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WI NTER 2014-2015 IN THIS ISSUE: FEATURES Class act: training and education programs at RCABC...................... 1 Roofing with the Stars: guarantee best in industry......... 10

THE VOICE OF PROFESSIONAL ROOFING CONTRACTORS

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ASSOCIATION President’s message..................... 3 Stay On Top coming to Island ..... 8 RCABC welcomes CRCA ............... 9 INDUSTRY NEWS ETFE roofs gaining converts ...... 14 Zero-VOC adhesive developed... 14 Metro Vancouver building permits down.............................. 14 Immigration: skilled workers fast tracked.................................. 15 Big projects set to start in Vancouver ............................... 16 Industrial construction rising in Metro Vancouver .....................16 TPO covers giant Delta mall...... 18 Malarkey upgrades website ...... 19 Old projects revitalized .............. 19 Malarkey team expands ............ 20 Common bidding mistakes ....... 20 Green roofs: power potential..... 20 BCCA names chair...................... 21 R&D: Spray-on solar cells.......... 21 Site C spurs construction .......... 22 COLUMN How your office and yard are taxed .................................... 22

RCABC welcomes CRCA The RCABC will host the CRCA this spring for its AGM and conference, followed by the ROOFTech Expo and Trade Show. See page 9

Class act RCABC training and education: everything under one roof For more than 20 years the RCABC has been delivering quality instruction to the roofing trades from its training centre in Langley.

Its range of programs has made RCABC the province’s go-to organization for roofing education.

The roofing apprentice training program concept was first

established in the late sixties by the Sheet Metal & Roofers Local 280 in Burnaby. Twenty-five years later, responding to the needs of open shop contractors, the RCABC and Local 280 planned the transition to more accessible training.

In 1993 the Roofing Institute was built in Langley, officially

opening its doors in 1994. Since then its name has been changed to the Training Centre, the program is now called Roofer, Damp and Waterproofer, and the RCABC has added more courses to the mix.

Training for Architectural Sheet Metal (ASM) apprentices was added in 2009, followed by the first

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Residential Steep Roofer (RSR) training program in 2013.

The RCABC is designated by the Industry Training Authority (ITA) as a training service provider for the Roofer, Damp and Waterproofer (RDW), ASM and RSR training programs. The ITA is the provincial Training continued page 4

Shining star Guaranteed. Better. The RCABC is justifiably proud of its unparalleled RoofStar guarantee program.

See pages 10 to 13

From the President

growing and staying enthused about your business.

Many think that being around competitors can be a waste of time, or worse, a chance for others to steal their ideas. But not everyone in our business is actually a competitor, as many can be allies and friends. Your attitude about It is the last day of 2014 and the participating in events will impact weather outside is a cool minus 20. your results.

With only a few “die-hard” roofers Many falsely believe that since working today it is very quiet in the they can now ‘google’ industry office. This is a perfect day to be information that the days of the live composing my first message as the meeting are gone. The truth is, new president of the RCABC. meetings are more important than In our busy social media crazy ever. The value in meetings comes world we often forget the from the face to face connections importance, or fail to take the time that occur. The for being in a live informal talks that face-to-face setting you have with other with others from the attendees may be the roofing industry. This most valuable part of coming year has lots attending an event. of opportunity for While these are not these types of on the agenda, or meetings: the IRE mentioned in the (International Roof media releases, when Expo) is in New two or more people Orleans in February; begin to discuss topics CRCA conference, on a deeper and AGM and RoofTech is Alex Goldie personal level, the in Vancouver in May; success of the event for those who the annual RCABC golf tournament in June and of course our own AGM attend becomes irreplaceable. It is the people who bring the value to and RRR on December 5th. your time spent at association Roofing contractors are busy, so functions. the thought of taking a few days No matter how experienced you away from the office to participate are, everyone can learn. Working in in a conference, trade show, golf a roofing business can often feel tournament or the like can seem like a waste of time. However, these isolating, and without exposure to a variety of points of view, we can meetings might be just what you miss new ideas and trends that can need to uncover new ways of

Meetings and events: the secrets to our success

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Roofing BC is online at: www.rcabc.org Managing Editor and Publisher J. Michael Siddall Phone: 604-740-8369 E-mail: Michael@RoofingBC.ca Editor Frank O’Brien E-mail: Frank@RoofingBC.ca Production/Art Director and Advertising Associate Paddy Tennant Phone: 604-507-2162 E-mail: Paddy@RoofingBC.ca

impact future results.

Roofing trade shows and conferences provide a great opportunity to network. Often competitors from other regions of the country can become valuable resources. Avoiding others for fear of them discovering your competitive advantage can actually limit your own success. While there are those whose intentions can be suspect, most people can help each other uncover ideas and spark inspiration when they get to know each other on a personal level.

Being in business should be rewarding and fun. All work and no play can get really old really fast.

Roofing trade shows, conferences and events can add a layer of enjoyment to managing your company by mixing a social gathering into your learning.

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Being active in YOUR association can bring with it many benefits.

There is power in being connected to other people who are active in our line of work, but it can also be easy to talk yourself out of committing to that annual meeting year after year. Many contractors think that simply being a member of RCABC is enough, but to capitalize on your investment in the membership, you need to be engaged and participate in the meetings and functions that this association organizes and promotes.

I am looking forward to seeing you at these events and I would like to wish all of you the best for 2015.

Make this your year to support your association.

Alex Goldie, President, Roofing Contractors Association of British Columbia ■

Contributing Writers Alex Goldie, Paddy Tennant, Stephanie McNeil Circulation RCABC reception Phone: 604-882-9734 E-mail: roofing@rcabc.org While information contained in this publication has been compiled from sources deemed to be reliable, neither the publisher nor the RCABC will be held liable for errors or omissions.

The opinions expressed in the editorial and advertisements are not necessarily those of the publisher or RCABC.

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Above: the RCABC Training Centre mockup area – a mezzanine level for steep applications and a ground-level area for flat applications Training continued from page 1

crown agency responsible for managing BC’s industry training system.

Roofing apprenticeship programs Apprenticeship programs are available for anyone who is registered as an apprentice with the ITA. Each year, approximately 300 apprentices attend three levels of technical training at the RCABC Training Centre; 90 of those complete their training and receive their Certificates of Qualification each year.

Apprentices must successfully complete their technical training, receive 70% or higher on the ITA final certification exam, complete their work-based training and file a Recommendation for Certification with the ITA, signed by their sponsor and an individual holding credentials eligible for sign-off authority. If the ITA approves the recommendation, it issues a Certificate of Qualification and a Certificate of Apprenticeship.

