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FALL 2018 Vol. 8 No.2 PUBLISHER Dan Gnocato dang@mediaedge.ca Managing Editor Cheryl Mah Graphic Design Jody Sparkes CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Chi Zhang B.C./ALBERTA SALES Dan Gnocato 604.549.4521 ext. 223
PUBLISHED BY
PRESIDENT Kevin Brown
Features over Story 07 C
ESC Automation designed and installed a complete building automation controls system for the new state-of-the-art Teck Acute Care Centre in Vancouver.
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Striving for Net-Zero Energy Buildings
Departments 04 Executive Vice President’s Message 06 President’s Message 15 Association Corner 22 Industry News ON THE COVER: Teck Acute Care Centre
Dana Taylor Executive Vice President Jane Andrew Director of Membership Development Services and Event Planning Vicky Noble COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING COORDINATOR Berry Lam Administrative Assistant Mechanical Contractors Association of BC (MCABC) 223 - 3989 Henning Drive, Burnaby BC V5C 6N5 Ph: 604.205.5058 Fax: 604.205.5075 Email: staff@mcabc.org Visit us Online: www.mcabc.org
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executive vice president's message
MCABC must dare to be wrong
I
recently heard a presentation on our education system that included the following story: An art teacher’s attention was caught by a sixyear-old student who was immersed in a drawing project. The
teacher asked what she was drawing and the girl replied that it was a picture of God. The teacher commented, “Nobody knows what God looks like.” The girl replied, “They will in a minute.” The presenter’s point was that kids are not frightened of being wrong. His next point was that you can be original only if you are prepared to be wrong. We run our companies the same way. If the education system kills creativity, and corporations sing from the same song sheet, how will the industrious and entrepreneurial ever do any better than just being mediocre? At the same time, the question arises: how important is it to be original?
The biggest challenge going forward will be for the association...to identify that creative big idea...
Perhaps for some organizations it is not important to be original. For those who avoid originality, the following cliché applies: If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always got. For some, that’s good enough. It’s possible that is the mantra for trade associations — we
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president's message
Setting Goals lowering dues for some membership categories.
Stay
tuned
for
that!
Other priorities include identifying
board of directors 2018-2020
new ways to generate revenue for
EXECUTIVE
the
association,
partnerships
President Dale Miller Division 15 Mechanical Ltd.
creating
with
strong
like-minded
associations, and raising awareness among
high
school
and
post-
secondary students of the excellent
Secretary Treasurer / Past President Wayne Davidson Davidson Bros. Mechanical Contractors
opportunities
in
the
mechanical
contracting industry. MCABC was seen as ready for a fresh look so a re-branding committee
Executive Vice President Dana Taylor
was struck to plan that process and oversee its implementation. A new logo, value proposition, website and
DIRECTORS
social media strategy were discussed as potential deliverables in the re-
Associates Chairman John Fu Noble BC
branding process. The
Director Kyle Wisniewski Black & Mcdonald Ltd. Director Henry DeJong, ESC Automation Inc
Gen
members who want to help lead the association into the future — was active over the summer as well.
T
This group is also keen to increase MCABC’s social media activity and he MCABC board of directors had a
provide alternative networking opportunities.
busy summer in 2018 working on a
The group organized its first networking event,
number of initiatives to support the
a hike around Buntzen Lake followed by a Beer
association’s membership as well as to entice
& Burger night at a Port Moody pub. It was very
new members into the fold, to strengthen
successful with new contacts made in the fresh
the industry and support the MCABC. A few
air and over a pint. You can see photos of this
successful
fun event in this magazine issue.
golf
tournaments,
supporting
various charity organizations, were held over
IMIRA — the Island Mechanical Industrial
Director Chad Kinsley R.H Jones and Son Mechanical
the summer as well. After all, we all need to
Relations Association – continued to separate
play as well as work.
its activities from MCABC, with agreements
Director Stuart Morrison Northland Mechanical
...priorities include identifying new ways to generate revenue for the association, creating strong partnerships...
