Issue #88, July, 2010

Estimating
We are still waiting to receive the approval to proceed with this building. We have been informed that it will be awarded to us but we are not too sure when. The entire project is on hold right now. The Co-Gen and OPG have apparently come to an agreement and we hope to be back on site soon.

Nothing new to report on the 100,000 square foot building for a former client is still moving ahead. It has not been cancelled and looks quite promising. They are doing their business plan and due diligence and I believe that they have found a site.

We are pricing a small repair shop for the Matachewan mine site near Kirkland Lake. We priced an 81,000 square foot pre-engineered steel building in Sudbury, supply and erect only and are working with a client for some out-of-town mini storage buildings.

We are also working with a solar power company who wanted pricing on three different styles and sizes of Steelway buildings. Can't say too much right now but this could develop into a very nice project.

Things are still pretty quiet for the Estimating Department, hopefully they will pick up soon!

New Employees
Nothing to report here.

Becker Cogeneration Biomass Storage Building

Unfortunately, nothing has changed other than what was stated in the Estimating report above. We hope to have things back in gear with a few weeks.

Becker Cogeneration Building and Equipment Foundations

As mentioned above, we hope to be back to work soon.

Ellsin Environmental Tire Recycling Plant

Ken C (KKC) has this job motoring along now. With help from Bob, Gerry B. and Craig. They got the slab formed and then DMC placed the rebar. Batman Plumbing did the underground plumbing rough-ins and Permanent Electric did theirs. Ontario Concrete Finishing placed and finished the slab on June 17th. Ken now has Jason (the original), Ryan and Bob erecting the Steelway building. They are hoping to have the building closed in by early August.

Blind River Public Works Buildings, Sal-Dan Developments

Most of the structural steel for all three Steelway buildings has been erected. Dwayne's crew consists of Terry, Trevor, Justin, Jerry C, Tyler, Cris, Len, Glen, Tyson and John B. They have installed the entire liner panel on the Works Garage and Sal-Dan's crews are working on the inside of that building. Dwayne tells us that the structural steel erection for all three buildings is at 98%. The roofing on the Public Works building is also at 98%. He will be starting the siding in early July and hopes to be complete by late August.

Adler Moving Warehouse

This project should be complete around the middle of July. The Steelway building has been erected and Super Sid is working on the interior with Jorge. The south wall has a fire resistance rating and requires heavy gauge liner panel with mineral wool insulation. Advanced Interior Contracting has framed the metal stud walls for the office area and the mechanical and electrical rough-ins are underway by DNM Plumbing & Heating and Permanent Electric. General Contracting had to excavate a few soft spots in the parking lot and repack them due to the large amount of fill on the site.

Praxair T900 Oxygen Plant

KKC is still on site with Andy, Mike M. and occasionally Craig and Gerry B. General Contracting has been on site preparing for the Cold Box foundation. Our guys are now beginning to form it and DMC will install the rebar. KKC was held up slightly due to the delayed delivery of the 3" HI-60 rigid insulation that goes under the Cold Box. They also formed and poured the Analyzer building slab. They poured the BLAC compressor foundations a while ago and the 28 day of the 30 MPa specified concrete came back at 46 MPa! KKC's crew is also installing liner panels and doing wall openings. The Cold Box pour has 230 cubic metres of concrete and is scheduled for early July. Sorry, no pictures this month.

Northern Credit Union
Wayne, along with Donnie, Scott and Randy are installing the millwork for Black Loon Millworks. They should have it completed by early July. They just finished up installing all of the millwork at the new Marriott Fairfield Inn and it looks fabulous!

Place des Arts, Hearst, Ontario
We are also installing some wall paneling and millwork in Hearst for Black Loon. Wayne and Scott G went up for a week and laid out the paneling and installed some of it. Randy and Scotty went back up and installed the rest. Wayne wants to take all of them up in July and finish the job completely.

Ryan and Zak have completed the first level of Carpenter's Apprenticeship Schooling at Cambrian and have returned to the Sault. Jorge will be doing his first level in August at North Bay.

We held our All Employee Safety meeting on June 17th. We had to set it up in our back shop area as we could not book a conference room at the Great Northern Conference Centre due to their renovations and the Water Tower Inn was all booked for graduations. It worked out well and we reviewed several new safety policies. Bob did a short presentation on our new Workplace Harassment and Violence policy. Sorry, we forgot to get any pictures.
No report this month.

