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Blueprint Winter 2018
Chris Osmond & Kat Briand @ Dairy Queen, Dartmouth Crossing
IN THIS ISSUE
PAGE 2 President’s Message PAGE 5 Feature Project - Fox Creek Village
PAGE 3 Why You Should Choose Construction PAGE 6 New Office Announcement
Management Mill-Right Woodworking
PAGE 4 Tech Talk
President’s Message
Doug Doucet
As we enter the gray days of winter and snow covered mornings, I take myself to a positive place: Only 59
days to Spring! As much as I would like winter to be over, there is no point in thinking negatively. Negativity
breeds negativity, as they say, and those kind of thoughts spread like wild fire! That is why it is so important
to focus on the positive!
“Optimism is a happiness magnet. If you stay positive, good things and good people will be drawn to you.”
~ Mary Lou Retton
“When it snows, the snow piles high, but it never stays longer than the sunshine that prevails....its just a
matter of time.” ~ Doug Doucet
Now that I’m in a positive state, I wish to share with you what I feel is the path to success which allows me
to attain positive results:
10. HARD WORK - just plain old hard work because nothing comes easy.
9. COMMITMENT - you have to do what you say or you lose respect.
8. RESPECT - treat everyone the way you expect to be treated.
7. PERSEVERANCE - don’t ever let anyone keep you down, as success
comes along with failures.
6. ATTITUDE – there is only good and bad, so we are in control of which
we choose.
5. TRUST - but only until you have a reason not to, we all deserve a
chance.
4. COMMUNICATION - huge for everything you do and should be
number 1, but I really love the next 3.
3. FUN - if you’re not having fun, why bother?
2. PASSION - if you don’t have it, you’ll never be successful.
1. GIVING BACK - I truly believe we have a moral obligation to give
back to our community. Good things happen to people that do good
things and we can all choose to give in different ways that suit each of
us accordingly.
Doug Doucet @ Il Mercato Renovation, Bedford
At the end of the day, success is spelled differently for most of us and for me it’s a moving target and one
that I aspire to every day through these values of success.
Happy New Year!
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Safety First and Always
Why You Should Choose Construction Management
Safety Manager, David Barrett
Andrew Doucet
Construction Management is a collaborative project delivery method and
contractual agreement between the construction team and the owner that
traditionally begins at the onset of the project. The most efficient way to
utilize our skills and expertise is from the preliminary design phase to the
completion and turnover phase of a project; however, we can be brought
in at any time during the initial stages. The earlier in the process we are
engaged, the more value we are able to add to both the timeline and the
budget.
The objective of Construction Management is to tap into the experience of
the construction firm to assist with the preliminary design phase through
to completion. The Construction Management contract fee is based on
budgeting project cost, duration of services and the complexity of a project,
and is calculated as a fixed fee or rate.
In many cases, Construction Management is the best and most fair project
delivery method for all parties involved. Construction Management facilitates
a transparent relationship between both parties throughout the entire project,
building trust and keeping open lines of communication at all times. Here are
the ways that a CM agreement with rcs can benefit for your project:
1. Reduce schedule by having us begin while some details may still
be in the design phase. We can phase the work to suit financial
obligations, winter conditions or public access.
2. Access to our preferred sub-contractors, and transparency when
reviewing each scope of work and pricing to ensure the right sub-
contractor is chosen for the project.
3. Value engineering to ensure the project stays within your desired
budget and minimizes possible consultant fees for changes.
4. Having rcs work with the design consultant at onset of the project
will ensure inefficiencies are avoided, budgets are realistic and
constructability issues are addressed as the drawing package evolves.
5. Access to our proven rcs 101 Process and Procedures. This delivery
system includes, but is not limited to, project check-lists, detailed
weekly meeting minute templates and cost forecasting/tracking
spreadsheets. These items help ensure your project is delivered in the
most efficient manner possible on a consistent basis.
At rcs we pride ourselves on delivering a high level professional approach
with everything we do. We consider rcs a leader in the Atlantic Canada
construction industry and Construction Management complements our core
values of Accountability, Communication and Teamwork.
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Tech Talk
Jim Allison
After extensive research on applications, ease of use and costs, rcs has chosen to implement two software
apps to help us with our project management; they are Harbr and Bridgit.
Daily Log App:
Harbr: We worked with Harbr who are a locally owned and operated company to develop the app based
on what our team required for daily logs. We are committed to keep working with the Harbr development
team to ensure it is the best app in the industry that suits our and the industry requirements into the future.
Hence we have become part of the development team. Here are the items we track and file daily with this
app.
