to the leng th ofdowncown Calga ry.

The expansio n pl ans include upgrades to exist• ing faciliti es and a new air traffi c co ntrol tower sou th of the main terminal. A new S 1.3-billion concou rse will serve primarily international Rights. The 1. 3-million-square -foot fuci licy will incorporate cogeneration co red uce carbon dioxide levels, geo th ermal wcll.s for cooling and heating and the abiliry co harvest rai n water.

Lase yea r, the authority invested S162 millio n in t he Jirpor t, adding :1 parkade, a trans- border baggage hand ling facility and upgr:id ing airfield sys tem, and teleco mmunicatio ns syste ms.

CHURCHILL BUYS SEACLIFF

INSURANC E ALLIANCE

Wil son M Beck In sur ance Services Inc. and Royal & Sun Alliance In suran ce Company o f Canada (RSA) have signed a lette r of incenc to establish a new partnership Under the pro• posed terms, Wilson M Beck will ace as the exclusive distributor and administra to r of the 2-5- 10 Home Wa rr anty produce, which will be under written by RSA.

The proposed alliance wo uld create a new provi der o f the 2-S- 10 Home Warranty Insuran ce product that is o ffered b y builders on the majority of new ho mes constructed in B.C., as well as multi-famil y complexes that undergo building envelope rep airs. The proposed partnership will t arget es tablished mulci-family developers, s ingl e family and subdivision home builders, as well as building envelo pe co nrract o rs and engineers.

Calgary-based construct ion compan y The Ch urchill Co rp. has entered into an agn:cmenc co acquire Vancouver-base d Seacliff Conscruccion Corp The cash deal is reported co be worth about USS390-m illion

Both companies provide construction services, includ ing gen eral contracting, conscruccion and dcctrical concrJc t ing th roughout the wes tern provin ces.

Sc,cliffh,s three distinct anJ independently operated business unics with 2-t locJcions wi thin fi"e pro\'inccs Churc hill's operating subsidiaries include Stul rt Olso n Con struction Ltd., Insu latio n Hold ings Inc and uird Electric Inc \X7ith the combin ation o f the t wo comp.mies, C hurchill will employ approxinlJ tdy 3,30-I pco· pie during peak construct ion, consisting of approxinmdy 6 12 full-time sabricd employees .llld 2,692 hourly emp loyees.

P3 CO NTRACT SIGNED

The Alberta gove rnment has signed a 3 3-year, $7 69-million publk-privatc p artnership contract ,vith C hi nook Roads Parmersh ip t o design build, oper:ite and partially financ e Southeast Calgary Ring Road.

The project consists o f 25 kilo metres o f ;i.\ lane roadway, nine interchanges, one road A~overs and 27 bridge scruccurcs. The contract als, includ es maintenance of Oeerfoor Trail fro m 1t junctio n with Stoney Trail Southeast ( H ighw:i~ 22,'( ) to its junction with H ighway 2A.

The province is c.-cpecrcd co provide $232 m il lion during the construction phase and the fed er:il govern me nt will fund S100 million

The Chinook Roads Partnership includes· Project Lead • SNC-La.-alin ln c and Accio na SA; Con struction Leads - SNC -La\'ali.n C on struccors (P:icilic) Inc and Accioru lnframuc tun:; Design Lead - Scmec C o nsul ting Led· Opcr.ltion .md M:unccnancc - SN'C - La, .1.lin ProFJ, Inc .mJ A~-cioru

Once the projn.--r is co mpleted the partn ershi p will o perate .mJ m.lintain the ro ad an d ocher existing stru,cun::s fur the d ur.mo n o f the 30-ycu concr.Kt. Constr1Ktio n c.-cp.:cccd co ..:o mmence in Ma)· 0 10 IDJ be compleceJ b, full ~013.

BUILDING ON 50 YEARS OF INNOVATION

For 50 years RCABC ha s been in strumenta l in sett ing the standards for roofing in Br itish Columb ia From prov iding professional training for tradesmen, to encourag in g the advancement of roo fi ng tec hnology, and developing t he most comprehensive roofing guarant ee program available, RCABC cont inues to provide leadership

Our continuing commitment to innovation is reflec t ed in t he recen t const ruction of an Architectura l Sheet Metal Tra ining Centre. It is designed to foc us on the development of the hands-on sk ills required for the ap plica tion of modern wa ll panel systems , as well as trad itional techniques used to fabricate and install zi nc and copper roofs Investing in th e future by drawing on the experiences of th e past - th at's t he RCABC Guarante e Carp 's successful appro ach to sustainability