Roofer, Damp & Waterproofer The RDW apprenticeship course consists of three levels covering a full spectrum of roofing applications: insulation, vapour retarders, low-slope membrane systems such as SBS, EPDM and TPO, and unitized materials such as 4

One of the RDW classrooms

Simone Ballard, RDW Instructor; TQ, Red Seal, PID

The Architectural Sheet Metal classroom

Connor Hofler, ASM Instructor; CofQ, PID, Liberal Arts Diploma, BA English, MEd candidate

tile, slate, composite, wood shakes and shingles.

Certifications include the ITA Certificate of Qualification and InterProvincial Red Seal Endorsement.

Those who complete a formal apprenticeship also receive a Certificate of Apprenticeship.

Over 1,500 people have taken the RDW apprenticeship training since the RCABC started offering it

Dane Ogilvie, RDW and RSR Instructor; TQ, Red Seal

more than 20 years ago. “There are more journeyperson roofers in BC than any other province,” notes RCABC Executive Vice President Ivan van Spronsen.

Architectural Sheet Metal Worker The three-level ASM course prepares students to work with metal roofs and walls and other metal work in construction (like ventilators and curbs, flashings, WINTER 2014-2015

gutters, downspouts, louvers, soffits, skylights) plus membranes and waterproofing.

Residential Steep Roofer RSR technical training at RCABC is available to anyone who has at least 800 hours of roofing workplace experience and is registered as an apprentice with ITA. ITA defines Residential Steep Roofer as a person who covers 1:3

ratio (4 in 12) pitch roof frames and other steep roofs. The program covers weatherproofing materials, including unitized materials such as asphalt shingles, cedar shingles and shakes, slate, plus clay, metal and concrete tiles.

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technical representatives, sales people and roofing company owners.

Safety training In addition to its apprentice training programs, RCABC also offers roofing-related occupational health and safety training. Currently three programs are available from its Training Centre in Langley: a Fall Protection & Safety Monitor course; the National Torch Safety course and Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS).

The RCABC also registers and monitors the progress of students and apprentices for the online Construction Safety Training Systems (CSTS) workers’ course, through the BC Construction Safety Alliance.

RCABC apprentices help to make the entire roofing industry safer as their training includes the CSTS workers’ course, WHMIS, first aid and fall protection. The National Torch Safety course is also part of the ASM Level 1 classes and RDW Level 2 classes.

Safety training at the Langley Training Centre is free to RCABC members, notes Risk & Safety Management Supervisor Roger Sové. Sové can be reached at 604882-9734 extension 213, or via email at roger@rcabc.org.

For more information about RCABC education and training visit www.rcabc.org or contact Kim Aubert, Program Coordinator at kaubert@rcabc.org or 604-8829734, extension 214.

Passing the torch: learning and leadership The history of roofing education in BC goes back to 1967, when roofing was designated as an apprenticeable trade. Two years later the Sheet Metal & Roofers Local 280 struck the Roofing Joint Apprenticeship Committee: Carl Bollman, Rick Weldon, Dick Weiss, Don Feary, Cy Stairs and Les Banks.

Next came government talks, space acquisition, the search for instructors and curriculum development.

In 1972 Al Sinclair was appointed to the Apprenticeship Committee and the first 20 roofing apprentices began their training at Burnaby Vocational School, with Bob Fetterman as the instructor.

In subsequent years the roofing classes would move around to various Lower Mainland locations, and Fetterman would be succeeded

by Bob Eldson, Mike Munday, Jim Cox, Boyd Lomenda and Glen Prince. The last instructor to be appointed by the JAC was David Rice in 1990.

With Sinclair as his mentor, Rice took steps to improve the JAC’s roofer training, buying a copy of that year’s RCABC Roofing Practices Manual (RPM) and videos from the National Roofing Contractors Association to use as teaching tools.

When the RCABC completed the Roofing Institute, Local 280 continued with its Sheet Metal program, while RCABC took over 6

ASM Level 2 apprentice Andrew Zeller of Raven Metapro Systems Inc., assembling a louver which will be installed in a gooseneck

Roger Sové, Risk & Safety Management Supervisor; TQ, Red Seal, PID, AD

ASM Level 2 apprentice Randy Funk of RCABC member GRC Columbia Roofing Inc., installing diamond shingles based on Rheinzink specifications

Every RCABC apprentice is issued a tablet like this with their course materials already installed, plus the RPM and CSTS online, fall protection, torch safety and more

“every apprentice gets a tablet now, the roofing apprenticeship training, with the course materials already on bringing David Rice along as the it,” says Rice. “In the classroom we first roofing instructor at the new use PowerPoint presentations as campus. teaching tools, and the internet to “RCABC had a vision when they refer to the RPM and built this huge facility”, manufacturers’ says Rice. “It completely “RCABC had a websites.” changed the face of vision when The quality assurance roofing education in BC.” they built this bar continues to be held In addition to the huge facility” high as the RCABC brand new buildings and training programs classrooms, Rice enjoyed evolve. Class size is limited to 16 the advantage of being able to seats to ensure that each apprentice consult with other roofing has ample time with the instructor. tradesmen including Training During non-instructional months, Manager Bob Lowe, who helped instructors keep busy working in the with curriculum development. trade, doing curriculum The apprenticeship training program grew steadily. Brian Hofler development or updating reference books. Rice, a Registered Roof was hired as the second roofing Observer, also acts as Inspector instructor in 1995, followed by Auditor for the RoofStar Guarantee Roger Sové in 1996. The Program. apprentices were issued their own 2015 is significant for Rice. It copies of the RPM, and the course outlines evolved along with the roofing industry.

In 1997 Hofler became the Education Manager, and held that post until 2002, when he was appointed Executive Vice President.

Sové transitioned from apprentice training to safety and risk management in 2009.

The RCABC has continued to make roofing education history in recent years. Connor Hofler became the association’s first dedicated Architectural Sheet Metal instructor in 2009. In 2011 Simone Ballard joined the team as the only female roofing instructor at RCABC. In 2013 RCABC added Residential Steep Roofing to its training arsenal, with RDW instructor Dane Ogilvie at the helm. Ogilvie continues to instruct both RSR and RDW classes.

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David Rice, Senior Instructor; TQ, Red Seal, PID, RRO

marks his 25th year as a roofing instructor, and, in June, his 65th birthday. Retirement from the RCABC is a certainty, and being an avid hockey player and golfer will keep him down off the roof.

After the Training Centre’s 20th anniversary celebration in 2014, Brian Hofler summed up the contribution that Rice and his

colleagues have made to the apprenticeship program: “It is through the dedication of individuals like him, as well as all of the instructors at RCABC, that the next generation of professionals will emerge.”

Clearly, the future of roofing education in this province has been left in very good hands. ■

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Artist rendering from W.T. Leung Architects shows the fifth-floor plaza at Quintet in Richmond.

The waterproofed plaza ponds, waterfalls and features plantings on top of a rubberized asphalt waterproofing membrane.

