Project Report: Burnaby Office
Rick Station, Office Manager

The Vancouver Convention Centre is still in full swing. The Eastern Part of the Convention Centre has started erection and is about 90% completely connected and detailed. The Western part of the Convention Centre model is being updated per meetings with the Architect and Engineer. Wojtek Jablkowski and his crew have now been working on this project close to 18 months with at least another 9 months to complete the West.

The 4600 ton Sprint Center in Kansas City for Schuff Steel Midwest is 100% detailed and out for Approval. John Chai’s crew is in the final stages of clean up this month and looking forward to new challenges. Thanks to Earl Horton at Schuff Mid-West and Paul Devereax at Mortenson. It has been enjoyable working with you both.

We are finally receiving connection designs we have been waiting for on the 40,000 ton Goldman Sachs Headquarters in New York City for DCM Erectors. It was a struggle in the beginning getting connections but now it is full steam ahead. Ken Mussato and Tony Han’s crew are putting in a large amount of extra time to help DCM in getting this project back on track. We really do appreciate the effort.

Dowco has been awarded from Bechtel Power Corporation the 10,000 ton Sandow Power Plant. Sanjay Prasad, with help from Steven Chang, is heading up this project. There are no Engineering drawings supplied, just a completed model c/w sample connection ready for Dowco to connect and detail.

Dowco has also been awarded another project from Bechtel Power Corporation; the 120,000 Ton TXU Power Plant. There are 6 Boiler Structures identical and 2 more slightly different. Alan Ng from the Burnaby office and Mark Sencich from our Toronto office are our point people. On this project, Dowco has received a connected model ready for drawing extraction. This new project will be headed by Sanjay Prasad with help from John Chai and his crew.

The Panama Museum of Biodiversity has hit another snag and at this point is back on HOLD. Hopefully this Frank Gehry Project will get underway in the New Year.

The North American economy seems to be humming along quite nicely and everyone in the industry I have talked with is busy right now. These signs are very encouraging for 2007. Let us hope this trend will continue.

The Burnaby office staff along with all of our other offices is getting into the Christmas spirit with its generous donation of non perishable goods for the Food Bank. I would like to thank Kirsty Newlands from the Langley office for organizing this again. We are very pleased to be able to help out less fortunate families especially at this time of the year. I do wish everyone a prosperous 2007 and from my family to yours, we wish every one a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.