THE BENCHMARK · BENCHMARK 25th ANNUAL AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE | FALL 2015 THE Honouring the finest in quality & service in the architectural woodwork industry. COVER …

BENCHMARK 25th ANNUAL AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE | FALL 2015

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Honouring the finest in quality & service in the architectural woodwork industry.

COVER PHOTOPrivate Residence

West Kelowna

Stirling Woodworks

CONTACTMOIRA ROWAN, Executive DirectorAWMAC BC Chapter | 604-298 3555

[email protected] | http://bc.awmac.com

An event of this stature requires a huge team effort spread over many months. It is the sum of so many, many details. That being said, the AWMAC BC Annual Awards of Excellence could never be the amazing occasion that it is without

the substantial support of our sponsors. I thank them for their generosity and willingness to be ongoing champions of the Awards Gala.

Moira Rowan | AWMAC BC Executive Director

I would like to offer my heartfelt congratulations to all the 2015 winners. You should be patting yourselves on the back for triumphing in a very tough arena. If we look back at what we’ve collectively achieved over the last

25 years of celebrating excellence, it is clear to me that we owe a special thanks to our long standing Executive Director Moira Rowan and her incredible team: Glenda Harskamp, Lezelle Bredenkamp and Mari Tierney. I’m sure AWMAC BC members will continue to raise the bar and I look forward to seeing the results of this at our 2016 Awards.

Martin Berryman | AWMAC BC President

EXPORT PROJECT AWARD

LARGE COMMERCIAL PROJECT AWARDS

SMALL COMMERCIAL PROJECT AWARDS

RESIDENTIAL PROJECT AWARDS

ARCHITECT / DESIGNER AWARD

SERVICE AWARDS

GIS AWARD

EDUCATION AWARDS

WORKSAFE BC SAFETY INNOVATION AWARD

BC MEMBERSHIP LIST

2015 PROJECT SUBMISSIONS

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P H O T O G R A P H Y Project Photographer Ihor PonaEvent Photographer Ella Haus

INSIDE T H I S E D I T I O N

Left to right: Mark Stone, Jim Taylor, Paulo Ribeiro, Robert Rivard, Martin Berryman - President, Moira Rowan, Rudy Bardeck - Past President, Adam Christiaanse, Jason Hill, Matt Mumford, Tom Morin ABSENT: Greg Antle - Vice President

AWMAC BC BOARD 2015 | 2016

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Excellence in SERVICE | GOLD

EXPORT projects sponsored by Journal of Commerce + Woodworking Magazine

News. INformatIoN. CoNNeCtIoNs.

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Midwestern UniversityChicago IllinoisNikolai ManufacturingDWL Architect + PlannersISEC

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Excellence in QUALITY | GOLD (Tie)

BlueShore Financial Head OfficeNorth Vancouver BCBeckville WoodcraftsAtelier Pacific ArchitectureTurner Construction Company

LARGE COMMERCIAL projects sponsored by Richelieu Hardware

ED FIELDER AWARDoverall excellence in quality and service on a large commercial project sponsored by Formations

LARGE COMMERCIAL projects over $500,000


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UVIC Centre Food ServicesVictoria BCCurrent MillworkKLP James Architecture


Architect

River Green Presentation CentreRichmond BCFront First DesignsIBI GroupJakin Engineering & Construction


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Golder AssociatesVancouver BCTowne MillworkSSDG InteriorsGraham Construction & Engineering


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Excellence in QUALITY | SILVER

Excellence in SERVICE | GOLD (Tie)



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Left to right: Brian Shigatomi (Atelier Pacific Architecture) Mona Lovgreen (AIBC) Moira Rowan (AWMAC BC) Fred Cook (BlueShore Financial) Frank Beck (Beckville Woodcrafts)

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Proud Member of AWMAC-BC since 2005

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For over 45 years, Richelieu has passionately

sought out the highest quality, most

innovative and unique products in the world.