Photo: W.T. Leung Architects Inc.

Wet and waterproo Quintet complex in Richmond stretches waterproofing challenge

By Frank O’Brien

The giant $165 million Quintet project in Richmond,

by Canada Sunrise Corporation and being built under the direction of Ledcor Construction, has proved a

challenge for roofing contractor Pacific Waterproofing Ltd. of Burnaby.

Quintet will be comprised of five towers and townhomes in downtown Richmond on the Skytrain line. It will also future home of Trinity be the Western University (a private university) and a new 30,000 square foot City of

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Richmond Community Centre.

The primarily residential development has proved a huge hit with buyers. The first phase, with 295 units and to be completed in 2013, sold out in just two weeks.

Some people camped out for two days as they waited to purchase what some see as Richmond’s premier residential development.

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11 Architectural metal “bulb seam” roofing .................12 HST switching back to PST .....17 ASSOCIATION: President’s message .................. 3 RCABC AGM report ...................

Prompt payment lobby............. 5 7 Training programs require changes............ ............ 10 INDUSTRY NEWS: Safety blitz may repeat.............

5 Waterproofing: more than the membrane ........................... .6 Underlayment UV warranty doubles .......................

Outlook 2013 .......................... 9 14 VRCA Awards of Excellence ....15 Vancouver’s green plan .......... 16 BC’s Energy Efficiency Building Strategy............ ...........16 Green roof demand on rise.....16 Roof moved in one piece ........18 Building permits ramp up.......18 Construction trade shows: Expo, RCI, Buildex ...................

19 Tower design wins award ...... 20 Roofing nailers recalled ......... 20 Copper price rise forecast......

20 Shop yards worth money........21 NRCA repair manual out ...... 21 CRCA releases spec manual .. 21 COLUMN Legal Affairs: Computers at work – and privacy ................. 22

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Gaining popularity in Canada See page 12 Construction of the first phase, which represents two of the projected five 14-16 storey towers, began in April 2011.

The phase of three additional second is planned for completion buildings The total square footage in 2015. entire complex is 762,000of the square feet.

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Steep slope roofing symposium slated for April WorkSafeBC has confirmed that its second steep slope roofing safety symposium has been scheduled for Saturday April 25th in Victoria.

Jointly hosted by WorkSafeBC, the Roofing Contractors Association of BC and BC Construction Safety Alliance, the event is geared toward anyone involved in steep slope roofing – estimators, workers, owners, brokers, managers, supervisors, contractors and regulatory personnel.

Stay On Top 2015 will be held at the Q Center, West Shore Parks and Recreation, 1767 Island Highway.

Doors will open at 7:30a.m., with the program scheduled to run from 8:30a.m. to 4:30p.m.

Morning presentations will be conducted by staff of WorkSafeBC and RCABC, with guest speakers from various sectors of the roofing industry.

Topics include: – safety responsibilities in the roofing industry, based on the premise that everyone plays a part in ensuring that the worksite is safe; – fall protection planning and procedures, during which participants will walk through the planning process and review work procedures, fall prevention methods, and the use of fall protection equipment, as well

as receiving tools and resources to help with fall protection planning and procedures; and – regulatory requirements for roof inspection and estimating, for attendees to discuss strategies for short duration roof inspections with one of WorkSafeBC’s prevention officers and learn what to do when guardrails, fall restraint or fall arrest procedures are impractical.

Afternoon practical sessions include planning for safety, fall protection options and fall protection equipment inspection.

WorkSafeBC prevention officers will discuss the steps required to plan steep slope roof work, and the things that an officer would look for during an inspection.

Assisted by local suppliers, event organizers are planning an equipment inspection station for demonstrating harness, lanyard and anchor inspections, as well as demonstrations of the latest fall protection technology on a mock roof prepared for the event by RCABC. The $30 fee includes lunch and taxes, plus an information package containing safety resource materials for steep slope roofers.

Pre-registration is encouraged, and can be completed online at www.bccsa.ca/roofingsymposium.

Email steepsloperoof@worksafebc.com for more information. ■

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RCABC welcomes CRCA conference The Canadian Roofing Exposition

Vancouver Convention Centre | May 5 & 6

2015 The Canadian Roofing Contactors Association (CRCA) is coming to Vancouver for its annual conference and trade show, May 2-4, 2015. As the official provincial sponsor, RCABC will host the opening reception.

It has been seven years since CRCA’s Annual Conference was held in Vancouver, in celebration of the RCABC 50th anniversary.

The CRCA conference will be immediately followed by the ROOFTech trade show, from May 5 to 6 at the Vancouver Convention Centre East.

CRCA’s headquarter hotel and conference host is the Pan Pacific Hotel Vancouver, adjacent to the Convention Centre.

As well as a sterling line-up of speakers and seminars, the conference will include a wide range of outdoor activities including a golf tournament.

ROOFTech 2015 Billed as Canada’s only major exposition and educational forum on roofing systems and technologies, the 12th biennial ROOFTech has been planned by the CRCA to provide a ‘hands on’ educational experience on all aspects of roofing for architects, building inspectors, contractors, engineers, property managers, roofing consultants and specifiers.

It is much more than just a typical trade show, says the CRCA. ROOFTech 2015 is an informational forum that will provide considerable benefits for anyone who needs to

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stay apprised about the latest in roofing technologies.

Attendees will meet technical experts and get factual advice and solutions to problems directly from leading suppliers across Canada and the U.S. North America’s major roofing suppliers and services will be represented, including the very latest state-ofthe-art products and innovations for green roofing, maintenance, retrofit, renovation and construction applications.

The seminars and demonstrations will cover the installation of various steep slope and low slope roofing systems, with some valuable insights about roofing insulation.

Demonstrations are being coordinated by RCABC staff. They will include a brief history on the development of each major roofing assembly, some of their features and benefits, and a live application of each system while showcasing typical flashing details, good roofing practice techniques as well as safety precautions.

Exposition and demonstrations hours are Tuesday and Wednesday, May 5 and 6 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., with seminars scheduled from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. both days.

Three websites are available for those who wish to stay up to date on the latest conference news and announcements; http://roof-canada.com/category/crca/, www.roofingcanada.com and www.rooftech.ca. ■

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apprenticeship training initiatives and innovative guarantee program are among the many things that set it apart from other associations.

Greater than the sum of its parts The success of the RCABC is due to its collective strengths. By a

“The RoofStar Guarantee program is essential to the industry and provides a definitive guideline to follow – from pre-start meetings to the actual installation, and later, the roof maintenance. With the program, communication with all parties is open and provides technical support when needed from the knowledgeable RCABC staff. As part of the process, each phase of the assembly is inspected before they are covered. This helps to ensure quality workmanship as well as the manufacturer’s warranty.”

