Estimating
Nothing new on the Turks and Caicos Islands project. This job is not dead; it has just slowed down a bit.

Same thing goes for our New York and Australia clients, we are still hopeful that this project will proceed.

Ken has picked up several millwork installation jobs with Black Loon Millworks, one is at the Quality Inn on Bay Street and another one is a large installation in Valley East near Sudbury.

We started construction of the $4 million addition to the Collegiate Heights Retirement Home earlier this month. Ken Coventry is the Super and Ken Stitt is the PM. Tom worked quite hard to get this project. Good job Tom! This project is being performed on a project management basis.

Tom submitted time and material rates for the ASI Co-Gen foundation work and was the successful bidder. We have started this job already and there will most likely be about 6,000 cubic meters of concrete and we expect to be there for 12 to 14 months.

We have also received a job doing the foundations and slabs for the addition to the number 2 BOSP shop and it is a rush job.

Bob Wood and Super Sid visited a North Bay site on July 24th to do a structural analysis of the existing building. A decision must be made as to how much of the existing building can remain or will it all be demolished. Once this has been decided, the final floor plans will be completed and we will then begin construction. This building is 12,000 square feet and is right downtown on Main Street.

Mike picked up a 6,000 square foot addition to the first Steelway boat storage building for Beacon Marine in Pointe au Baril. This job will begin some time in September and the Steelway building will be delivered in early October.

Mike has negotiated the supply and erection of a 20,000 square foot building for a new client in the Industrial Park. The Steelway building will be delivered in October and we will be doing the erection.

Anmar Mechanical has awarded us the foundations and Steelway building for a Revert building at Inco. The 6,000 square foot building has been ordered and the foundation design is underway. We should be able to start the foundations some time in August and the Steelway building will be delivered in early October.

Anmar also awarded us the foundations and building for the new Kenworth Truck Centre in Sudbury. We have already started the foundations and the Steelway building has been ordered. This building is 20,000 square feet.

Anmar has one more building that we are negotiating which is almost 10,000 square feet.

Tom and Mike had a very interesting meeting with a company from the U.S. recently. The project involves about 40 sites across Northern Ontario. The engineering and planning will begin late this year and several sites will be ready to start in the spring of 2008. This project could take several years to complete and many, many man hours.

We are waiting for drawings for the renovations for Pollard Banknote. We have been in contact with them and they have assured us that we will be receiving a tender package. This project will have a tight schedule and we can only hope that we will have enough people to do the work.

Mike and Ken have been working with Steelway on a "corporate concept store" project. It is for a very large well known company. It involves two prototype stores, one is 20,000 square feet and the other is 30,000 square feet. If accepted, they intend on building ten of the smaller buildings and five of the larger buildings each year across Canada.

We are also waiting for word from Andrea with regards to the SHARP apartments for the Northern Ontario School of Medicine students. The complex will be 16,000 square feet with 22 units. Andrea is hoping for an early fall start.

We have also been in contact with an Austrian firm with regards to a project near Sudbury. This project is in the planning stages and would take place in 2008. This contact was made possible by Trade Northern Ontario.

Wow, did I miss anything? It has been and will continue to be very busy around our office for quite some time. The remainder of this year will be a wild ride, hang on!

New Employees
Welcome back to Jake McF. and Duane S. We are delighted to say that all MM&S employees are now back to work, a long wait this year. Unfortunately we lost four good guys to other employers. We lost Nick M., Chad D., Curtis C. and Tyler M. we wish them all the best at their new jobs.
Ken McLellan will be coming to work for us on Aug. 7th as our Superintendent looking after the Co-Gen project.
Frankie, Dwayne and Fern have been on a hiring spree. They have hired two summer students Zak Seibt (Wayne's son) and Mark Kulmala (Tom's son). Zak is working at the OPP Forensic site and Mark is at the TSC project. In addition to the aforementioned new members of our team we welcome Cal D., Joe F., Chris McG. and Tyler S. We also hired another person who we consider to be our "secret weapon" and he cannot be named. He is endearingly referred to as "Dad" by the other guys. WOW seven new employees in less than a week! The Soo is FINALLY booming and it's been a long time coming, are the early 80's coming back?
Ken James has been kept extremely busy doing MM&S safety orientations, WHMIS and Fall Arrest training. He's also given the two students our Young Worker's safety orientation. Ken's been prepping potential employees for the North Bay project. The onsite Supers are following our safety culture up with site specific orientations.
We have also interviewed two people for the position of Project Manager and hope to hire one of them very soon.
MM&S will be looking for more people within the next few weeks, drop your resume off to Shauna or Nancy so that we have it on file.