Director Piero Iamartino Fred Welsh Ltd. Director Len Voon Aarc West Mechanical Insulation (2013) Inc. Director John Weisgerber Johnson Controls Ltd. Director Trevor Hildebrand Phase Mechanical Systems Ltd. Director Robert Marchiori Ram Mechanical
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Next
committee — comprised of younger
Associates Vice-Chairman Jeff Newmarch Hy-Line Sales Ltd. (2018) Director Brian Bradshaw Altac Services Inc.
association’s
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being reached between the associations on how the separation would come about. We wish IMIRA the best. Meanwhile,
MCABC
added
three
new
executive board members: Trevor Hildebrand, Phase Mechanical Systems; Henry DeJong, ESC Automation; and Kyle Wisniewski, Black & McDonald. Thanks for stepping up, gentlemen, and welcome to the executive.
In June, a strategic session was held for
EVP Dana Taylor kept busy through the
board members to have an in-depth look at
warm months too, rallying support and sending
the workings of the association and brainstorm
letters pertaining to big issues that affect our
improvements that could be made. One of the
industry. These include the on-going issue of
several goals that were set at the session was to
prompt payment, support for the building of
create a clear job description for executive vice
the Trans Mountain Pipeline, and opposition
president Dana Taylor, who will be retiring in
to the B.C. government’s new Community
2019 after his long service to MCABC. That
Benefits Agreement. We are always working on
process is now underway.
your behalf!
Another goal set was to identify effective ways to grow our membership, including
Dale Miller
creating a new dues structure and potentially
President, MCABC
cover story
COMPLEX
Installation By Cheryl mah
Hospitals are highly complex environments
For the new state-of-the-art Teck Acute
noting there are also different installation
that rely on a myriad of systems to function
Care Centre (TACC), ESC Automation was
practices and considerations when working in
and deliver critical services to patients. These
tasked with the challenge of designing and
a hospital.
24/7 facilities must maintain temperature,
installing a complete building automation
lighting, pressurization, humidity, life safety
controls system.
The project is an eight-storey, 640,000 square-feet expansion at the B.C. Children’s
and more while meeting the comfort and needs
“It’s an acute care centre… so we were
of patients. The use of a building automation
faced with a lot of design challenges and the
and
provides modern spaces for the specialized
B.C.
Women’s
Hospital
Campus.
It
system (BAS) has become integral to optimizing,
installation difficulty level goes up,” says ESC
care of seriously ill children and complex
controlling and monitoring hospital operations.
Automation project manager Branden West,
obstetrical cases.
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$680-million
clinical education and research spaces. It houses
badges. From design to completion, it was about
redevelopment project and will offer health
TACC
is
Phase
II
of
a
a number of departments including medical/
a three-year job with a crew of 25-30 at peak.
providers access to more integrated and
surgical inpatient units, emergency, medical
“This was our biggest project and one of
state-of-the-art technology and equipment to
imaging and procedural suites, hematology/
the most complex,” notes West. “Just the
support the delivery of family-centred care.
oncology and pediatric intensive care. It also
mechanical
The design of the building emphasizes single
includes a high-risk birthing centre and a new
challenge — trying to get that up, especially
occupant patient rooms, access to natural
neonatal intensive care unit.
under the tight deadline we had.”
system
alone
was
a
massive
ESC Automation installed full building DDC
To put the project size in perspective, the
BAS controls and integrated multiple complex
job had more than 1,800 control panels, 65
The centre features 231 single-patient rooms,
and specialized systems such as fire alarm,
isolation/operating room HMI panels, 249
87 outpatient beds, 14 operating rooms and new
electrical meter and BAS alarming to nurse call
virtual BAS meters, 25 water meter systems and
light and views of nature to create a holistic healing environment.