– Dwayne Arnold, RRO, TQ, Roofing Consultant, Aqua-Coast Engineering Ltd. (Accepted Inspector)

unique twist, RoofStar is both supported by, and supportive of, the association’s people and programs.

In his winter 2011 address, former RCABC president Laurence Matzek told Roofing BC readers, “The [RoofStar] Guarantee program

is largely responsible for providing the additional required funding for the apprenticeship program of the roofing and architectural sheet metal trades. Last year we subsidized the training by approximately $250,000.”

Matzek’s comments illustrated the interdependence between the association’s programs and the education of its members. “Having trained applicators is one of the key reasons for the success of the [RoofStar] program and for our future, both as an association and for us contractors,” he added.

No ordinary guarantee The RoofStar Guarantee program is unique to the RCABC. It provides building owners with the assurance that quality materials will

be installed to specific standards by professional roofing contractors.

“There are lots of guarantees out there; ours just happens to be better”, said RCABC Executive Vice President Ivan van Spronsen.

The accepted standards, materials and guidelines are published in the RCABC Guarantee Corp (RGC) Roofing Practices Manual (RPM). They apply to the five year, ten year and five year waterproofing guarantees, and are under constant review in order to provide updates and advice to members, owners and specifying authorities.

The program also features random audits on all roofing applications by independent thirdparty accepted inspection firms that

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Above: Penticton Secondary School; phase 3 roofing on the Ellis Building by Interior Roofing (2011) Ltd.; Gym Exit Enclosure by Nielsen Roofing & Sheet Metal Inc.

remain impartial by dealing at third-party inspection firm on a pre‘arms length’ with both the roofing determined schedule. In most cases contractor and the owner. RoofStar this starts with a deck surface is 100% backed by the contractor inspection. and the RGC, and provides The roofing contractor is coverage on both workmanship and responsible for any claims for the RCABC accepted materials for five first two-year period. The roofing system is re-inspected after two or ten years. This combination of years and, if coverage is not necessary, available from “For the owner to request a brought up to any other RoofStar Guarantee just makes acceptable source. good business sense. A standards by the As added RoofStar Guarantee shows due roofing protection to diligence on behalf of the contractor building owners, owner. RoofStar really is the before RGC a RoofStar best guarantee available in the assumes Guarantee roofing industry, period!” responsibility ensures that if, – Colin Rasmussen, Western for the balance during the term Roofing (Master Roofers) Ltd. of the guarantee of the period. guarantee, the roofing contractor is no longer Upon completion, the active in business, RGC will assume independent inspection company full responsibility for the guarantee conducts a final inspection and underwritten. sends the reports to RGC, who in The RoofStar basics turn forwards the complete Under the RoofStar 5 and 10 guarantee package (including the Year Guarantees, roof inspections Roof System Record, Roof are performed by an independent Maintenance Guide and Guarantee

“To those contractors not in the organization, and those building & design authorities not using the Guarantee – open the curtains. In this lightning litigation environment we live in, it is quickly becoming “sue first and ask questions later”. I cannot think of a better guarantee in the roofing industry anywhere. I recently had the opportunity to talk to a former inspector, now a facility manger, from Nova Scotia. Even that far away they know that the BC roofing practices are the best, the Guarantee program is envied everywhere, and he himself would access the RPM from BC when he needed the reality check for the best result. The very best guarantee is the one that is never needed because the quality required by the member contractor, and accepted by the approved inspector, is stipulated and enforced by the guarantor in writing; and the trades people on the tools for every step of the installation, have been trained and mentored by the guarantor and member contractors. This requires a large, well-oiled organization, and this oil ain’t cheap, but it still costs the building owner a lot less than a poor roof that fails prematurely. RCABC prefers to put its funding into proactive prevention instead of lengthy litigation.”

– Mel Hoffart, RRO, Topside Consulting (2004) Ltd. (Accepted Inspector) Certificate) to the roofing contractor for presentation to the owner.

The RoofStar 10 Year Guarantee features re-inspection two years following completion of the roof, plus two additional maintenance inspections during years five and eight, usually from the same firm that completed the original roof application inspections.

RoofStar 5 Year Waterproofing Guarantee The RoofStar 5 Year

Waterproofing Guarantee was introduced in 2009. It provides coverage for waterproofing systems on structures like plazas, promenades and terraces where there is pedestrian traffic or overburden that is difficult to remove, i.e. concrete or asphalt.

Inspections are performed by an accepted independent inspection firm during installation of an electronic moisture survey and monitoring sensor grid. Currently,

only two firms – Detec Systems and SMT Research Ltd. – offer moisture leak detection systems accepted for use in RoofStar projects.

As with the other RoofStar guarantees, the contractor is responsible for any claims in the first two-year period. The waterproofing system is re-scanned after two years and, if necessary, brought up to acceptable standards by the RCABC roofing contractor before RGC assumes responsibility

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“There is great advantage to having the RoofStar Guarantee. I have seen more and more specifications and requirements from architects, consultants, engineers and spec writers to provide a RoofStar Guarantee on their new projects. The Guarantee assures that the customer receives the most technologically advanced materials, trained installers, and qualified inspectors overseeing the actual application for their roof. " – Jeff Lam, Pacific Restorations Ltd. Cloverdale Trades & Technology Centre (Kwantlen Polytechnic University) by Transwest Roofing

for the final three years of the guarantee.

The Waterproofing Guarantee program also features deck surface inspections which include a moisture content report by the waterproofing applicant (contractor) on all concrete decks, performed daily prior to waterproofing installations, and a membrane moisture survey report confirming watertight integrity of the membrane before overburden is installed.

As with the 5 and 10 Year Guarantees, upon completion, the independent inspection company conducts a final inspection and the owner receives a Roof System Record, Roof Maintenance Guide and Guarantee Certificate.

Roof Maintenance Guide Regular roof maintenance should be performed to protect the owner’s investment.

The RCABC Roof Maintenance Guide is presented to owners of

Sparkling Hill Resort in Vernon; roofing done by Laing Roofing (Vernon)

Wells Klein partner Doug Wells writes a field report as a Marine Roofing crew applies mechanically attached EPDM on the roof of the Pacific Processing Centre for Canada Post in Richmond. Wells is ensuring that the material is being installed in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions. The project carries a 10-year RoofStar Guarantee.

buildings covered by a RoofStar Guarantee. It covers topics such as basic preventive maintenance, identifying roof defects and the RGC Guarantee.

RoofStar is the best guarantee in the roofing market. It offers peace of mind to the client, specifier and owner. A RoofStar Guarantee means that accepted products were used by a competent, professional contractor. It also means that the roof was installed to RCABC standards and it was inspected by a qualified independent inspection firm. This is a winning combination for a good roof. No other guarantees offer as much as the RoofStar program, period.