• All subcontractors on-site each day (Company names, employee counts, daily tasks, issues or
concerns)
• Material and rental deliveries
• Site visits from authorities having jurisdiction
• Client site visits
• Weather, dates and time of activities
• Progress pictures for action items
• Issue Tracker – Alerts can be sent out to the project manager or anyone in the company. i.e. sub
trade not showing up on-site, site condition concerns or anything that may affect safety and schedule
The issue tracker has become a great tool to not only force the project team to come up with timely
solutions, but it allows our leadership team to jump in and provide support as needed, thus minimizing
schedule delays and cost overruns. Our site personnel are really buying into this tool and as a leadership
team, we love that we can have a real-time pulse on our projects and make sure that our clients
expectations are being met.
https://www.harbr.com/
Contacts: Jeff Kielbratowski jeff@harbr.com Ashley Kielbratowski ashley@harbr.com
Deficiency App:
Bridgit: We are still in the early stages of implementing Bridgit company wide. This program/App is
geared toward:
• Increased quality control throughout the life of the project
• Creating punch lists to ensure the project is hitting key milestones
• Sending reminders and information to sub trades
• Creating final deficiency lists complete with pictures and drawing references and tag the responsible
sub trade. Any consultant or owner deficiency list can be added to create one document.
http://gobridgit.com/
To date, we have worked with a number of owners and consultants who have seen Bridgit in action on our
jobsites, and all have expressed amazing satisfaction with the app.
It is our hope that these technologies will assist us in streamlining our processes and completing jobs as
well as we begin them.
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Feature Project - Fox Creek Village
Sean Skinner
rcs has entered into a Construction Management agreement with local owners to construct a luxury apartment complex
at 1225 Dieppe Blvd within the growing community of Fox Creek. This 60 suite complex is Phase 1 of a 2 Phase project.
This development was envisioned by the owners and brought to life through drawings developed by Spitfire, with the
assistance of Tectura Inc, and the rcs construction team.
This building is being constructed with concrete slabs, columns and shear wall. The construction of this project will meet
and exceed building code in thermal barriers, weather protection and framing. The wall framing will be 18 gauge 6 inch
spray insulated exterior metal wind stud walls. The interior demising and corridor walls to be 1 hour rated, insulated, 35/8
inch double wall construction to provide fire rating and acoustical insulation not seen in typical multi-unit construction. This
wall construction will provide clients with sound reduction transmission through walls from neighbours.
Fox Creek is a multi-level complex with one level of underground parking, 5 levels of
living space providing 3 suites ranging in size from 1270 to 1505 square feet. Each
unit will feature:
• Luxury vinyl tile flooring
• Individual suite heating and cooling
• Supreme series windows, the highest grade window offered by Kohltech
• Smart Access door security allowing tenants to enter the building and their
suites through their cellular phones and/or key fobs.
• Video surveillance of exterior and interior common areas. The smart access
control is integrated with the video surveillance at front entry and on common
corridors, allowing tenants to see the person requesting entry from their
phones.
• Quality appliances in each suite; 19.7 cubic foot French door refrigerators
with water and ice, heavy duty dishwashers, 4.8 cubic foot electric front
control range with ceramic top, 1.7 cubic foot microwave range hood combo
and 4.0 cubic foot washer and dryers
• Modern kitchen cabinetry with soft close hinges and quartz counter tops
• Modern interior lighting
This project began in October 2017 and will see completion in late 2018.
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NEW
rcs’ NEWOFFICE
OFFICE! ANNOUNCEMENT
Dena
DenaHueston,
Hueston Human Resources Manager
We’re pleased to announce that we have recently expanded and relocated our St. John’s, NL office.
With the move, we are proud to have added three more office staff to the rcs team: Valerie Penney
and Aaron Walsh came to us from ND Dobbin; Valerie was an Estimator who is expanding her role
with us to include Project Management. Aaron is busy working as Project Manager, along with our
original Newfoundland office ‘founder’, Jamie Cooper! Recently hired to support our NL Project
Managers is Krista Walsh (no relation to Aaron) who has taken the role of Project Administrator.
All staff are happy to be working in their home province and continue to enhance rcs’ relationships with
clients and trades!
We can now be found at 26 Mews Place, St. John’s. Please drop in and say hi anytime!
Jamie Cooper Valerie Penney Aaron Walsh Krista Walsh New Office - Exterior View
Mill-Right Woodworking
Chad Stretch
At Mill-Right Woodworking we love to work on restaurant fit-ups. We worked on several this year such as Il
Mercato and Bubba Ray’s in Bedford, Swiss Chalet in Dartmouth Crossing, St. Louis Bar & Grill in Lower Sackville
and The Lucy Maud Dining Room at Holland College in Charlottetown. We don’t like to pick favourites, but we
are proud to have been selected to supply the architectural woodwork and casework for this elegant dining room
that pays homage to a historic Canadian figure. The restaurant also serves as a training facility for The Culinary
Institute of Canada; another reason we were thrilled to have been selected for this job. Designed by architect Ross
Macintosh from A49, the interior features a combination of rich dark woodwork; classic stone counter tops and
exotic glass displays.
Later this month we will be starting production of the mill work for The Exchange on Hollis. Located in the heart
of downtown Halifax at Hollis St. and Sackville St., this modern restaurant will provide the very best in social
dining. It will also feature Canada’s first Josper Charcoal Grill oven, made popular by celebrity chefs such as
Gordon Ramsay.
Il Mercato, Bedford Swiss Chalet, Dartmouth Crossing Lucy Maud Dining Room, Holland College
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