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approximately 3,500 controllers. The project
Designed
also used third party BACnet integration to
incorporates
HVAC equipment: chillers, boilers, booster
systems and various energy reduction strategies
pumps, heat recovery units and more.
aimed at significant, long-term operational cost
When it came time to commission the
savings. BAS plays an important role in energy
building, ESC Automation physically verified
management, according to West.
every single point one by one. “From our
“It’s always a challenge to make sure everything functions and functions properly when you’re bringing in so much third party
LEED
energy
Gold,
the
efficient
centre
and high-efficiency lighting. Wood is used
mechanical
throughout public areas from the large canopy at the main entrance through to the lobby.
A custom, fully integrated energy dashboard
building automation, we had well over 20,000
“We’ve
at TACC allows users to break down energy
I/O points. We went through every single point
integrated these systems before to some
consumption by piece or group of equipment on
— point by point,” says West.
extent but there was a lot that we had to
an hourly, monthly or yearly basis. Automatic
ESC Automation also has a service contract
bring together.”
reports are sent to the facility manager every
with the building operator Black & McDonald.
back-end
integration,”
Construction
began
says
in
West.
May
2014
with
month with energy consumption data to identify
“We come in regularly to look through the
achieved
in
July
energy usage trends and areas for improvement.
systems and it’s all right there at our fingertips
2017. The centre was officially opened in
The system also has automatic fault detection
— on a tablet or cell phone,” he says.
October 2017.
and
substantial
completion
The project was delivered as a public-private-
automatic
commissioning
to
prevent
possible failures or other issues.
While ESC Automation has worked on other hospital projects, this one was special because
partnership (P3). The Affinity Partnerships
“Having a building that almost runs itself is
consortium was selected by the Provincial
especially beneficial for hospitals,” says West, who
Health Services Authority to design, build,
is also project manager for Vancouver General
“We were proud to be a part of this project,”
finance and maintain the centre for 30 years.
Hospital and the new Royal Columbia Hospital.
says West. “Knowing this building was built for
Construction was by CWH Design-Build GP,
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to
environmentally
features
kids was extra motivation for everybody on site
on the project include green roofs that reduce
and that helped drive the project to the finish
Construction. ZGF Architects, in joint venture
storm water run-off; landscaping that includes
line. We worked around the clock to hit the
with HDR | CEI, led the design for the new
drought-resistant
deadline. Everybody worked incredibly hard and
facility. Fred Welsh was mechanical contractor.
plumbing fixtures and water-saving equipment;
native
friendly
children from across the province.
a partnership of Ledcor and Balfour Beatty
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of the care it will provide to sick and injured
plants;
low-flow
pulled together — it was pretty amazing.” PM
profile
SAFETY
FIRST by CHERYL MAH
Welding the South Wall Heavy Wall Steam Header at the Merritt Green Energy Project - 2017
work
“We don’t have injuries on our job sites,”
and remote locations are just some of the
says Wayne Welsh, TVE president and general
challenges industrial construction contractors
manager. “We encourage a good safety culture
face. For TVE Industrial Services Ltd., safety
and a high level of safety.”
Dangerous
environments,
risky
earthwork, steel erecting and commissioning of industrial processing plants. The majority of the company’s work is focused on repair and maintenance with 25 per
is paramount with the goal of a zero incident
TVE serves a wide range of sectors including
rate on every job site. The diverse industrial
pulp and paper, energy, mining, oil and gas
cent coming from capital work. “We are one of only a couple of companies in
contractor prides itself on its quality of work
and energy in B.C. and Alberta. The company
Western Canada that specializes in boilers and
and safety record.
performs regulatory inspections, repairs and
pressure vessels,” notes Welsh.
TVE is COR certified with a full-time
upgrades, new equipment installations and
With more than 40 years of industry
occupational health and safety manager. It also
is available for emergency response. Work
experience, Welsh has successfully built TVE
offers an in-house safety recognition program
ranges from complete mine construction and
into a trusted and reliable name with many long
that rewards employees for safe work.
mechanical and mill installations to civil and
term customers.
