May 31, 2010

Life Membership Award recipient Gerry Wilson (centre), with CSC president Brian Colgan (left) and CSC executive director Nick Franjic.

Industry accolades

Construction Specifications Canada salutes members at Saskatoon conference

Awards recognize achievements at local, national level

RYAN STARR

RCD Digital Media

SASKATOON

Construction Specifications Canada honoured architects David McGuigan and Gerry Wilson with Life Membership Awards, the association’s highest accolade, during the CSC’s annual conference in Saskatoon May 26 to 30

Construction Specifications Canada is a national multi-disciplinary, non-profit association that focuses on the development and delivery of education programs, publications and services for the construction community.

The CSC awards recognize members for their local and national achievements.

McGuigan, a Vancouver-based architect, is a 36-year member of CSC and served as president in 1987-88.

Saskatoon architect Wilson — who retired last year from FDH Architects — has been a member of CSC since 1977 and has held a number of executive positions with the association, including the presidency in 1997-98.

Awards of Merit were presented to members from the CSC’s various chapters (Atlantic Canada, Calgary, Ottawa, Saskatoon, Toronto and Vancouver) who have “contributed to the advancement of CSC at the chapter level for a substantial period of time.”

The National Award of Merit, which recognizes “the contribution on the part of the member in terms of time, zeal and effort, beyond that normally required by a member or officer of CSC,” went to Mike Schneider of Edmonton-based Capital Construction.

Program Directors Awards were presented to members who have made a significant contribution to a CSC Program.

The Lloyd Boddy Chapter of the Year Award, which recognizes “outstanding achievements by a chapter toward fostering the objectives of CSC,” went to the Winnipeg chapter.

President’s Chapter Awards — given to “active, forward looking chapters” for growth, conference and meeting attendance and financial contributions to the CSC — went to the Atlantic, Edmonton, Hamilton/Niagara, Montreal, Regina, Saskatoon, Vancouver and Winnipeg. Members with 10 to 40 years of service received Longevity Awards.

See below for a full list of award recipients.

CSC also inducted three of its members into its College of Fellows during the Saskatoon conference: Bruce Duncan, a 23-year member who originally joined the CSC Winnipeg chapter and is now a member of the London chapter; David Lawrence of the Edmonton chapter, who joined CSC in 1983; and Susan Morris, an 18-year member of the Vancouver chapter.

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Membership Longevity Awards

• 10 Year Awards: John Albo, Vrej-Armen Artinian, Brian Baird, Blair Baxter, Glen Belyea, Michael A. Border, Brian Briscoe, Matthew Brunt, Stephen W. Burdy, Salvatore Ciarlo, Brenwyn M. Cooley, Craig Cosgrove, Kiomars Dabbagh, Arlette Drysdale, John R. Dyk, Steve Findlay, Brent Fraser, Bruce J. Gillham, Wayne Gomes, James Hargreaves, Graydon Hexham, Gary R. Hopper, Larry Hunter, Rock Jerome, D. Gord Joorisity, Ellen Kral, John Lape, Steve LeBlanc, Ed Makarchuk, Brian E. McCabe, Rod McCafferty, Bruce McDonald, Garry R. McFarlane, Robert Mitchinson, Jamie Murphy, Ron Okumura, John A. Paulishyn, Colleen T. Pilawski, John Pogacar, Pierre Provost, Robert J. Reed, Peter Rigakos, Grant Robertson, Ned Santarossa, Pamela M. Shinkoda, Richard J. Sivertsen, William C. Smith, Randy St. Jacques, Paul Stuart, Alana Sunness-Griffith, Betty-Jo Tell, Michael Todoruk, Cornelius Van Dyke, Robert Venasse, Norm Villeneuve, Robert D. Wagner, Tim G. Walsh, Richard Williams
• 15 Years Awards: Roger Ali, Murray Alston, Spyros Aplidgiotis, Claude Bourgeois, Arthur E. Buse, Ken Conn, Marla Cosburn, Stephen Cumming, Sally Emmerson, Richard A. Eustis, Karl Fasolino, Bob Fedchyshyn, Stephen A. Gazzola, Richard W. Hammond, Bruce W. Hudson, Rick Kalenchuk, Peter Kalinger, Hugh Lim, Barbara Lindenbach, Ken Mackey, James Mansfield, Gil Mathieu, Michael Mitchell, Rick Morgan, Barry O'Brien, Fred Rabiner, Bill S. Ransom, Harold F. Rick, Brent Riley, Robert J. Rymell, B. Alan Scott, Anik Shooner, Vladimir Sobot, Charles Sopher, Andre St. Michel, Robert Tomiyama, Kimberly J. Tompkins, James Waldbillig, Chris Walton, Edward J. Wetmore, Ken Wilson, Peter Withoos
• 20 Year Awards: Kelly A. Boldt, Albert Charrion, Domenic Chiovitti, Jack Chuba, Thomas Dunbar, Gerry D. Ens, Terry Fitch, Claude Germain, Walter Gough, Peter Leong, Yuill McGregor, Paul J. Newton, Michael Paquette, Robert Park, Reid Pattison, Paul J. Pushman, Brian Salazar, Peter L. Semchuk, Margaret Sweet, Donald L. Thomas, Tony Torriano, Chris Trajanos, Frank Zack
• 25 Year Awards: Brian Ballantyne, William deBacker, Barbara Ellard, Robert W. Erochko, Michael D. Hicks, Yvon C. Lebrun, M. Jean-Claude Lussier, Robert H. McAuley, William A. Morris, Harvey Rebalkin
• 30 Year Award: Anwerali H. Chagani, Albert J. Duwyn, Del Hammerlindl, Robert N. Mercer, Raymond T. Nakonechny, Donald H. Pfeffer, Walter G. Strachan, Bruce Wallbridge, John Weber, Lynn B. Wile, Peter Wong
• 35 Year Award: John M. Burgoyne, Paul G. Collings, David R. McGuigan, Timothy S. So, Brian J. Stumborg, Jim Tobros
• 40 Year Award: John W. Chomiak, Louis Couillard, Willem de Lint, Gary A. Hartman, John M. Jensen, William Maskery, Mike Robinson, Tosh Sakamoto, Joseph A. Salvatore

