SMACNA-BC TURNS 50
You may have heard the news: SMACNA-BC has an important birthday this year, and all members and their families are invited to participate in the 50th Annual General Meeting and Convention, which is scheduled for May 9-11 at the Delta Grand Okanagan Resort in Kelowna, BC. As usual, we have a stunning line-up of speakers, activities, and social festivities to help you help us ring in this association’s fifth decade.
We kick off Thursday evening with hotel and convention check- in beginning at 4 p.m. After you are settled, come say hello to old friends and new at the opening reception from 7–10 p.m., which will feature your beverage of choice, appetizers, and a late-night dessert.
Friday begins at with opening breakfast, as delegates get ready for the various activities taking place throughout the day. Golfers won’t want to miss the chance to play a round while taking in the natural beauty and incredible facilities at The Harvest Golf Club, which boasts wide fairways, amazing walkability, breath-taking panoramic views, and more than 800 fruit trees decorating the fairways. Thoughtfully carved through fruit orchards, several acres of the property remain devoted to working apple and wine grape orchards. If you haven’t booked the chance to visit this amazing course yet, do it right now. You won’t regret it.
Wine-loving delegates may visit the South East Kelowna Wine Trail Tour, which meanders in a luxury shuttle bus along a custom wine trail tour with knowledgable wine guides to lead the way. After enjoying stops and tastings at some smaller, boutique-style wineries, including The Vibrant Vine and The View Winery and Vineyard, the group will gather to enjoy a wonderful lunch at the Summerhill Pyramid Winery.
Those who appreciate the open air and vast waters may sneak away for a four-hour yacht charter on Okanagan Lake. Learn a little about sailing and the history of Okanagan Lake, and enjoy the company aboard. The captain will take you to his favourite spots for clean wind and clear water for swimming and lounging onboard or on the water. Enjoy a specially prepared picnic lunch while the boat is anchored.
There are always some in the crowd who are young at heart with a penchant for fun—those folks can check out Scandia Golf & Games for a fun-seekers ideal afternoon. Release your inner-Andretti while racing go-karts, knock some mammoth home-runs in the batting cages, take aim in the shooting gallery, try your hand at mini golf, or take a crack at more than 140 arcade and redemption games. Bring your kids, or let the kid in you run free!
Whatever you get up to on Friday, save some energy for the Anniversary Reception and Anniversary Celebration in the evening. Relax and enjoy the musical, comedic, and magical wonders of Andrew Jones, Tracey Bell, and Wes Barker. Sit with friends, reminisce over SMACNA-BC experiences, and enjoy a tasty dinner, delicious desserts, and specially mixed drinks.
Before getting down to business on Saturday, don’t forget to rise and shine early enough to participate in the Air System Supplies annual fun run event. You can walk, you can jog, you can speed, or you can push your kids in strollers—any effort and everyone is invited to stretch your legs and get some fresh air and exercise on a mapped-out route along the lakeshore. The Air System Supplies Fun Run is for your own enjoyment and health—and be sure to grab a prize at the end!
Time to zero in on business from 10–12 as the annual general meeting brings the board and membership together for 2018 reports from the board members and members are elected to fill open board and committee seats. Attendees will be caught up on association activities, fiscal information from the past year is shared, and questions are addressed. All guests are welcome and encouraged to attend.
The grand finale to this celebratory anniversary event will be the elegant, black tie 50th Anniversary President’s Ball, which will be full of memories covering the past 50 years of SMACNA-BC. This is your chance to express gratitude to Aaron Smith for a job well done as the 2018–19 president, and welcome Bernie Antchak as he begins his 2019–20 reign in the leadership seat. End the weekend right, with an evening of wine, dinner, awards, dancing, and entertainment from Kelowna’s best nominated premier dance band, Easy Fix. Running along side the President’s Ball, from 5:30-10:30, the kids’ party will feature the spectacular services of www.nannysitters.ca, who say the fun never ends! Kids can enjoy a kid-friendly meal, supervised video games, arts and crafts, movies, toys, and games. We hope to see you all there.
SMACNA-BC & ASHRAE-BC Technical Session
Ninety-eight participants gathered in Surrey this past March to attend a joint technical session with SMACNA-BC and ASHRAE-BC.
ASHRAE-BC chapter members, architects, engineers/ consultants, building officials, inspectors, specification writers, building owners, and fire marshals were invited to advance their knowledge of the HVAC industry through the use of SMACNA standards at this one-day event.
This intensive program provided technical information to learn the methods and concepts of SMACNA’s technical standards, which in turn enhanced participants’ abilities to provide well- designed, constructed, and cost-effective projects for clients. Topics covered included information from SMACNA’s technical manuals, including HVAC Duct Construction Standards, HVAC Air Duct Leakage, HVAC Systems Duct Design, and Fire, Smoke, and Radiation Damper Installation Guide for HVAC.
SMACNA-BC would like to thank presenters Eli P. Howard, III, executive director, technical resources for SMACNA, Inc.; Mark Terzigni, director, engineering and technical resources; and Shawn Ohara, Project Manager, Technical Resources, SMACNA, Inc. for their contributions of time and knowledge to the betterment of our industry.
I would also like to take this opportunity to thank our participating SMACNA-BC contractor members who expended time, effort, and expense to provide the valuable hands-on assorted mock-ups that were displayed. Thank you to:
Summit Sheet Metal Ltd. – Fire damper wall mock-up Apollo Sheet Metal Ltd. – Assorted TDC/S&D fittings ECCO Supply – Slab duct display/insulated oval pipe/misc. fittings Norm Grusnick, BC Insulation Contractors Association, along with Aarc-West HVAC Solutions Inc. – Fire wrapped insulated grease duct/aluminum lagged duct.
New Members
SMACNA-BC proudly welcomes new members Samson Metals, Inc., HVAC Systems & Solutions Ltd., and National Air Technologies. Samson Metals is growing to become a leader in the manufacture of metal roll-formed products and structural sections. As well, Samson can offer coil, flat sheet, standard and custom flashings, fasteners, closures, caulking, and various other accessories typically required for installation work. It focuses on supplying quality products and superior service. Learn more at www.samsonmetals.com.
HVAC Systems & Solutions Ltd. provides unique solutions and exemplary customer service during all stages of a project, including design, sales, shipments, commissioning, and continued support. It specializes in product-based solutions for healthcare, commercial, industrial, data centres, residential, and hotels, providing guidance to engineers, contractors, property managers, owners and architects. The company prides itself on being leaders in the industry and integrating its core products into the design of each project. Read more at www.hvacsystems.ca.
National Air Technologies provides Vancouver and the Lower Mainland with superior HVAC cleaning, duct cleaning, and dryer vent cleaning as it has for the past two decades. As a dedicated, certified and insured company offering competitive pricing, National Air Technologies guarantees respectful service by professionally trained technicians. Obtaining reliable information and measurable outcomes allows National Air Technologies to diagnose potential performance failures and to provide customers with comprehensive information that will help guide them toward safer and cleaner living. Visit National Air Technologies at natech.ca.
Samson Metals, Inc., HVAC Systems & Solutions Ltd., and National Air Technologies, along with all SMACNA-BC associate members, recognize that the SMACNA-BC Associate Member Program is an important element for connecting company products, services, and people with the industry’s major specifiers, buyers, and decision-makers, strengthening and raising the bar on quality in our industry. ■
By / Bruce Sychuk
Executive Director, SMACNA, BC