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profile
TVE boilermaker crew for Merritt Green Energy Project, 2017
from there, we expanded into mechanical piping, vessels and mining.” Today, the company operates out of its headquarters in Kamloops — an 18,000-squarefoot facility with a warehouse, fabrication shop and office space. It has a second office in Kelowna and employs an office staff of about 20 with crews ranging up to 250 during peak construction. The management team, consisting of five owners, brings decades of industry trade experience to each project and ensures that each TVE Moving 1000 Ton Crusher at Highland Valley Copper - 2015
done to the highest standards.
“It’s very rewarding work — coming out of
shutting four mines down in Canada and we
“The key to our company success is that it’s
a job with a good safety record, and making a
moved existing mine structures and equipment
owned by a partnership of individuals from the
profit has been key to our survival,” says Welsh.
overseas
Born in Saskatchewan, Welsh grew up in Prince George and went straight from high
Chile,
trades — iron worker, boilermaker, millwright
Dominican Republic, and to Central America,”
— and we have hands-on involvement on jobs,”
recalls Welsh.
says Welsh, who oversees operations.
to
different
countries
—
TVE is currently busy working on Teck
school to work as a carpenter’s labourer in
He started his own company CAD Mechanical
sawmill construction. He worked his way up
in 1996, working on various mine projects
Resources’s
the ranks in sawmill construction for more
in Western Canada. In 2005, he founded
expansion project and a new package boiler
than 10 years, obtaining his welding ticket and
Thompson Valley Erectors Ltd. with a partner.
installation for West Fraser’s Cariboo Pulp and
crane operator certification, before moving
The company name eventually evolved into TVE
Paper. The company is also undertaking the
into pulp mill construction in 1988. He started
Industrial Services.
annual fall shutdowns for Paper Excellence’s
project
“It was an opportunity to expand into
managing work for pressure vessels, digesters
different areas of construction,” says Welsh
and other equipment.
in
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step of the process from start to completion is
estimating
before
undertaking
pulp
mills
Highland
at
Howe
Valley
Sound,
Copper
D3
Mackenzie
and Skookumchuck.
about starting TVE. “TVE started as a steel
“We were lucky that the price of pulp has
In 1992, he went into the overseas mining
erecting company. Our first job was the
stayed up and pulp mill work has been good
division with Noranda Minerals. “Noranda was
Thompson Rivers University stadium. Then
for us. We’ve also partnered with a First
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profile
North Boiler Tube Wall getting lifted into place at the Merritt Green Energy Project – 2016
Nations company, Kikinaw Energy Services, at Site C,” says Welsh about the current market conditions. “It has been pretty flat over the last few years with the fall of oil and gas, but we see substantial increase in work and opportunities coming up in latter 2018 into next year.” TVE’s largest and most challenging project to date was at the Quintette Coal Mine in Tumbler
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projects are going to take off in 2019.” With more anticipated work, the current shortage of skilled tradespeople will only grow. Welsh says the market is busy, especially with the annual maintenance shutdowns for most industrial facilities which require hundreds of tradespeople. “Right now large shutdowns and capital projects are straining the workforce,” he says. Another issue is the steel and aluminum tariff war with the U.S., which is creating supply shortages and driving up prices. B.C. is particularly vulnerable with limited suppliers. For TVE, the impact has been minimal so far but Welsh says, “fabricators won’t hold prices for more than 10 days due to the tariffs and general uncertainty.” At 63, Welsh is still very dedicated to growing the company, but is contemplating retirement with a succession planning strategy in place. “We’re going to focus on taking the company to the next level and maintaining our high level of safety and quality,” he says. “The next five to 10 years in B.C. look positive.” PM
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sustainability
Striving for Net-Zero Energy Buildings By Chi Zhang
T
he B.C. Energy Step Code, enacted in
technology in their respective heat exchanger
advantage of a longer history of sustainable building
April 2017, provides an incremental and
core material. HRVs only allow heat to transfer
practices. European sustainable building practices
consistent approach to achieving more
between the exhaust air stream and the
were driven both by policy as well as economical
energy-efficient buildings that go beyond the
incoming air stream; they utilize impermeable
reasons due to much higher energy costs.
requirements of the base B.C. Building Code. It
core material and only allow for sensible heat
When approaching the Step Code, we always
establishes a series of measurable, performance-
recovery. ERVs allow for both sensible and
like to think of heat as being a resource. For
based energy-efficiency requirements with the
latent heat to be recovered by utilizing a core
example, heat removed from an office by the
goal of making buildings net-zero energy ready
material that is permeable to water vapour.
space cooling system can be reused to heat the
by 2032.