– Mons Aase, Aase Roof Inspection Ltd. (Accepted Inspector)

Roof Inspectors The only people authorized to conduct inspections under the RoofStar Guarantee are independent third party inspectors who have been pre-accepted by RGC. They are not members of the RCABC and have no financial or business interest in any contracting, manufacturing or distribution company serving the roofing industry in BC. Accepted Inspectors comply with RGC inspection standards and the policies and procedures required for RoofStar guarantees.

In order to be granted Accepted Inspector status, applicants must meet specific criteria that demonstrate their level of qualification and roofing expertise, and must hold a Registered Roof Observer (RRO) designation from RCI Inc.

inspectors and many others by way of presentations and hands-on workshops. RCABC is recognized by the Architectural Institute of BC (AIBC) and RCI Inc. as an education provider that offers continuing education hours (CEH) which are Professional GUARANTEED. BETTER. required by AIBC Development and RCI as a RCABC provides professional condition of membership. development programs to The bottom line architects, specification writers, Industry professionals agree that

Cloverdale Recreation Centre; roofing by Raven Roofing Ltd.

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Thompson River University, House of Learning – Kamloops; roofing by Western Roofing (Master Roofers) Ltd.

the benefits of the RoofStar guarantee program are indisputable. A small investment generates a significant return in real value.

Jeff Lam of Pacific Restorations sums it up: “It is regulated by some of the most experienced and brightest minds in the roofing field in North America. In these trying financial times one may overlook the Guarantee’s advantages when considering their budget, but the peace of mind that comes with the Guarantee will definitely help the customer sleep at night. You can’t put a price on that.” ■

“For a building owner the RoofStar Guarantee is valuable in that it ensures that a roof is being installed to the standards established by RGC, by journeypersons and apprentices who have been trained by RCABC, and the workmanship is being regularly inspected by inspectors who understand RGC requirements and details.

For a contractor, when a RoofStar Guarantee is specified we know we are bidding against other contractors who understand the requirements of quality work that the RoofStar Guarantee demands.”

– Alex Goldie, Admiral Roofing Ltd.

Detec Systems and SMT Research Ltd. offer moisture leak detection systems accepted for use in RoofStar projects.

Above: The SMT Research stainless steel grid system and DigiScan unit locate membrane breaches within inches. Below: Detec Systems’ leak detection grid being installed over a membrane

Outma Squil’xw Cultural School in Penticton; roofing by Interior Roofing (2011) Ltd.

“The guarantee program includes the technical aspect with the RPM, the membership qualifications, and the training aspect of the tradespeople. If you pull one spoke out of this wheel, the whole thing fails. If the outer rim is strong it may not fail on the next rotation, but it will fail. It takes leadership with vision to both see the end goal, and to recognize the potholes and mud bogs between; and this organization has been blessed with those men and women who have, and will continue to have, the required drive and mindset to see it through. The RoofStar Guarantee itself, which is one part of the package, is the “got your back” element of the whole deal. Both the contractors and the inspectors know that if the roof is installed to the specifications accepted by RGC then it will last; if there is a problem with materials or installation methods that is not their fault then the RCABC has it covered and that there will be changes made to prevent future problems.”

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Above: The new Anaheim, California, transit station and BC Place Stadium are roofed with ETFE, which allows light into the structure and the ability to change the roof’s colour.

ETFE roofs gaining converts The roof replacement on BC Place in Vancouver included a transparent, stressed single-layer ETFE (ethylene tetrafluoroethylene) foil facade to the complete perimeter. The use of ETFE has been spreading since it was first used during the construction of the Beijing National

Stadium and Aquatics Center for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

At BC Place, it is the ETFE that allows the stadium roof to change colours. Recent projects built with ETFE roofs include the Minnesota Vikings football stadium and the new Anaheim Regional

Transportation Intramodal Centre in California, known as Arctic, where 200,000 square feet of ETFE roof was installed.

ETFE is a transparent polymer that is used instead of glass and plastic, mainly for the construction of roofs.

When compared to glass, ETFE transmits more light, insulates better, weighs only 1/100 the weight of glass and costs much less.

Also, ETFE is strong enough to hold 400 times its own weight, and it can be stretched to three times its length without losing elasticity.

The benefits of the material continue for its lifespan of up to 50 years. ETFE is breathable, so the structure does not act like a greenhouse when natural light enters through the roof, which also ends up saving on energy costs.

ETFE is also recyclable. ■

New EPDM roof adhesive has zero VOCs SANFORD, NC – STI Polymer Inc. is expanding its facility in North Carolina and has developed a new roof adhesive for EPDM and thermoplastic polyolefin membrane bonding.

Scott Coring, vice president of sales and marketing, said the new adhesive STI is developing is an improvement of a water-based bonding adhesive to perform more like a solvent, consisting of zero volatile organic compounds.

The development is in response to a trend to eliminate all solvents used in bonding single-ply membrane in the commercial roofing industry.

STI is targeting areas of the market that wouldn’t conflict with its current customers, who use their polymers to construct their own adhesives.

“As a finished polymer, we’d target any of your EPDM or TPO membrane manufacturers,” Coring said. “We think they’re big enough where they’re going to want to look more toward a polymer company that can produce a polymer that will work neat.” ■

The Marine Gateway development is among large mixed-use projects that will complete this year. Photo: Colliers.

Building permits decline in Metro Vancouver VANCOUVER – A robust commercial construction cycle appears to be waning as BC’s Lower MainlandSouthwest Region saw a large drop in building permits in November 2014.

Permits rose in Abbotsford, however, led by a surge in multi-family residential construction.

Total building permits issued across the Lower Mainland-Southwest Region, typically a key sign of future construction activity, fell 58 percent in November to $516.5 million from $1.223 billion in October, 2014.

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percent and residential permit values decreasing 29 percent. Year over year, non-residential building permits declined 32 percent and residential permits were 30 percent lower.

In Abbotsford, it was the opposite, with total building permit values increasing 103 percent in November compared to October 2014. Year over year, total building permits rose 4 percent, with nonresidential permits up 145 percent.

Abbotsford’s building permits bounced back in November compared to October’s low on the strength of a large rebound of 1,073 percent in commercial permits, the VRCA noted. ■ ROOFING BC

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BC will be able to use the be accepted into the pool and will be given a score based on language Express Entry system to select a portion of candidates for its proficiency, education and work Provincial Nominee Programs. experience.

According to the government, According to the government, these are leading indicators of one’s Canada has admitted more than 1.6 million new permanent residents likelihood of integrating fully and since 2006, and will admit between quickly into Canada’s economy and 260,000 and 285,000 in 2015 society. alone.

The highest-ranking skilled Canadian Construction workers will be invited to apply for permanent residence and can expect Association (CCA) president Michael to see their application processed in Atkinson is optimistic about the program. “We are encouraged by six months or less. this system because it is going to be The first invitations to apply a good source for potential were issued during the last week of immigrants,” Atkinson said. ■ January.