OPP Forensic Lab

Wayne is making good progress on this project now. He has Donnie, Mike Mathieu and Zak working on the roof blocking. Ontario Concrete Finishing has completed all of the floor slabs and Ideal Colour are working on the metal stud framing and drywall. Gough Masonry (with Superman Frankie) are on site laying the blocks, McLeod Bros. Mechanical and Phase Four Electric are doing their rough-ins. Vipond Sprinkler reviewed the building for their sprinkler designs. Steel Speed has completed most of the structural steel; Avery Construction is completing the grading around the building and had the P.U.C. do the water line tie-in. Mobile Glass has been on site taking dimensions for the windows and Henderson Metal has been measuring for the roof curbs. Wayne did have a bit of a delivery problem with the hollow metal door frames but has most of them are on site now.

The Minister of Labour, Mr. Steve Peters and his assistant, Maggie Head along with David Orazietti, Carmine Biasucci and MOL Inspector Bob Askins were on site for a visit and presentation on July 19th. Bob even wrote up a jobsite inspection while he was there and did not issue any orders. Good thing!

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Collegiate Heights Retirement Home Addition

Ken Coventry is the Superintendent on this project and Ken Stitt will likely be the Project Manager. Clinton will be assisting as the Project Coordinator. The building permit has been issued and we have put up the site fencing and are awaiting the arrival of the jobsite trailer from Christie's Campers. Randy was selected as our Safety Rep responsible for the Pre-Job Safety Planning and he has completed all the documentation along with Ken James and KC. Avery Construction has been awarded the site work and will be starting on site the first week of August. Our crews will be doing the foundations. The Project Manager will be sending out tender packages for the remaining work and is responsible for making recommendations to the Owner. This job should take us about 28 weeks to complete. Ken James is looking forward to this job as his Mother resides in the existing home. Ken is hoping to bum a few free lunches from Mom. We really hope that Mr. C. has found his laptop and still remembers how to use EdgeBuilder and his digital camera. We have not seen any reports or pix posted on EB from KC for quite sometime. Mr. C. do you need computer basics 101?

ASI Co-Gen Foundations

We've been waiting for some drawings on this project. Ken McLellan will be the Superintendent on this project and Tom Kulmala will be the Project Manager. We have poured some mud slabs and are getting organized to start. We have had Gerry B., Duane S. and Andy building forms at our shop which will be hauled into the plant. It is estimated that we will require between 6 to 8 men on this job fulltime with some work requiring up to 20 men. Since cameras are not allowed in Algoma, this will be a "pictureless" job. We will require a passenger van or a mini school van. Does any local newsletter reader know of one for sale?

We were also given the foundations for the #2 BOSP addition. This job involves the forming and pouring of several large pile caps, grade beams and slabs. It is a top priority rush job.

Nexacor Building Renovations, Blind River
Sid has wrapped this job up and is in the final close out procedures. He had hoped to be completed sooner, but Nova Steel only had two sheeters on site for quite some time. Sid demanded two more sheeters and this did speed things up until they ran short of siding. Talbot HVAC was on site modifying several plumbing fixtures and Phase Four was relocating some electrical items to the face of the new siding. The building looks great now and Sid did an excellent job. He really made sure that safety was the number one priority. We may have to rename him Safety Sid.
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Boston Pizza Foundations
All of the foundation walls have been poured and Dave was waiting for the backfilling to be completed along with the under slab plumbing and electrical. We poured the floor slab on July 30th after making a rain day decision. We only have the exterior sidewalks and a few concrete pads left to complete.
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EPTCON MacKay GS Concrete Repairs
We are still waiting on revised drawings for this project and it should be starting within the next month.

EPTCON Garden River Foundations
We are waiting for the approval on this small project and then we can knock it off. Clinton will be the Project Manager on this one and Dave will be the Super.

EPTCON Third Line Foundations
We are waiting for the drawings and approvals on this small project as well. Clinton will be the Project Manager on this one as well and Dave will be the Superintendent.

Cooper Crane Building Renovations
This project is now underway, sort of. All of our small projects caught up with us and we lacked manpower and had to pull our guys off of it for a while. Tom will be the PM on it; Dwayne and Jason will share the duties of Superintendent. The Z bars, insulation and some of the roofing have been installed and the new rolls up doors have been delivered to the site. S & T were doing some electrical work and we had to wait for them to finish. Jerry C. was working with Jason on the roofing.