When it comes to hotels and offices, additional
service hot water for an amenity area. There are
The Step Code introduces new energy
mechanical solutions are required because
systems and designs now that can make use of
performance targets through two primary
the total building energy demand is higher. In
any heat that may otherwise be lost or rejected
metrics: Thermal Energy Demand Intensity
these applications, it is critical to have effective
both immediately, or stored for later.
(TEDI) and Total Energy Use Intensity (TEUI).
mechanical design and appropriately efficient
Cooperation between the mechanical and
The Step Code uses tiered criteria (Level 1 to
equipment to stay below the TEUI limit. To meet
the envelope design teams is more important
4) to improve on base-level building codes
these targets, we typically utilize DX (direct
under the Step Code than previous iterations
to construct more energy-efficient buildings
expansion vapour compression cycle) thermal
of sustainable building programs. The most
around the province. The highest level of
machinery due to their innate high coefficient
critical of which is determining how much of
the Step Code, Level 4, is the performance
of performance (COP).
a building’s TEDI reduction will be achieved
equivalent of a Passive House building.
Typically, the DX equipment utilized are
through a well-insulated and thermally broken
The move to the Step Code has had an
water source heat pumps, air source heat
envelope and how much through mechanical
interesting effect on the mechanical systems
pumps, and VRF (variable refrigerant flow)
design by reducing the ventilation load. It is
of buildings. In particular, exhaust air heat
systems. All these systems utilize the vapour-
important to note a well-designed mechanical
recovery to pre-heat make-up air has become
compression cycle to move heat from a “cold”
system limits the number of penetrations
the standard in meeting the TEDI requirement
source to a “hot” source. The largest of these
through the envelope and limits the number of
of Step 2 plus.
thermal machines may have a thousand times
harmful thermal bridges.
Most typical air heat recovery units in our market are plate-type cross flow HRVs and
the capacity of the smallest, but they operate using the same principle.
Looking to the future, there are some large advances that need to be made in
ERVs. HRVs (heat recovery ventilators) and
Oftentimes, we are seeing the importing of
building materials, equipment and design
ERVs (Energy recovery ventilators) differ in the
European standards with technologies that have the
methodology to reach level 4 in our market. Market technology still is far from being able
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to achieve a net zero energy building outside of a few examples on university campuses or government showpieces. The province’s long term plan is to have all buildings be net zero, starting with class
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D (energy production offsetting any nonrenewable energy used) to class A (100 per cent energy used on site generated via renewable means). Chi
Zhang
is
project
consultant,
sustainability and mechanical at Norman Disney & Young.
association corner
Members Corner A dynamic duo at B.A. Robinson. B.A.
say they plan to finish out their careers with
Mechanical
Robinson BC has some industry veterans on
B.A. Robinson.
growing.
its roster. As of 2019, Earl Storey and Robert
Equipment
Mechanical
Sales
BC
Equipment
is
Sales
has added a second BC office to support
Geschke will have both worked in the plumbing
Johnson Barrow BC appoints Jean-
operations.Located at Unit 229 - 5589 Byrne
wholesale industry for 40 years. That’s 80
Sébastien
engineer.