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Above: Expansion of the BC Children’s and Women’s Hospital complex will cost $680 million. First permits were issued in October 2014.

Photo: Partnerships BC. Right: Kensington Garden residential development by Westbank, valued at $65 million

Big Vancouver projects set to start VANCOUVER – Some large construction permits were issued in October 2014 for projects that will help keep roofers and other contractors working over the next few years. October set a record of $1 billion in permits for the Lower Mainland, led by government spending.

The big projects include: • The expansion of the BC Children’s Hospital, with a construction value of $287 million. (The entire project, which includes upgrades and expansion to the adjacent Women’s Hospital, is valued at $680 million); • The Kensington Garden residential development by Westbank, valued at $65 million; • The Charleston residential tower by Onni, worth $46 million; • A new building at Langara College, with construction costs of $45 million; and • A new residential apartment tower on Main Street, by Bosa, valued at $27 million. ■

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Industrial construction roaring into 2015 space came onto the market Demand for – and in the past year – pushing the construction of – industrial total inventory to nearly 190 buildings shows no sign of million square feet – the slowing this year in Metro overall industrial vacancy rate Vancouver. fell to 3.6 percent, down from Last year, developers 3.9 percent a year earlier. In started 1.5 million square feet Richmond, Surrey and of new industrial flat-roof Langley, less than 2.6 percent space and plan to shove even Golden Ears Business Park, by Onni, will total more than of industrial space is vacant, more onto the market in 1.5 million square feet of industrial space. Photo: Onni Avison Young reports.

2015, gambling that growing The current construction, which often hinges on demand will lease or sell the space. “[We] took on a ‘build and they will come’ mentality,” selling industrial space rather than leasing it, involves both private developers and First Nations. said Greg Wilks, vice president of commercial property Dayhu Group is building the first of two 440,000management and leasing with Onni Group, explaining its development of the Golden Ears Business Park in Pitt square-foot buildings on spec at the Boundary Bay Industrial Park, aimed at warehouse and distribution Meadows, Metro Vancouver’s largest industrial project. clients using the new South Fraser Perimeter Road.

Being built in phases, the park will eventually cover Also in Delta, the Tsawwassen First Nation, with more than 1.5 million square feet. “We anticipate building another 350,000 square feet of spec product to partners, is developing its Tsawwassen Gateway Logistics Centre, beginning with a 1.2 million square kick off phase two in 2015,” said Wilks. foot warehouse.

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Who is building Tsawwassen Mills Developer: Ivanhoé Cambridge General contractor: Ledcor Roofing material supplier: Carlisle SynTec Systems Architectural design: Stantec Architecture Ltd. Roof inspection: IRC Building Sciences Group Envelope consultant: Read Jones Christoffersen (RJC) Glazing subcontractor: Columbia Glazing Systems Structural steel supplier: Industrial Steel Manufacturing

Workers install insulation and TPO from Carlisle on the 32-acre roof at Tsawwassen Mills in South Delta. Photos: IRC Building Sciences Group

Thirty-two acres of TPO top giant new Delta mall

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BC’s biggest shopping centre.

Long-time RCABC Brown said a full associate member list of the other 16 Carlisle SynTec anchor tenants has Systems has supplied not yet been released. nearly 32 acres of Both Walmart and thermoplastic Rona are among polyolefin (TPO) for tenants booked into the largest roof in the adjacent British Columbia – Tsawwassen the giant Tsawwassen Commons, a Mills shopping mall 550,000-square-foot in South Delta. mall that is being “This is one of the simultaneously largest retail projects developed by in British Columbia Aerial shows the Tsawwassen Mills site in South Delta, which is about Rolls of TPO are lowered onto the roof of the largest enclosed Property history,” said Jeff one-third complete. It opens in 2016. Photo: Ivanhoé Cambridge. shopping mall being built in Western Canada. Photo: Roofing BC Development Group Brown, director of of Vancouver. since 1988.

When it opens in midcourt on the LEED building.

In the “This is one of the largest development for Ivanhoé The entire retail development is 2016, an interior stroll through the end, however, .06-inch white SureCambridge, as he toured Roofing BC retail projects in British being constructed on Tsawwassen mall’s five distinct shopping districts Weld TPO was selected for nearly across the 108-acre (44-hectare) Columbia history” First Nations land, under a 99-year will cover nearly a mile and half. the entire 1.4-million-square-foot construction site near the lease agreement.

There is parking for 6,000 vehicles. project, aside from the peaked roof Tsawwassen ferry terminal. with a R-21 insulation rating, Brown said Ivanhoé Cambridge is Construction of the $600 million over Bass Pro Shops, the anchor TPO was pre-chosen for the roof, Owens said. The building is confident that Tsawwassen Mills will centre will require 4,500 workers tenant. Here, about 25,000 square according to architect Hal Owens of designed to LEED standards and the and another 3,000 will work in the become a premier shopping feet of standing seam will be Stantec Architecture Ltd. of white roof will help cool the destination. He notes that the new complex when it completes, Brown installed.

As well, about 95,000 Vancouver, because it is the same massive space, he explained.

SureSouth Fraser Perimeter Road runs said. square feet of slate-grey TPO was product used on similar Ivanhoé Weld TPO membranes are Energydirectly in front of the development It is the largest retail project applied on sloped roofs above the Cambridge malls, such as the Star qualified and Cool Roof Rating and the province plans to replace underway by Montreal-based food court.

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Malarkey upgrades digital experience Malarkey Roofing Products has unveiled a new website design that combines ease of use with icon-based navigation.

The new look comes on the heels of multiple product additions from the company in summer of 2014, including the new Windsor heavyweight designer shingle as well as an expanded low slope roll roofing product line.

These new product additions are now seamlessly integrated into the web design with easy access to product resources.

Among the updates to the Malarkey website are the incorporation of icon images with familiar features from the previous website, including areas tailored to both homeowners and roofing professionals. Quick navigation buttons on the home page allow users one-click access to the shingle design center and purchase locations, as well as recent news and events.

Industry professionals will notice low slope product information can be found as both individual product listings and system requirements, to allow for easy access to information to fit individual workflows. The warranty centre has also seen an update with a streamlined submission process.

“The new website updates are a springboard for our continued growth of the Malarkey online presence in 2015,” says marketing manager Katherine McConnell. “We are excited to offer these updates and look forward to continuing to build our communications with our customers.”

Malarkey Roofing Products is a Portland, Oregon based company that provides technology driven residential, commercial, and sustainable roofing solutions for contractors, architects and homeowners.

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Historic Custom House, Victoria, is eyed for a $50 million renovation. Photo: Cielo Properties

Developers reclaiming old and stalled Victoria projects Victoria – Real estate developers are revitalizing older projects in Greater Victoria, including Dockside Green that has been on the shelf for seven years.