This experience has enabled us to offer

the most comprehensive and diversified

hardware selection in North America.

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A division of Richelieu Hardware Ltd.

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Excellence in QUALITY | GOLD

Mercedes Benz BoundaryVancouver BCBenchmark Architectural WoodworkingMGBAVentana Construction

SMALL COMMERCIAL projects sponsored by Pacific Doors

ED RUSSELL AWARDoverall excellence in quality and service on a small commercial project sponsored by Hettich Canada

SMALL COMMERCIAL projects under $500,000


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Grosvenor AmericasVancouver BCWanes Custom WoodworksSquare One Interior Design


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lululemon ExteriorVancouver BCMorinwoodGustavson Wylie ArchitectsMatra Construction


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Kelowna Yacht ClubKelowna BCTop 40 WoodworksMeiklejohn ArchitectsSawchuk Developments

Dania Home Burnaby BCCWC Architectural MillworkNSDA ArchitectsVanMar Constructors

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Left to right: Christopher Gowing (MGBA) Stephen Craig (Ventana Construction Corporation)Dorothy Barkley (AFBC)Kevin Tierney (Benchmark Architectural Woodworking)

German quality you can trust

More work space: Selekta Pro 2000Making way in the office: the incredibly shallow single-pivot hinge gives office cabinet doors an opening angle

of up to 270° – leaving them flat against the sides. Like this, files and pull-outs are in easy reach all the time.

But with no open doors in the way.

www.hettich.com

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AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE SPONSORS

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Excellence in QUALITY | GOLD (Tie)

Vancouver BCFeature MillworkEvoke International DesignCE Miles Construction

RESIDENTIAL projects sponsored by Innovative Wood Coatings

OVERALL RESIDENTIAL AWARDoverall excellence in quality and service on a residential project sponsored by GRASS Canada

RESIDENTIAL projects

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Vancouver BCWaltons Wood WorkingVictorEric DesignHagemoen Enterprises

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Chilliwack BCBenchmark Architectural WoodworkingPeter BrauerPAX Construction

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West KelownaStirling WoodworksIan Paine Construction

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Vancouver BCFeature MillworkEvoke International DesignCE Miles Construction

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Left to right: Dave Stewart (Evoke International Design) Erica Wickes (IDIBC)John Greco (Feature Millwork)Brad Wurmlinger (CE Miles Construction)

VIONARO DRAWER SYSTEM

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The Vionaro Drawer Design makes a stunning impression with its sleek, seamless drawer sides. The simplicity of being able to use Vionaro steel drawers and wood drawers on the proven Dynapro undermount slide, streamlines inventory and production. Furthermore, a sturdy front connection of the Vionaro allows front heights of up to 780 mm without railing systems. The stepless side, height and tilt adjustments integrated into the drawer sides, enables the fronts to be perfectly aligned. Beautiful and efficient, we invite you to enhance the furniture in your home or office space with Vionaro.

Less is More.Slender. Sleek. Modern.

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Phone [email protected]

SAW is a program that ensures your project is manufactured by a company that is

committed to reducing emissions, waste and energy consumption. Through a third party accreditation process manufacturers

are SAW Company Certi� ed using recognized sustainable criteria, policies and

procedures.

SPECIFY SAW CERTIFIED COMPANIES

SAW makes it easy to ensure you get architectural woodwork that has been

manufactured in a sustainable way. Specify SAW or choose a SAW Certi� ed Company for

you next architectural woodwork project.