Road in Burnaby, this new office has more
years of experience between two salesmen! Not
Jean-Sébastien (JS) Ratté brings to Johnson
than 1,700 square feet of space for sales and
all those years have been with B.A. Robinson
Barrow BC 14 years of experience in the HVAC
local parts.
but that’s the nature of the business, says Rob:
industry, mainly at Vancouver mechanical
The company is also pleased to announce
“I’ve bounced around between suppliers a bit
consultant firms as lead engineer on various
that Jamie Andersen has joined its B.C. team
but that’s how it is in this industry. It gives you
high-performance, low-carbon buildings.
to run the office and manage the operational
the opportunity to work with different people,
This
expertise,
side of the business. “As our team continues
different wholesalers. You learn something
industry and product knowledge will serve
to grow, having a second, larger office in
new at each one.”
him well in his new career direction, striving
the Lower Mainland will enable us to better
Storey got in the business as a young man
to become a key mechanical system advisor to
serve and support our clients,” says Gordon
when one day, a pal mentioned he had a job
the engineering and contracting community.
MacLean, B.C. sales manager.
Ratté
well-rounded
as
sales
technical
interview that he was going to blow off. Storey needed a job, so decided to attend the interview in his friend’s place. The rest is history. What was his motivation to succeed? “I had to feed the kids,” he laughs, mentioning he and his wife had eight children. “There was no reason to leave this business. It’s been good to me.” Geschke worked his way up in the business from shipping and receiving, always finding opportunities along the way. He attributes his success to building strong relationships and always “doing what I need to do in terms of servicing customers. You can’t put things on
B.A. Robinson's Earl Storey, left, and Rob Geschke, right
the backburner; you have to take care of any problems that crop up.” The two are friends at the office and out of it, playing golf and enjoying other activities together. They make a good team and both
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1. & 2. The MCABC & ECABC Prince George Golf Tournament was held August 24, 2018 at Prince George Golf & Curling Club with net proceeds benefiting Spirit of the North Healthcare Foundation. 3. & 4. Victoria Hospice was beneficiary of net proceeds from the MCABC Island Classic Golf Tournament held June 21, 2018 at Royal Colwood Golf Club, Victoria. 5. & 6. Sunset Ranch Golf Club, Kelowna, hosted the BCEA & MCABC Okanagan Golf Tournament. Net proceeds will benefit scholarships and bursaries supported by BCEA 3
and MCABC. 7. & 8. Held June 8, 2018, the MCABC Vancouver Golf Tournament at Northview Golf Club, Surrey. A cheque was presented to the Canadian Mesothelioma Foundation. 9. & 10. The MCABC Fraser Valley Golf Tournament was held May 25, 2018 at Morgan Creek Golf Club, Surrey with net proceeds benefiting the Abbotsford Food Bank and Langley and Aldergrove Food Bank. 11. & 12. The MCABC & CIPH-BC Golf Tournament was held September 18 at Meadow Gardens Golf Course. Net proceeds will go to support Habitat for Humanity of
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1. & 2. MCABC’s Next Gen committee held its inaugural event on August 22 with a summer hike and pub dinner. A three-hour hike around Buntzen Lake in Anmore was capped off by a pub dinner in Port Moody. 3. 4. & 5. MCABC members who enjoy watching the horses run gathered at Hastings Race Course for a buffet dinner and evening of watching – and wagering – at the races on August 17. Lots of fun was had with some folks 2
