Estimating
GoodLife Fitness Club in North Bay is moving ahead with the structural, mechanical and electrical designs underway. Mike has been involved with this project to date and Blair will now come on board as the Project Manager.

Mike is still working on the secret island project. There is a fair bit of research and leg work to do before we can even begin pricing this project.

We were the low bidder on the Canadian Tire Stores in Deep River and Hearst. The projects involve the erection of a 38,000 square foot Steelway building and both jobs are identical. Foundation work is underway and we are scheduled to be on site in Hearst by the middle of February. We have 8 weeks to have the buildings closed in. The Deep River project will follow about one or two weeks behind. Dwayne and Mike are looking for a small army of erectors. Tim will be the Project Manager on both of them.

Still waiting to hear some news about the Praxair T-900 plant. We are quite sure that it will have to proceed this year, Mike and Tom are still giving Praxair budget pricing on various items.

Tom is negotiating with our client for a project in Nobel. This project looks like it will proceed in early spring and there may be two more identical jobs, one in Timmins and one in Kirkland Lake. The budget for Nobel is about $1.6 million with close to 1,200 cm of concrete and a control building.

Tom is still waiting for the word to proceed from ASI on the bent foundations. He bid the ASI Cold Mill slab, No. 6 Blast Furnace Welfare Room Renovations and a small building with a 10 ton overhead crane for EPTCON and picked up the small job with Tenaris for the Hot Mill Operator Pulpit renovations and this job has started.

Mike's is still working on the Mini Storage complex. He submitted a tender for the supply and erection of two 40' x 60' Steelway buildings at CFB Borden and is still waiting for the results.

Blair submitted a price on the small renovation job at the Goulais River LCBO and got smoked. Blair's price was $59,800.00 and the low bid was $39,695.00. Sorry Sid, nothing close to home.

Ken is working on the East End Husky Station tender for the complete demolition and re-build. The budget on this one is $8 million and it closes on February 28th. Ken has also been working with Mike on a local restaurant and pub renovation but this one is top secret for now.

The Chateau Georgian Retirement Residence addition in Timmins is still on our radar as well as an office complex in the Sault.

Mike and Blair met with Dave Morrison (Mike's cousin) from Corporate Contracting on January 29th to review several local bank renovations plus one in Sudbury and one in Mindemoya. We gave Dave a tour of Black Loon Millworks and then took him for lunch.

We are still working on budget pricing with PGG and may have to take a road trip (flight) to their office in the U.S. to finalize negotiations and scheduling.

Tom is in negotiations with the Croatian Hall for their addition on Second Line. It appears that they want to get going right away.

New Employees
Fern and Dwayne have been on a tear interviewing quite a few possible new employees and have hired eleven of them so far, yes I did say eleven! Welcome to Andy M, Jorge S, Jeremy L, Glen M, Tyson D, Josh M, Jeff R, Paul D, Lance B, John B and John D. Things are be a wee bit busy as we are usually laying guys off at this time of the year. This is the first time that we have hired in January! And I think Dwayne has a few more to hire yet.

OPP Forensic Lab

Wayne has Donnie, Jerry C. and Jorge trying to finish up. They are installing the millwork, washroom partitions and accessories, shelving, doors and hardware. Most of the flooring and ceramics are complete. Ideal Colour has worked a few weekends doing the epoxy spray. Nova Steel has finally shown up and they are now installing the exterior siding. ADT Security is on site installing the security wiring with Phase Four Electric. We didn't make our January 31st completion date as we are still waiting for approvals on a large number of outstanding change notices and change orders. ORC promised to get us all of the approvals, but that did not happen. We are now hoping to be complete by the end of February other than the items we have to do in the spring. Mark Gignac, MOL Inspector, did an inspection on January 16th and was concerned about the fumes from the epoxy painting. Wayne wrote a JSA for this procedure. Wayne is really looking forward to getting onto another project; this one has worn him down. Wayne is thinking another Nipigon type project is looking good about now.

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Collegiate Heights Retirement Home Addition

KKC, Randy, Andy M. and now Lance B. are hard at work installing windows and doors; they have started the demolition in the link. They were also doing a lot of snow shoveling and removal thanks to Mother Nature and the blizzard we had. KM Construction has most of the building completed and are working on the mansard roof. City Wide Electric, DNM Plumbing, Ideal Colour and Henderson Metal are all working on various floors doing rough-ins and Ideal is doing metal studs, insulation and vapour barrier. MJM Roofing is scheduled to begin the roof installation very soon. CB Home Installation has had our safety orientation and is now installing the Typar and insulation; they will begin the siding as soon as it arrives. Mark Gignac of the MOL did an inspection on February 1st and everything was ok. This project is moving along nicely and the Owner is quite pleased with our progress.