For more information and suggested speci� cation wording go to

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Kelowna Yacht ClubKelowna BCTop 40 WoodworksMeiklejohn ArchitectsSawchuk Developments

JACK SIGURDSON AWARD excellence in design of architectural woodwork sponsored by Hardwoods Specialty Products

ARCHITECT / DESIGNER AWARD


ArchitectGC

Left to right: Stoke Tonne (Meiklejohn Architects)

Jim Meiklejohn (Meiklejohn Architects)Carlo DeFrancesco (AWMAC President)

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ABOVE & BEYOND AWARD sponsored by Upper Canada Forest Products

SERVICE AWARDS

SALES REPRESENTATIVE OF THE YEAR AWARD sponsored by BlueShore Financial

SUPPLIER OF THE YEAR AWARDsponsored by BlueShore Financial

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Your greatest return is financial peace of mind.

This award was given to E Roko Distributors who served their clients with exceptional service over the past year.

Left: Gary Bishop (E Roko Distributors) Right: Ken Simpson (E Roko Distributors)

This award was given to Steve Mahovlic of Hardwoods Specialty Products who provided outstanding service to manufacturer members over the past year.

Left: Gary Bishop (E Roko Distributors) Right: Steve Mahovlic (Hardwoods Specialty Products)

Left: Martin Berryman (AWMAC BC President) Right: Adam Christiaanse (Mosaic Millwork)

Awarded to Adam Christiaanse. Adam has embraced his role as Membership Director. He has developed, documented and improved procedures, increased transparency of the review process and clearly captured the attention and respect of his peers throughout the industry.

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GIS AWARD

GUARANTEE & INSPECTION SERVICE AWARD

sponsored by E Roko Distributors

Left to right: Tyler Hesketh (Towne Millwork)

Jeff Clermont (AWMAC GIS Director)Levi Hesketh (Towne Millwork)

Towne Millwork achieved a consistently high level of quality in projects that were inspected as part of the AWMAC Guarantee and Inspection Service Program.

Save yourself millwork headaches by specifying the AWMAC GUARANTEE & INSPECTION SERVICE (GIS)

awmac.com/gis

Shrewd design professionals specify the AWMAC GIS program to maintain a healthy risk level, and to guarantee compliance with AWMAC’s rigorous woodworking standards.

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WHOLESALE TO THE CABINET& MILLWORK INDUSTRY

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BURNABY604-420-9599

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E.Roko Distributors has been a supplier to commercial and residential cabinet makers, millworkers and furniture manufacturers for over 37 years in

British Columbia, Alberta and Washington State.We support all our products and services and look forward

to becoming your “Supplier of Choice”.

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We would like to thank all the AWMAC manufacturer members for their support over the years and enabling us to become the “Supplier of the Year” in 2013 and now in 2015.This acheivement would not be possible without the partnership of our many great vendors and all the hard work from every E.Roko employee.

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BCIT JOINERY AWARDS

AWMAC BC APPRENTICESHIP CONTEST sponsored by Seagull Enterprises & Towne Millwork

2nd place: Adrian Nelson of Nikolai Manufacturing (left) 3rd place: Kaitlin Cohan of Top 40 Woodworks (right)

JAKE PETERSON (centre) of Morinwood, winner of the BC Apprenticeship Contest

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KARA JOBBwinner of the

Top 3rd Year Student Award (Unable to attend )

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KWANTLEN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY DESIGN AWARD BC INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DESIGN AWARDsponsored by Reimer Hardwoods | West Isle Industries sponsored by Formica Canada

VINCENT REINHART (left)winner of the KPU Design Award

with Stephanie St. Loe, Kwantlen Polytechnic University

ADRIENNE CLAROTTO (left)winner of the BCIT Design Award

with Manon Pace, BCIT Interior Design

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WORKSAFE BC SAFETY INNOVATION AWARD sponsored by WorkSafe BC

Congratulations Beckville Woodcrafts Ltd. on winning the 2015 AWMAC WorkSafeBC Safety Innovation Award.

Thank you for your dedication to safety and innovation and for helping reduce the risk of injury for your employees.

For resources to help you create a safe workplace, visit worksafebc.com/woodworking.

