AWMAC Sounding Board Spring 2016 Publication pdf

Spring 2016
Inside This Issue:
Polybois
Architectural
Millwork: Making
history with
Videotron Centre
project
Executive
Millwork: The Taylor
Centre for the
Performing Arts
Canmore
Woodcrafters
Bets on Quality,
Sustainability
Woodlogix
Interiors: MaRS
Phase 2 for Ontario
Public Health
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What’s inside
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4 Message From The President
6 Feature
Polybois Architectural
Millwork: Making history with
Videotron Centre project
10 Innovative Shinnoki and
Querkus Panels Give
Appearance of Solid Lumber
12 Feature
Executive Millwork: The Taylor Centre
for the Performing Arts
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Cover
The Taylor Centre for the Performing Arts,
by Executive Millwork
18 Feature
Canmore Woodcrafters Bets on
Quality, Sustainability
22 Feature
Woodlogix Interiors: MaRS Phase 2
for Ontario Public Health
26 Chapter Updates
Photos: Executive Millwork, Heavy Industries, and CANA
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Message From The President
The Atlantic Chapter invites
you to beautiful PEI
2016 AWMAC
CONVENTION
I Hope to See You at our
Annual Convention in P.E.I.
June16-18, 2016 Charlottetown, PEI
W
elcome to the 2016
Spring issue of The
Sounding Board, which
will showcase the hard
work and efforts of our members and
chapters by highlighting our recent
events and accomplishments.
• The Architectural Woodwork
Manufacturers
Association
of
Canada (AWMAC) has been hard at
work promoting our Architectural
Woodwork
Standards
(AWS)
Edition 2 and our Guarantee and
Inspection Service (GIS) in print
advertising, at industry trade shows
and lunch and learn seminars.
• Our chapters continue to celebrate
our members’ accomplishments
with Award presentations.
• The Manufacturers Standards
Questionnaire has been fully
implemented for the current
AWS and for most chapters is a
requirement for membership.
• AWMAC is currently involved
in
updating
the
woodwork
specifications in the National
Master Specifications and the
Canadian National Specifications.
• Most chapters have participated in
AWMAC’s Apprentice and Student
Cabinetmaking Contest and each
chapter’s winning cabinet will be
judged in the National finals.
Prince Edward Island—one of those
destinations that draws you in. It’s small
in stature, but rich in heart. This island
delivers experiences in a way that’s
uniquely theirs.
Highlights
Golf—One of Canada’s top ranked courses
The Links at Crowbush Cove
Network with Industry Professionals
Carlo DeFrancesco
AWMAC members will gather in
Charlottetown, PEI June 16-18, 2016
at the 47th Annual Convention and
Annual General Meeting.
To find more information on local
chapter and national events and
seminars, please visit www.awmac.com.
For an announcement about the next
woodwork standard that is currently
being developed, I invite you to visit
www.awmac.com/naaws-standard.
AWMAC members will gather in
Charlottetown, PEI June 16-18, 2016
at the 47th Annual Convention and
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Annual General Meeting. Be sure to
register early and attend this event
with AWMAC members from coast
to coast. Come and enjoy a ‘lobster
bake on the beach’ with your fellow
industry partners.
AWMAC would like to thank
our Sustaining Partners, BLUM
Canada,
Hardwoods
Specialty
Products and Richelieu Hardware,
and Supporting Partners, Festool
Canada, Formations, Grass Canada,
Upper Canada Forest Products and
WEINIG HOLZ-HER, for their
support in making this issue of The
Sounding Board possible.
— Carlo DeFrancesco,
President AWMAC
Lobster Bake on the Beach
Anne of Green Gables bus tour
Cooking Lessons at the
Culinary Institute of Canada
President’s Ball—with an Atlantic flair
Host Hotel – Rodd Charlottetown Hotel
Partners’ Showcase Trade Show
Boat & Walking Tours
Experience the“Island Way”.
Visit www.awmac.com for more information and to register.
For more information contact [email protected]
or call (902) 422-1886.
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Polybois
Architectural
Millwork:
Making history with
Videotron Centre project
I
t’s not an exaggeration to say the
new Videotron Centre (Centre
Vidéotron), a new indoor arena in
Quebec City, Quebec, is a point of
great civic pride for area residents.
Since it opened last September, the
18,259-seat arena is Quebec City’s
primary venue for indoor events and a key
component of its efforts to once again be
home to a National Hockey League team.
It’s a stunning building and no
wonder Luc McCutcheon of Polybois
Architectural Millwork is extremely
pleased and proud his company has played
such an important part in its creation.
“I am very proud of this project,”
McCutcheon says. “It’s a huge success
and everything worked out very well for
everyone involved in its construction and
it has been very well received by the public.”
The new Quebec City coliseum
is a modern and innovative facility
featuring unique architecture and has
been a unifying and motivating project
for all those who have had the chance
to participate. And McCutcheon says
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it is one of the few public projects he
knows of that has come in on time and
under budget, a real feather in the cap
of Quebec City officials, especially its
mayor, who set out to prove that such a
thing is possible.
Manufacturers Association of Canada’s
Quebec Chapter, the arena ticks off
another major milestone, as it is its first
GIS project.
It is also a good example of the
exploration of new trends and, by
Polybois has experienced steady growth right
from the start thanks to investments in its
infrastructure and the acquisition of the latest
cutting-edge machinery.
“This really was the first public
building that has come in under budget
in a very long time,” McCutcheon says.
“And it is such an important project for
the community, not only is it the largest
project in Quebec City for decades,
but it is a modern facility that shows
everyone what the next generation of
auditoriums can be. It’s a real showcase
for the community.”
Also, for the Architectural Woodwork
extension, the integration of various
materials including wood acrylic, quartz,
solid surfaces and metal.
Polybois used $2 million in materials
and dedicated some 18,000 shop hours
to production and another 8,000 hours
for installation for its part of the facility.
McCutcheon says they built 80
corporate lounges, a lounge club, one
VIP lounge bar, all VIP bars, ticket
counters, the press gallery, lockers and
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The company was founded in 1971 by
Marcel McCutcheon, and his son Luc
McCutcheon took over in 2002.
In 1993, after his university
studies in industrial engineering,
Luc McCutcheon began working
at Polybois as a student during the
hospitals and social services facilities.
The company currently employs
about 85 at its 80,000 sq. ft. plant.
Always trying to stay ahead of
the pack, Polybois has been able to
create projects that not only create
new trends, but also apply the latest
environmental requirements.