ASI Ore Dock Slabs
Dave and his crew have now completed this project. It involved the pouring of a new concrete topping to the docks complete with rebar and curb angles. It went very well. We had to build a safety raft (MMS Minnow) and leave it tied to the docks; it had to be moved when a ship came in to unload. On the last day of work and before we could get it removed, one of the ships "backed" into it and it is now a fish habitat. Bob, Gerry B., Craig, Jake, Duane S. and Wayne M. were Dave's marine crew. Frankie was the PM. Sorry, all we have is two pictures of our former raft.
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J & B Shredding
This project was a small one and it is now complete. We had a bit of a manpower shortage on this one as well. John was the foreman as well as the crew on some days. Jay and Mike M. gave him a hand when they weren't pulled off for other jobs. AND yes Johnny was a one man show on more than one occasion.

TSC Store Steel Erection
The red iron has been erected and one wall of siding has been completed. The site is a bit congested as the Contractor has several subtrades working, MM&S included. We have installed one side of the roofing and will have the other side completed in about two weeks. It is slow going on some days as the mercury hits over 30 Celsius. The boys have been going through a lot of ice and water and their tans are coming along nicely; Dwayne is paying close attention to the potential for heat exhaustion. The sun bathers consist of Jason (sometimes), Scott M., Terry, Trevor, Justin, Cal and Mark. Permanent Electric is doing the electrical and Mid Canada did the foundations and sitework. Ontario Concrete Finishing poured the floor slabs. The company doing the wood framing is a local contractor but must come from something other than the commercial sector. They don't demonstrate much regard for safety and display very little housekeeping skills. D. P. has informed the jobsite Superintendent that if things don't change he will be pulling our guys off of the project until this contractor learns to work safely. The MOL should visit the TSC site and write this company up; Dwayne is going to bring out his TIPS book and doesn't know when he will stop. The situation with this subtrade requires the onsite Superintendent's immediate attention; Dwayne has expressed his concerns on several occasions. He has gone so far as to state that contractor would have been removed from any of our jobsites quite some time ago.

Nexacor HVAC Upgrades
This project continues to move along. Most of the work is being done by Henderson Metal and they hope to be completed by mid September. They have appointed a competent worker as their Superintendent/Safety Rep as we do not require a full time Super on site.

Royal Bank Steelton Branch Renovations
Blair has picked up this small office expansion and is waiting for the purchase order before starting.

ASI Women's Welfare Room Renovations
Ken Coventry is the Super on this job and Tom has replaced Frank as the PM. It consists of a small renovation and the work should be completed within the next few weeks.

MTO McKay Road Bridge Rehabilitation
We finally received the approval to proceed and have been placing material orders. Ray will be the Super on this small project and Mike will be the PM. The job requires the replacement of several large Douglas fir timbers, new guard rails and signage. Ray is also looking at bidding the Dean Lake Bridge tender.

Inco Revert Building, Copper Cliff
The 6,000 square foot Steelway building order has been placed and the approval drawings have been submitted for review. The building is scheduled to be delivered in early October. Once we have the foundation design and drawings, we can schedule the concrete work with Anmar and Inco. Dave will be the Super on the concrete portion and Jason will be the Super on the building cladding installation. Anmar will do the structural steel erection. Mike is the PM for now.

Kenworth Truck Centre Building, Sudbury
The 20,000 square foot Steelway building order has finally been placed. There were a lot of revisions made and we hope that there will not be any more. Dave along with Bob, J.R., Craig and Wayne M. have been working on the foundations. All of the footings have been poured and they are almost complete on the piers. This is the first job that we have ever installed the foundations before receiving the Steelway anchor bolt drawings, hope the steel fits. The Engineer from CDCD Engineering, Chong Ling along with David Vitone, Project Director for Anmar have been very impressed with our guys and keep saying how excellent their workmanship is. Great job guys! This building is scheduled for delivery some time in October. Anmar will be erecting the structural steel and we had to turn down the installation of the cladding as we will be out of sheeters.
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SAH On Call Rooms Renovation
Scott G. has been the working foreman on this small job. It involves some demolition, removal of lockers, asbestos removal and new finishes. J.R. (the new groom) and Super Sid have been assisting when they are needed. Unfortunately Scottie needs them more than they are available. Here's a reminder of the 80's again; not enough manpower and a huge amount of work.

