Exchange June 2006 Building Excellence Awards Feature pgs. 21-29

BUILDING
EXCELLENCE
HONOURED
Innovation and creativity – and a
heightened level of environmental
responsibility – are alive and well in
this region. On April 28, 18 innovative
construction projects – and the contractors
who built them – were honoured at
the annual Grand Valley Construction
Association’s Building Excellence Awards.
see story on page 24
PROJECTS OF DISTINCTION NOMINATED
FOR THE BUILDING EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2006
32 University Avenue East, Student Residence
Abraham Erb School
Arca Financial
Bingemans Funworx
Brick Brewing
Challenger Motor Freight
Dokis Elder Residence
Eclipse Automation Inc
Grand River Foods
Greentec Global Head Office & Warehouse
Hanson Pontiac Buick GMC
Home Hardware Office Addition Phase 3
& Parking Garage
Home Hardware Warehouse Phase 2
K-W Counselling Services Inc.
MTE
New Apostolic Church Canada - New Brampton Church
New Tim Horton's - Guelph
Open Text UW Research Park
Our Lady of Lourdes Church 2004 Addition
and Renovation
Region of Waterloo Airport Expansion
RIM 10
Six Nations Community Hall
St. Jacobs Country Playhouse
St. Mary's General Hospital Emergency Department
Stackpole Limited Addition & Renovation 203
Stanley Park Community Centre
The Elliot Home
Waterloo School of Architecture Cambridge
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2006 BUILDING
EXCELLENCE HONOURED
SEVERAL MULTIPLE AWARD WINNERS NAMED BY GVCA
BY PAUL KNOWLES
Challenger Motor Freight, Cambridge
ON APRIL 28, 18 innovative construction projects – and the contractors who built them – were
honoured at the annual Grand Valley Construction Association’s Building Excellence Awards.
Big winners included Gateman-Milloy Inc., with two honours including the new Challenger
Motor Freight terminal and headquarters, which has qualified for a LEED (Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design) Recognition, the first such qualification acknowledged by GVCA; Nith Valley
Construction, with three awards at the event; Melloul Blamey, which picked up BE awards in three
categories; and Ball Construction, honoured for three projects.
Other winners included PM Contracting, Academy Construction, SKC Construction Inc., Collaborative
Structures Limited, Protrend-Arrow Construction Inc., and Alberici Constructors Ltd.
Awards were presented in five categories: Commercial, Industrial, Institutional, Restoration, and LEED
Recognition. Eligible projects were required to have started after January 1, 2003, and have a posted
substantial completion by December 31, 2005.
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LEED Recogniton
The Challenger Motor Freight project has qualified for
LEED accreditation. LEED – which stands for Leadership
in Energy and Environmental Design – is a system which
precisely evaluates environmental factors in design and
construction. The system was originally developed by the
United States Green Building Council, and has since been
adapted in Canada by the Canada Green Building Council
as a means to define “a green building.”
The GVCA’s Martha George told Exchange that this marks
the first time a LEED recognition has been acknowledged as
part of the Building Excellence Awards. To meet the strict
LEED qualifications, a construction project must incorporate
healthy, high-quality and high-performance advantages
along with reduced environmental impact. Principal categories
involved in the evaluation include sustainable sites,
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The BE Awards honoured Challenger Motor Freight
for LEED qualification. Contractor was Gateman-
Milloy Inc., with the following team: Collins
Engineering, Demaiter Engineering, Elemental Interior
Design, MTE Consultants Inc, Robert J.Dyck
Architect, Albrecht Reinforcing Inc., Battlefield
Equipment Rentals, Knell's Door & Hardware,
Niagara Elevators, Spira Fire Protection Ltd., Winser
Enterprises Inc., Alliance Roofing & Sheet Metal
Ltd., Big D Welding Limited, Boehmers o/u Hargest
Block Ltd., Bond Masonry (Conestoga) Ltd., CCW
Inc., Cooksville Steel Limited, H.A. Madill Drywall
Ltd., Harold Stecho Electric Ltd, Hills Metalfab Ltd,
ICI Steel-Tech Inc., J Orrell Limited, K Seal, Kitchener
Glass Ltd, K-Seal, Provincial Window & Glass
Systems Inc, Twin City Tile Company Ltd. (All lists of
consultants and trades compiled by GVCA.)