Polybois is one of the first millwork
companies certified by the Forest
Stewardship Council (FSC®) for its
management of its primary resource:
wood. And they specialize in the
construction of sustainable projects
that respect the latest energy and
environment standards of the Leadership
in Energy and Environmental Design
(LEED®) system.
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Polybois
summer periods. Following his
graduation, he was named director of
operations from 1993 to 2002 and was
then promoted to general manager. He
became chairman in 2014.
Polybois has experienced steady
growth right from the start thanks to
investments in its infrastructure and
the acquisition of the latest cuttingedge machinery.
They specialize in the manufacturing
of high-quality custom architectural
projects in the commercial and
institutional sectors and have done
projects at colleges and universities,
department
stores,
casinos,
performing arts centres, museums,
courthouses, office buildings as well as
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two bunker suites at ice level behind the
benches and countless vanities and a lot
of casework.
The entire project took around 20
months - from September 2013 to June
2015 - to complete and McCutcheon
says the bidding process alone lasted two
months and then there were another five
months for engineering and drafting as
well as a mock up of the project that took
another month.
Actual production took eight months
and the installation was completed in six
months.
“It was a challenging project,”
McCutcheon says because it included
a lot of different materials.
“And we used 3D modulation
software for production and installation
management and set up just-in-time
production in order to coordinate with
other contractors on site.”
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Innovative Shinnoki and
Querkus Panels Give Appearance
of Solid Lumber
T
he Silicon Valley region is
home to countless high-profile
technology
startups.
That
success is fueling the construction of
ultra-luxury residential homes in the strip
between San Jose and San Francisco.
Pushing the design boundaries of this
ultra-luxury market is a new $37 million
estate with its seven bedrooms, eight
bathrooms, a fitness and massage room,
a home theater, a guest house and a sixcar garage. This grand home features
two new architectural wood panel
lines, Querkus and Shinnoki, made by
Decospan a Belgian company.
Shinnoki and Querkus panels use
veneers composed on Decospan’s
patented mix-matching technology
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that gives the panels the appearance
of solid lumber without the typical
disadvantages and challenges of using
reclaimed or re-purposed wood.
The architect of this spectacular
house was Arcanum while much of the
interior was designed and manufactured
by the high-end architectural millwork
and custom cabinetry company
CalCase. They were seeking a semicontemporary look, a fusion of
traditional and modern elements.
While the exterior of the house is rather
traditional, the interior design is very
contemporary. They maximized the
use of natural materials throughout the
house with wood as the central ‘warm’
design element that stood in contrast to
colder industrial materials like marble,
paint and acrylic.
All the cabinets, vanities, tables and
other woodwork in the house was
custom made. CalCase chose to use
Shinnoki and Querkus architectural
wood panels for most of the furniture
and architectural woodwork based on
the unique use of veneers, textures and
colors found in these panels. CalCase
became believers in the advantages of
Shinnoki and Querkus such that they
plan to use them in new homes currently
in construction in West-Hollywood,
Beverly Hills, Los Angeles and again in
Atherton.
Shinnoki is a line of premium
architectural wood veneer panels that
come pre-finished. The 17 widely
differing designs have been put together
to cover all kinds of styles, from classical
to trendy. In the Atherton house, CalCase
used the Manhattan Oak, Desert Oak
and Midnight Ash references from the
Shinnoki collection on no less than 15
different vanities, an office desk, various
coffee and bedside tables and in custom
closets. CalCase reported that they
loved working with Shinnoki because
the designs are beautiful and the natural
product is very consistent. In addition,
and because it’s a pre-finished panel, it
avoids the typical bottleneck of most
woodworking shops, the finishing room,
and thereby increases through-put and
operating efficiency.
Querkus is a collection of semifinished wood veneer panels, all using
European White Oak as a base for their
creative designs. Querkus provides
three very different looks: Natural,
Vintage and Smoked. These looks are
enhanced with textural treatments such
as light or heavy brushing, and five
different scratch patterns, plus plain.
Our featured house used Querkus
Natural Adagio for a dining table
and for kitchen cabinets. The deadflat finish combined with the heavy
brushing gave the furniture a very
natural look.
Both Querkus and Shinnoki products
are distributed in Canada by Hardwoods
Specialty Products.
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Executive Millwork:
The Taylor
Centre for the
Performing Arts
Photos: Executive Millwork, Heavy Industries, and CANA
T
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he Taylor Centre for the
Performing Arts, part of the
Mount Royal University
campus in Calgary, really
is a spectacular building and Executive
Millwork’s Rodney Roll indicates that
projects such as this are a once-in-alifetime opportunity. The complexity,
intricacy of design, and integrated
acoustics make this a unique project that
our entire team is very proud of.
Roll has always had a passion for quality
work and wood, and eventually that
passion led him to start his own business.
As a journeyman trained carpenter
by the age of 21, Roll started his career
working for other companies where
he credits learning from other great
tradesmen and seeing firsthand what
being in the business is all about.
“Early in my career, I worked with
a number of different people and I was
able to learn a lot,” he says. “I did a bit of
everything, right from building houses to
dry-walling, finishing work, and building
cabinets.” So when the local economy
slowed down in the early ’80s, Roll
decided to set out on his own. He started
his own company and one thing led to
another resulting in a company which
specializes in custom millwork with a
focus on commercial interiors.
Today, Executive Millwork employs
between 50-60 people at its 30,000 sq.
ft. Calgary facility where they create
fine custom woodwork with distinction
- from design, to build and installation.
Executive Millwork is customer focused
and committed to excellence delivering
high quality competitively priced
millwork solutions.
Executive Millwork has been an active
member in AWMAC since 1992. At the
recent Southern Alberta AWMAC Awards
they received GIS Project of the Year
Award for overall excellence in quality and
service on this GIS specified project for the
MRU Performing Arts Centre.
The Taylor Centre for the
Performing Arts
The newest performing arts venue in
Calgary and the largest teaching facility
in the country, the $90.5-million Taylor
Centre for the Performing Arts is a oneof-a-kind building.
Designed by Pfeiffer Partners Architects,
SAHURI + Partners Architecture Inc.
(local Architect) and constructed by CANA
Management Ltd., along with sub-trade
partners including Executive Millwork
and Heavy Industries, the centre is designed
for everything from music education
and rehearsal space to a state-of-the-art
concert hall.