Beacon Marine Addition
The 6,000 square foot Steelway building order has been placed. We will be scheduling the concrete work later this year as the building won't be delivered until early October. This is the third order that Norm has given us and he must have a lot of faith in us. Thanks Norm.

Marathon Pulp
John and Randy had to go back up to Marathon for a day to add extra bracing to the conveyor stand. The plant workers removed some of the lateral bracing making it a bit shaky. Fred McGrath from M. R. Wright redesigned the lateral bracing and we installed it. The conveyor stand is structurally sound now and is in use.
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I would like to discuss an article in the Construction Safety Association of Ontario's Network News magazine, dated July 2007. There is an article entitled "Homeowner and two companies fined". I am emphasizing the Homeowner fined not the construction company but a everyday person wanting a house built, and they did not hire a "Constructor" to manage the building of the home and the hiring of the sub trades required and to ensure everyone's safety.

(For information on the duties and responsibilities under the Occupational Health & Safety Act of Ontario, see my article in our newsletter under Ken's Space dated May, 2006.)

I quote the CSAO Network News as follows;

A roofing company and a construction company were fined $160,000 and $80,000 respectively after the death of a worker. The home owner, who was the constructor, was fined $5,000. [The home owner chose to hire the trades like the roofing company, the house framer, etc. himself which makes him the Constructor.]

A roofer was installing materials on the roof of a partially-built, two-storey house when the roofer was struck by a plywood platform. The roofer fell about 3.25 metres (10 feet, 8 inches) onto the paved driveway of an adjacent house and sustained massive head injuries. The roofer was pronounced dead upon arrival at the hospital.

The Ministry of Labour investigation determined that the plywood platform belonged to another company which had been hired to construct the rough framing for the house. Workers had built a platform and attached it to the roof for storing a stack of plywood sheets. One of these workers removed supporting timbers from the platform in order to move it to a different location on the roof. The platform slid down the side of the roof and fell onto the roofer.

The roofing company was found guilty, as an employer, of
1) Failing to ensure that materials at a construction site were stored and moved in a manner that did not endanger a worker
2) Failing to provide supervision to workers
3) Failing to take precautions reasonable in the circumstances for the protection of a worker
4) Failing to ensure a worker who may use a fall protection system was adequately trained in its use and given adequate oral and written instructions by a competent person.

The other construction company pleaded guilty, as an employer, to failing to ensure the platform was moved in a manner that did not endanger a worker.

The homeowner was found guilty of:
1) Failing, as an employer, to take precautions reasonable in the circumstances for the
protection of a worker
2) Failing, as a constructor, to appoint a supervisor
3) Failing, as a constructor, to ensure materials at the construction site were stored and
moved in a manner that did not endanger a worker.

The Ministry of Labour is starting to crack down on the residential side of construction, in order to stop the deaths and injury that is occurring here. They require Notice of Projects, filed by the person or firm that will be undertaking the constructor role, etc.
Gone are the days of trying to manage this type of work in order to save a couple of dollars. The few dollars spent in hiring a good competent and safe Constructor is well worth it and will save you money in the long run.

Just look at the above and this homeowner only received a minimum fine, and no jail time. Check out the maximum fines, penalties and think twice about taking on this kind of responsibility.

"Working together gets the job done safely"

We have been in contact with Lisa from EdgeBuilder regarding another custom course. Lisa will be tailoring a course for our Project Management team consisting of Blair, Clinton, Ken S. Tom and Mike. Lisa will also have a course for Fern, Shauna and Nancy. The proposed training dates are August 24th and 25th.

Some of our guys will have to renew their NORCAT training for the Inco job. We will be scheduling this very soon.

Conventions & Social Events
The annual SSMCA President's BBQ & Bocce Tournament took place on Thursday, July 19th. Since Mike is the President, he had to do the BBQing. Rick made sure that there was lots of steak and cold beer as you can see from the pictures. The Construction Association was also celebrating its 50th anniversary. We were honoured to have as our special guests the Minister of Labour, Steve Peters along with his assistant, the lovely Maggie Head, MPP David Orazietti and Carmine Biasucci. Since the Minister had to catch the 7:40 flight, Rick graciously offered to cook their steaks early and we served them their own dinner.
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Carmine brought his 12 gauge shotgun for the trap shoot and we finally talked the Minister and David to give it a try. They reluctantly agreed and ended up blasting off 25 rounds each and yes, they even hit some of the targets! Maggie even tried her luck and nailed one on her third shot. It was a great time and we thank the Minister and David for joining us. Here is a thought, shotguns and Politicians, what a mix!
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The annual MM&S Boat Cruise raised $200.00. Black Loon joined us this year as their own entity. BL raised $95.00. Both companies match the donations made by the boaters. The Human Society, which is our non-profit group of choice, will be forwarded a total amount of $590.00. Had 55 people attend, the Wild Turkeys were fabulous, John and Pauline were their usual great hosts and we had lots of pizza left over. Everyone that attended had a great time.
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Our annual MM&S Yard Fest is set for Saturday, August 18th. It is the company's 18th year in business. Invites have been sent out so please RSVP to Nancy or Shauna by August 9th.