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water efficiency, energy and atmosphere,
materials and resources, and
indoor environmental quality.
Gateman-Milloy Inc. worked
closely with the leadership team at
Challenger to meet the qualifications
for LEED accreditation. The overall
project included the design-build of the
57,000 sq. ft. corporate head office, two
other buildings including a Maintenance
Facility of similar size, and the
development of the 50-acre site at 300
Maple Grove Road in Cambridge. The
$15 million-plus project was completed
in November, 2005.
Key environmental features of the
project included a complete Geothermal
heating and cooling system which collects
the ambient ground temperature
at five feet below surface grade; a storm
water quality treatment system; and
extensive use of recycled materials.
In a letter supporting the Challenger
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Design-Build
Project Management
Construction Management
Tim Hortons at 138 Woodlawn Rd. W., Guelph
Industrial
Commercial
Institutional
BALL CONSTRUCTION INC.
820 Victoria Street North
P.O. Box 1202 Kitchener ON
Canada N2G 4G8
tel 519 742.5851
fax 519 742.6727
admin@ballcon.com
www.ballcon.com
Motor Freight project nomination, Challenger
Chairman and CEO Dan Einwechter
wrote, “Our project was, by its
nature, a very unique undertaking, with
three distinct, dramatically different
buildings on-site. The Gateman-Milloy
team managed, very effectively, the challenges
presented by our own site, the
buildings and not the least, the myriad of
government agencies that felt compelled
to interact with us, making our lives
more difficult. The Gateman-Milloy team
brought clarity to the mission and made
us feel at all times that they were representing
our best interest.”
Commercial Award of Excellence, up to $750,000,
went to New Tim Horton's, Guelph, by Ball
Construction Inc., with: Chamberlain Architects,
EME Group, McCavour Engineering Limited, S.S.
McCavour Structural Engineer, ACI Survey
Consultants, Bomar Landscaping Inc., Cambridge
Concrete Ltd., Dean-Thackeray Roofing Company
Ltd, Fred Kau Plumbing & Heating Limited, Kitchener
Glass Ltd, O'Brien Fabrications Ltd., Parcon
Construction, Rosmar Drywall Ltd., Spira Fire
Protection Ltd., Stoneview Masonry Limited, Tosca
Tile Limited, Victoria Electric of Kitchener Ltd.
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Commercial Projects
Five projects received GVCA Building
Excellence Awards for 2006 in the Commercial
category.
Ball Construction receives an
Award of Excellence in the “Up to
$750,000” classification for the new
Tim Hortons at 138 Woodlawn Road W.
Commerical Award of Excellence, $750,000 - $2 Million, went to Hanson
Chevrolet-Pontiac-Buick-GMC, by Melloul-Blamey Construction Inc., with:
Andrew Bousfield Architect, Collins Engineering, Johnson Engineering, MTE
Engineering, CMT Plastering Inc., Cooksville Steel Limited, George Masonry
Ltd, H & H Roofing & Sheet Metal Ltd., Kirlen Construction Inc., Kitchener
Glass Ltd, Overhead Door Co. of Kitchener-Waterloo, RCR Design Air
Incorporated, Shear Metal Products, Sousa Concrete, Stumpf Fire Protection,
Aves & Shaw Limited, Albrecht Reinforcing Inc., Boehmers o/u Hargest
Block Ltd., CRS Contractors Rental Supply, Insulpro (Strassburger) Ltd.,
Interior Building Supplies, Kinnear Industries Corporation Ltd, Knell's Door
& Hardware, Patene Building Supplies Ltd., United Rentals.
in Guelph. The client
for the 2,200 sq. ft.
project was Mike
Ulmer, of Ulmer Realty.
