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MCAA INFORMATION
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section 91 of the Act, the Board generally looks to the following criteria, namely:
1. Collective bargaining relationship;
2. skill and training;
3. considerations of economy and efficiency;
4. employer practice; and
5. area practice.
The first two of these criteria do not favour either the Labourers' or the Carpenters' union. Both unions have a bargaining relationship with Tilechem, and the work does not require any real skill or training. Although prior to 1976 carpenters were at times employed to do the work, overall, both employer practice and the area practice of other firms strongly favour the Labourers' union.
The final criteria the Board looks to involves considerations of economy and efficiency. The erection of scaffolding on this type of project is intermittent, and there is not enough work to keep even one person busy. To assign the work to the carpenters would mean that for much of the time a carpenter would have to be specifically called in for relatively brief periods of time to do the work, perhaps for three days every two weeks. In the alternative, a carpenter would have to be permanently employed to do the work. In such a situation, the carpenter would either spend most of his time with nothing to do, or he could keep busy by primarily working as a mason tender.
It is true that more trades than just masons and mason tenders work off the scaffolding. However, the fact remains that the construction of unit masonry acid resistant tanks and vessels primarily involves masonry work. Carpenters and ironworkers are normally on a project for only relatively brief periods of time. Further, because the walls of the tanks must go up fairly slowly, the use of a full-time scaffolding crew, such as is done on other types of construction, would make very little sense.
Given all of the above, we are satisfied that it is more appropriate that the work in dispute be assigned to mason tenders belonging to the Labourers' union rather than to carpenters. Accordingly, we direct Tilechem Limited to continue to assign the erection and dismantling of tubular metal scaffolding with respect to unit masonry acid resistant tank or vessel construction, in the following geographic area to members of Labourers' International Union of North America, Local 607. The geographic area is as follows: The District of Kenora (including the Patricia portion), the District of Rainy River, the District of Thunder Bay, that part of the District of Cochrane which lies north of the 49th parallel of latitude and west of the North Driftwood, Abitibi and Moose Rivers to James Bay (including the said rivers) save and except that area which lies within a radius of 81 kilometers of the Timmins Federal Building.
July 14, 1982
"lan Springate"
for the majority
DECISION OF BOARD MEMBER H. KOBRYN:
I cannot agree with this decision when it deals with tubular metal scaffolding erection and dismantling on the construction of high-density neck-down tanks because this scaffolding is not strictly used for masonry purposes. On the neck-down tanks the scaffolding is used to support the flareout section of the neck-down tanks and also to support wood forms for the roof where the roof of the neck-down tank is poured. On the interior of the neck-down tanks the scaffolding is used to support timbers and a platform from which scaffold is built to do the sides of the tank above the flare-out. Because the scaffolding on the neck-down tank is a multi-purpose scaffold, then carpenters should be used to build this tubular metal scaffolding in the same and efficient manner as when the assignment of work is made by a general contractor to carpenters who are assisted by labourers.
July 14, 1982
"H. Kobryn"
Exterior Brick Used to Skillfully Blend 3 Buildings into Office Complex
The Lemona Office Complex, Van Nuys, Calif., winner of an Excellence Award in the 1981 professional design competition sponsored by the Society of American Registered Architects, represents a successful solution to a sensitive problem posed by developing new office space in an established, mixed-use neighborhood. The complex consists of an existing one-story with mezzanine of 5,760 sq. ft., a three-story building of 10,323 sq. ft., and a new one-story industrial building of 2,625 sq. ft.
The new three-story building was constructed of brick veneer over wood stud framing with steel beams and wood joists carrying floor and roof joists on brick bearing walls. The use of rich color and texture of brick masonry as the structure's exterior skin helped to resolve the problem of compatibility between the site's industrial building and adjacent three-story masonry building.
The architect, Robbins & Brown, Inc. of Van Nuys, massed the new development in such a way as to unify and formalize the various height changes. The existing lowrise warehouse echoes the scale of the the residences across the street while skillfully buffering the larger, more urban scale of the new offices which are more compatible with the industrial use area to the north.
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