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101 Industries Ltd. 4 Seasons Fire Protection Services Ltd. All-Pro Services Ltd. Alpha Mechanical Contracting Ltd. Altac Services Inc. Anderson Plumbing & Heating Ltd. Archie Johnstone Plumbing & Heating Ltd. Bayside Mechanical Ltd. Black & McDonald Ltd. Caird Mechanical Contractors Ltd. Cascade Fire Protection 2012 Ltd. Cascade Mechanical Ltd. Century Plumbing & Heating Ltd. Chapman Burner & Heating Services Ltd. CIMS Ltd Partnership Co-Gen Mechanical Services Combined Mechanical Contractors Ltd. Connelly Mechanical Systems Ltd. Core Mechanical Ltd. Dan-Jen Mechanical Ltd. Davidson Bros. Mechanical Contractors Ltd. Division 15 Mechanical Ltd. Dual Mechanical Ltd. Equity Plumbing & Heating Ltd. Erb Technical Contracting Ltd. Farr Installations Ltd. Fred Welsh Ltd. Hallgren Construction Company Ltd. Highland Plumbing (2005) Ltd. H.I. Mechanical Inc. Honeywell Limited. Island Temperature Controls Ltd. I.T.G. Ltd. JC's Waterworks Limited Johnson Controls Ltd. Modern Niagara Vancouver Inc. Latham's Ltd. Lisi Mechanical Contractors Ltd. Lockerbie & Hole Contracting Limited M. Griffin Ltd Mitchell Installations Ltd. National Hydronics Group New Era Plumbing & Heating Ltd. Northland Mechanical Contracting Ltd. Oceanview Mechanical Ltd. Okanagan Plumbing & Gas Fitting Ltd. Pacific Boiler Ltd. Phase Mechanical Systems Ltd. Pine Mechanical Ltd. Pitt Meadows Plumbing & Mechanical Systems 2001 Ltd. PML Professional Mechanical Ltd. PR Mechanical Ltd. Radian Mechanical Inc. Ram Mechanical Ltd. RH Jones & Son Mechanical Ltd. Siemens Building Technologies Ltd. SRL Fire Protection Ltd. Stevens Plumbing & Heating Ltd.. Sullivan Mechanical Ltd. Systems 1 Mechanical Limited Tech Mechanical Systems Ltd. Templeton Mechanical Ltd. Total Energy Systems Ltd. Trotter and Morton Limited TVE Industrial Services Ltd. Vanguard Mechanical Ltd. Veridis Plumbing & Heating Ltd. 20
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West Kootenay Mechanical Ltd. Xpert Mechanical & J.K. Lillie Ltd. Zanron Fabrication & Machine Co Ltd.
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industry news Green Light for Massive LNG Facility LNG Canada and its joint venture participants have taken a Final Investment Decision (FID) to build the $40 billion LNG Canada export facility in Kitimat, B.C. The Rt. Hon. Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada said, “LNG Canada represents the single largest private sector investment project in Canadian history. It is a vote of confidence
LNG proposed site
in a country that recognizes the need to develop our energy in a way that takes the environment
The B.C. Building and Plumbing Code is based
into account, and that works in meaningful
substantially on the model National Building
and commercial buildings. The first of its kind
partnership with Indigenous communities.”
residential
and Plumbing Codes of Canada (National
in Canada, ZEBx is a catalyst for emerging
be
Codes). The 2015 National Codes adopted
industry innovation in response to the world-
responsible to provide its own natural gas
600 technical changes to improve clarity,
leading sustainability policies of Vancouver.
supply and will individually offtake and market
introduce new concepts, and expand existing
By 2025, new building projects in the City
its share of LNG. The FID is for two processing
requirements. Some of the new requirements
of Vancouver must have near zero emissions,
units or “trains,” with first LNG expected before
in the National Codes include:
as outlined in the city’s 2016 Zero Emission
the middle of the next decade.
• updates
Each
“The
joint
project
venture
LNG
participant
Canada
is
will
bringing
to
airborne
sound
transmission
Building Plan. British Columbia’s Energy Step
ratings,
Code aims to have all residential and commercial
to northern B.C. symbolizes the kind of
• seismic design and climatic data, and
construction designed to be “net zero ready” by
balanced and sustainable path forward British
• updates to stairs, ramps, handrails and guards,
2032. With the imminent wide-spread adoption
Columbians are looking for,” said B.C. Premier
including an increase to the run dimensions
of low-energy building design and construction,
John Horgan.
for residential dwellings.
ZEBx’s launch is a direct response to industry’s
LNG Canada has worked towards FID since
The 2018 B.C. Building and Plumbing Code
capacity challenge. ZEBx will support local
it first identified Kitimat from a list of 500
includes most of the 2015 National Code
industry and accelerate market transformation
potential sites in British Columbia as the ideal
requirements and some variations specific to
by identifying opportunities and navigating
location for an LNG export facility.
British Columbia. Some important B.C. specific
barriers to advance design and construction
code changes introduced in the 2018 B.C.
practices towards a low-carbon future.