The new facility
replaced a previous
Tim Hortons that was
part of an attached
strip mall. The project
therefore involved the
separation and demolition
of the existing
Tim Hortons, a convenience
store and a Har-
Hanson Chevrolet-Pontiac-Buick-GMC,
New Hamburg.
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vey’s restaurant, leaving a Swiss Chalet
restaurant intact. A stand-alone Tim Hortons
was then constructed; Ball Construction
also refaced the Swiss Chalet.
The facility was built under “Fast Track”
conditions, with foundations installed in
September, 2005, and complete turnover
to client, November 25, 2005. The client
supported Ball’s nomination, lauding “the
dedication and exceptional job done by
Ball Construction.”
Commercial Award of Merit, $750,000 - $2 Million,
went to Region of Waterloo Airport Expansion
Terminal 3 by PM Contracting Ltd., with: Collins
Engineering, John MacDonald, Mighton Engineering,
MTE Consultant Inc, Sze Straka, Trow Consulting,
Alex Paving ( 1993) Ltd., Award Contractracting,
Danco Electric Inc, Dawson Construction &
Haulage Ltd, George & Asmussen Limited, JG
Custom Woodworking, MBI Mechanical Services
Inc, Metcon Construction Limited, Shear Metal
Products, Watertight Roofing Services Limited,
Boehmers o/u Hargest Block Ltd., CRS Contractors
Rental Supply, Knell's Door & Hardware, K-W
Glass Systems Inc, Volls Contract Flooring, Winser
Enterprises Inc.
Two BE Awards were presented in
the $750,000 to $ 2 million Commercial
category.
Melloul-Blamey Construction Inc.
picked up the Award of Excellence
for the Hanson Chevrolet Pontiac-
Buick-GMC project in New Hamburg,
described as a “22,000 sq. ft. renovation”
which added three new areas – a
new showroom, drive-through service,
and four mechanics’ bays – and renovated
all existing areas. The project was
unique in that the Hanson dealership is
the first in Ontario to have two “towers”
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Region of Waterloo International Airport Terminal Expansion.
– distinct Chevrolet and Pontiac-Buick-
GMC branding under one roof. The
project rated especially high marks from
the adjudicators for quality and satisfaction.
Owner John Hanson noted, “Even
though the construction touched every
square foot of our existing facility, we
continued to do business throughout
the entire project. This would not have
been possible without the planning,
dedication and professionalism of the
Melloul-Blamey organization.”
In the same $750,000 to $2 million
Commercial classification, PM Contracting
of Kitchener won the Award
of Merit for the Region of Waterloo
International Airport Terminal
Expansion. According to PM Contracting,
“With the commencement of vacation
charters, the Region of Waterloo
Airport Terminal moved to a new level
of passenger and cross-border activity...
Expansion of the terminal to accommodate
180-seat international arrivals and
departures involved careful planning of
flow.... Adding further complexity to the
project were requirements for the full
accommodation of the Region‘s Customs
Services offices and enlargement
of Customs capacity to meet increased
inflow. Evolving standards for the
groundside/airside security line and
screening of passengers were incorporated
through specific upgrades to many
portions of the facility.”
A comment from a Regional engineering
staff member noted, the “Terminal
expansion is an ideal project to
highlight true building excellence.”
Two BE Awards were presented for
Commercial projects Over $10 million.
Academy Construction (1996)
Ltd. of Kitchener received the Award
of Excellence for the “RIM 10”
Research in Motion four-storey office
facility at 176 Columbia Street in Waterloo.
The project involved construction of
anew building with over 130,000 sq.ft. of
space, designed to compliment “the
existing RIM campus.” Judges awarded
perfect marks for safety, project management,
quality and satisfaction.
The project was scheduled to run
from mid-June 2004 through late January,
2005. Academy’s nomination says,
“with great pride, that this project was
performed within budget and was also
completed and turned over to the
owner prior to our original schedule.”
RIM’s Randy Renouf wrote, “We thoroughly
enjoyed working together
throughout the project duration with an
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