The idea behind this award is to recognize innovative programs, policies, tools or projects that assist in reducing workplace injuries.By celebrating success and spreading the word, one company’s solution can become an entire industry’s solution; thereby reducing the risk of injury to a greater number of workers.

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Left: Chris Back (WorkSafeBC) Right: Frank Beck (Beckville Woodcrafts)

MANUFACTURER MEMBERS

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS ADVISORY MEMBERS

LIFE MEMBERS

Ace Architectural Millwork

Apollo Industries Ltd

Apollo Sign & Millwork Ltd

Artek Group Inc

Artsy Contracting Co Ltd

Beckville Woodcrafts Ltd

Benchmark Architectural Woodworking Inc

Campbell Construction Ltd

CHF Contracting Limited

CN Architectural Millwork & Construction Inc

Colwin Design Ltd

Cranbrook Interior Woodwork Ltd

Current Millwork (2012) Ltd

CWC Architectural Millwork (2007) Inc

DnH Woodworks Ltd

Duke Architectural Millwork

Ebony Architectural Woodwork Ltd

Feature Millwork Inc

Fraser Valley Industries Ltd

Front First Designs Ltd

Gipman Millwork and Design

Island Architectural Millwork Ltd

Island Precision Manufacturing Ltd

JSV Architectural Veneering & Millwork Inc

Kettle Valley Moulding & Millwork

KTS Millwork Plus Ltd

Lortap Enterprises Ltd

Morinwood Manufacturing Inc

Mosaic Millwork Ltd

Nikolai Manufacturing Inc

Oak-Way Woodworks Inc

PG Custom Woodworks (2005) Ltd

Platinum Millwork Inc

Seagull Enterprises Ltd

Sharana Millwork Designs Ltd.

Status Woodcraft Ltd

Stirling Woodworks Ltd

Teamart Millwork Co Ltd

Techart Woodworks Ltd

Top 40 Woodworks Ltd

Towne Millwork Ltd

Veritas Millwork Ltd

Waltons Wood Working Ltd

Wanes Custom Woodworks Inc

West Isle Industries Ltd

Woodrose Woodworking Inc

Wood Tech Millwork & Display Ltd

Woodtek Industries Inc

90 Degrees Mfg Corp

Akhurst Machinery Ltd

Artistic Mouldings & Millwork Ltd

BC Wood

Blum Canada Ltd

Caesarstone Canada Inc

E Roko Distributors Ltd

Floform Countertops

Formations Inc

Formica Canada Inc

Goodfellow Inc

Grass Canada Inc

Hardwoods Specialty Products LP

Hettich Canada LP

Innovative Manufacturing Inc

Kitply Industries

Masse Sales Ltd

McKillican Canadian Inc

PJ White Hardwoods Ltd

BC Institute of Technology

Kwantlen Polytechnic University

University of the Fraser Valley

Rudy Bardeck Sr

WP (Fips) Broda

Vern Kraenbring

Jack Russell

Planit Canada Inc

Reimer Hardwoods Ltd

Richelieu Hardware Ltd

SCM Group Canada Inc

Shaw Sabey & Associates Ltd

SSC Countertops Ltd

Swift Sure Milling Ltd

The Door Painters TLC

Titan Equipment and Tooling Sales Ltd

Upper Canada Forest Products

BC CHAPTER MEMBERSHIP LIST members in good standing as of october 31st, 2015

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BLUESHORE FINANCIAL HEAD OFFICE | North Vancouver Beckville WoodcraftsTurner Construction CompanyAtelier Pacific Architecture

BORDEN LADNER GERVAIS | Vancouver Feature MillworkMagil Construction PacificHOK

FAIRMONT HOTEL | Vancouver Woodrose WoodworkingMagil Construction PacificEDG Interior Architecture + Design

GOLDER ASSOCIATES | Vancouver Towne MillworkGraham Construction + EngineeringSSDG Interiors

SURREY CENTRAL WORKS YARD | Surrey Towne MillworkGraham Construction + EngineeringTaylor Kurtz Architecture + Design