The project was made possible
through donations as well as funding
from all levels of government and a very
significant, $21-million donation from
the Taylor family. Their generous gift is
reflected in the facility’s name as well as
the naming of the 787-seat Bella Concert
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The two-storey, 95,000 sq. ft.
facility features a number of custom
components that make it one of the
premier theatrical and teaching spaces
in North America. From the structure,
to the acoustics, to the finishes, no part
of this project was conventional.
The shape of the building features nonrepetitive angles, protruding structures
and distinctive curves that led to a number
of unconventional approaches being
explored for both exterior and interior
components. The shape was actually
designed and constructed to resemble
an old barn, tying it both to its prairie
home in Alberta and the original Mount
Royal University campus in downtown
Calgary, which was barn-shaped. The
concrete and structural steel building
contains a number of wood features on
the interior of the facility predominately
incorporated for aesthetic and acoustic
properties but also complementing the
building style and tying it to the prairie
theme of the Centre.
While the prairies were an underlying
theme, the building also has a modern
flair and finding the proper balance was
key to delivering the architect’s vision.
Due to the limitations posed by
the structure and specific aesthetic
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requirements, a number of unique
applications
were
necessary
to
accommodate the various acoustic
features of the Bella and Ensemble F
room, among other areas. Through a
design-build process, a custom wood
and steel hybrid solution was developed
for the principal acoustical reflectors in
the Bella. The reflectors were a defining
architectural feature. Heading in to
Ensemble F, the wood acoustic paneling
intersects from each end of the room
into the center of the space where it
resembles a star.
With regard to the millwork scope
Executive Millwork worked on two
separate contracts, the first with Cana
Construction to supply and install the
general millwork which included the
cabinets in numerous training rooms,
over 200 solid core doors, solid Cherry
base trim and walls caps throughout the
95,000 sq.ft. facility, a large movable
cherry wall in the General Purpose
room, solid Cherry hardwood trims
and wall caps around the stage and
throughout the Bella Concert hall,
and the acoustic wall and ceiling
paneling in the Ensemble F concert
hall. The second contract was with
Heavy Industries. Executive Millwork
was hired by Heavy Industries for our
expertise in veneering, to apply the
veneer to the profiles using a vacumn,
and to provide a quality shop finish.
Bella Concert Hall
The Bella Concert Hall is the central
heart of the Taylor Centre for the
Performing Arts. In the Bella, the main
acoustic reflector is shaped like a rose,
in tribute to Alberta’s wild rose, the
provincial flower.
Heavy Industries worked with Pfeiffer
Partners Architects to help finalize the
design and to provide leadership with
respects to fabrication.
Ultimately
Heavy was responsible for the curved
panels at the back of the stage, the
panels hanging from the ceiling (the
rose), the panels that line the balconies
(with embed lights), the structural steel
that holds everything in place and for
working with the acoustical technician
on the final tweaking and adjustments
of the panel orientation necessary to
ensure that the Bella Concert Hall
would be a world class performance
space that would attract musicians from
all over the world.
The one-of-a-kind wood and steel
rose canopy is comprised of a plywood
frame in filled with fiber reinforced
concrete to achieve the mass required
acoustically suspended and secured
to the base building with a steel
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substructure. These components were
vacuum pressed with flat cut American
cherry veneer, rich and vibrant in
color and grain. Four large cherry
veneer logs were hand selected by the
architect and design team to ensure it
met the stringent standards of AA grade
according to ANSI/HPVA, set by the
design team. This careful selection of
the veneer ensured consistency in color
and grain structure across the entire
project. Each piece of the reflectors was
carefully engineered for fit and integrity
by Heavy Industries and the veneer was
cut and sequence matched for color and
consistency then assembled, vacuum
pressed into the sections, and finished
by Executive Millwork.
To compliment the rose canopy, all of
the conical shaped balcony fascias in the
performance space were manufactured
in multiple layers to achieve the acoustic
mass of eight pounds per sq. ft. with
the final layer also cherry. Wall caps,
base trims, as well as the acoustic doors
completed the elegant interior detailing.
Sound absorption and reflection were
considered in the selection and assembly
of all of the wood components. The doors
feature acoustic batting and insulation.
The building has achieved its
sustainability targets and is on track to
receive LEED Gold Certification for its
environmental responsiveness, energy
efficiencies and material sections.
Roll says the project presented a
number of challenges, especially the
installation, as they had to work with, and
frequently around other trades on site.
“For instance, at times, when we
were installing the solid cherry cap that
fit around the steel supports, welders
came in afterwards to add additional
supports and the drywallers were also
still working on the walls while all of
this was happening.” Roll says. Given
the complexities of the design and the
architect’s exacting vision Roll praised
his estimators for their process and
understanding of the work involved.
Executive
Millwork’s
production
manager, Steve Vanhell, confirms that it
was a very intricate project and it took
a great deal of collaboration between
Executive Millwork and Heavy Industries
to come up with the right approach.
“There was a lot of back and forth
between us to come up with the process
behind fabricating these panels,” he says.
“Even after we thought we had
come up with the optimal approach we
ended up evolving our process to make
it better and more efficient. From the
vacuum lamination of the veneer to
the packaging, shipping and storage of
each module, we had to think about and
collaborate on every detail,” he says.
“The project required many intricately
designed acoustical panels of varying
sizes that form the balcony fascias,
choral loft wall, rose canopy, and ceiling
reflectors that are affixed to the top of the
Bella Concert Hall. These cherry-veneer
panels are attached to a substantial steel
sub-frame and filled with lightweight
glass-fiber reinforced concrete (GFRC)
– the heaviest of which is about 2,000
pounds. They are suspended above the
stage and seating, and were installed by
Heavy Industries in smaller, manageable
pieces, using a combination of electrical
hoists and rigging,” says Vanhell.
“Our responsibility was the veneer
lamination and finishing of all the
acoustic components, this included the
choral loft panels, the rose canopy, the
balcony fascias and the parterre walls.
All of the wood faces were sequence
matched cherry veneer with a clear
lacquered finish.
“Working with the complexities
and executing a world class piece of
art that also serves a function is what
makes us so proud of being part of this
project,” Vanhell says. Roll says he is
extremely proud of his team and how
they collaborated with Heavy Industries
and Cana Construction to excel at this
beautiful project.
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Canmore Woodcrafters
Bets on Quality, Sustainability
B
rian Salzgeber grew up playing
in sawdust and working in the
family business, but for several
years after he graduated from high
school, Canmore Woodcrafters – the
company founded by his parents Ernst
and Sandra Salzgeber - was not his first
priority. In fact, for a while, he wanted
nothing to do with it.