Congratulations To:
Black Loon Millwork's on their 1st anniversary on July 4th. They held a luncheon BBQ for their staff and Marty got us a few pictures.
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Congrats again to Black Loon on the MNR announcement of a $430,000.00 grant to assist in their operations. The Minister of Natural Resources, David Ramsey was on hand to make the announcement along with David Orazietti.
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Sault Steelers on finishing 3rd and making it into the play-offs.

Condolences To:
John & Tracey McCulloch on the passing of Tracey's Mother.

The August Birthday Club:
Randy Deschamp - August 5th
Derek Morin (Kim) - August 10th
Marty Moore - August 11th
Kevin Caswell (Terry) - August 14th
Dave Watson - August 17th
Melissa Bruni - August 18th
Daniel Murphy (Craig) - August 18th
Sara Hyde (Bob) - August 21st
Caden McLeod (Blair) - August 24th

Mike Moore & Sons Construction's Current Donation Status

2007 Donation Goal	100
Donations to Date	49

August Clinic Times
Tuesday, August 7th, 4:00 to 7:45 PM
Wednesday, August 8th, 12 noon to 2:30 PM and 4:00 to 7:45 PM
Thursday, August 9th, 9 AM to 11 AM

Tidbits
Heat, Heat and more Heat. Let's make sure we are all drinking plenty of liquids when working outside. On the jobsite water is the beverage of choice!!! AND for those ugly cooking pans that you burnt in your oven or BBQ, fill you pan with water and add a Bounce fabric softener sheet and let soak overnight. It will clean like a diamond and sparkle just the as brilliant.

Nothing again. Should be looking for a ghost writer or a replacement?

I would like to personally thank the Minister of Labour, Steve Peters for coming to the Sault to present us with the attached certificates regarding our National Safety Award. It was a very enjoyable time and we had a good discussion on safety issues. Thanks to David Orazietti for his help too. It was great to have them attend the BBQ and do some trap shooting.
We heard a rumour that Dave Helwig and Minister Peters used to pack groceries at their job together many years ago. Is this true Mr. Helwig?

Many of you may have heard that Frank Bruni is leaving Mike Moore & Sons. That is correct and we will all miss him. Frank brought a lot of experience and knowledge to us and he also brought us EdgeBuilder. I would personally like to thank Frank and try and talk him into staying, but I know his mind is made up. We all wish him good luck in his new venture. And Frank, don't be a stranger, drop in for a visit from time to time.

Here is something to think about from The Daily Motivator, Ralph Marston:

Excellence is not itself a skill. Excellence is an attitude that greatly multiplies the value of all the skills you have.
Excellence is certainly within your reach. All you have to do is make a firm commitment to it, and then stick with the commitment.
Whatever you have the opportunity to do, choose to do it with excellence. Invest your passions, your commitment, your attention to detail, your thoroughness, your persistence and excellence will be the result.
Not everyone fully appreciates excellence. However, those people who do value excellence are the ones you would be wise to have on your side.
The effort you put into creating excellence will pay off many times over. Excellence can be difficult work, and that work will be richly rewarded.
No matter what kind of work you do, you can always use it as an opportunity to create excellence. With excellence comes a richness of life that grows stronger as time goes on.

Fern completely forgot to mention the Company Scholarship Program for Employees Children in our July newsletter. She will be checking into which employees have children who will qualify. Once she has that info, she will be contacting the employees. Please feel free to contact her and advise if your child is continuing their post secondary education.

At the time of writing this newsletter, I saw the news that Local 2251 and Algoma have reached a tentative agreement. I can only hope that this means there will not be a strike. I hope the members accept the agreement and we can all get on with our business.

I just had to include a picture of a biker's event that Ken James recently attended. I happened to click a shot of two of his "Biker Buddies." Hey Gill, when is Ken buying you one of these outfits?
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