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Took a call from union hall couple days ago, and just went through 2 days orientation. just have a little time to let my Chinese electrician friends know what is going on at Kearl lake right now.- d. ` c% D5 W5 g) E, c7 o) p
7 o* d% C6 R2 S' q7 |: z1.Site management
% U$ s) j5 L* i( F0 sa joint venture called K2 Mining ( kiewit and another company whose name started with K as well) was the project management company and Fluor / PCL were one of those subcontractors, which might have more union workers involved into this project. however, Fluor beat K2 by 50% of the total construction cost (rumor) and took the project management over from K2 lately(fact). Right now K2 is transferring the whole site management to Fluor and Amac, so Kiewit will work as one of the major subcontractors. This means Fluor will not hire union guys as construction work force directly into this project other than keep a minimum site services team. you may see more calls from pcl later on, but i don't see large quantity calls from fluor in the future. Also, I don't see any reason why Fluor will have any favor to sub contract its business to ibew instead of CLAC(somebody says Cheap Labour Accross Canada, name tells it).
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2. site preparation1 N8 A- N8 e- y7 D& j* }
no camp yet (not even under construction), water to be delivered by sub contractors by water truck, 240kv overhead power line still on the drawing, subsation not started yet, power supplied by temp generators, single lane traffic to site, winter is just in the corner... might stats booming after next May.
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3. Communication$ i& i4 s3 L# V: j3 n
Very little bell and telus cell phone signal ( maximum one bar), No Fido and Rogers services at all. Signal booster said to be ordered, but will be delivered and installed under the regular industrial pace :(5 p* @. Y* }) k6 q" Q u+ G: v
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all workers are currently living in Asbasca lodge, which is about 1 hour away from site under current weather situation, could be easily increased to 1.5 to 2 hours driving each way when it gets snowy and slippery. Kiewit people gets payed 30 bulks per day for the traffic, ibew boys don't get any compensation ( as yet). d- e x! {/ p5 i, u( X& A
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! K, A% ~4 s+ ]) m1 h. b- Z+ |" ^ibew guys still working under current agreement, but I was told that about a quarter ibew members voted on the new agreement and more than 75% guys agree with that agreement. so you know what's gonna happen.
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2 i# h- `' o! l2 T6. transportation
/ l. S0 o* m0 z1 \2 icommercial flight to Fort Mac airport ( propeller flight, maximum 36 passengers) plus another hour bus to asbasca lodge, 2 to 4 hours traffic to and from the feakin site each day as mentioned above. last bus leaves camp at 5:15 Am, first bus comes back after 6: 40PM.
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7. Duration4 [7 Y3 l( I" g' h: s' P; a
The whole site is pre-determined to be done within 3 years, but will be no surprise to step into the fourth year in order to do a safe and quality job, says so. So far, this is the only good news.
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So-so. Supper is not too bad, lunch sucks.
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) x; v p2 f9 ~- a7 s9. overall rating: only take if there has no other call, and you are just a money whore, as I am.
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- I" J9 _) n8 h5 Q6 n- M: TWill try to update those info if you people likes it. Good luck. |
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