LNG Canada’s export plant has been designed to achieve the lowest carbon intensity of any
Building Code include:
large-scale LNG plant operating in the world
• increasing building accessibility for persons
solutions
today. LNG Canada achieved this through a
with disabilities,
partners to facilitate knowledge exchange
combination of using renewable hydropower
• improving the energy efficiency of buildings to
through a range of initiatives currently in
from BC Hydro and highly-efficient gas turbine
require compliance with new building energy
development, including dialogues, project tours,
engines. With demand for LNG expected to
efficiency codes and standards,
and demonstrations. A neutral, one-stop-shop
double by 2035 compared with today as a result
• providing a variation to the National Building
for low-energy building resources, ZEBx aims
of global commitments to reduce greenhouse
Code requirements for mid-rise combustible
to empower builders, developers, architects and
gas emissions and improve air quality, LNG
buildings to require 10 per cent street frontage
designers with the tools necessary to achieve
Canada will provide natural gas to countries
and exterior cladding with increased fire
their zero emissions targets.
where imported gas could displace more carbon
resistance, and
intensive energy sources and help to address
• updating radon data, based on recent studies.
hosted by the Vancouver Regional Construction
The online version of the 2018 B.C. Building
Association (VRCA) and has established key
global climate change and air pollution.
ZEBx will begin to connect industry with by
collaborating
with
strategic
ZEBx is funded by the City of Vancouver,
Fluor’s joint venture with JGC Corporation
and Plumbing Code will be available for
partnerships with Passive House Canada and
will provide the engineering, procurement,
purchase at www.bccodes.ca. The print version
the Open Green Building Society. ZEBx received
fabrication and construction on the project.
is expected at a later date, and code users will be
additional support from industry stakeholders,
notified when it becomes available.
including
New B.C. Building and Plumbing Code Effective in December The new B.C. Building and Plumbing Code will be effective December 10, 2018 and will apply to building permits applied for on or after that date. The B.C. Fire Code is anticipated December 10, 2018. Buildings with permits in
BCIT,
Canada
Green
Building
The provincial government’s Building and
Council, Greater Vancouver Home Builders
Safety Standards Branch is working with
Association, Roofing Contractors Association of
partners to deliver education and support code
BC, SFU, UBC, Vancity, Wood WORKS! BC, and
users in learning about the new requirements.
many more companies, government agencies
Additional code resources will be posted to its
and NGOs.
website in the coming months.
While ZEBx’s focus is on Vancouver and British
Vancouver Launches ZEBx
Columbia,
collaborative
to be adopted in the fall of 2018 and effective
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effective, attractive, low-energy
the
model,
Exchange’s
combined
with
truly its
dissemination of design and construction ZEBx, the Zero Emissions Building Exchange was
in
reputation in the worldwide community as a
Code will generally not be affected by the
July. The centre of excellence will increase
global centre of excellence for greenhouse gas
adoption of the new code.
knowledge, capacity and passion for cost-
reductions in buildings.
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officially
launched
in
Vancouver
innovations, ensures it will bolster Vancouver’s
place under the previous 2012 B.C. Building
2018-2020
MCABC BOARD MEMBERS President Dale Miller Division 15 Mechanical Ltd.
Executive Vice President Dana Taylor
Secretary Treasurer / Past President Wayne Davidson Davidson Bros Mechanical Contractors
Associates Vice-Chairman John Fu Noble BC
Associates Vice-Chairman Jeff Newmarch Hy-Line Sales Ltd. (2018)
Director Brian Bradshaw Altac Services Inc.
Director Kyle Wisniewski Black & Mcdonald Ltd.
Director Henry DeJong ESC Automation Inc
Director Chad Kinsley R.H. Jones and Son Mechanical
Director Stuart Morrison Northland Mechanical Contracting Ltd.
Director Piero Iamartino Fred Welsh Ltd.
Director Len Voon Aarc-West Mechanical Insulation (2013) Inc.
Director John Weisgerber Johnson Controls Ltd.
Director Trevor Hildebrand Phase Mechanical Systems Ltd.
Director Robert Marchiori Ram Mechanical
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