CONVENTIONS & SOCIAL EVENTS
The annual Harvey Buchan Memorial Golf Tournament is scheduled for Friday, August 6th. I guess Tim will be taking that day off.

The July Birthday Club:
Black Loon Millworks July 4th, 4 years
Craig T July 3rd
Jerry C July 23rd
Tyler S July 24th
Wayne S July 31st


Mike Moore & Sons Construction's Donation Status

2009 Donation Goal 50
YTD Donations 24
Total Donations (Total donations since joining Partners for Life) 257
Lives Saved 771

JULY CLINIC TIMES
Tuesday, July 27th 4:00 pm to 7:15 pm Verdi Hall
Wednesday, July 28th 11:45 am to 6:00 pm Verdi Hall

I will be making my 50th blood donation on the 27th and I am quite excited about it.

Canadian Blood Services sent me the current stats for 2010 year-to-date and I thought I would pass them along. NEON stands for Northern, Eastern Ontario and Nunavut.

        Year to Date Year to Date
  NEON Totals June Target June Actual Target Actual
  Whole Blood 8,406 7,825 24,536 22,149
  Platelets 474 496 1,383 1,531
           
  National Totals        
  Whole Blood 77,801 74,626 231,318 218,269
  Platelets 3,438 3,688 10,093 10,940
  Plasma 5,014 4,809 14,271 13,721


Tibits

Fern would like to remind all employees about our Annual Education Fund for their children attending post secondary institutions this fall. Signs have been posted in the shop and office area. If your child is interested in applying please contact Fern or the girls in the office. Deadline for submissions is Tuesday, August 17th.


AND Here is another good one from Shauna.

A hooded robber burst into a Texas bank and forced the tellers to load a sack full of cash.
On his way out the door a brave Texas customer grabbed the hood and pulled it off revealing the robber's face.
The robber shot the customer without a moment's hesitation.
He then looked around the bank and noticed one of the tellers looking straight at him. The robber instantly shot him also.
Everyone else, by now very scared, looked intently down at the floor in silence.
The robber yelled, "Well, did anyone else see my face?"
There are a few moments of utter silence in which everyone was plainly afraid to speak. Then one old man tentatively raised his hand and said, "My wife got a pretty good look at you."

We now have 627,204 man hours with no Lost Time Injuries (LTI) or a total of 4,329 days. We only have 372,796 man hours (up to July 3) to go to reach our goal of 1,000,000 accident free hours.

Hey John Hollingsworth, I am late with the newsletter again! Better late than never. I had to fly to Toronto on June 25th for an OGCA Board of Director's meeting and I had to catch the 5:50 AM flight from the Sault. I met John in the security area prior to boarding at Gate 1. It just so happened that I had the window seat and John had the aisle seat right beside me. We had a great conversation on the way down and that is when John mentioned that he thought I must be busy as the newsletters were coming out late!

I was speaking to Dan Scott of Scott Steel Erectors who told me he was going to B.C on a fishing trip. It appears that he did quite well as you can see from the pictures he sent me.
Photos:
Photo #1 | Photo #2

Fern and I along with Barney, Storm and Coors the cat flew into our Tribble Lake Resort on June 29th for the July 1st long weekend. Our mission was to build the floating dock so that Air Dale's float plane would have deeper water for the floats. We brought in all of the galvanized dock hardware and started the dock the next day. I soon discovered that the dock hardware was for 2x8's and that I was shorted 100 bolts plus the bolts that they gave me to bolt the floats on with were too short, that made things much more interesting. Although the dock was only 8 feet square, it weighed a bit more than I thought but with some help from Fern and Stormy, we managed to launch it. Once it was in the water we chained it to the existing dock crib and proceeded to deck it. We put the decking on temporarily as we will have to remove the decking next time up in order to finish off bolting the hardware and try to bolt the floats to the dock. (As you can see from the pictures, we have them tied on with nylon rope for now) The dock is not as nearly as stable as I expected and we will have to add legs next time up. The new dock worked fairly well as the floats are now in 4 feet of water.
Photos:
Photo #1 | Photo #2 | Photo #3 | Photo #4

Hey JR, where are the French fries that you were feeding to the fox?