“I took several years off after high
school, I enjoyed skiing a lot so I focused
on that and other things, and not the
family business,” he says.
“I worked as a ski patroller, did
avalanche control and all kinds of other
Early years
Ernst Salzgeber immigrated to Canada
from Switzerland in 1974 where he
met his wife Sandra who was raised in
Richmond, B.C. Ernst Salzgeber is a
trained cabinetmaker, but he is also an
excellent skier/climber, and when he
first came to Canada from his native
Switzerland, he start working as a
cabinetmaker right away to help build
the Cariboo lodge, Canadian Mountain
Holidays second Heli Ski lodge. Today
CMH is the largest heli-skiing operation
in the world. After this very busy year he
worked as a mountain guide for several
“I did my apprenticeship and worked
my way up to foreman and now
I run the company with my dad.”
— Brian Salzgeber
outdoorsy things, but eventually I
realized that I really did like the business
and that I needed to take care of my
family and so now, I guess you could say,
I’m all in,” Salzgeber says with a chuckle.
In fact, after he came back to Canmore
for good in 2005 to re-join the company,
he never looked back.
“I did my apprenticeship and worked
my way up to foreman and now I run the
company with my dad.”
And talking to him it’s easy to see
how proud he is of the company and
everything it stands for. “I love coming
to work everyday, it’s a passion to make
quality things and make them the right
way, sustainably.”
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years in both summer and winter.
So, given his fathers’ passions, it’s easy
to see where Brian gets his love for the
outdoors and the business.
Ernst and Sandra Salzgeber established
Canmore Woodcrafters in 1979 and
incorporated in 1980, occupying a
600 sq. ft. garage. As Brian put it, they
basically bought a house, built a garage
and then started their business there.
Founding the business on the
principals of exceptional craftsmanship,
attention to detail, experience, honesty,
and timeliness has resulted in continual
steady growth. Today, the company
employs some 17 people and occupies
12,680 square feet (1,700 sq. ft. of office
space and 10,980 sq. ft. of shop space)
of a building located in the Elk Run
Industrial Park of Canmore.
“We are committed to provide the
highest quality custom-made product
from design to creation. We value our
customers and our goal is to provide them
with the most experienced, dependable
service and quality workmanship,” says
Brian Salzgeber.
“We thrive on building things that last,”
he says. “If you get a cabinet made or a piece
of furniture, and you take care of it, then it
should probably last longer than you.
And Canmore Woodcrafters cares
about the environment, a lot.
They work hard to reduce their
carbon footprint and recently invested
big money for a completely automated
system that collects and stores all sawdust
collected from their machines as well as
all of their cutoffs and paper/cardboard
recycling in a system that heats the
entire building.
“It was always my fathers vision to some
day have a system that uses all of our wood
waste and recycle or reuse it. So when we
needed to get a new CNC we also had
to upgrade our dust collection system
and that’s when we started exploring our
options,” Salzgeber says.
Their search eventually led them to
Airmax Air Purification Systems which
is a dealer for Agaard, a Danish company
that is one of Europe’s leading and most
technological advanced companies in the
area of dust collection equipment.
Their system uses variable speed motors,
straight piping (no corrugated pipes)
which saves energy, and eco gates that are
installed at every machine and controlled
so that the system uses the minimum
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entire building, which is home to other
businesses as well.
“There is no point shipping two bins
of sawdust to Calgary every week,”
Salzgeber says, “we wanted to run our
business sustainably and now we recycle
everything we can and it’s working really
well. We only create half a pail of garbage
a day for the entire shop.”
As to the CNC that started them on
this venture, Salzgeber said they ended
up going with IMA, which designed, and
built a one-off, 5-axis, two-table router
according to their exact specifications.
“We don’t have a lot of room, so we
needed to come up with a very specific
solution tailor-made for our shop so
that’s what we did,” Salzgeber says.
“We went to Europe and looked at a
lot of machines. We wanted a 5x10 flat
table and a 5x10 pod rail table and when
we couldn’t find that, we had this one
made just for us.”
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amount of power at any given time.
“If a machine of not being used, the eco
gate closes and we save energy because
the motors only provide whatever suction
is needed at the time, so it dramatically
cuts down energy use,” he says.
Our search for a wood burning system
led us to Fink Machinery which was able
to supply and install the latest in wood
waste reduction, and heating systems
from Europe.
Salzgeber says it was a work in progress,
it took them a full year to sort everything
out and they had to expand their facility to
create storage for additional equipment to
make and store wood bricks, but eventually
they figured it all out. Now everything
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is automated, collection, grinding, brick
making and storage, and then automated
feeding of the bricks to the boiler when
they need heating. And the boiler is also
state of the art; burning so hot it only emits
steam and creates very little ash.
“This was not a quick fix, it is not cheap
and it will take some time to recuperate
our investment, but this is the right
solution, especially since it addresses our
desire to reduce our carbon footprint.
It’s not really all about money, you want
to make sure you are doing the right
thing, and it makes you feel good.”
This was their first winter using the
system exclusively and not only have
they heated their own facilities, but the
“We build virtually everything under the
sun,” Salzgeber says.
“From entire house packages and
residential custom kitchens to a single
heirloom dining room table.”
We do what our customers want us to
do and we work all over the place.”
Over the years that has meant
jobs in Canmore, Banff, Lake Louise,
Jasper, Calgary, Edmonton Cochrane,
Bragg Creek, Fernie,Vancouver, Victoria,
Toronto, even in Hawaii, and projects
ranging from the aforementioned
heirloom dining room table all the way
to commercial millwork installations for
resorts, hotels, restaurants, lodges and
retail stores.
“And we can replicate just about
anything you see and from many different
woods, so we are able to customize
anything you want and help you design
and build your dream piece of furniture
or complete project.”
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Woodlogix
Interiors
MaRS Phase 2 for Ontario
Public Health
W
oodlogix Interiors is a multiaward-winning
interiors
and architectural millwork
company that provides high quality
architectural millwork solutions to the
Greater Toronto Area and Southern
Ontario.
When Diamond Schmitt Architects
were tasked to provide architectural
design services for Public Health Ontario’s
new Toronto public health laboratory at
MaRS Phase 2, they once again called
on Woodlogix Interiors to look after the
millwork portion of the project.
Founded by Tariq Syed with his
sons Omer and Farhan, Woodlogix has
established a long history of excellence.