Two rental housing projects are planned for Dockside Green, a 15acre site on Victoria’s Upper Harbour now owned by Vancity Credit Union. Once an industrial property, Dockside was transformed into Canada’s first LEED Platinum master development.

A development permit application will be submitted to city hall early this year, with construction completion planned for late 2016 or early 2017.

Dockside Green’s original master plan was developed in 2005. The

revised master plan keeps the density unchanged at 1.3 million square feet.

There is also a $50 million proposal from Vancouver developer Stan Sipos to upgrade the historic Custom House building on Victoria’s Inner Harbour. Sipos bought the landmark late last year for $12.1 million.

The redevelopment concept calls for 15,000 square feet of retail and 105 condominiums in seven storeys above.

Sipos, of Cielo Properties, the development partner for the project, says his team includes Merrick Architecture, Studio One Architecture, heritage consultant Donald Luxton and Victoria’s

Campbell Construction. If all goes smoothly, construction would start this year and take about 18 months, Sipos said.

The new owners of the 107-yearold Fairmont Empress Hotel, Nat and Flora Bosa of Vancouver, are planning to spend more than $30 million to upgrade infrastructure and renovate the national historic site.

Upgrading the “tired” hotel has already started, Nat Bosa said. The exterior of the building will not change, he added.

The goal is to see the project finished within 24 to 30 months, Bosa said. “I think it is going to cost well north of $30 million by the time I’m done with everything.” ■

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PORTLAND, Oregon – Malarkey Roofing Products has announced the additions of John Rabung and Virginia Fereday to the Malarkey sales team.

Rabung joined Malarkey as the Regional Manager for the Northern United States. Based out of the Seattle area, he will oversee Malarkey sales representatives from the Pacific Northwest to the Great Lakes, as well as his home state of Alaska. Rabung comes to Malarkey with over 25 years of experience in the roofing industry, including leadership positions in both manufacturing and distribution. Prior to joining Malarkey, he held a range of positions in the roofing industry, including sales, operations, purchasing and supply chain management.

Virginia Fereday joined the Commercial Sales Team in November 2014 as the Commercial Sales Representative for Northern California. Based out of Vallejo, California, she works closely with architects, roofing consultants and roofing contractors throughout Northern California. Fereday has been a manufacturing representative in the commercial roofing industry for 17 years and brings with her a vast knowledge base of polymer modified roofing.

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Common bidding mistakes that contractors make Construction contractors should fully review their bid documents before they sign a contract, cautions Warren Perks, vice-president of the BC Construction Association (BCCA).

“Too little consideration is given to the risks at the bidding stage, which may have cost implications during construction,” Perks said.

Some items that contractors should consider include: the quality of the documents, the track record of the owner and architect, and potentially onerous contract conditions, such as extended warranties and liquidated damages clauses.

“Standard documents are beneficial because [the contractor] knows what the risks are,” Perks said. Standard documents include those from the Canadian Construction Documents Committee (CCDC), which are often used in owner-contractor contracts.

The BC Documents Committee (BCDC) has created a standard document (BCDC 2 and 2E) for the solicitation of stipulated sum bids in the public sector (often known as “front-end documents”) and a stipulated price contract that is a companion for Canadian Construction Document Committee forms. The BCDC documents are free to download from the website of the Public Construction Council of BC (www.pccbc.com).

Both the Canadian Construction Association and the Canadian Design Build Institute also provide standard documents and document guidelines. All of these documents are available through the BCCA. ■

Green roofs could power homes

EllisDon Corp. captured the Vancouver Regional Construction Association’s 2014 top award for excellence in construction for general contracts worth more than $55 million for work on the new Surrey Memorial Critical Care Tower. Photo: EllisDon

Amsterdam, Holland – A European inventor claims that a green roof could produce enough energy to power the house beneath it. Marjolein Helder, at her Dutch startup Plant-e, has developed a modular system that generates power from submerged Graphic shows a green roof could plant roots. Eventually, it could power whole generate electricity. Illustration: Plant-e households, she said.

Normally, plants produce organic matter when they convert sunlight to energy during photosynthesis. But some of this matter isn’t used for growth; instead it is excreted into the soil, where it’s broken down by bacteria. This process produces electrons that Plant-e captures with a carbon electrode. That’s coupled with a “power harvester” and a counterelectrode, creating an organic battery.

The startup recently set up two 100-square-meter systems on roofs near its office in central Holland to prove its technology works. The next step is to build a “power plant” in a less controlled environment. Her plan is to start field tests this spring, with the hope that it would hit the market in 2017. The modular system is already available via the Plant-e web site (www.plant-e.com).

Helder says the goal is to generate 28 kilowatt hours of energy per square meter per year. If so, 120 square meters of roof-space should be enough to power an average home, she said. ■

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Susan Zacharias, co-owner of United Concrete & Gravel Ltd. of Williams Lake, has been named the new chair of the British Columbia Construction Association, replacing Ross McLean of Houle Electric.

“My experience and perspective as a small business owner, association member and government representative is unique,” notes Zacharias. “I welcome this opportunity, am committed to my new role, and am ready to lead our association and our industry forward.”

Zacharias and her husband Paul own and operate United Concrete & Gravel Ltd., with locations in Williams Lake, Quesnel, and 100 Mile House, as well as the EnviroCorp Recycling Division of UC&G Ltd., in Abbotsford.

“We’re very pleased to have Sue step into this leadership role for BCCA, and looking forward to the fresh perspective that she will bring,” says Manley McLachlan, president of the BCCA. “To have northern BC so well represented at the table is critical at this important time of development for our province and our sector.” ■

TORONTO – Canadian researchers may have found a way to spray low-cost solar-collecting surfaces onto roofs or virtually any other surface.

“My dream is that one day you’ll have two technicians with Ghostbusters backpacks come to your house and spray your roof,” says Ilan Kramer, a post-doctoral fellow with the Ted Sargent group in Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto (UofT). Kramer also works closely with IBM Canada’s research and development centre at the UofT. Kramer and colleagues have just invented a new way to spray solar cells onto flexible surfaces using miniscule light-sensitive colloidal quantum dots (CQDs) – a major step toward making spray-on solar cells easy and cheap to manufacture.

Spray-on solar cells could make sloped, rounded, flexible or otherwise challenging surfaces for rigid solar panels suddenly suitable, Kramer claims.

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would produce enough energy to power three 100-watt light bulbs – or 24 compact fluorescents.

The new technique for spraying on solar cells is far simpler and cheaper than previous technologies, he said.

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device, which he’s calling SprayLD, using parts that are readily available and inexpensive. He obtained a spray nozzle that is used in steel mills to cool the steel with a fine mist of water and combined that with some airbrushes from an art supply store.

