BUILD Construction & Engineering Awards 2020 Construction & Engineering Awards 2020 BUILD 22 23 Aug20415 Best Plumbing & Heating Company - Northern BC ocally owned and operated, Acadia Mechanical has been a mainstay in the construction community of the Pacific Northwest for over thirty years. The team has thrived thanks to finding new ways to delight and satisfy their customers, with expectations always met and often exceeded. The reputation that the team has been able to cultivate has allowed them to take part in many interesting projects, each of which has been completed to the high standards that their clients demand. Acadia Mechanical offers Plumbing, Heating, HY AC, Sheet Metal and Fire Suppression Services in Commercial, Residential and Industrial applications. Acadia works in harmony with their whole team to bring a client’s dream project into reality. This is certainly true of one of the team’s most recent projects at the Coast Mountain College in Terrace B.C. Working alongside the team at IDL Projects and there design build team, Acadia Mechanical is responsible for performing the full mechanical scope on a new three storey, one-hundred-unit student housing dormitory that will be used for generations to come. Additionally, Acadia has been working on the LNG Canada site for Ledcor Construction, Horizon North Logistics and JGC Fluor as well as the Pembina LPG Project in Prince Rupert BC. They do a lot of work in both the mining industry, as well as oil and gas. The LNG Canada site has affected the construction business in the area significantly, being Canada’s largest-ever private sector investments. Neighbouring Terrace, just a forty-minute drive away, is now considering what provisions it has in place for this sudden influx of residents. Construction in the city has already picked up, with the population expected to double in the next ten years. 2019 saw 150 construction permits worth $15 million issued by the city, including 25 single residential and 13 commercial renovations. There have also been several new housing developments up on the Bench area in the northwest comer of the city to accommodate population growth. The team at Acadia Mechanical continues to be successful in a competitive market, which is a credit to their ability to tailor their choice of project delivery methodology to match the way in which an individual project is working. This process of careful consideration on the part of the Acadia Mechanical team not only ensures that they are chosen for specific contracts, but that they are able to deliver exactly what is expected from these contracts as well. Finding the ideal contractor for plumbing and heating is vital to any construction project. Different contractors can offer different terms, skills and ways of working. The talented team of tradesmen/women at Acadia Mechanical are able to offer clients a solution that is perfectly pitched to meet any and all briefs from their clients. We take a closer look at the firm following their tremendous success in BUILD’s Construction and Engineering Awards 2020. L An increasingly popular area that the team at Acadia Mechanical are working in follows the Design/Build approach. Success here depends on a well-defined and explicit scope of work, a specific range of responsibility for each team member and a team that is fully committed to the common needs and goals of the owner. The Design/Build presents great opportunities for businesses to make a profit, with timely decisions allowing a project to move quickly. For the right company, the Design/Build approach is therefore a win-win solution, providing a superb balance between cost, function, efficiency, maintainability, and delivery. Ensuring specifics at the contracting stage and maintaining these throughout a project has been key to the team achieving their impressive reputation. By defining exactly what is expected of all parties, everyone knows their respective risks and obligations. Acadia Mechanical always offers clients “Add and Delete” alternatives which the owner may delete if the bids come in too high, and add value if the project funding permits. The team has worked on so many projects that they have come to see regular pitfalls that cause problems. Their team knows that plans that have been reviewed for constructability and scheduled with failure time. Projects vary wildly in scope, and so being adaptable to changes in schedules thanks to outside events is something that many projects fail to be. The steadily growing size of the firm means that the team are able to take on a number of different projects, each with their own unique set of challenges. For those who work at Acadia Mechanical, the ability to tackle these difficulties, regardless of the circumstances is vital. Each team member is expected to take responsibility for their workload, come up with plans to solve problems as they arise and to ask for help where it is needed. This ability to share responsibility is one of the key tenants that has allowed Acadia Mechanical to thrive. The success of the firm is dependent upon the collective energy, intelligence, and contributions of each and every team member. Only through sharing skills, both practical and emotional, can the team grow. Through this growth, the firm becomes stronger too. It is the enormous diversity of skill that keeps people coming back to this amazing team for work. The construction industry is in a state of constant flux, but never more so than today. Now, with the impact of new technologies and methodologies in full swing, the construction site is set to change forever. This is not something for the team to ignore, instead it is something that they embrace. The ability to win projects, and increase profit margins is made much easier by the use of the latest ideas. These trends do not just affect Acadia Mechanical, but the entire industry. This means that as the industry adapts, so too much the team’s approaches. Harnessing these construction industry trends will prove valuable for any construction firm. At Acadia, the importance of utilizing Efficiency-Improving Technology, Mobile Technology, Building Information Modeling (BIM), Construction Management Software, Modular & Prefabricated Construction, Green Construction and Better Safety Equipment is obvious. A trend which the team is currently struggling with, and has been a challenge for the industry for many years, is ongoing labour shortages. With more people focused on getting a college education, fewer people have entered the trades. The benefits of working with a company like Acadia Mechanical are considerable. For those who struggle in a classroom environment, who don’t take tests well and who prefer to learn on the job, apprenticeship is the ideal way to go. The team at Acadia Mechanical take on apprentices who want to get started on exciting projects that allow them to earn valuable certifications as they go. What the team at Acadia Mechanical champion is a proactive approach to construction. Instead of simply coming in and doing the bare minimum, the team are big enough to consider the broader consequences of their activities. It’s this awareness of the industry at large that has allowed the team not only to achieve considerable success, but to put plans in place for the future too. Company: Acadia Mechanical Contact: Tyler Cameron Web Address: www.acadiamechanical.ca Email:
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