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AELP Co-Gen Foundations

John M. and his crew consisting of Mike M, Bob H, Gerry B, Craig T, Chris M, Wayne M, Nick M, Scott G, Andy B, Dan M, JR S, Jeff R, Calvin D, Jake M and Jake K have been pouring a large quantity of concrete this past month. The total poured on this job to date is slightly over 1,000 cubic meters. Formwork for the turbine table top continues and the pour has been scheduled. Our crew has also been working on duct banks, construction joints for the floor pours, the transformer foundation and walls, the Demin tank foundations, various curbs and all sorts of other things. Jamie, Chris and their crew from Ontario Concrete Finishing have poured several slabs this past month with help from Nick, Andy and Gerry. Clinton is now doing the EdgeBuilder daily reports with John's input and has taken over the invoicing. This project should be completed some time in May. John is getting help from Mike M and both of them are doing an excellent job. Scott G took over took over at the end of the month as John and Mike were off site, thanks Scott.

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Kenworth Truck Centre Building, Sudbury
Jason, Terry, Tyler S, Ryan, Justin, Chris and Len started the month of January out installing the roofing and insulation. They completed the roof on January 10th and even got it seamed. Then they moved inside to start the insulation and liner while a few guys worked on completing the exterior trim and gutters. Chris and Terry returned to the Sault to work on other projects and Jason's remaining crew has been working on the interior insulation, vapour barrier and wall liner. The Sudbury Building Department has to inspect and approve each bay prior to the liner installation. I believe Jay's crew hasn't been complaining too much about the weather now as they are inside. Jason hopes to have this project completed by the first or second week of this month and he's been doing a great job as our Super and the guys are making him proud. Hey David, when will you be ready for the other three buildings you keep telling us about?
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Howard Avery Construction Building
Dwayne has been overseeing this job from the field and in the office, in between scheduling our crews, interviewing new employees and doing Job Performance reviews with Fern. He had Phil, Tyler M, Trevor and Wayne M working on the erection. He has since sent Wayne M into the Co-Gen and traded him for Scooter, brought in Terry (the roof boss) and new hires Joe F (from the Co-Gen), Jeremy, Tyson, Glen and John B now that he has started the roof. Scooter is very pleased with being on this job as he does not like the Co-Gen jobsite. Terry has made him the new "Roof Boss." Most of the siding has been completed and we have started the roofing. The north and east walls have a W605 fire rating and require ceramic fibre tape installed on the face of the wall girts which has proved to be fun with a strong wind. The roof has proven to be fun as well and no work took place during our recent blizzard except when Phil and Dwayne had to fasten a loose piece of roofing down. Mark Gignac from the MOL continues to make his regular site inspections. Sterling Cranes (formerly Coopers) must now complete a Risk Assessment form prior to doing any work on any site. Dwayne assisted the operator with the form. Dwayne is hoping to be complete on this project by the end of February or early March. The crew would like to have the building closed in soon so that they can work inside too. Phil's now the foreman on site as of Feb. 4 as Dwayne has moved to the Tenaris site.
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Tenaris Algoma Tubes Oil Storage Building
We finally got this slab poured in early January, what a nightmare it was! DMC had to finish the rebar on the morning of the pour, Lafarge's plant had computer problems that morning and things did not go real smooth. Ontario Concrete Finishing managed to persevere and got the job done. Great job guys! Our temporary "tent" was a good idea at the time, but it did give us a lot of grief. The Steelway Building was delivered on Feb. 4 and our erection crew commenced. Dwayne, Terry (the roof boss) along with Chris P, Paul D, Josh M and John D will be erecting this building.
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Pollard Banknote Renovations
Sid and his crew consisting of Sid, have now completed this project and the Owners are very pleased. Great job Sid and make sure you congratulate your crew. Advance Interiors, Henderson Metal, Red Star Electric, the S & T Group, Vipond Fire Protection, Soo Mill and Black Loon Millworks have all done an excellent job. Since the Pollard employees were working in the warehouse, Sid gave them all our Safety orientation and informed them that they would all have to have a current WHMIS card. Mark Gignac from the MOL was on site January 17th to do an inspection. Mark inspected the scissor lifts on site and informed Sid that as per OHSA 213 1991 144 8 (f), "ensure that elevating work platforms have signs that are clearly visible to the operator at its controls indicating the name and number of the National Standards of Canada to which it was designed." Both Red Star and Advance Interiors lifts did not have the stickers and they had to rectify this deficiency. Mark also asked to see verification that all of Red Star's employees had proof of qualifications. Since we were almost done, Pollard Banknote took over as the Constructor and took out a Notice of Project in their name. Final Touch did the final cleaning and the final inspection took place on January 28th with only a few minor deficiencies.
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Brookfield Clergue Generating Station
Since Sid has completed the Pollard job, we gave him a small job at the Clergue GS. He had to form and pour a transformer containment curb and supply two steel beams. Ken McLellan gave him some help.
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CTC Store Erection, Hearst
We will be starting this job on February 18th in the tropical climate of Hearst in Northern Ontario. We highly recommend all employees working on this jobsite pre-tan before departure to Hearst. We are a subcontractor to Current Construction from Ottawa. We will be erecting the 38,000 square foot Steelway building complete with insulation, interior liner panel, a Garden Centre roof and the front entrance canopy. The foundations are currently being poured and we hear that the temperature is hovering at a balmy minus 35 Celsius. CTC would like the building weather tight within 6 weeks but we anticipate it will take us about 8 weeks. Tim is the PM on this project and has been busy booking rooms, cranes and manlifts. More on this one next month.

