Overview:

The contractor’s role during the Living Buildings Challenge (LBC) process should be a pro-active and involved one. The challenge is how to build “ideas” in to “reality”. The new Visitors Centre at VanDusen Botanical Gardens is one of the first buildings in Canada to be targeting LBC. Marsha Gentile will highlight for you the contractor’s role in the successful delivery of LBC projects. Rebecca McDiarmid, the Project Manager will tour the site with all attendee’s and explain the building and our approach to the many unique challenges and opportunities that arose during the preconstruction and construction phases of this project. A panel of project experts will then be available for a question period.

• No open toed / open shoes, runners or high heels
• All footwear must be closed flat soled leather or equivalent shoes or boots preferably
• Ledcor will ensure the areas of the site are delineated.  All visitors will need to attend a site orientation prior to access to the site.

Schedule:

12:30 - 1:30 pm   Contractors perspective Living future at VanDusen Gardens
                             Presentation and Question period at the Parksville Room, Third Floor, North
                             Tower, Sheraton Wall Centre as precursor to site visit. Presentation by Rebecca
                             McDiarmid.                        

1:30 - 2:00 pm    Bus to Van Dusen Botanical Gardens

2:00 - 3:00 pm    VanDusen Site Walk

3:00 - 3:30 pm    Question and discussion

3:30 - 4:00 pm    Bus ride back to conference venue

Learning Objectives:

1.The role a contractor plays in the whole Living Building process. We see the contractor’s role to be a pro-active and very involved one.

2. Explain Ledcor’s role: We believe trust is the foundation of every successful project. Our teams develop this trust through open communication with the projects partners. Our communication style is a proactive, progressive, innovative and collaborative one, allowing us to quickly gain an understanding of the projects challenges and the owner’s objectives and commitments.

3. Contractor’s contribution is spending time going over the drawings, becoming part of the project.

4. Everyone needs to be involved as a “team” for a successful Living Building.

5. Cover the issues faced with the VanDusen project.

6. The process VanDusen went through, the delivery options, lessons learned.

7. Our role as Construction Manager at Risk.

8. A case study approach to the VanDusen Project.

9. How building specifications need to be managed by the Construction Manager.

10.Prior knowledge of process is an asset.

11. Design-build aspects of the VanDusen building.

Presenters:

Marsha Gentile, Construction Sustainability Specialist, Ledcor Construction Limited

Marsha Gentile is the Construction Sustainability Specialist at Ledcor Construction Limited. She was the LEED® Coordinator at the UBC Life Sciences Centre (2002 - 2005) and has participated in LEED projects across Canada since then. Marsha recently graduated from the National Sustainable Building Advisor program where she also taught the Sustainability in Construction module. Marsha develops management systems and procedures for sustainable construction at Ledcor for the LEED and Living Building Challenge measurement standards. In early 2010 Marsha presented “The New Complexities of LEED” at the ASQ’s World Conference on Quality and Improvement in St. Louis.

Rebecca McDiarmid, Project Manager, Ledcor Construction Limited

Rebecca has used her enthusiasm for sustainable building during the delivery of this challenging and ambitious project to ensure its success. As Project Manager for the New Visitor Centre at VanDusen Botanical Gardens, Rebecca has been closely involved through all stages of the project. From the Construction Management proposal submission through establishing a stipulated price contract for the current construction phase. She is responsible for generating and monitoring the construction budget and schedule as well as working collaboratively with the project consultants, owner group, trade contractors and suppliers to assist the team with LBC compliance and constructability challenges. In 2005 she was the recipient of the Outstanding Woman in Construction Award and she is the current President of Canadian Construction Women.

Convener/Moderator:

Andrew Hull, Manager, Business Development, Ledcor Construction Limited

With 25 years construction experience in Australia and Canada, Andrew emigrated to Canada with his family and joined Ledcor in 2004. With a structural drafting and engineering back ground, he has lead teams on Design Build, Construction Management and Design-Bid-Build projects in the Commercial, Retail, Institutional and Industrial sectors.
In 2008 he took on a business development role to grow the Vancouver Island business and oversea marketing and business development on Vancouver Island and Greater Vancouver.
Active in the community and within professional associations, he is a vocal advocate of new technologies and is an early adopter of those technologies that will create a better world for future generations. He was also a finalist in the 2009 Cascadia Region Green Building Council election for board membership.

Prices:

Living Future Delegates: $25
Cascadia / ILBI Member: $35
Non-member: $45
Limited spaces so book early!