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in a Junkyard Wars fashion, which is basically how we did it,” said Kramer. “We think of this as a nocompromise solution for shifting from batch processing to roll-toroll.”

No word yet on when spray-on solar cells will be coming to roofs in British Columbia. ■

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Site C dam: 10,000 construction workers needed for eight-year project on the Peace River. Photo: BC Hydro

Site C spurs northeast construction Fort St. John – The $8.8 billion Site C dam, approved in December by the BC government, is expected to spur a construction boom in Northeast BC. “This is the right decision for all British Columbians,” said Jack

Davidson, president of BC Road Builders and Heavy Construction Association, which expects its northern members to share in the eight-year construction project.

For many northern businesses, stung by the December decision of

Malaysia-based Petronas to postpone approval of the first liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant in the north – and worried that plunging oil prices could imperil other resource projects – Site C is welcome news.

BC Hydro, which plans to begin construction on the project in June 2015, estimates that Site C will generate approximately 10,000 direct jobs and an additional 23,000 indirect jobs, and contribute $3.2 billion to British Columbia’s gross domestic product.

The construction and development industry was already gearing up for the announcement.

Fort St. John posted $145.9 million in building permits as of November 2014, up 11 percent from the same period a year earlier, said mayor Lori Jack Davidson, president of BC Road Builders. “This is the right Ackerman, who said the decision for all British Columbians.” Photo: BC Road Builders construction is in record territory for the city of housing, big-box retail and other 26,000. Residential building permits commercial real estate in a 220-acre alone are up 35 percent and at least parcel within the city limits.

100 new hotel rooms are being Ron Rodgers, partner in built.

NorthEast BC Realty said the Site C Across the Peace River Regional announcement “was not a surprise; District, total building permits most of us expected it.” through the first 10 months of this Rodgers and other realtors also year are up 4 percent from a year expect an increase in residential earlier, to $255.7 million. construction, because Fort St. John The scale of current projects has about a 1 percent rental includes industrial land, commercial vacancy rate and house prices are buildings, rental housing and the rising. largest mixed-use development ever BC Hydro plans to build a single seen in the city. Led by Vancouver large work camp near the dam site developer Gerry Olma, the North for up to 4,000 construction Point development will include workers. ■

How your office and yard are taxed

with similar incentives property is valued on the Property taxes paid on $5 million commercial building include Victoria, basis of its Highest and Parksville, Chilliwack, Best Use, an appraisal Jurisdiction Residential Apartment Retail Strip Mall Light Industrial Warehouse Kamloops, Kelowna, standard developed to Class 01 Tax Class 06 Tax Class 05 Tax Mill Owing Mill Owing Mill Owing Abbotsford and Prince ensure properties are George. treated equally so that Vancouver 3.66794 $18,340 15.91182 $79,400 16.87987 $84,231 The City of Richmond taxes are distributed allows developers up to equitably amongst Victoria 7.1894 $35,947 22.5370 $112,460 22.8326 $113,935 10 years of tax relief on owners.

N Van City 4.43943 $22,197 16.34141 $81,544 16.64661 $83,067 the improved value The actual use of a Squamish 7.19570 $35,979 20.67070 $103,147 25.11650 $125,331 BC property taxes vary when they renovate or property affects the tax Surrey 4.70524 $23,526 14.78544 $73,779 14.28492 $71,282 replace a structure over bill.

There are nine both by use and between Richmond 4.32487 $21,624 15.05329 $75,116 15.35755 $76,634 20 years old. The classifications for municipalities Burnaby 4.4015 $22,008 17.4267 $86,959 17.1227 $85,442 incentive program has property and each has a

By Stephanie McNeil Kelowna 6.8211 $34,106 16.2820 $81,247 16.9379 $84,520 been considered a different tax rate.

Kitimat 6.04962 $30,791 22.97662 $114,653 56.86247 $283,744 success, with 9 percent To illustrate how split Property tax revenue is the primary Fort St John 9.3157 $46,579 24.8364 $123,934 38.1163 $190,200 of properties in class legislation affects source of income for municipalities.

Port Alberni 12.4845 $62,423 23.2566 $116,050 48.0625 $239,832 Richmond currently an industrial City councils determine qualifying for this property, we the total funding abatement. Developers examine a required and set the tax $12.39 and pay $104,840 annually. amongst the highest in Canada. have targeted run-down apartment warehouse in New (mill) rates accordingly.

The retail segment would have mill Remote communities such as Port buildings and warehouses for Westminster with two Taxes owed are rate of $21.01 and pay annual Alberni and Kitimat typically have revitalization; the projects have tenants: the first calculated by applying property taxes of $136,684. high mill rates, and low assessed greatly improved the city, and may manufactures roofing mill rates to property values. Surrey earns its competitive In this example, the contractor not have been possible without the materials, and the values, which are set advantage by offering pays close to $32,000 less The actual conservative mill rates in program. second installs roofing each year by BC than the manufacturer per use of a Incentive programs have not materials. The Assessment. relation to property values, year because business class gone without criticism, however. The manufacturer operates This Ad Valorem property encouraging investment pays a much lower system is being reviewed in under Class 05: Light system is considered the and development. proportion of property tax Stephanie McNeil affects the Richmond, as it was discovered that Industrial, while the most equitable method Tax incentives than light industrial in New tax bill. contractor operates under Class 06: as owners of high-value properties Communities often offer some developers converted small Westminster. Investors and structures, which qualified for the Business. generally have the ability to pay tax exemptions for new tenants should be aware that many abatement, into massive new For simplicity, we assume the higher taxes, and higher-value developments and building other municipalities offer lower tax developments, saving millions of property is assessed at $10 million properties require a greater revitalizations, aiming to stimulate rates for Class 05 (light industrial.) dollars in taxes. and a value of $5 million is proportion of municipal services to economic growth, create jobs or Investors should consider that allocated to each tenant. (Mill rates support their use. gentrify areas. Squamish recently although the values of properties in Stephanie McNeil is a real estate appraiser in are expressed in “dollars per Appraisers analyze sale began a program benefitting remote locations can be low, the Vancouver. She works as a senior tax analyst thousand”; a mill rate of $10 means mill rates are relatively high, transactions to determine market commercial and mixed-use projects with Altus Group, where she consults with the property owner pays $10 for commercial property owners and develops value, and assess properties using in its downtown core and business resulting in proportionately higher strategies to reduce their annual property tax every $1,000 of assessed value.) one or more of the methods of park by granting a five-year taxes. Vancouver has notably low levies. Altus Group has over 375 property tax In this case, the industrial valuation: the direct comparison, exemption to the taxes on new mill rates for its residential professionals in Canada and the U.S. McNeil can segment would face a mill rate of income, and cost approach. Each improvements. Other communities properties, which are valued be reached at 778-331-8148 22

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