Tariq Syed initially got started in the
business via a store fixtures company he
founded in Mississauga, which continues
operating today.
He semi-retired before starting a new
shop with his sons in the specialized field
of architectural millwork. Omer Syed
is a graduate of McMaster University’s
engineering and management program
as well as from the DeGrootes School of
Business, MBA program. Brother Farhan
Syed also graduated from McMaster
University’s engineering program and
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Sheridan College’s CAM/CAD institute.
The brothers joined their father in 2004
to build the new business — Woodlogix
Interiors — from the ground up.
MaRS
MaRS Discovery District in downtown
Toronto is a not-for-profit corporation
founded in 2000 with the goal to
With an overwhelming majority of our
work being done in the downtown core,
our work has reached nearly every block
of the core of the city.
With Tariq’s insight and experience with
manufacturing processes and procedures
and Omer and Farhan’s engineering
background, they were able to quickly
establish and grow the new business.
“The uniqueness of our work keeps
things interesting and fresh and demands
that we innovate on a daily basis,” says
Farhan Syed.
“The MaRS project was just a largescale example of the wide range of work
we have pushed through over the last 1213 years. With an overwhelming majority
of our work being done in the downtown
core, our work has reached nearly every
block of the core of the city.”
commercialize publicly funded medical
research and other technologies with the
help of local private enterprises and turn
them into a viable business. MaRS brings
together educators, researchers, social
scientists, entrepreneurs and business
experts under one roof.
Syed says they are incredibly proud
to have been part of this project, which
is not only known around the world,
but also so unique that, although
Woodlogix is in the business of doing
just these kinds of special projects, he
doesn’t expect to ever see another one
quite like this.
“We have often been recognized for
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Project Partners
Thom Pratt, DSAI (Diamond Schmitt Architects Inc.) for working with his
team on the unique designs.
Derek Kalverda, Pro-Ply Custom Plywoods Inc. for partnering with us
to facilitate the architect’s specific requests for veneer on this project
(particularly for the locker doors). Diamond Schmitt Architects Inc. went to
Pro-Ply and supervised the selection of veneers themselves for this project.
Definitely a time consuming and difficult task since the specifications were
very exact and detailed.
Uzair Faruqui, student engineer at McMaster University – Farhan Syed’s
apprentice who worked tirelessly with him, especially with preparing
testing programs to establish exact tolerances for the feature walls. He
was entrusted with ensuring the CAM/CAD files were accurate for all 8000
inserts.
Our Project Team: Farhan Syed (Project Manager & Design Engineer);
Omer Syed (Project Manager)
our strength in projects specialized in
veneers and solid surface manufacturing,
but to combine all that with the diversity
of materials on this unique project is an
accomplishment we are very proud of,”
Syed says.
Woodlogix Interiors was invited to
price the job by multiple contractors
including EllisDon, who they had
just recently completed the Sick Kids
Research Tower with. DSAI (Diamond
and Schmitt Architects Inc.) were also
the architects on both projects. The lead
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architect for the Mars2 project, Thom
Pratt, was also previously involved in the
Sick Kids project.
So it turns out that all parties had
worked together previously on one project
or another, and re-united on this project.
Incidentally, Woodlogix’ first AWMAC
award was for the aforementioned Sick
Kids Research Tower in 2013.
“This was a GIS inspection project - our
first for a project of this size,” Syed says.
“Even though we as members of
AWMAC are familiar with its standards,
the process involved to complete the GIS
Program was new.
“Working with AWMAC through
the process opened our eyes to how the
industry bar has been raised and we were
proud to have been a part of it,” he says.
“And during NDP leader Tom
Mulcair’s Ontario tour during the recent
elections, we were fortunate to have him
visit our shop and run our CNC machine,
kind of. We showed him our awards and
also shared with him the work AWMAC
and its GIS Program are doing to raise
the standards of Canadian manufacturing
in the architectural woodworking field.”
The great challenge on the MaRS
project was the level of work and testing
that had gone into making the ‘SARS
Virus feature walls,’ a living and standing
engineered piece of art.
The design was chosen as a reminder
of the SARS crisis of 2003, which is what
led to establishing Public Health Ontario.
Four different images of the SARS virus
at increasing magnification were used on
the feature walls. The top floor represents
the highest magnification.
The installation is constructed of 8,000
durable, non-porous, brushed stainless
steel cylinders and coloured matte
acrylic Lucite disks. The combination
of wood, veneers, solid surface, metals,
plastics, acrylics (both mirrored and
coloured), stone, glass, adhesives were all
components that needed to be understood
in relation to each other in order to achieve great results on
the final project, Syed says.
Mock ups and testing was necessary to ensure that this mix
of materials worked well on the project. He says perfecting
the process took a long time, but in the end “resulted in a lot
of smiles.”
Each wall was 12' in height x 30' in length on each floor (4 floors
in total), with pre-machined holes to receive inserts that had to
be exactly placed and adhered together safely and seamlessly.
The walls were white and the challenge with seaming it
onsite without any reveals, apart from the sheer size of the
panels and the panels being installed vertically (drip), was
that white adhesive can very easily pick up dust from the
surroundings and show in the glue joints.
“We had to build an enclosed space to protect our 12' panels
from the dust,” Syed says.
And there had to be great precision in the machining. The
anchoring methods for the inserts and tubes were tested
and re-tested to finally design a method of anchoring them
with the appropriate adhesives to ensure the rods and tubes
were perpendicular post-installation. This required a lot
of patience and multiple iterations and techniques until all
parties were satisfied.
The inserts, were half stainless steel rods; half stainless
steel tubes in four different sizes; each size could be any of six
coloured acrylic and mirror insert or two different coloured
solid surface. They were manufactured of a layer of mirrored
acrylic and a layer of coloured double-sided anti-reflective
GS sheet cell cast acrylic, fused together without having the
adhesive visible.
“One of my favourite parts of the project are the locker
doors,” Syed says. “There is a top and bottom door that is
uniquely shaped and the grains on the doors all match. With
rows of 50-75 lockers together they are very beautiful to look at.
Altogether, Woodlogix dedicated 15 people to this project,
from manufacturing to installation and project management.
Fabrication and installation of the entire project was being
done simultaneously and took approximately seven months to
complete. Each of the four floors had similar components and
was treated as one phase that took approximately two months.
The 17th floor (the main reception area included), took at
least a month longer for the library/reception area that was
unique to this floor.