John Jensen

Membership Activity Awards

Eureka Club Awards (membership in the Eureka Club is reserved for CSC Members who have sponsored at least three new members within a calendar year. No awards were handed out this year, but 32 of the CSC’s 174 new members were sponsored by CSC members; seven of them sponsored two new members each): Mike Tolhurst, Kimberly Tompkins, Mike Garlinski, David McGuigan, Kelly Sawatzky, Susan Morris and Peter Semchuk.

Chapter Awards of Merit (presented to individuals who have contributed to the advancement of CSC at the chapter level for a substantial period of time):

• Atlantic Chapter: Adam Strachan, Harry Forbes
• Edmonton Chapter: Linda Olson-Lipinski, Celeste Thiesen, Jozef Urban,
• Montreal Chapter: Steven Lanthier
• Ottawa Chapter: Allan Johnston, Tom Dunbar
• Vancouver Chapter: Moira Rowan, Susan Morris, Robert Park
• Winnipeg Chapter: Gordon French, Terri Randall, John Alsop
• Calgary Chapter: Larry Shoesmith, Wayne Yarjau
• Saskatoon Chapter: Tyler Pochynuk, Brad Smith
• Toronto Chapter: Roger Ali, Mark Clemmensen, Kazim Kanani, Robert Mercer, Catherine Waterson

Program Directors Awards (presented to an individual member, group of members of CSC, or other individuals because of a significant contribution to a CSC Program):

• Conferences: 2010 Saskatoon Conference Committee: Garry Booth, Brent Fraser, Tyler Pochynuk, Bob Spenst, Evelyn Blenkinsop, Greg Mylks, Carlee Brattan, Garth Cantrill, Daryl Glover, Rick Kalenchuk, Daryl Cherry | Conference Award: Clafton Fiola
• Education Certification Committee: Mitch Brooks, George Heath (for assistance and efforts in the review of the Specifier 1); Mike Schneider (for introducing the new CSC certification Certified Specification Practitioner); Jeff Thompson (for spearheading the Winnipeg Chapter’s initiative to host a National Education Workshop.)
• Technical Studies Committee (presented to members who worked to review various documents through out the year): Chris Lance, Rick Kalenchuk, Len O’Connor, Robert Rymell
• Publications Award: Erik Missio (Kenilworth Publishing)
• Chapter / Membership Development and Communications: Carlee Brattan

ECC Registration Certificates

• Certified Construction Contract Administrator designation: Anthony Cho, Raef Ghali, Michael Hillcoat, Stephen Lister, Denise Luksys, Darin Schindel, Scott Vancerschoor
• Certified Technical Representative designation: Joe Black, Lisa Dalton, Bruce Keller, Nathan Thompson
• Registered Specification Writer designation: John Karman

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