CTC Store Erection, Deep River
This project is basically the same as the one in Hearst; the crew will have their tans and we no concerns about sun, wind chill factor is another issue. Tim is also the PM on this one and Dwayne has been struggling to get our crews lined up. This project will start about one to two weeks after the Hearst project and they will both be going at the same time. We are a subcontractor to Weiscor Construction from Port Albert. More on this one next month as well.

As promised last month, attached is our Safety Survey comparison from 2005 and 2007. We find these Safety Surveys very useful and if your company is not doing them, you strongly recommend that you commence. Some of the results could really open your eyes to potential safety issues that can be corrected.

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""Safety is the most productive business"

We are planning on sending three employees to the CSAO Construction Health & Safety Rep Training, Part One (5 days) in February. It will be held at the Construction Association's Training Room. It is our company's goal to have all of our employees take Part One as a minimum standard.

We have also put in a request to CSAO for Part Two, Health & Safety Sector Specific as we have several employees with Part One and some still require Parts Two and Three (Core Simulated Hazard Analysis) to become fully certified.

With all of the new employees that we have hired, we are now scheduling a Manlift Training course with Rick Wilson of Construction Equipment. We will be putting six men through this course at present, with five more to follow later.

Ken James had 11 guys in our Training Room on Saturday, January 19th for our MMS Safety Indoctrination; they were prospective new hires. We are waiting for the "New Worker" hard hats from the SSM Construction Association and continue to use our corporate designated green ones for our "New Workers".

Tim wrote his Gold Seal Certified Project Manager's exam on Friday, January 25th and we are all wondering how he did; he will have the results in 4 to 6 weeks. And Rick Thomas, Tim says to get the heater fixed in your Training Room, he just about froze! We certainly hope he didn't get "Brain Freeze"!

We had Mr. Bob Hunt, Safety Trainer from Tenaris Algoma Tubes in our Training Room on Tuesday, January 29th to put on the Tenaris Safety Orientation for 14 of our guys including Mike Moore himself. Thanks Bob.

Our MMS Safety Committee met in January and has made a few changes. Donnie Coventry has stepped down as the Chair and JR Shuttleworth will now assume this role. Randy Deschamp will take over as Recording Secretary and Nick Moore will become Vice Recording Secretary. The Committee has also set their meeting dates for 2008.

Conventions & Social Events
The Sault Ste. Marie Construction Association held its 46th Annual General Meeting on Thursday evening, January 24th and at this event celebrated its 50th Anniversary. Rick invited as many Past Presidents that he could locate and everyone appeared to have a fabulous evening. We had Keith Berriman of the CSAO present the 2007 Health and Safety Awards to Mike Moore & Sons and the S&T Group. Bruce Caughill announced the naming of the SSMCA Training Room, it will now be called the "Ronald M. Elliott Meeting Room" in honour of the late Ron Elliott; Les Elliott accepted this presentation and recognition of Ron's commitment to construction in Sault Ste. Marie.
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Congratulations To:
Mike Moore & Sons Construction for being awarded the SSMCA Health and Safety Award for 2007 for 100,000 man hours and under. Congratulations to all of our team at Mike Moore & Sons, excellent job guys and keep up the safe work.