The feature walls were not part of the individual floor
phases, but were completed in three separate phases. Most of
the millwork was manufactured and installed between April
2014 and Jan 2015.
“The great thing about this business is seeing a
challenging project come together and transform a space,”
Syed says. “We believe that millwork is the icing on the
cake, the ‘wow’ factor, and it’s that special touch that drives
us to exceed our customers’ expectations every time we get
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Atlantic
The Atlantic Chapter is a busy place these
days. Planning is well underway for the
AWMAC National Convention and Annual
General Meeting (AGM) to be held in
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. Our
event planner and AGM committee are ‘nose
to the grindstone’ to produce a quality event
for our membership and guests from across
Canada. The ‘ducks’ are starting to line
up nicely so I’m confident that no one who
attends, will be disappointed. Please refer to
complete Convention and AGM information
in this edition of The Sounding Board.
Atlantic Community College woodworking
students, after several years of absence, are
back to participate in the AWMAC National
Apprenticeship Contest for apprentices
and students in cabinetmaking being held
in April. Community College’s CCNB
Campbellton, New Brunswick; CCNA Port
aux Basques, Newfoundland/Labrador;
and NSCC Pictou, Nova Scotia will be
entering students to compete for Atlantic
recognition. The winner will compete in the
national event in Manitoba. Good luck to all
the participants.
The AWMAC Atlantic executive is
getting a bit of a makeover this year as a
couple of our ‘stalwarts’ are retiring after
many years of chapter service. Weldon
Thomas is currently the GIS representative
for the Atlantic Chapter and a member of
the national GIS committee. He is retiring
from the post this June after four years of a
two-year term to be replaced by JR Perry
of Nova Wood. Andrew Milburn is the
current Atlantic president. He is retiring
from the post in June, after many years as
secretary, vice-president and president and
will be replaced by Tim Pedersen of Rodney
Enterprises. Scott McVittie is currently
the Atlantic director to the BOD and was
AWMAC president from 2013 to 2015. He
is retiring from his post this June after 9 years
of a two year term, to be replaced by Steve
Blight of Provincial Lab Systems. Weldon,
Andrew and Scott have been a key part of the
governance of our chapter since its inception
in 2001 and their departure from the
executive really marks an important moment
in the evolution of the Atlantic chapter. The
good news for the chapter is that none of
them are retiring from Atlantic chapter life,
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but merely turning the reins over to some
new blood. They and their companies will
continue in the background as mentors
for the new crowd. Many thanks to these
individuals and Atlantic looks forward to
working with the renewed executive.
The Atlantic GIS program continues
to grow and evolve. Atlantic is embarking
on its first GIS project in Newfoundland/
Labrador. That province has always been
included in the AWMAC Atlantic family,
but because of distance and the isolation,
that an island (overnight ferry trip) creates,
the chapter has had difficulty establishing
strong ties. A GIS opening occurred this
spring when a Halifax based architecture
firm specified GIS for a civic center in Nfld.
and the GC, working with AWMAC, is
supporting the GIS program. Still a work
in progress but a hopeful sign. The other
milestone is the chapter’s first GIS Furniture
project. The chapter was approached by
a municipal design firm to oversee a large
custom furniture order that they are putting
out to tender. Again, a work in progress,
but another avenue for the program. After a
slow start to GIS year, projects are starting
to flow in and Atlantic is looking forward to
a busy GIS year.
AWMAC Atlantic will be presenting to
the CSC Conference delegates that are
gathering in Halifax for their AGM, in May.
Also in May, we will also be presenting to
AANB (Architectural Assoc. of NB). After
a year of many Lunch and Learn sessions in
the architect’s offices, Atlantic is turning its
focus to presenting to the core associations
that govern the specification materials used
in the architectural industry.
Another year and lots to do………
Atlantic wouldn’t have it any other way.
– Drew Parks
Atlantic Chapter
British Columbia
B.C. is a vibrant chapter with an amazingly
diverse cast of characters who all bring
different life experiences, perspectives
and abilities to the table. Our chapter has
grown, it has matured, it has changed and
all the while it has strengthened.
We have arrived where we are today as
an association because of the hard work of
dedicated volunteers, staff, directors and the
generosity of our membership. As a chapter
we have enjoyed many successes, including:
• More than 16 years of stewardship
under the watchful eye of our Executive
Director Moira Rowan.
• Contributing to and adopting the most
widely accepted set of woodwork standards
in the world.
• Strengthening of our annual Awards of
Excellence to the point where it draws an
audience of 300 people to celebrate the
very best in architectural woodwork.
The local industry is thriving, the projects are
interesting and the strong US dollar is once
again benefiting many of our manufacturer
members. Times are good indeed and we
have much to be thankful for. It is not,
however, a time for rest or complacency.
The one constant in life is change and we are
staring at the following uncertainties:
• The reality that our Executive Director
will step aside in the not so distant future.
• The three-way partnership between
AWMAC, WI and AWI that created the
AWS manual has ended and AWS Edition
II will be the last collaborative effort of that
partnership for the foreseeable future.
• A decline in GIS revenue that is affecting
our ability to expand our education and
marketing efforts.
In April the board and executive will meet
to clarify our vision for moving forward.
We’ll be asking ourselves four questions:
• Why do we exist? Our purpose and
fundamental reasons for operating.
• How do we behave? Identify the core
values that guide our decisions. • Where do we want to go? Specific goals
we will achieve over the next decade.
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• How will we succeed? Identify the strategy
that will bring our purpose to life.
With those answers we will create an action
plan. What is most important to do, who
will do it and by when. This association
is only as strong as our combined efforts
and the sum of our contributed energy.
Stopping to reflect for a moment will help
us to refocus. We can be 100% certain that
it will take all of us working together to
build a stronger association, and in turn, a
more resilient industry. I am excited to be a
part of that journey and I look forward to
sharing it with you. – Martin Berryman,
B.C. Chapter President
Manitoba
The Manitoba chapter is a group of 22
members that meets regularly on the
second Tuesday of every month for a lunch
meeting. The meetings are well attended
to discuss the business of the chapter. The
manufacturer owners usually meet after
the regular meeting to discuss matters
of mutual concern. At the April meeting
Wes Heibert was nominated to be the next
national Manitoba director to the AWMAC
National Board.
Wes will be taking the place of Harm
Hazeu, who will be completing his term
in June.
The annual Christmas dinner was held
in late November at the Niakawa Golf
Club, the meal and service was excellent.
