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MESSAGE
FROM THE CEO
TEAMWORK
When leaders write about Teamwork it usually relates to a sports analogy about a coach they had in high school. I really didn’t play sports in school. I learned teamwork from each of you working in the eld. I then spent years smoothing off the rough edges by learning the hard way what doesn’t work and eventually realizing that I needed additional formal classroom training.
I use two analogies on a regular basis. The rst is, If You Want To Know How To Get The Job Done Just Ask The Equipment Operator. In other words – inform your team of the end-goal, and let them gure out how to get there. Create a challenge for the team and get them involved in the planning and execution on how to complete it. This gives the team a common goal to work towards that they helped create. In order to make this successful I try to clearly communicate the challenge we’re facing, work with the team to develop a plan and execution strategy and allow people to utilize their individual strengths. By doing this, it gives the team accountability and helps grow their team responsibility level.
Many of you know that I race cars for a hobby on weekends, which ties in really well to the second analogy I nd myself using all the time, which is that You Have to Go Slow to Go Fast. The team of guys I race with know this more than most because we get to live this within minutes on the race track. By making quick off-the-cuff decisions we usually end in a month of repairs. However, when we plan, do regular maintenance and repairs, organize really well during our setup, review the race plan and strategy before we start we have a much better chance of being the rst to see that checkered ag on the nal lap. Even if I cannot be at the race to drive the car, I know the team is well-prepared and can execute on our plan. The steps we follow are to slow down and take the time to plan, review the metrics of what has worked in the past, and what changed when we tweaked processes and then be sure to celebrate the wins.
To build a great team, everyone needs to have a voice in the decision-making process. Then, each team member has to deliver on their individual part of that plan. After each project completion – the successful and the unsuccessful ones – the team needs to review the outcomes and set new challenges for themselves.
To all of our teams, thank you for a great 2016, it takes each individual to make a great team – One Team. I wish you and your families a prosperous New Year. I look forward to working with you all in 2017!
Ron Tomlinson, CEO
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Street. Another tunnel measuring 4.2 km will stretch from LeBreton Flats in the west to New Edinburgh in the east. The tunnels will intersect at Kent and Slater streets. The tunnels will be three metres in diameter, 30 metres below ground level and will hold 43,600m3 of untreated sewage, the equivalent of 18 Olympic sized pools.
Construc on of the north-south tunnel has begun at the south end of Kent Street near Highway 417. The east-west tunnel construc on will begin at Stanley Park (Stanley Avenue). Comple on of the project is an cipated for late 2019 with the CSST in full opera on by mid-2020.
Once complete, the system is expected to signi cantly reduce discharge of untreated sewage into the river. “Basically, what this nished system will do is receive and hold 43.6 million litres of ow. The tunnel will then direct the ow in a controlled fashion to the treatment facility, where the ow will be treated. Once clean, it is suitable to be discharged slowly into the river,” said McCarney.
The project also
construc on of 13 sha s over the tunnel, primarily for access. Support buildings and odour control facili es will also be built as part of the project.
Construc on of the CSST requires the use of a Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM), a common technique used in tunnelling projects. It will go almost 100 feet below ground and should be launched around April 2017. “There is quite a lead me to get the machine set up and delivered to the site, launched and actually in produc on,” McCarney explained.
Excava on will be necessary to create an entry point for the east/west tunnel construc on at Stanley Park. The same tunnel boring machine will be launched westerly and it will go underneath the Rideau River, southerly on Cumberland Street, underneath the canal and westerly along Slater Street.
The hole cored through the rock will be 12 feet in diameter, and as the
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