John Hart Generating Station Replacement Project

March-April 2014

Community Construction Update Report #10

Prepared by: Stephen Watson, BC Hydro (O) 250-755-4795 or (C) 250-616-9888

steve.watson@bchydro.com

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Overview – Preparation For Construction

InPower BC is in the process of completing plans and designs to provide them with a “leave to commence” from the Comptroller of Water Rights and a “site release” from BC Hydro in order to begin construction. Examples include a Comprehensive Environmental Management Plan, Drinking Water Protection Plan, Traffic Management Plan, to numerous construction plans. Generally, SNC-Lavalin plans to begin the site clearing near the tunnel entrances in July, and in October begin the tunneling. These and other site changes will be undertaken soon and the May 2014 construction report will provide more details.

2 Illustration of the service bay inside the generating station.

Overview – Preparation For Construction This is the breakdown of the InPower BC design-builder structure, or generally who the public will see at the John Hart site:

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Campbell River System Hydroelectric Facilities Liaison Committee

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BC Hydro, SNC-Lavalin, AECON and the 30-member community liaison committee. The committee was introduced to SNC’s team on March 19. The committee meets about three times per year

Overview – John Hart Project Business Event

BC Hydro hosted, with assistance of local and regional business leaders, a March 31 and April 1 business event for the upcoming John Hart project. The event provided the opportunity for subcontractors and job seekers to meet SNC-Lavalin, AECON, Frontier-Kemper, IMPSA and Hatfield. There were three separate business events over two days. There was registration space for 120 construction contractors and suppliers, 112 spaces for ancillary businesses, and up to 600 individual job seekers. Construction contractors were provided seven minute interviews, ancillary businesses four minutes, and the job seekers were provide an informational presentation followed by questions and answers. In the end, about 600 people participated in the 10 sessions held over the two days.

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Photos – Event 1, Project Overview Presentation

6 One of the four Event 1 overview presentations before the interviews.

Photos – Event 1, Business Interview Interactions

7 Interview interactions.

Feedback – Event 1 Participant Comments

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“We would like to say thank you to BC Hydro, SNC-Lavalin, and the Campbell River Chamber of Commerce for hosting the John Hart Project meet and greet. The setting was well organized and allowed us to get an in-depth understanding of the project and of the supplier requirements for the next five years.” - John and Steele Gorosh, Gorosh Cranes “The event, even with the limited time frame allowed, did provide an excellent opportunity for us to highlight our services and expertise to the project team members. The format was somewhat different from what would be our normal approach but our company is adaptable and rose to the occasion. We are impressed by BC Hydro’s consulting process and for the innovative techniques that were demonstrated and appreciate your assistance over the past few years.” – Al Brown and Dave Crosby, Industrial Scaffolding Services Ltd

Feedback – Event 2 Participant Comments

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“The business event today was informative, organized and useful. The format ensured fair and equitable representation, and while 4 minutes was short, it was still sufficient to allow us to communicate our key message. It was also great to have an opportunity to meet directly with the discipline leads that will be managing the work. We appreciated the effort to ensure that potential subcontractors were matched to the appropriate project representatives. Ecofish and A-Tlegay thanks you and the group for your continued efforts to engage local businesses.” – Ian Murphy, Ecofish Research Ltd “The business event was an interesting experience and while I thought the 4 minute meeting would not have much merit, I must admit the time line focused our presentation and certainly allowed the interviewer to determine if our companies contact details would be forwarded to the various parties that would be interested in our services. On the positive side we were also able to meet with the representative from IMPSA for a few minutes and provide him with the information about our port facilities and the opportunity to discharge heavy lift cargoes in Nanaimo. Well done and we look forward to keeping up to date with the progress on this significant project.” – Doug Peterson, Nanaimo Port Authority

Photos – Job Seeker Session

10 One of the four job seeker information sessions.

Photos – Big Thank You To The Business Organizations That Supported Event Logistics

11 About 30 people provided event logistics and interviews.

Special recognition to the following business organizations and staff: • Campbell River Chamber

of Commerce: Colleen Evans, Michelle Fontaine and Lindsey Innes.

• VI Construction Association: Rosie Manhas and Sarah Bartfai.

• North Vancouver Island Employment Foundation: Doug Preston and Shannon Baikie.

• North Vancouver Island Aboriginal Training Society: Shari Caudron.

Economic Opportunities – Next Steps

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Please continue to follow majorprojects.ca for project updates. SNC-Lavalin, the design-builder, continues to work on a project labour agreement with the B.C. Building Trades that will include all local union and non-union subcontractors. Once this agreement is in place the general details will be communicated. Subcontractors and individuals remain eager on the economic opportunities. The union agreement needs to be in place before the formal subcontractor bids and hiring may take place.

13 Handout map available at the John Hart Project Interpretive Centre.

People Profile – Amy Stevenson About Amy: • Background: A mechanical engineer with over 20 years in the hydroelectric industry. She was involved in upgrades, new construction, operations and maintenance of hydroelectric facilities in the West Kootenays for both BC Hydro and Columbia Power prior to commencing work on the John Hart project.

Home: In August 2012, Amy, her husband and two daughters moved to Campbell River from Nelson. • Hobbies: Her family have always enjoyed skiing, hiking, biking and paddling but are now also enjoying the ocean and adding sea kayaking and sailing to the activities list. Amy is also enjoying the music community in Campbell River.

• Project responsibility: As the BC Hydro Site Manager, Amy is heading up a team of about a dozen BC Hydro employees and contractors to ensure the safety, environment and quality requirements of the project are met and to provide necessary coordination. “Having worked with SNC-Lavalin and AECON personnel on other projects in B.C., I am looking forward to seeing them here in Campbell River and working with them on this large and exciting project. A new story with old friends.”

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Construction – Point of Interest

Each month, BC Hydro will provide a construction fact, occurrence, or situation. The BC Hydro Site Team has been forming in anticipation of the project construction. Some of the team have always lived in Campbell River, and some have or are in the process of moving here. You’ve already met Amy, so here’s a brief introduction to the BC Hydro members of the Site Team in place right now: • Chris Fulton – Engineer: lives in Campbell River with his wife and kids; • Robert Dyck – Quality Lead: moving from Vancouver to Campbell River this summer,

with his family; • Bill Wright – Site Monitor: moved from Gold River to Campbell River with his family; • Darryn Striga – Records and Office Manager: long-time Campbell River resident with

his wife; • Troy Gent – Site Monitor: lives in Campbell River with his family; • Lyle Boffy – Site Safety: lives in Parksville and resides in Campbell River part time; and • Chris Beers – Environmental Monitor: lives in Campbell River with her family.

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