This year the entertainment was provided
by couple of local improv actors that did a
great job including the audience. A good
time was had by all.
The annual manufacturers vs. suppliers’
hockey game was held in March at a local
hockey rink. This year’s game was a close
contested game with the suppliers winning
the game 4-2. Refreshments and food at
local restaurant followed afterwards.
The local apprentice/student contest was
held at the Red River College cabinet shop on
April 2 this year. Once again there was great
support from the local suppliers this year. A
huge “thank you!” has to go out to Dormond
Industries, Finmac Lumber, Formations,
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Goodfellow, Hettich, McKillican, Richelieu,
Robert Bury and WhiteWood for their
continued support.
This contest has produced three national
apprentice contest winners in the past
five years.
The AWMAC Convention in 2017
will be held in Manitoba. The convention
committee has met several times and has
booked the location and the main venues.
Planning continues to provide another
great convention. Look forward to getting
more information in the future.
– Harm Hazeu,
Manitoba Chapter Director
Northern Alberta
It has been an extremely busy few months
for our chapter, starting this winter
with some big changes in the executive
committee. Dan Zacharko stepped down
as president and Joseph George stepped
down as vice president. Both long-time
AWMAC members were excellent leaders
of our chapter and their time invested
and dedication are greatly appreciated.
Newly appointed in their positions are
Kevin Balicki from Formations who
takes over the role of president and Ric
Ptak of FP Innovations as vice president.
Karl Abrahart from Simonet Woodwork
has also been elected to our executive
committee.
In January we held our first Northern
Alberta AWMAC Awards of Excellence
Ceremony. Hosted at the Northern Alberta
Institute of Technology (NAIT), the event
was a huge success and celebrated the
incredible talents that our design members
create and our manufacturing members bring
to reality. Winners of the evening were:
• Outstanding GIS Millwork – McMurray
Interiors
• Outstanding Millwork over $100k –
Madsen’s Custom Cabinets
• Outstanding Millwork under $100k –
FloForm Countertops
• Design Innovation over $100k – Ridell
Kurczaba Architecture & Interior Design
• Design Innovation under $100k – Wolski
Design Group Ltd.
• Outstanding Service Award – Paul Neyka
It was an incredible event and a fantastic
opportunity for our chapter to get together
and be recognized for our hard work
that we do throughout the year. We are
excited to build on this first ever Northern
Alberta event and look forward to this
event annually showcasing the amazing
commercial millwork done in our region!
Northern Alberta also showcased our up
and coming talent in the millwork industry
at the 2016 AWMAC Northern Alberta
Apprenticeship Contest. Participants were
put through a gruelling challenge that put
all of their education, training and natural
woodworking abilities on display. The top
three apprentices were;
• 1st Place – Andrew Spring – Madsen’s
Custom Cabinets
• 2nd Place – Curtis Ming – Cougar
Custom Cabinets
• 3rd Place – Daniel Burns – Madsen’s
Custom Cabinets
Congratulations to Andrew for taking
home top honours in this event and
congratulations to all of the participants!
Good luck to Andrew in the national
apprenticeship contest, to be showcased
at the national convention in June.
We are looking forward to seeing many
familiar and friendly faces at the 2016
national convention in Charlottetown, PEI
in June. Plans are already in place for the
2018 national convention which will be
hosted in Edmonton by Northern Alberta.
We hope to see as many of you as possible
at both fantastic events!
– Kevin Balicki,
Northern Alberta Chapter President
ontario
The year 2015 saw some changes to
AWMAC Ontario, the most notable being
the hiring of Laurie Suikki as the new
association manager. Along with her many
years of experience in the construction
industry, 15 of which were directly with
millwork, Laurie is dedicated and looking
forward to working with the board of
directors and all the members in expanding
the Ontario Chapter.
This past year saw an increase in the
number of Lunch and Learn seminars
given to the architect and design (A & D)
community. Ontario has been improving
upon our presentation and are proud
to announce that the seminar is now
accredited with IDC. Architects and
designers who attend our seminar earn one
(1) point towards their ongoing education
requirements. This credit earning potential
encourages the A & D community to learn
about AWMAC and our standards as well as
the GIS program. This increase in seminar
presentations also has a positive effect on
our membership, as many of the architects
and designers who participate in our Lunch
and Learn seminar, also become members.
AWMAC Ontario has also joined IDC as a
tier one industry member and are working
closely with IDC to expand our seminar
presentations.
The Ontario members feel that
engaging our younger cabinet makers and
millworkers is extremely important and to
this end we continue to donate manuals to
colleges. Humber College in Toronto is
the most recent institution that AWMAC
Ontario has donated twenty (20) AWS
manuals to, this March. The colleges are
also working jointly with AWMAC Ontario
to produce a student questionnaire that will
be integrated into their college program.
AWMAC Ontario had our AGM and
Awards night in February this year and
it was a great success. The AGM was
well attended and the cocktail reception
and dinner following was filled with new
faces and old friends. A great time was had
by all. Please visit our website for the listing
of all the awards winners and photos of all
those who attended.
Ontario’s GIS program although still
being specified saw little change or increase
from the previous year. However, thanks to
our members working with the association
manager, along with our push in education
to the A & D community through our lunch
and learn presentations we anticipate an
increase this coming year.
In 2015, AWMAC Ontario hosted events
including our annual golf tournament and
networking seminar and curling events.
The golf was well attended and is one of
the more popular events held by AWMAC
Ontario. The contract seminar and curling
event was well received and a ton of fun was
had on the ice!
– Laurie Suikki
Association Manager, Ontario Chapter
QUEBEC
Our 4th annual convention took place
in Victoriaville, Nov. 18-20. Close to 50
delegates enjoyed the different conferences,
workshops, industrial visits and the
annual general membership meeting
(AGM) organized throughout the event.
Participants particularly appreciated the
visit of Les boisés La Fleur Inc. plant and
the local woodworking school (EQMBO).
The elections that took place during
the AGM, resulted in many changes in the
composition of the board of directors. The
newly elected board consists of:
President, Marc Desjardins (Menusierie
Mont-Royal); Vice President, Gilles Coté
(Expo Rénovation); Secretary-Treasurer,
Jean-Marc
Bolduc
(Commonwealth
Plywood Distribution), Past president &
National Director, Martin Boutet (Heritage
Architectural) and the following Directors:
Éric Allard (EQMBO), Pierre Contarin
(Richelieu), Martin Corbeil (Blum),
Claude de Lanauze (Hettich Canada), Luc
McCutcheon (Polybois) and Michel Percy
(Newtech Installation). We look forward to
their valued input and expertise.