PROHIBITION BAR | Vancouver Woodrose WoodworkingDelta Land DevelopmentMung Leung

RIVER GREEN PRESENTATION CENTRE PHASE 2 | Richmond Front First DesignsJakin Engineering + ConstructionIBI Group

ROGERS ARENA L100 + L300 | Vancouver The Artek GroupBLT ConstructionBOX Interior Design

UVIC CENTRE FOOD SERVICES | Victoria Current Millwork Perma ConstructionKPL James Architecture

VANCOUVER AQUARIUM EXPANSION | Vancouver Island Precision ManufacturingPCL Constructors WestcoastMCM Partnership

WOOD INNOVATION AND DESIGN CENTRE | Prince George MorinwoodPCL Constructors WestcoastMGA

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KELOWNA YACHT CLUB | Kelowna Top 40 WoodworksSawchuk DevelopmentsMeiklejohn Architects

LULULEMON EXTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS | Vancouver MorinwoodMatra ConstructionGustavson Wylie Architects

MERCEDES BENZ BOUNDARY | Vancouver Benchmark Architectural WoodworkingVentana ConstructionMGBA

METROPLACE | Vancouver Feature MillworkAxiom BuildersInsight Design Group

ST. JAMES PARISH | Abbotsford Mosaic MillworkSt. James ParishAdam Christiaanse

GROSVENOR AMERICAS | Vancouver Wanes Custom WoodworksSquare One Interior Design

KITSILANO NEIGHBOURHOOD HOUSE | Vancouver CWC Architectural MillworkKindred ConstructionSean McEwan Architect

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BECKVILLE WOODCRAFTS MAIN OFFICE | Maple Ridge Beckville WoodcraftsAdriatic Construction Beckville Woodcrafts

CAPSTONE MINING | Vancouver Wanes Custom WoodworksPrime InteriorsMarkin Design

GRAND FORKS CITY HALL | Grand Forks Cranbrook Interior WoodworkHil-Tech ContractingHatch Interior Design

GREYWOLF GOLF COURSE CLUBHOUSE | Panorama Cranbrook Interior WoodworkNew Dawn DevelopmentsBKDI Architects

ARITZIA PARK ROYAL | West Vancouver Waltons Wood WorkingSAJOAritzia LP

DANIA HOME | Burnaby CWC Architectural MillworkVanMar ConstructorsNSDA Architects

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COQUITLAM Platinum MillworkKelly Deck Design

CHILLIWACK Benchmark Architectural WoodworkingPax ConstructionPeter Brauer

FORT STEELE Cranbrook Interior WoodworkLiving-Stones DevelopmentsBrenda Crago’s Interior Design

KAMLOOPSTop 40 WoodworksMurray BaronTop 40 Woodworks

VANCOUVER Feature MillworkCE Miles ConstructionEvoke International Design

VANCOUVER Nikolai ManufacturingHart Tipton ConstructionKelly Deck Design

VANCOUVER Waltons Wood WorkingHagemoen EnterprisesVictorEric Design

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VICTORIA CHF ContractingJoe & Gail JaremaMeade Design Group

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WEST KELOWNA Stirling WoodworksIan Paine Construction

WHISTLER Seagull EnterprisesEVR Fine HomesMitchell Freedland Design

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MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY | Chicago ILNikolai ManufacturingISECDWL Architect + Planners

LAX Thomas Bradley International Terminal | Los Angeles CATowne MillworkISECFentress Architects

ARITZIA | Westchester NYWaltons Wood WorkingSchimenti Construction CompanyAritzia LP

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Printing sponsored by Floform Countertops + Formica Canada

Printing sponsored by E Roko Distributors

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THE BENCHMARK · BENCHMARK 25th ANNUAL AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE | FALL 2015 THE Honouring the finest in quality & service in the architectural woodwork industry. COVER …