S&T Group awarded it for over 100,000 man hours, great job guys!
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The February Birthday Club:
Ken Coventry February 1st
Katie Coventry (KKC) February 2nd
Marg Moore (Mike) February 2nd
Scarlett Marenger February 2nd
Alyssa Perry (Wayne) February 3rd
Marion Frank (Fern) February 4th
Cooper Coventry (KKC) February 7th
Steve Roberts (Fern) February 9th
Ken Stitt February 15th
Riley Coventry (Donnie) February 17th
Breanne Biagini February 18th
Devon Phillips February 21st
Mitchell Coventry (KKC) February 24th
Len Beaudin February 27th
Bob Wood February, day not disclosed

Mike Moore & Sons Construction's Final Donation Status

2008 Donation Goal	100
Donations to Date	N/A

FEBRUARY CLINIC TIMES
Tuesday, February 12th, 4:00 pm to 7:45 pm
Wednesday, February 13th, 12 noon to 2:30 pm and 4:00 to 7:45 pm
Thursday, February 14th, 9:00 am to 11:00 am

Tidbits
A Christmas baking recipe from Kim Morin (better late than never).

Christmas Cookie Recipe
1 cup of water 1 cup of butter
1 tsp baking soda 1 cup of sugar
1 tsp of salt 1 cup of brown sugar
Lemon juice 4 large eggs
1 cup of nuts 2 cups of dried fruit
1 large bottle of Crown Royal

Sample the Crown Royal to check quality
Take a large bowl, check the Crown Royal again to be sure it is of the highest quality. Pour one level cup and drink it.
Turn on the electric mixer. . . Beat one cup of butter in a large fluffy bowl
Add one teaspoon of sugar. . . Beat again.
At this point it's best to make sure the Crown Royal is still OK, try another cup. . just in case.
Turn off the mixer thingy.
Break two leggs and add to the bowl and chuck in the cup of dried fruit.
Pick the frigging fruit off of floor. . .
Mix on the turner.
If the fried druit gets stuck in the beaterers just pry it loose with a dewscriver.
Sample the Crown Royal to check for tonsisticity.
Next, sift two cups of salt, or something. . . who giveshz a sheet.
Sanple the Crown Royal again.
Now shift the lemon juice and strain your nuts.
Add one table.
Add a spoon of ar, or somefink. . . whatever you can find.
Greash the oven.
Turn the cake tin 360 degrees and try not to fall over.
Don't forget to beat off the turner.
Finally, throw the bowl through the window.
Finish the bottle of Crown Royal
Make sure to put the stove in the dishwasher.

Hey Bobby, during our blizzard on January 30th I had to use my Chevy Truck to tow a Town & Country tow truck that was stuck. The tow truck driver said that we could send them an invoice for towing but I just really wish I had my camera with me. What a lovely picture that would have made for you to hang over the lunch counter! Close your eyes, see a vision of my gorgeous Chev pulling out Sterling; now then close your eyes again and ... only wish a Ford could do the same!

We have been informed by the fellow that plows out parking lot as to where we should be parking overnight so that he can do a proper plow job; this is neither his first request nor mine to all parties involved. Some of you did not open the e-mail message and the plow truck guy made his point as you can see by the pictures.
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On the day of the recent blizzard (Jan. 30) only Blair, Mike, Dwayne and Phil made it into work; Fern and I called everyone else and told them to stay home. Fern came in at 12:30 after I had to pick her up; she's no longer "blond" and prefers that "grey look" and that day it worked for her. It was an extremely ugly day and driving was unbelievably dangerous, better to be safe than sorry. John and some of his crew made it in to the Co-Gen and worked inside. For me it was a good day for catching up on paperwork and the phones rang minimally; not sure if that was because of the weather or our Samsung system that Echotech installed is not worth…..

Dwayne, as previously mentioned, has been very to extremely busy. To make things worse for MM&S, Dwayne and Kim will be attending the Steelway Builders Annual Conference. This year it is in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic from February 23rd to March 1st. We really feel so sorry for them as we know how much Dwayne wants to be in Hearst erecting the building, Kim NOT! Perhaps Dwayne will provide us with some pictures for next month's newsletter.