We are in the middle of an active promotional
campaign for the GIS. Advertisements were
published in the Esquisse magazine, the
official publication of “l’Ordre des Architectes
du Quebec.” Also, various promotional
emails were sent to the design professional
community. The message sent was promoting
the benefits of the GIS, but also were inviting
architects to register for free training. This
has resulted in the organization of 20 Lunch
and Learns so far. More than 200 design
professionals have been trained to this day
and this campaign will continue throughout
the year.
The rest of the year will be very busy
for our section with multiple upcoming
events. Our 5th annual golf tournament
will be held on June 8, at the Acton Vale
Golf Club. We will be exhibiting at the
Contech Fair on Oct. 19, in Quebec City
and on Nov. 4, in Montreal. We will also
exhibit at the Canada Woodworking East
Show, which will take place at the Montreal
Olympic Stadium, Nov. 2-3. Finally, our
5th annual convention will be held, Oct.
26-28, at the Manoir St-Sauveur in the
beautiful Laurentian region. The program
will be available soon in the Quebec section
of the AWMAC website.
– Gaëtan Lauzon
Quebec Chapter Executive Director
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la 5e édition de notre tournoi de golf
annuel. Nous vous y attendons en grand
nombre! Nous serons exposants au Salon
Contech du 19 octobre à Québec et du 4
novembre à Montréal. Nous participerons
également en tant qu’exposant et
supporteur officiel, au Salon Bois Ouvré
de l’est du Canada, présenté au Stade
Olympique de Montréal, les 2 et 3
novembre prochain. Finalement, c’est au
Manoir St-Sauveur, dans les Laurentides,
que se tiendra le 5e Congrès annuel de
notre section, les 26, 27 et 28 octobre. Le
programme sera disponible bientôt sur le
site web de l’AWMAC.
– Gaëtan Lauzon
Section Québec Directeur Exécutif
Saskatchewan
While the Saskatchewan economy has slowed
some, our chapter has been busy!
We have had eight GIS projects for 2016
already, the most we have seen at once. We are
currently training and would like to welcome
Norm Barnes as our new GIS inspector.
A special thank you to Greg Warnock
and the Southern Alberta Chapter for
training Norm.
Our chapter set up a booth at the DesignEx
Show in November. The show was well
attended and the feedback was great. The
design community has been very supportive
of AWMAC and is very interested in getting
more involved with our chapter.
As our chapter continues to grow, we hope
to attract more members and plan more
events. We are hosting a golf tournament this
summer along with our first awards banquet.
Stay tuned for more information!
– Kasia Robinson
Saskatchewan Chapter President
SOUthern Alberta
PhotO: Harold Bergmann
SAIT Instructor
C’est au Centre des Congrès de Victoriaville,
que s’est tenu le 4e Congrès annuel de la
Section Québec, les 18-19 et 20 novembre
dernier. Une cinquantaine de délégués
ont participé aux différentes conférences,
ateliers et visites industrielles organisées
dans le cadre de l’évènement. La visite
de l’usine de Les boisés La Fleur Inc.
ainsi que des installations de l’École du
Meubles et du Bois Ouvré (EQMBO),
ont été particulièrement appréciées.
Plusieurs
changements
ont
été
apportés au Conseil d’Administration,
suite aux élections tenues lors de
l’Assemblée Générale Annuelle (AGA).
Notamment, la nomination d’un nouveau
président, Marc Desjardins (Menusierie
Mont-Royal), d’un nouveau VicePrésident, Gilles Coté (Expo Rénovation)
et d’un nouveau Secrétaire Trésorier, JeanMarc Bolduc (Commonwealth Plywood
Distribution). Le Président Sortant
& Directeur National, Martin Boutet
(Héritage Ébénisterie Architecturale)
ainsi que les Directeurs : Éric
Allard (EQMBO), Pierre Contarin
(Quincaillerie Richelieu), Martin Corbeil
(Blum), Claude de Lanauze (Hettich
Canada), Luc McCutcheon (Polybois)
et Michel Percy (Réalisations Newtech)
complètent le nouveau conseil.
Une
importante
campagne
de
promotion pour le Service d’Inspection
et de Garantie (SIG) est présentement
en cours. Des annonces ont été publiées
dans le magazine Esquisse, la publication
officielle de l’Ordre des Architectes
du Québec. De plus, différents envois
électroniques ont été diffusés aux firmes
d’architectes et de design du Québec.
En plus de faire la promotion du SIG,
les messages incitaient les Architectes à
s’inscrire pour des formations gratuites.
Ceci nous a permis d’organiser plus d’une
vingtaine de Lunch & Learn jusqu’à
maintenant. Plus de 200 professionnels
de la spécification ont été formés à ce jour
et cette campagne se poursuivra tout au
long de l’année.
Le reste de l’année s’annonce très occupé
pour notre section avec de multiples
évènements à venir. Le 8 juin prochain,
au Club de Golf d’Acton Vale, se tiendra
In January we had our regional board of
directors elections where we welcomed
in four new directors; Vice President
Dany Brodeur from Able Woodwork Ltd.,
Secretary Sarah Cantrill from The Glass
Guild, CCA Director Stephanie Roll from
Executive Millwork Inc. and GIS Director
Anna Lisa Lobello from Nick’s Woodcraft
Industries Ltd.
We are excited for the fresh ideas, valued
input and expertise they will all bring.
On Feb. 6, SAIT (Southern Alberta
Institute of Technology) hosted the
Southern Alberta Apprentice Competition.
This year’s event had a terrific turn out
with 15 competitors where their skills and
knowledge were put to task over a full day
of competition.
Thank you to all of the volunteers
who helped make the event a success
and a special thanks to SAIT and Harold
Bergmann for hosting this competition in
their facility.
The 19th annual Southern Alberta Awards
of Excellence is scheduled for April 1, we will
be celebrating the design and manufacturing
of interior woodwork completed by AWMAC
members with an evening of fine dining,
entertainment and awards. During the evening
we will also acknowledge our apprentice
competition participants and present four
$1,000 cabinetmaking scholarships.
As a chapter we continue our efforts to
inform and educate members, and nonmembers, to the benefits of AWMAC.
We also offer an informative Lunch and
Learn program, if you would like to book a
session, please email us at southernalberta@
awmac.com. – Rob Hodgins
Southern Alberta Chapter President
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